Guitar Chords and Licks: Re-cap

So, this is the last part of the “Guitar Chords and Licks” series. If you’ve read through each of these articles, you should now know:

• The notes in each Scale
• The chords that can be constructed from each scale
• The chord progressions that you can solo over with each scale
• Some of the good ways to use each scale, and some licks for each

Summary

• The Major Scale is what forms the basis for the “major key”- and so much of music theory is based on it!
• The Major and Minor pentatonic scales are like “stripped down” versions of larger scales and they’re great for soloing!
• You can add specific notes to the pentatonic shapes to create the Blues Scale, or the impressions of other scales (e.g. the Natural Minor.
• The Harmonic Minor scale is used for Neoclassical Rock and Metal \m/
• The Melodic Minor scale is used mostly for Jazz.

I hope this series has been helpful! If you have any questions or comments, please leave them below.
Rob.

March 23, 2011 at 7:00 pm | Guitar Chords, Guitar Scales, How to | No comments