Major minor scales pdf

The scales and arpeggios are split up into 3 main categories. The guitar major scale is happy upbeat and useful in a variety of styles of music. Click here to download this free printable guitar scales chart pdf to your computer. T his guitar scales fretboard chart generator will show you all the major and minor guitar scales and modes with tons of customizable tunings. This lesson will help you build licks that move smoothly between the two scales, in a blues context but you can use what you learn in any style. Again all 5 boxes fit together the same, no matter what. The natural minor scale is often referred to simply as the minor scale. It is a very helpful booklet with all the diatonic major and minor scales. Minor scales have a different pattern than major, but all minor scale patterns are the same. Comping with pentatonic scales now there is a ocean of online, magazine, and video lessons about how to comp with pentatonic scales. The same 5 boxes we used for c minor are also the 5 boxes of eb major because c minor and eb major are what we call relative. When we switched to d minor we now have ef the 2nd and 3rd note. The relative minor is a natural minor scale that starts on the 6th degree of the major scale. Natural minor scale a scale that contains halfsteps between 23 and 56 scale degrees the natural form.

Written so all my students could play together at a. Scales are the basic building material of all tonal music and knowing them insideout has a massive positive effect on all aspects of your music making. Natural, harmonic and melodic forms about minor scales. As with major and minor scales, major and minor chords sound different to the listener, because the intervals in the chords are slightly different. Free printable guitar scales 14 most commonly used scales. The rule in general music theory is that when you use mel minor, you always descend in natural minor. Contrary to the major scale, there are not one but three minor scales, which all will be presented here. Melodic minor raise the 6th and 7th scale degree ascending, revert to. It also helps to think of modes as major 3 or minor b3, which depends on the third. The ebook contains the most important scales for beginners, such as major and minor, but shows also more advanced.

One octave major and minor scales tuba johnson creek. Meter, scales, and key signatures because the white keys running from c to the next c an octave higher form a sequence of notes that have minor 2nds only between ef the 3rd and 4th notes and bc the 7th and 8th notes, musicians call that series of notes a c major scale. As you can see, the world of scales can go from the simplest to the most complex so in this website for the bass player we will explain one by one in detail. Using minor and major pentatonic together effectively. Here is an overview of all the charts and other resources that are available on this site to view and also to download. One octave major and minor scales tuba boltz bands concert c major 7 concert a minor concert f major 19 concert d minor 25 concert bb major 31 concert g minor 37 concert eb major 43 v. Intervallic patterns in a pentatonic scale scales have a set intervallic pattern or in most cases steps, which begin on the scale s root. Next notice how each mode has one or two notes that makes it unique from the major or natural minor scale. We are going to take as tonic the 4th string in the fifth fret, in the pitch note a the numbers are the fingers of the left hand, so, we have to master 3 ways to start the scale, with fingers 1, 3 and 4. In these bass scales pdf we leave you the three most common fingering to play well this pentatonic minor scale. The minor pentatonic scale of a key can be found and played in the same pattern 3 frets below the major scale. The major scale is used as the basic starting point for many scales and modes. The specific notes that are close together is what makes the major scale pattern. Just select your string tuning standard tuning is default, click the link that says go then click a key link.

For example, the notes of the major scale are the same as the relative minor scale see figure 4. This pdf contains the diagrams for all the major and minor pentatonic scales in all keys for guitar in standard tuning. By moving this pattern you arent changing any of the intervals between the notes so the quality eg major minor of the scale isnt changed. When we are dealing strictly with major scales we really only have one scale to draw our notes and melodies from. Understanding minor scales in this brief tutorial we are going to try to demystify minor scales. Using minor and major pentatonic together effectively minor and major pentatonic work great together in major keys and can say a lot more than if you were to just use one scale. For any minor key, the relative major is 3 frets up the neck.

To simplify, we can still say that we have only 12 minor scales, but with altered notes on the 6th and 7th steps. An easy way to start improvising on the piano is to play major scales together with the chords that use the same notes. This scale can sometimes confuse people because it is in a way identical to. Here you will find guides on how to play scales on the trombone and start your journey towards their mastery. Guitar scales printable charts of the most commonly used. Clicking here and on the image below will open a pdf file of the guitar major scale chart that prints nicely. Free guitar scales pdf 84 scale and arpeggios chart. Minor scales cheat sheet harmonic minor raise the 7 th scale degree melodic minor raise the 6 th and 7 th scale degree ascending, revert to. C harmonic minor scale for example, if you wanted to play a b maj, min, ect. This is under construction but will be done in the coming weeks.

Printable violin and viola scales in 1 to 3 octaves. Youve just demonstrated the difference between major and minor chords. However, we have 3 different types of minor scales when working in minor keys. Minor scales and keys conjure feelings of sorrow or tension.

Also included at the bottom of the app are the 5 scale patterns for memorizing these scales and a pdf download of all keys in. If you need staff paper, you may print the staff paper12 pdf file. Minor scales minor scales keys are used by composers when they wish to express a different mood than those characterized my major scales in music. Scale combining through hybrid scales in this lesson here, we take a look at another way to combine scales that differs from the type of scale combining you see in this lesson here. Minor scales also have their own unique set of intervals found between the 8 pitches in the scale. I have also included the 5 box patterns you need to learn in order to memorize the scales in all keys. For each scale, you can learn a number of different shapes and patterns, depending on the zone of the fretboard youre working on. The 14 most common and usable guitar scales printable and ready to use 1. The notes within each major scale type are the same group of notes as the relative minor scale type. Major and natural minor scales for piano with fingerings. Going up, the 3rd scale degree is flat, but the rest is like a major scale, and going down it is the same as a natural minor scale. Tuba major scales circle of fourths flats c major concert c f major concert f bb major concert bb eb major concert eb ab major concert ab db major concert db gb major concert gb cb major concert cb enharmonics.

G major e minor pentatonic scale guitar scales the pentatonic scale is a favorite of many guitarists and its easy to see why. Jason powell diatonic major and minor scales by andres segovia after carefully analyzing the diatonic major and minor scales by andres segovia, i have discovered that there are only eight different movable shapes. Minor scales are built on the 6th scale degree of a major scale. Natural, harmonic, and melodic forms margaret denton, piano minor scales. One octave major and minor scales trumpet in bb boltz bands concert c major d major 7 concert a minor b minor concert f major g major 19 concert d minor e minor 25 concert bb major c major 31 concert g minor a minor 37 concert eb major f major 43 v. The natural minor scale uses the same keys as the parallel major scale, but lowers the 3rd, 6th and 7th steps. So this gives us 3 different patterns as compared with the 1 pattern of the major scale. Free printable guitar scales, ready to download and use. Twinkle arranged for 3 different levels of violinists. Just like with the idea of parallel major and minor scales, you can choose to write solely within one scale say, d dorian, or you can borrow a chord from a parallel mode while still using chords from your original scale i.

Major and minor scales are variations of the diatonic scale, which is a musical scale built with intervals of 5 whole steps and 2 half steps. Major and minor pentatonic scales avoid significant harmonic dissonance by adverting this tritone. The minor scales ascend in melodic minor, and then descend in natural minor. You can get more diagrams in the tuning of your choice by using my interactive web app here. We call scales relative if they share the same key signature. Music theory fundamentals 40 right hand fingerings above, left hand fingerings below. Heres a free guitar scales pdf ebook 22 pages with plenty of scales and arpeggios patterns. The bass scales exercises will be distributed in different posts, one different for each scale. It was created that way in order to function with certain chord progressions.