Popular Guitar Scales — Page 23
This collection features the most commonly used guitar scales that will help you understand music better, build melodies, improvise, and create expressive solos. These scales form the foundation of most music styles — from blues and rock to jazz and classical.
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Maj7#5 from note “G#”. Shimmering top and modern brilliance for long pedals.
Mixolydian with b6 from note “G#”. Darker color, good for modal interchange.
Ionian with #5 from note “G#”. Lush bright top and cinematic sound.
Dorian with #4 from note “G#”. Spicy minor, expressive and colorful.
Softer than classical Locrian from note “G#”. Great for ii m7b5, clearer sound.
Lydian with #2 from note “G#”. Exotic major with melodic top.
Major with #4 from note “Gb”. Airy floating top, cinematic pedals and open strings.
Bright and stable major scale from note “Gb”. Foundation of tonal music, easily fits classical progressions.
Dominant major from note “Gb”. Drive, bluesy flavor and natural pull to tonic.
Minor with natural 6 from note “Gb”. Flexible, modern sound, keeps modal flavor and groove.
Lyrical natural minor from note “Gb”. Expressive in ballads and cinematic drama, familiar minor turns.
Minor with b2 from note “Gb”. Dense tension and ethnic touch, fits riffs and flamenco colors.
Rare center with diminished fifth from note “Gb”. Tense color, often used as passing effect.
Minor with leading 7 from note “Gb”. Modern jazz flavor and rich modal derivatives.
V7alt from note “Gb”. Full of colors (#9/b9/#5/b5) with strong pull to resolution.