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Category: Scales

A Minor Pentatonic Scale – Comprehensive Theoretical Guide

A Minor Pentatonic Scale – Comprehensive Theoretical Guide

There are scarcely more ubiquitous scales in rock music than the A Minor pentatonic scale, or the minor pentatonic in…

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Updated September 29th, 2023 . 

Published May 4, 2022By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Guitar lessons, Scales, Theory

Scales and Intervals: All You Need to Know

Scales And Intervals: All You Need To Know

So, the essential building blocks of Western music. Doesn’t exactly sound like the easiest topic to be tackling. But the…

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Updated September 12th, 2023 . 

Published December 30, 2021By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Guitar lessons, Scales

The Major Scale Formula for Guitar

The Major Scale Formula For Guitar

Western music begins with the major scale, establishing its central tenets of chromatic, diatonic harmony, as well as of equal…

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Updated September 8th, 2023 . 

Published December 20, 2021By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Guitar lessons, Scales

How to Use the Phrygian Mode on Guitar

The Major Scale Formula for Guitar

Making the way up the ranks as a guitarist, one could be forgiven early on for feeling as though the…

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Updated September 8th, 2023 . 

Published December 20, 2021By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Guitar lessons, Scales

C Mixolydian Mode on Guitar: All You Need to Know

C Mixolydian Mode on Guitar: All You Need to Know_Six String Acoustic

Do you notice that using minor scales and major scales to solo over a major key starts to get boring?…

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Updated August 16th, 2023 . 

Published December 30, 2021By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Scales

Lydian Scale – Guitar: How to Play Lydian Mode?

Lydian Scale – Guitar: How to Play Lydian Mode?

Making the way up the ranks as a guitarist, one could be forgiven early on for feeling as though the…

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Updated August 16th, 2023 . 

Published September 7, 2022By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Scales

Learn the Basics of Jazz Guitar

Basics of Jazz Guitar

Many thanks to Marc-Andre Seguin from JazzGuitarLessons.net for providing this guest post. Learn more about the author at the end…

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Updated August 15th, 2023 . 

Published April 28, 2018By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Basic Techniques, Other Lessons and Tips, Rhythm, Scales, Theory

Beginner’s Guide to Guitar Scales Chart

Beginner’s Guide to Guitar Scales Chart _Six Strings Acoustics

When you first learn a new instrument of any kind, you start by learning all the notes. You can memorize…

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Updated August 15th, 2023 . 

Published July 24, 2023By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Basic Techniques, Scales

E Mixolydian Mode on Guitar: All you Need to Know

E Mixolydian Mode on Guitar: All you Need to Know_Six String Acoustic

Modes confuse plenty of guitar and piano players. But ultimately, Mixolydian mode and other modes just offer new and exciting…

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Updated August 15th, 2023 . 

Published July 31, 2023By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Scales

What Scales to Use Over What Chords

What Scales to Use Over What Chords

So, you have become a little tired of simply playing your favorite songs without adding a little of yourself into…

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Updated August 15th, 2023 . 

Published July 11, 2022By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Scales

Modes on Bass or – Bass Modes

Modes on Bass or - Bass Modes

Learn everything you need to know about modes on bass with Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian and Locrian Mode

Updated August 15th, 2023 . 

Published March 30, 2022By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Scales

Modes Formula: All You Need to Know

Modes Formula All You Need to Know_Six String Acoustic

If you’ve been playing guitar, piano, or any other instrument for any length of time, you might have heard of…

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Updated August 15th, 2023 . 

Published January 10, 2022By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Scales, Theory

Ionian Mode on Guitar: All you Need to Know

Ionian Mode on Guitar: All you Need to Know

Much as with the rest of western classical thought and musical theory, the modes owe so much of their basis…

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Updated August 15th, 2023 . 

Published July 31, 2023By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Scales

Phrygian Mode on Guitar: Learning and Examples

chords in drop d_Six String Acoustic

Ah, yes, another of the modes, at whose feet even the mightiest of guitarists have fallen trying and failing to…

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Updated August 15th, 2023 . 

Published July 31, 2023By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Scales

Dorian Mode on Guitar: All you Need to Know

Dorian Mode on Guitar: All you Need to Know

Progressing as a guitarist, it can be easy at first to feel like the musical modes are something out of…

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Updated August 15th, 2023 . 

Published July 31, 2023By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Scales

Guitar Chord Families – How Chords Work Together

Guitar Chord Families – How Chords Work Together
Guitar Chord Families – How Chords Work Together

Are you looking to get a better handle on the interrelated connections to be found between the different chords in…

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Updated August 15th, 2023 . 

Published July 31, 2023By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Chords, Scales

Locrian Mode on Guitar: All you Need to Know

Locrian Mode on Guitar: All you Need to Know

Making the way up the ranks as a guitarist, one could be forgiven early on for feeling as though the…

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Updated August 15th, 2023 . 

Published July 31, 2023By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Scales

Aeolian Mode on Guitar: All you Need to Know

Aeolian Mode on Guitar: All you Need to Know
Aeolian Mode on Guitar: All you Need to Know

What is Aeolian Mode, and how do we define it? How do we play it on acoustic guitar? How to recognize it? Learn more in this article:

Updated August 15th, 2023 . 

Published July 31, 2023By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Scales

Do Re Mi Scale: What It Stands For, Where It Originated & How to Use It

Do Re Mi Scale: What It Stands For, Where It Originated & How to Use It

While you are reading this article and I am typing the words do re mi fa so la ti scale,…

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Updated August 15th, 2023 . 

Published July 5, 2022By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Scales, Songs

How to Play the Harmonic Minor Scale On Guitar

harmonic minor scale on guitar

In the last lesson we looked at the natural minor scale and today, as promised, we will look at how…

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Published January 30, 2023By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Guitar lessons, Scales

How to Play the D Major Scale on Guitar?

How to Play the D Major Scale on Guitar?

Diligent and intelligent practise is key for learning in all its forms, and nowhere is this more evident than in…

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Updated August 4th, 2022 . 

Published December 21, 2021By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Guitar lessons, Scales

How to Use the Ionian Scale on Guitar?

Making the way up the ranks as a guitarist, one could be forgiven early on for feeling as though the…

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Updated August 4th, 2022 . 

Published December 21, 2021By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Guitar lessons, Scales

How to play the Minor Scale on Guitar

minor scale on guitar

This page is dedicated to teaching you how to play the minor scale on guitar. When we are talking about…

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Updated June 14th, 2019 . 

Published November 3, 2015By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Guitar lessons, Scales

How to Play the Major Scale On Guitar

Major Scale On Guitar

Learning scales may sound boring ? and it can be a bit tedious at times ? but it’s also really…

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Updated June 29th, 2018 . 

Published October 23, 2015By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Guitar lessons, Scales

How to Play the Minor Pentatonic Scale on Guitar

minor pentatonic scale on guitar

Learning how to play the minor pentatonic scale on guitar was one of the best things I ever did on…

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Updated June 29th, 2018 . 

Published November 24, 2015By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Guitar lessons, Scales

How to Play the Major Pentatonic Scale on Guitar

major pentatonic scale on guitar

Last week we looked at the minor pentatonic, this week I will show you how to play the major pentatonic…

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Updated June 29th, 2018 . 

Published December 1, 2015By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Guitar lessons, Scales

How to Play the Blues Scale for Guitar

blues scale for guitar

Ever wanted to learn to play the blues? One of the fundamentals of learning the blues is learning the blues…

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Updated June 29th, 2018 . 

Published December 8, 2015By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Guitar lessons, Scales

The C Major Scale Positions on Guitar

C Major scale positions on guitar

In an earlier lesson we looked at how to play the major scale on guitar. In this lesson let’s take…

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Updated June 29th, 2018 . 

Published January 9, 2016By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Guitar lessons, Scales

How to Play the Melodic Minor Scale On Guitar

melodic minor scale on guitar

In previous lessons we have looked at the natural and harmonic minor scales. In this lesson we finish off the…

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Updated June 26th, 2018 . 

Published November 18, 2015By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Guitar lessons, Scales

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