Guitar method-all scales and arpeggios.pdf

Guitar Method

All Scales

And

Arpeggios

LESSONS MENU

Preface

Chapter 1. The Basics

Chapter 2. Church Modes

Chapter 3. Song Writing

Chapter 4. Approaches

Chapter 5. Major Chord and Arpeggios

Chapter 6. Minor Chords and Arpeggios

Chapter 7. Dominant Chords and Arpeggios

Chapter 8. Altered Chords and Arpeggios

Chapter 9. Common Scales

Chapter 10. Exotic Scales

Chapter 1 Lesson 1 - The Basics

Guitar Notes

The diagram below shows the names of the NOTES, on the guitar fretboard. These notes are permanent

and you must memorize them over the entire fretboard. Remember, the notes repeat, every twelfth fret.

This is the guitar fretboard showing all the notes including sharps.

The "#" (sharp) symbol means to raise a note a half step (one fret). There is only a half step separating the E

and F notes and a half step separating the B and C notes. There is really no such note as an E# or a B#

note. All the other notes have a whole step (two frets) of separation.

The notes in between the whole steps have the name of either a sharp(#) or a flat(b). The diagram above

shows these notes as sharp(#). The diagram below shows the in between notes as flats(b).

This is the guitar fretboard showing all the notes including flats.

The "b" (flat) symbol means to lower a note a half step. There is only a half step separating the E and F

notes and a half step separating the B and C notes. There is really no such note as an Fb a Cb note. All the

other notes have a whole step (two frets) of separation.

An F# note is the same as a Gb note. The G# is the same as the Ab. The A# is the same as the Bb. The C#

is the same as the Db and the D# is the same as the Eb.

Chapter 1 - The Basics

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STRING NAMES

In the diagram below, there is an illustration of a guitar fretboard. All through this book there are similar such

diagrams. This is one of the only diagrams that has the names of the strings included in it, so memorize the

string names now. In all the diagrams, the big "E" string is at the bottom of the fretboard diagram, the little

"E" string is at the top.

The horizontal lines are the guitar strings.

The vertical lines are the guitar frets.

As you go through this book, notice that there are no fret markers or fret dots on most of the diagrams. This

is because the diagrams are just a section of an imaginary, infinite length, fretboard.

Chapter 1 - Guitar Basics

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DEGREES

The diagram below, shows an illustration of the infinite length guitar fretboard, with the numbers 1 through 7

on it. Notice that the numbers count from 1 to 7 and then repeat.

This is the entire major scale for guitar.

The number 1 is the FIRST DEGREE or ROOT. The number 2 is the SECOND DEGREE. Number three is

the third degree and so on.

Notice that the distance between the first and second degree is two frets or a whole step, same with second

and third degree. The distance between the third and fourth degree however, is only one guitar fret or a half

step.

The distance, between the degrees, determines the name of the guitar scale. The name of the above

diagram is the MAJOR scale, because of the half step between the third and fourth degrees and the half step

between the seventh and first degrees. If the half steps were in any other position on the guitar, the scale

would not remain major.

Chapter 1 - The Basics

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MAJOR SCALE

The diagram below places the number pattern, of the entire major scale (in black), with the set notes, of the

guitar fretboard (in red). As a result the entire major scale, is now in the key of "E" major. This is because the

first degree of the major scale, is on the "E" note, If the major scale started on any other note, the key would

become the name of the note that first degree is on.

The numbers indicate the entire movable major scale pattern.

The letters indicate the permanent note-names of the frets.

The placement of the entire major scale starts on the "E" note, therefore this an "E" major scale.

Notice that all the number ones are on the "E" note, all the twos are on the "F#" note and so on.

To play a scale in the key of "G#," place the entire major scale pattern, starting with the first degree, on the

"G#" fret. The second degree will naturally fall on "A#," the third on "C," and so forth.

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