Link to free printable guitar scales PDF file with all 5 positions of The Guitar Harmonic Minor Scale. Link to Guitar Pro file of tab for The Guitar Harmonic Minor Scale.

Scales serve as very useful exercises to develop technique and coordination, and are essential building blocks for being able to improvise on the guitar. This eBook contains the most important scale patterns to learn and memorize: Major, Harmonic Minor, Melodic Minor, Minor Pentatonic, and Major Pentatonic.

Learn guitar scales in 8 easy steps with this free National Guitar Academy guide. (If you enjoy this article you should check out our Master Guide: How To Play Lead Guitar.)

WHY SHOULD YOU PRACTICE SCALES? HOW TO READ THE FOLLOWING PATTERNS?

Download our free guitar scales pdf and learn fretboard patterns for major, minor and modal scales, triads and seventh arpeggios and more

This PDF contains the diagrams for all the Major and minor scales in all keys for guitar in standard tuning. You can get more fretboard charts in the tuning of your choice by using my interactive web app HERE.

After the major and minor scales, we have charted the pentatonic scale and examine at its usage as well as the Chromatic scale which contains all 12 notes and how you can apply it.

Use these scale shapes in improvisation and practice. For more scale diagrams, and to learn scales in all positions, download the Guitar Scales Chart Book from:

Free printable guitar scales and bass scales in easy to use PDF format! Blues, minor pentatonic, major, major pentatonic – in every key. Each PDF contains the scale in each mode, with each key marked as its sharp (#) and flat (b) variant where applicable.

“Major” Scales use all the notes (Key of “A” = A, B, C#, D, E, F#, G#). Most scales (and chords) can be “built” from the notes in the Major scales. So using the Major scale as a “reference” helps when comparing to other scales (Ex: Take two notes away, and you now have a “Minor Pentatonic” scale).