Lesson path VIII

More Scales

Pentatonics, blues, and stranger flavors.

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Unit 25 · scales

The Pentatonic Scale

Five notes, no half-step clashes.
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25.1
Five safe notes
Drop the two clash-makers, degrees 4 and 7.
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25.2
The guitar's home scale
A minor pentatonic and the box every guitarist learns first.
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25.3
Add the blue note
One extra note turns the pentatonic into the blues.
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Practice this unit:Scale room ◓
Unit 26 · scales

The Other Scales

Whole-tone, diminished, and which scale to use.
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26.1
The whole-tone scale
Six equal steps, no home. The dream sequence sound.
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26.2
The diminished scale
Whole-half, half-whole: eight notes that repeat every minor third.
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26.3
Which scale, when
Match the scale to the chord under it.
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Practice this unit:Scale room ◓
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