[Rabs]

Scales... ahh the fun

So many many years ago I wanted to start learning just the basics of scales.. Im not a technical player at all and after the basic chords and barre chords I pretty much taught myself by ear so what ever I play I have worked out rather than read tab (mostly) sometimes tab is great for the bits you cant work out even if you just use it as a guide).

So when I wanted to start playing more lead I looked for a scale that went from one end of the fretboard to the other as thats what always sounded and looked impressive to me (well that what I thought at the time, I know better now).. So I found these scales I think they are pentatonic (or could be chromatic, cant remember, thats how little I know lol).

it has two main positions being

e |--------------------------------10-12-----------|DE

B |------------------------8-10-12-----------------|GAB

G |--------------------7-9-------------------------|DE

D |--------------5-7-9-----------------------------|GAB

A |----------5-7-----------------------------------|DE

E |----3-5-7---------------------------------------|GAB

and

e |-------------------------8-10-12----------------|

B |----------------------8-10----------------------|

G |------------------5-7-9-------------------------|

D |---------------5-7------------------------------|

A |----------3-5-7---------------------------------|

E |------------------------------------------------|

Now between those two positions you can pretty much hit any key and its probably the most useful thing out of eveything I have ever learned.. It works just about every time Ive shown it to a few guitar playing friends and both have thanked me for it several times so I thought id share and ask, whats your fave positions to play in? What was the one thing you learned that you use more often than anything else?

[pfox14]

Dm - it's the saddest of all scales really.

[MatthiasYoung]

pfox14, on 17 April 2012 - 08:51 AM, said:

Dm - it's the saddest of all scales really.

They work well for Mach music. haha

[ChanMan]

Blues. My favorite scale of all time!

I'm thinking the Major and Minor Pentatonic would be 2nd.

[Rainier]

major pentatonic scale bc its the first one i learned, and it got me starting to improvise and such

[trelf]

Typical Steve Vai fan - love the sound of the lydian mode :0)

[Cú Chulainn]

Aeolian and/or Hirajoshi \/

[trelf]

Yummy marty friedman nice :0)

[VikingBlues]

Fave scale for me is Minor Pentatonic - peferably blues notes chucked in. If not a blues I do like the sound of the Aeolian which seems to have a more natural feel under my fingers and makes good note choice easier.

For some reason I find it much more difficult to get lead lines out of Major Pentatonic (or Major Modes) than the Minor. Maybe its because I'm a miserable, sad old git!

[trelf]

VikingBlues, on 01 January 2013 - 11:17 AM, said:

Fave scale for me is Minor Pentatonic - peferably blues notes chucked in. If not a blues I do like the sound of the Aeolian which seems to have a more natural feel under my fingers and makes good note choice easier.

For some reason I find it much more difficult to get lead lines out of Major Pentatonic (or Major Modes) than the Minor. Maybe its because I'm a miserable, sad old git!

It took me about 5 years to realise Eric Johnson was just using the pentatonic he he

[Cú Chulainn]

trelf, on 30 December 2012 - 02:43 PM, said:

Yummy marty friedman nice :0)

Yeah, it's pretty unique really gives you
an exotic/asian feel
although I like to throw in some pentatonics and
harmonic minor too ala Ritchie Blackmore
Basically, I just play what sounds good

[trelf]

Sounds good

[jakeman1397]

Phrigian, scale, it's great for metal, particularly the E phrigian

Chords(for E): Em, Fmaj, Gmaj, Am, Bdim, Cmaj, Dm

It's basically a Cmaj major scale, but routed from the 3rd note.