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Seven Melodic Minor Scale Patterns
MELODIC MINOR SCALES EXPLAINED

Learn seven positions of melodic minor scales giving complete coverage of the neck. These scales are extensively used in rock, jazz and classical music.

For many, the amount of scales that need to be learned can be daunting and usually when it comes to melodic minor scales it’s a bridge too far. This lesson builds on a templated system that will help you learn melodic minor scales across the fretboard. If you do not know your major scales, then please the major scale video and then come back to this lesson once you have understood and learned that material.

Melodic minor scales are just as important as any other scale. The fact of the matter is though, many guitarists usually give up learning these as it’s yet another raft of scales to learn. GMI has created a simple and easy to learn system that builds upon what you already know. We refer to this as a templated system of learning. If you have already viewed and learned the lesson material from fretted major scales and seven major scales one position then you will know what we’re talking about. If you don’t know what this means then we would urge you to go back and learn these lessons first. It really is a case of learning to run before you can walk if you do not view and learn the previous material.

ONCE YOU HAVE LEARNED YOUR IN POSITION MAJOR SCALES THEN START THIS LESSON

DOWNLOAD THE PDF THAT ACCOMPANIES THIS LESSON

So, assuming that you have learned the major scales, you will find that learning these melodic minors all over the neck is relatively easy. You will use the major scale forms as a template. As explained in the video, all you need to do in each of the major scale patterns is flatten the 3rd, that’s it. By doing this you will have the foundation needed to attempt the melodic minor scale patterns. The point is, you should now be able to play the melodic minor scale in seven different ways (patterns) up the neck in one key. This is exactly what happened with the major scales and will happen with the harmonic minor scales.

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MOVING FORWARD WITH HARMONIC MINOR SCALES

Make sure that you download the PDF that is provided above. Good luck with this lesson.

“SCALES YOU CAN USE!” – THE GUITAR SCALE BOOK COMPANION FOR GMI VIDEOS
- 152 page full color print “Comb Binding” version for flat lie.
- Learn the essential scale patterns including the caged guitar system that are both powerful and musically meaningful.
- Included is everything from pentatonic, to modal to exotic scale forms…see below.
- Much more than a book of scales, Scales You Can Use! includes the theory of the scales you learn, musical exercises to help you play them in a musical way, fret maps, comparison scalar tables and much, much, more.
- Created by GMI head tutor Ged Brockie
No matter if you are a rock, blues, jazz, folk, funk, classical guitar player, these patterns are good for all musical genres.

Electric or acoustic guitarist, this book helps you make fast progress towards your guitar music goals.

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15/06/2022
Boss DD-5

Using A Boss DD-5 For Delay And Echo Effects for Guitar

Most guitar players are familiar with reverb. Beyond reverb we then move into the area of echo and delay effects. Boss have been at the forefront of digital delay effects pedals for years. This lesson takes a look at the Boss DD-5 effects pedal as well as discussing how these pedals came about.

What Does The Lesson Cover?

GMI guitarist Gary Clinton goes into detail about how echo and delay effects have evolved. By understanding how the effect was created, the guitar player can best understand how the current effects pedals have taken shape. The Boss DD-5 is a versatile and well known pedal. You will find out how to make best use of the pedals four control knobs. Understanding how these controls work together opens up a huge amount of possibilities for new sounds. As well as this, Gary refers to the sounds that have been created by guitarists such as “The Edge” from U2.

CONSIDERING BUYING THE BOSS DD-5?

Thinking about purchasing the Boss DD-5? You can still get the exact pedal demonstrated and explained by Gary on Ebay, but if you are looking for the modern equivalent, then the DD8 has got all the same features and some. GMI will receive a small affiliate fee for any purchases made by clicking the image below which helps with the running of this website.

Due to the nature of the guitar technology category, there are no downloads available for this video.

13/06/2022
Blues Scales in 5 Positions
EXTEND YOUR BLUES SCALE GUITAR KNOWLEDGE

It’s the blues scale that guitar players gravitate to the most as soon as they begin to develop their guitar playing skills. The Blues scale is as popular today as it’s ever been. This lesson shows how you can extend all your pentatonic scale guitar patterns into blues scales across the neck. This lesson pulls together theoretical and pattern concepts explained in the “pentatonic scales” lesson.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN FROM THIS LESSON ON BLUES SCALES

This lesson is not that easy at times. It assumes that you have learned all the pentatonic scales given in a previous lesson (link in first paragraph). Once you know these scales really well, it is then time to start adapting each and every one of them to create blues patterns. The reason that is not that easy is physical and the patterns are at times complex. You will need as a matter of course, to use finger stretching using fingers one and four. This means that you will be stretching these fingers when ascending/descending to keep yourself in the same fret position.

It can be difficult to see the patterns and this is why you really do need to know those five pentatonic patterns really well. The blues scale is fundamentally a pentatonic scale which has a chromatic bridging tone. Yes, this sound very complex and grand. What it means though, is that there are two notes a tone apart and a note is inserted in between the notes. That is why it is called a bridging tone. It’s chromatic as it moves in half steps.

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INTRODUCING “SCALES YOU CAN USE!” – THE GUITAR SCALE BOOK COMPANION FOR GMI VIDEOS
- 152 page full color print “Comb Binding” version for flat lie.
- Learn the essential scale patterns including the caged guitar system that are both powerful and musically meaningful.
- Included is everything from pentatonic, to modal to exotic scale forms…see below.
- Much more than a book of scales, Scales You Can Use! includes the theory of the scales you learn, musical exercises to help you play them in a musical way, fret maps, comparison scalar tables and much, much, more.
- Created by GMI head tutor Ged Brockie.
No matter if you are a rock, blues, jazz, folk, funk, classical guitar player, these patterns are good for all musical genres.
Electric or acoustic guitarist, this book helps you make fast progress towards your guitar music goals.

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12/06/2022
Fingerstyle Guitar Pull-offs, Hammer-ons, slurs
This final lesson in the fingerstyle series of lessons by James Akers covers the important techniques surrounding slurs. Slurs are often referred to as hammer-ons and pull-offs in non classical guitar styles, but they are essentially the same thing.

Learning to play with these techniques as an integral part of your style will give your guitar music a lyrical sound and get away from a continuously picked approach. Players from all styles employ these techniques, so this lesson is worth watching at least a couple of times until you have mastered the concepts shown.
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Topics Covered
- How to play a pull-off.
- Pull-off exercise.
- Performing multiple pull-offs.
- Hammer-ons and where best to begin playing them.
- Demonstrating exercise number 12 from the Guitar Exam Book.
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Learn More About James Akers's Guitar Exam Exercise Book.

BOOK CONTENT 85 exercises & 16 studies grade 1 to grade 5 and beyond covering:

GRADE 1 - The exercises for grade 1 are intended to help the guitarist in the early stages of their development build up their finger strength, improve their coordination, tone production, speed, and accuracy.
GRADE 2 - The exercises for Grade 2 extend and consolidate the ideas introduced in Grade 1, providing more material to allow the evolving guitarist to improve their technique in a systematic way.
GRADE 3 - New techniques are introduced, including slurs, (or hammer-ons and pull-offs) and natural harmonics. In addition, as well as exercises, there are several specially composed study pieces, in a variety of styles, to allow the techniques learned so far to be practised in a more musical context.
GRADE 4 - Common descending arpeggio pattern across three strings, 4 note chords using all right-hand fingers, multiple slurs, or hammer-ons and pull-offs, in various finger combinations including open strings and multiple fretted notes, the half-barre technique for the left hand.
GRADE 5 - Ascending arpeggio patterns, speed & rhythmic pattern exercises, left hand workouts with repeated patterns, mixed ascending/descending slur patterns, full barre technique
BEYOND GRADE 5 - Tremelo technique, natural harmonics in exercise and within a study.

STUDIES

Sixteen original studies are provided for grades 3 onwards:

GRADE 3 - Six studies individually demonstrating various left hand finger combinations, two part chordal textures, three part chords, ascending slur and hammer on techniques,
GRADE 4 - Four studies individually demonstrating arpeggio playing, three and four part chordal performance, half barre in a musical context, ascending and descending slurs, playing in complex time signatures, introducing natural harmonics.
GRADE 5 AND BEYOND - Six studies individually demonstrating arpeggio playing, slur exploration, speed study, thick textured chordal playing, tremelo study, artificial harmonics in melodic scenario.

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All exercises and studies have been recorded by James Akers and are included as a free download to accompany this book. Details of how to access the free download are detailed within the publication.

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11/06/2022
Seven Harmonic Minor Scale Patterns
THE HARMONIC MINOR SCALE GUITAR PLAYERS LOVE

Yes, it’s true, the harmonic minor scale guitar lovers for years have played regardless of style is really one you need to learn. It has a really exotic sound which can sometimes be thought of as Arabian. Also, the scale is very much thought of as Spanish in flavor, no doubt influenced by the Moors who ran Spain for hundreds of years. Learning this scale is important as it’s used in all forms of music from classical, to rock to jazz. If you want to get your playing together, you need to know it.

To get the most out of this lesson, you really need to know what came before on GMI. If you have not already watched and worked with the material given in the major scales fretted lesson, then please do this now before you start.

ONCE YOU HAVE LEARNED YOUR IN POSITION MAJOR SCALES THEN START THIS LESSON

DOWNLOAD THE PDF THAT ACCOMPANIES THIS LESSON

So, assuming that you have learned the major scales, you will find that learning these harmonic minors all over the neck is rather easy. You will use the major scale forms as a template. As explained in the video, all you need to do in each of the major scale patterns is flatten the 3rd and the 6th tones. Simply by doing this you will have the foundation needed to attempt the harmonic minors. The point is, you should now be able to play the harmonic minor scale in seven different ways (patterns) up the neck in one key. This is exactly what happened with the major scales and the melodic minor scales.

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MOVING FORWARD WITH HARMONIC MINOR SCALES

Make sure that you download the PDF that is provided above. It shows you both the major and the generated minor scale.

Good luck with this lesson. It’s deceptive as there does not seem to be a lot of information, but there is a lot to learn.

“SCALES YOU CAN USE!” – THE GUITAR SCALE BOOK COMPANION FOR GMI VIDEOS
- 152 page full color print “Comb Binding” version for flat lie.
- Learn the essential scale patterns including the caged guitar system that are both powerful and musically meaningful.
- Included is everything from pentatonic, to modal to exotic scale forms…see below.
- Much more than a book of scales, Scales You Can Use! includes the theory of the scales you learn, musical exercises to help you play them in a musical way, fret maps, comparison scalar tables and much, much, more.
- Created by GMI head tutor Ged Brockie
No matter if you are a rock, blues, jazz, folk, funk, classical guitar player, these patterns are good for all musical genres.

Electric or acoustic guitarist, this book helps you make fast progress towards your guitar music goals.

Purchase The GMI Print Version
Highest quality paper and print.

Wire comb bind for flat lie on music stand.

European A4 size; larger and easier to read.

Click the GREEN BUTTON - ADD TO CART above the image on the left.
NOTE: WHEN YOU ADD TO CART IT WILL TAKE A FEW SECONDS FOR THE BOOK TO APPEAR IN THE CART.
Or, buy direct from Amazon from around the world. NOTE: you will be taken to the Amazon USA but this book is available in all Amazon & good online stores.
10/06/2022
Pentatonic Scales in 5 Positions
Learning and being able to play the five main pentatonic scale patterns is a “must know” as far as guitarists are concerned. The following five patterns that you will learn are often referred to as “the caged system”.

In this first lesson, you’ll learn how to play all five pentatonic patterns in one position. By learning to play the patterns confidently in one fingered position without moving between patterns will give you a solid foundation before moving on to joining the patterns together.

If your pentatonic scale guitar fretboard understanding is limited then this lesson is a must view. The pentatonic scale is used extensively within a wide range of music. This lesson shows how pentatonic scale patterns can be played in five positions across the fretboard in one key utilizing relative major and minor scales.

PENTATONIC SCALE KNOWLEDGE FOR GUITAR PLAYERS

If your pentatonic scale guitar fretboard understanding is limited then this lesson is a must view. The pentatonic scale is used extensively within a wide range of music. This lesson shows how pentatonic scale patterns can be played in five positions across the fretboard in one key utilizing relative major and minor scales.

DOWNLOAD THE PENTATONIC SCALE GUITAR SHEET

The free PDF download supports the video and outlines the five pentatonic scale patterns for guitar.

When we start learning to improvise or take up the guitar and play scales, usually the pentatonic scale is the first port of call. Many guitarists become frustrated as they run out of ideas. This is mainly due to the fact that when we begin to play guitar, we usually play from a visual perspective. This may sound odd, but it is a fact. We look at the patterns and shapes we know and we create other patterns and shapes from these. These are then translated into sounds and ideas that we perform over chord progressions. It takes many years of practice to start hearing ideas derived from scales in a sonic as opposed to visual way.

In this journey, we can help ourselves by knowing more than the usual one pattern. There are five main pentatonic scale patterns that most guitarists eventually learn. The reason for learning these five patterns is that they offer us a single key in five positions. Therefore, we are not regulated to just playing in one position all the time. The other benefit from knowing these five guitar pentatonic patterns is that we get additional visual ideas from the different patterns we learn.

WHAT THIS PENTATONIC SCALE LESSON WILL TEACH YOU

You will learn the five main pentatonic patterns. You will also be instructed on how you can use relative major and minor theory so you can accurately use major scales over minor progressions and visa-versa.

Why not check out our other scale lessons! We have a great lesson on expanding these scales and creating blues scale guitar players love.

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INTRODUCING “SCALES YOU CAN USE!” – THE GUITAR SCALE BOOK COMPANION FOR GMI VIDEOS
- 152 page full color print “Comb Binding” version for flat lie.
- Learn the essential scale patterns including the caged guitar system that are both powerful and musically meaningful.
- Included is everything from pentatonic, to modal to exotic scale forms…see below.
- Much more than a book of scales, Scales You Can Use! includes the theory of the scales you learn, musical exercises to help you play them in a musical way, fret maps, comparison scalar tables and much, much, more.
- Created by GMI head tutor Ged Brockie.
No matter if you are a rock, blues, jazz, folk, funk, classical guitar player, these patterns are good for all musical genres.
Electric or acoustic guitarist, this book helps you make fast progress towards your guitar music goals.

Purchase The GMI Print Version
Highest quality paper and print.

Wire comb bind for flat lie on music stand.

European A4 size; larger and easier to read.

Click the GREEN BUTTON - ADD TO CART above the image on the left.
NOTE: WHEN YOU ADD TO CART IT WILL TAKE A FEW SECONDS FOR THE BOOK TO APPEAR IN THE CART.
Or, buy direct from Amazon from around the world. NOTE: you will be taken to the Amazon USA but this book is available in all Amazon & good online stores.
30/04/2022
Seven Major Scale Round The Cycle
Learn To Play Major Scales Round The Cycle

This lesson carries on from the last major scale lesson which concentrated on teaching you seven major scale patterns in position. In this lesson, you will take these seven major scales play them, not only in one position, but also round the cycle of 4ths/5ths.

DOWNLOAD THE MAJOR GUITAR SCALES PDF

Get the FREE PDF booklet that accompanies this video lesson which is available at the bottom of this webpage.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS GUITAR LESSON

Assuming that you have already learned the seven guitar scales shown in the previous video (link above), Ged Brockie will discuss and demonstrate how to play these scale forms round the cycle of 4ths/5ths.

The reason for learning this is to break away from playing in one key and to not only visualise, but to hear the many different scales that are right under your fingertips at all times across the fretboard. If you have struggled with improvising, or you can’t seem to get your sight reading together, one probable cause is that you don’t know where the scales lie one to another across the board. Learning to play round the cycle breaks the habit of only practicing in one key.

MOVING FORWARD WITH YOUR MAJOR SCALES

As was mentioned in the previous major scale lesson, learning scales is to then enable you to play melodies all over the guitar neck as melodies are made up from scales and arpeggios. Make sure to view our other videos both pre-recorded and live that GMI Premium updates bring to help you get the most from your understanding and execution of scale form patterns.

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“SCALES YOU CAN USE!” – THE GUITAR SCALE BOOK COMPANION FOR GMI VIDEOS
- 152 page full color print “Comb Binding” version for flat lie.
- Learn the essential scale patterns including the caged guitar system that are both powerful and musically meaningful.
- Included is everything from pentatonic, to modal to exotic scale forms…see below.
- Much more than a book of scales, Scales You Can Use! includes the theory of the scales you learn, musical exercises to help you play them in a musical way, fret maps, comparison scalar tables and much, much, more.
- Created by GMI head tutor Ged Brockie
No matter if you are a rock, blues, jazz, folk, funk, classical guitar player, these patterns are good for all musical genres.

Electric or acoustic guitarist, this book helps you make fast progress towards your guitar music goals.

Purchase The GMI Print Version
Highest quality paper and print.

Wire comb bind for flat lie on music stand.

European A4 size; larger and easier to read.

Click the GREEN BUTTON - ADD TO CART above the image on the left.
NOTE: WHEN YOU ADD TO CART IT WILL TAKE A FEW SECONDS FOR THE BOOK TO APPEAR IN THE CART.
Or, buy direct from Amazon from around the world. NOTE: you will be taken to the Amazon USA but this book is available in all Amazon & good online stores.
27/04/2022
Seven Major Scale Patterns
Learn To Play Major Scales Across The Fretboard

In this in depth lesson, you will be given complete neck coverage with seven major scales for guitar fretted in position. Having a thought through systematic approach to learning scales, arpeggios and chords is vital. This lesson sets down a firm foundation by giving you the beginnings of a template’d fret board approach which you can build from over time.

DOWNLOAD THE MAJOR GUITAR SCALES PDF

To get the FREE PDF booklet that accompanies this video lesson which is available on this webpage.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS GUITAR LESSON

This lesson breaks down the rather daunting task of learning guitar scales into three root note foundation points. From these three root notes, you will generate seven major scales. The fingering of these major scales is vital and you must ensure you play them as presented. The basic idea is that you will be able to play a melody in up to seven different positions of the neck. What this means is that you have almost complete freedom across the neck when improvising, site reading or composing.

Once you have learned these seven patterns, the next step will be to take the scales into different keys. Being able to play in any of the twelve sounding major keys is again necessary if you are looking to take your guitar playing to the next level. This is the first stage. Once you can play in any key you will need to be able to play different major scales in position

MOVING FORWARD WITH YOUR MAJOR SCALES

Remember, learning any scale is to enable you to play melodies. Don’t get caught in the trap of thinking the only reason you learn scales is so you can say and play scales. If you are or have been thinking like this, then it’s time for you to change your way of thinking. We have a lot of other resources at GMI Premium which are free. Check out the next lesson about major scales which concerns playing them round the cycle of 4ths/5ths.

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INTRODUCING “SCALES YOU CAN USE!” – THE GUITAR SCALE BOOK COMPANION FOR GMI VIDEOS
- 152 page full color print “Comb Binding” version for flat lie.
- Learn the essential scale patterns including the caged guitar system that are both powerful and musically meaningful.
- Included is everything from pentatonic, to modal to exotic scale forms…see below.
- Much more than a book of scales, Scales You Can Use! includes the theory of the scales you learn, musical exercises to help you play them in a musical way, fret maps, comparison scalar tables and much, much, more.
- Created by GMI head tutor Ged Brockie
No matter if you are a rock, blues, jazz, folk, funk, classical guitar player, these patterns are good for all musical genres.

Electric or acoustic guitarist, this book helps you make fast progress towards your guitar music goals.

Purchase The GMI Print Version
Highest quality paper and print.

Wire comb bind for flat lie on music stand.

European A4 size; larger and easier to read.

Click the GREEN BUTTON - ADD TO CART above the image on the left.
NOTE: WHEN YOU ADD TO CART IT WILL TAKE A FEW SECONDS FOR THE BOOK TO APPEAR IN THE CART.
Or, buy direct from Amazon from around the world. NOTE: you will be taken to the Amazon USA but this book is available in all Amazon & good online stores.
25/04/2022
Learning The Diminished Scale
The diminished scale, along with the whole tone scale, is one of two popular symmetrical scales used in modern music. A symmetric scale is a scale which can be equally divided within an octave.

The diminished scale is an often misunderstood, even a disliked scalar form. This lesson will hopefully enable you to understand how the scale is formed. Also, it was aim to help you understand how through its construction it can be adapted to play in differing musical scenarios.

Along with the whole tone scale, the diminished scale is often left out in the cold. Musicians often feel that it is best employed by classical and jazz musicians. This is often the feeling with the whole tone scale. However, as we viewed in the whole tone scale lesson, even number one hits have included the whole tone scale. The same is surely true of diminished scales. Knowing how to learn and play them is no different from learning any other scale.

There are two issues with the diminished scale:
1. Learning it due to the odd shapes it conjures up on the fretboard which can be challenging to remember.
2. Hearing the scale as it does sound “strange” to the unfamiliar ear.
3. Realising that the scale has two forms, half-whole and whole-half.
The diminished scale can actually be played in two ways. It’s composition is entirely made from consecutive whole and half steps. This is where problems can begin. The scale can, as shown in the video, be played starting either with a whole or a half step. The way you play the scale will very much depend on how you want to apply it. This is covered in the HD video offered in this lesson.

Two Scale Forms To Learn

Diminished Scale #1 – whole step, half step

A – B – C – D – D# – F – F# – G# – A

Diminished Scale #2 – half step, whole step

A – Bb – C – Db – Eb – E – F# – G – A

Make sure that you download the accompanying PDF which will help you practice the scale slowly until you get it under your fingers and in your ears.

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This lesson introduces you to the scale, in other video lessons, using the scale will be demonstrated and explained.

“SCALES YOU CAN USE!” – THE GUITAR SCALE BOOK COMPANION FOR GMI VIDEOS
- 152 page full color print “Comb Binding” version for flat lie.
- Learn the essential scale patterns including the caged guitar system that are both powerful and musically meaningful.
- Included is everything from pentatonic, to modal to exotic scale forms…see below.
- Much more than a book of scales, Scales You Can Use! includes the theory of the scales you learn, musical exercises to help you play them in a musical way, fret maps, comparison scalar tables and much, much, more.
- Created by GMI head tutor Ged Brockie
No matter if you are a rock, blues, jazz, folk, funk, classical guitar player, these patterns are good for all musical genres.

Electric or acoustic guitarist, this book helps you make fast progress towards your guitar music goals.

Purchase The GMI Print Version
Highest quality paper and print.

Wire comb bind for flat lie on music stand.

European A4 size; larger and easier to read.

Click the GREEN BUTTON - ADD TO CART above the image on the left.
NOTE: WHEN YOU ADD TO CART IT WILL TAKE A FEW SECONDS FOR THE BOOK TO APPEAR IN THE CART.
Or, buy direct from Amazon from around the world. NOTE: you will be taken to the Amazon USA but this book is available in all Amazon & good online stores.
23/04/2022

Learning The Whole Tone Scale

Learning The Whole Tone Scale

The whole tone scale is a much ignored scale by guitarists for many of the following reasons:

It’s hard to hear.
It’s odd to finger.
It’s difficult to understand how to use.
It sounds weird.

In the following lesson, Ged Brockie demonstrates and demystifies the whole tone scale and also reveals a number one world wide hit where this often overlooked scale was used.

WHOLE TONE SCALE UNDERSTANDING, LEARNING, PLAYING

Have you ever shied away from playing the whole tone scale? It’s understandable. It’s kind of out on a limb. One of the problems for guitar players is that the whole tone scale seems quite obtuse. That is, how do you use it? It also sounds quite odd to people that have never been exposed to it before. So, why does the whole tone scale not sound like other guitar scales?

The main reason is that the scale has no semi-tones to it’s structure. As the name suggests, the whole tone scale is constructed purely from whole steps (2 frets). This means that it also has less notes than most of the other scales you use. The major scale, harmonic minor scale and melodic minor scale all have seven different notes and an eighth note that repeats the first. In the case of the this scale, it only has seven notes. The seventh note repeats the first note.

The other important thing to remember is that there are only two whole tone scales!

SCALE 1 = C – D – E – F# – G# – A# – C

SCALE 2 = C# – D# – F – G – A – B – C#

These two scales can be named after any of the notes that exist within them. All the scales within any one scale equals the other scales. This is a crucially important point to understand. You will be using these scales and see how this works in later lessons.

DOWNLOAD THE TOTALLY FREE LESSON PDF

The lesson PDF is a great place to start if you are ready for the challenge.

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Download the PDF provided which contains both of the scale forms shown in the video lesson.

“SCALES YOU CAN USE!” – THE GUITAR SCALE BOOK COMPANION FOR GMI VIDEOS

152 page full color print “Comb Binding” version for flat lie.
Learn the essential scale patterns including the caged guitar system that are both powerful and musically meaningful.
Included is everything from pentatonic, to modal to exotic scale forms…see below.
Much more than a book of scales, Scales You Can Use! includes the theory of the scales you learn, musical exercises to help you play them in a musical way, fret maps, comparison scalar tables and much, much, more.
Created by GMI head tutor Ged Brockie

No matter if you are a rock, blues, jazz, folk, funk, classical guitar player, these patterns are good for all musical genres.

Electric or acoustic guitarist, this book helps you make fast progress towards your guitar music goals.

Purchase The GMI Print Version

Highest quality paper and print.

Wire comb bind for flat lie on music stand.

European A4 size; larger and easier to read.

Click the GREEN BUTTON - ADD TO CART above the image on the left.

NOTE: WHEN YOU ADD TO CART IT WILL TAKE A FEW SECONDS FOR THE BOOK TO APPEAR IN THE CART.

Or, buy direct from Amazon from around the world. NOTE: you will be taken to the Amazon USA but this book is available in all Amazon & good online stores.