THE BLUES SCALE (Major and Minor and other scales for blues)

This is just a quick summary post for all resources relating to THE BLUES SCALE, Major and Minor as well as a few other scales that you might like to try in your blues playing.



Just click on the links below for resources on the individual scales






BLUES SCALES

BLUES SCALES: Minor and Major Blues scales mapped out in all positions, as intervals and dots.

MINOR BLUES SCALES AS THREE OCTAVE, THREE NOTE PER STRING PATTERNS.

THREE NOTE PER STRING MINOR BLUES SCALES. A summary

MINOR BLUES SCALE: Large diagrams showing all the positions slotting together over the neck.

MAJOR BLUES SCALE: Large diagrams showing all the positions slotting together over the neck.

PRINTER FRIENDLY A4 SIZED VERSIONS OF THE PREVIOUS TWO. 


THE VOODOO BLUES SCALE

THE VOODOO BLUES SCALE.

VOODOO BLUES- 3NPS Three octave patterns.



THE DOMINANT PENTATONIC SCALE

THE DOMINANT PENTATONIC SCALE. 

THE DORIAN PENTATONIC SCALE- Mode 4 of the Dominant Pentatonic Scale. 

THREE NOTE PER STRING MINOR BLUES SCALES. A summary

These diagrams are a shortened summary of the earlier 3 NPS Minor Blues Scales diagrams I published a little while ago.

You can check out the earlier versions HERE.

The earlier diagrams make it clearer how the 3 NPS patterns are created, whereas these diagrams assume you you that and just give you the patterns themselves.

 A "Summary" you might say :-)

If anything below doesn't make sense, especially the idea of "Position 3a" then click on the older more in depth diagrams above.

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One more time... With feeling

Some more diagrams of the Major and Minor blues scales.

This time you get all the information from the last couple of jumbo sized diagrams nicely reduced to A4 size for easy printing...

Well unless there is something resizing these images between me pressing send and them getting displayed here.

It should all be fine though, I'm sure.

Don't forget to click on the link below for the full list of free guitar resources on my site:

ROB SILVER'S LIST OF FREE GUITAR DIAGRAMS

 

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Major Blues scale, big diagram.

OK, it's a giant skull, wearing a hat and sitting, if that word can really be applied to just a skull on my couch...

Nothing to see here!

Following hot on the heals of the new Minor Blues Scale diagrams from 4 minutes ago, here is the Major Blues Scales as well.

Again, these diagrams will hopefully help you make sense of what the posotions of the Major Blues Scale are and where the shapes you play come from.

Don't forget to click on the link below for the full list of free guitar resources on my site:

ROB SILVER'S LIST OF FREE GUITAR DIAGRAMS 

Good luck anyhow.

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Blues scales, mapped out in all positions...

I'm feeling a bit down, so here's some diagrams of the Minor and Major Blues Scales for you all to amuse yourselves with.

I'm getting really fond of the Major Blues Scale, so that's how I'm going to be filling up my evenings this week.

It's really cold out side still, but the snow seems to have gone for now.

I really should be demoing guitars at a sunny music show somewhere instead of trudging through the snow every morning this week on my way to a tedious trade show, but hey, what can you do...



EDIT:

All this historical angst is great and all, but I've just got some awesome guitar diagram software so I'm updating all the older stuff to sexy new diagrams. I'm editing things at the old urls like this because I've linked to the resources in loads of places.
Don't forget that there is a ton of FREE stuff on my site already and this new software has inspired me to go crazy moving forward.



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PENTATONIC AND BLUES SCALES FOR GUITAR 

PENTATONIC AND BLUES SCALES FOR LEFT HANDED GUITAR

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OK, now on with the Blues Scales,

(Rob Silver 14/04/12)


EDIT 2021:

There are some fresher possibly clearer versions of these diagrams available on the blog CLICK THE LINKS BELOW:

MAJOR BLUES SCALE  and  MINOR BLUES SCALE 

There are a load of other exciting scales for blues on the blog. Try having a look at:

MINOR BLUES SCALE ADD 3

MINOR PENTATONIC SCALE ADD 3

(This one is my favourite)

THE VOODOO BLUES SCALE

PENTATONIC AND BLUES SCALES FOR GUITAR 

PENTATONIC AND BLUES SCALES FOR LEFT HANDED GUITAR

PENTATONIC AND BLUES SCALES FOR SEVEN STRING GUITAR

PENTATONIC AND BLUES SCALES FOR EIGHT STRING GUITAR

BLUES SCALES

(If you have scrolled down this far remember that there's loads more useful Blues and Pentatonic scale variations to play with for FREE!)

BLUES SCALES: Minor and Major Blues scales mapped out in all positions, as intervals and dots.

MINOR BLUES SCALES AS THREE OCTAVE, THREE NOTE PER STRING PATTERNS.

THREE NOTE PER STRING MINOR BLUES SCALES. A summary

MINOR BLUES SCALE: Large diagrams showing all the positions slotting together over the neck.

MAJOR BLUES SCALE: Large diagrams showing all the positions slotting together over the neck.

PRINTER FRIENDLY A4 SIZED VERSIONS OF THE PREVIOUS TWO. 

HYBRID MAJOR AND MINOR BLUES SCALES 

MINOR PENTATONIC ADD 3

MINOR PENTATONIC ADD 3 (3 Octave 3 NPS)

MINOR BLUES SCALE ADD 3 ADD 7

MINOR BLUES SCALE ADD 3 ADD7 (3NPS OPTIONS)

PENTATONIC SCALES FOR ELECTRIC GUITAR: A Brief Introduction.

PENTATONIC SCALES FOR ELECTRIC GUITAR:
A Brief Introduction.

Some more free guitar stuff... 

 








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