Minor Scale on Guitar: Patterns, Positions & Theory. What is the minor scale? How is it different than the major scale? In this lesson we’ll break down the minor scale and its qualities and take a look at how it is applied to the guitar fretboard.

On this page you’ll find a complete guide to playing the natural minor scale (also known as the Aeolian scale) on guitar. We start with a basic natural minor scale guitar pattern, then introduce additional fretboard patterns that will allow you to play the scale all over the guitar neck. Practice using the scale with the backing track provided...

Learning the minor scale on guitar is essential for any budding musician because of its versatility & use across a vast number of music genres. If the g major scale (for example) is characterized by an upbeat & chipper sound, the minor scale is melancholic, sad, or emotional sound.

2019年5月14日 · These 5 positions are all one and the same natural minor scale but played in different shapes and areas on the fretboard to give you the freedom to play the scale all over the neck and improvise without restrictions. The natural minor scale (also known as Aeolian mode) is derived from the major scale.

The minor scale can be grouped into five distinct patterns based in the CAGED system. These patterns apply to all natural minor scales and make it much easier to learn the scale across the entire fretboard.

2022年5月19日 · On the guitar, a whole step is two frets, and a half step is one fret. The minor scale pattern is a combination of whole steps and half steps that looks like this: Root — Whole — Half — Whole — Whole — Half —Whole — Whole (root one octave higher).

2023年11月2日 · Use these patterns to play harmonic minor scales on guitar. All the shapes are in the key of G minor and the green dots show the root notes. Each pattern can be moved up or down the fretboard to play harmonic minor scales in any key.

2017年3月30日 · In this lesson we’ll first go through a bit of theory on the natural minor scale. Then I will give you 3 notes per string patterns so that you can play the natural minor scale in all positions of the guitar fretboard as well as a guitar lick that makes use of …

Natural minor scales on the guitar follow the pattern shown below. Play the notes in the number order shown. Your first note is indicated by the 1 shown on the first E string. Just as with major scales, to play natural minor scales on the guitar, you simply move the pattern along the neck of the guitar to build whatever minor scale you’d like ...

2016年1月9日 · Minor Scales Cheat Sheet for Guitar. Learn minor scale and mode shapes on the fretboard by changing one note.