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4 - 5 - 6 -(7) 7 1 - 2 - 3
7 1 - 2 - 3 4 - 5 - 6 -(7)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
E F F# G G# A Bb B C C# D Eb E A Bb B C C# D Eb E F F# G G# A
I IV I V vi IV I V I bVII IV I I III7 vi IV
I I7 IV iv vi V IV III I bVI bVII I vi ii IV I
I iii IV V I ii IV I vi ii V I IV bVII III7 %
I7 % % % IV7 % I7 % V7 IV7 I7 V7 (Twelve Bar Blues)
I I I V V V V7 V7 V7 I I I I7 I7 I7 IV IV iv I I V I (Happy Birthday)
8-5---------------------|-10-8------------|-15-12-----------------------
----8-5-----------------|------10-8-------|-------15-13*----------------
--------7-5-------------|-----------9-(7)-|-------------14-(12)---------
------------7-5---------|-----------------|---------------------(14-12)-
----------------7-5-----|-----------------|-----------------------------
--------------------8-5-|-----------------|-----------------------------
fast bend: pedal tones: sequences: 4/3 notes down/up from every note
b8r-p5---5-|-5-8-5---5---5-|-8-5-----5---------------|-8-5---5----------
-------8---|-------8---5---|-----8-5---8-5---8-5-----|-----8---8-5-8-5--
-----------|---------------|---------------7-----7-5-|-----------------7
---------------5-(8)9----------------(8)9-12----------------------12-17-
-------------5---------------------10----------------------(13)14-------
--------(5)6---------------------9-----------------------14-------------
-------7-------------------(10)11---------------------14----------------
(3)4-7-----------------7-12------------------12-(15)16------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
5 4 3 E F G A B C D E F G A m o o M o m 1
R-----------R-- 0 1 3 5 7 8 10 12 13 15 17 | | | | | |
-----R--------- | o m o | |
---------R----- <- ROOT NOTES M | | | o M 2
--------------- on 1st, 2nd and 3rd strings | | | o | |
--------------- o o M | m o 3
--------------- | | | | | |
Pentatonic Scales: o m o o | o 4
MINOR: MAJOR: 2 wide, 3 narrow, 2 wide, 3n... | | | | M |
bend | | o m | |
R--o (2) o--R Between 2nd and 3rd string: o M | | o o 5
o--o (2) o--o descending - shift 1 fret DOWN | | | | | |
ascending - shift 1 fret UP m o o M o m 1
o-o (2) R-o | | | | | |
o-R (3) o-o Narrows stacked on top of wide: | o m o | |
o-o (3) o-o descending, shift 1 fret up M | | | o M
ascending, shift 1 fret down
Natural Minor
Major
Aeolian Dorian Phrygian <- minor
Blues: Ionian: Lydian: Mixolydian: <- Major
d u d u
7-8-p7-5-|-5---------|---------5-|-8-7-5---|---5-6-7-|-8-p7-5-|-5-h7-8--
---------|---8-p7-p5-|-5-h7-h8---|-------8-|-8-------|--------|---------
---------|-----------|-----------|---------|---------|--------|---------
---------|-----------|-----------|---------|---------|--------|---------
---------|-----------|-----------|---------|---------|--------|---------
---------|-----------|-----------|---------|---------|--------|---------
d d d u u u u d d d
7-8-p7-5---5-|-5-----------|-----------5-|-----5-8-p5---|-8-p5-------5--
---------8---|---8-p7-p5---|---5-h7-h8---|---5--------5-|------5---5----
-------------|-----------7-|-7-----------|-5------------|--------5------
-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|---------------
-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|---------------
-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|---------------
sequences (4 notes down from every note in the scale, try also 3 notes):
-8-7-5----7-5------5----------------|-----------------------------------
-------8------8-7----8-7-5--8-7-5---|-------------------------------5---
----------------------------------7-|-------4-----4-5---4-5-7-4-5-7-----
------------------------------------|-4-5-7---5-7-----7-----------------
------------------------------------|-----------------------------------
------------------------------------|-----------------------------------
Minor 3 6 | 2 * * * (o = minor)
4b7 |b3 | | | | o o o (* = major)
| | | | | | | 3 | | * (R and 5 = both)
5 R R 4 5 R R | 5 R o
| | | | | | | | -> | | |
| | | 5 6 2 | 5 * * 5
b7b3 Major o o
Open 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 <- Frets
1st: E F G A B C D E F
2nd: B C D E F G A B C # - UP 1 fret
3rd: G A B C D E F G A b - DOWN 1
4th: D E F G A B C D E
5th: A B C D E F G A B E-F, B-C: 1
6th: E F G A B C D E F all others: 2
4 - 5 - 6 - 7 1 7 1 - 2 - 3 I II III IV V VI VII
7 1 - 2 - 3 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 1 i ii iii iv v vi vii
I(maj7) ii(m7) iii(m7) IV(maj7) V(7) vi(m7) viim7b5 from SCALE TONES
bVII: b7 III(7): #5 II: #4 VI: #1 iv: b6 from ALTERED SCALE TONES
chord tone -> other note -> chord tone, motives, sequences, bends
0 0 0 | | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
| | | 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 | | | | 0 | | 0 | |
0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 | | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0
| | | | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | | 0 | 0 0 | | | |
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0
Twelve Bar Blues: I I I I IV IV I I V IV I V
-5-----9---12-(12)-15-|-10------14---5-(5)-8-|-12-----16---7-(7)-10
(7)-5--8---14--12--14-|(12)-10--13---7--5--7-|(14)-12-15---9--7--9-
-6--4--9---12--12--14-|-11--9---14---5--5--7-|-13--11-16---7--7--9-
-5--5--7---14--11--14-|-10--10--12---7--4--7-|-12--12-14---9--6--9-
-7--4------12--12-----|-12--9--------5--5----|-14--11------7--7----
-5--------------------|-10-------------------|-12------------------
I IV I I IV #IVdim7 I I V IV I V
(I) (IV) turnaround-------| trnrnd-|
OOOOOO
|o||||
||O|O|
oooooo |||O|O|
||O||| -> ||O|o| |||O|| -> ||||O|O 3 frets <-->
|o|OOO |||O|O |o||||
-9(11)9---7(9)7--------5--7--9--8--7----7-----5--4--3--2--7----7-
-9----9(8)7---7(6)-----5--7--9--8--7----7-----5--4--3--2--7----7-
-9----9---7---7--------6--7--9--8--7----7-----6--5--4--3--7----7-
-9----8---7---6--------5--7--9--8--7----6-----5--4--3--2--7----6-
-11---9---9---7--------7--9--11-10-9----7-----7--6--5--4--9----7-
-9--------7------------5--7--9--8--7----------5--4--3--2--7------
-9(11)8---7(9)-6-------10--9--8--7-----------------------
-9----8---7----6-------10--9--8--7-------8---7---6---8---
-9----9---7----7-------10--9--8--7-------9---9---7---7---
-9----8---7----6-------9---8--7--6-------9---8---7---6---
-11---10--9----8-------10--9--8--7-----------9-------7---
-9----8---7----6-------------------------9-------7-------
C A G E D
C A G E D
C A G E D
362573 C
4|||14
|736||
514|25 A
|||7||
625136 G
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7362|7
14||51 E
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251462 D
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362573 C
4|||14
|736||
514|25 A
C A G E D
C A G E D
C A G E D
C A G E D
C A G E D
C A G E D
3 3
|||5|| 51|7|5 ||51|| 1|7351 |51|||
|73|1| ||||3| 73|||7 |||||| 3|||73
|||||| ||51|| |||||| |51||| |||5||
51|7|5 73|||7 1|7351 3|||73 |73|1|
C A G E D
C A G E D
3 5 3 5 5 5 5 5
|||||| |1|7|| |||1|| 1|73|1 ||1|||
|73|1| ||5|3| 73|||7 |5|||| 3||573
5||||| |||1|| ||||5| ||1||| ||||||
|1|7|5 73|||7 1|73|1 3|||73 |73|1|
Fully Diminished 7th Chords:
C A G E D
7 7
|||||| |1|||| |||||| 1||3|| ||1|7|
|||||| ||5|3| |||||| |5|||| |||5|3
|||7|5 |||||| ||7|5| |||||| ||||||
|1|||| |||3|1 ||||||
3
C A G E D
3 5 3 5 7 5 5 7 5 5
|7|||| |1|||| 7||1|7 1||3|1 ||1|7|
||3|1| ||5|3| |3|||| |5|||| 3||5|3
5||7|| 7||1|7 ||7|5| ||1|7| |7||||
|1|||5 |3|||| 1||3|1 3||||3 ||3|1|
C A G E D
36 362 3
3625|3 51||25 625136 1|||51 251|62
||||1| |||||| |||||| |||3|| ||||||
||36|| 625136 |362|| 251|62 3625|3
51||25 |||||| 1|||51 |||||| ||||1|
|||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||
C A G E D
C A G E D
C A G E D
6
3|25|3 514725 625136 147|51 2514|2 Mixolydian
47||14 |||||| 7|||47 |||3|| ||||7|
||36|| 625136 |362|| 251462 3625|3
514725 7||||7 1|7|51 ||||7| 47||14
|||||| |36||| |4|3|| 362||3 ||36||
CAPO G G#/Ab A A#/Bb B C C#/Db D D#/Eb E F F#/Gb
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
.
* * | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
m O O O O O 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| O O O | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
M | | | O O 8 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | . | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | * * * * . | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | O m O O | O 12 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | O | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | O O | | | | . | | |
| | | | | | O M | | O O 15 * * | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | . * * m O O O O O 17
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | O O O | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | M | | | O O 20
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | . | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * *
1st position 4th position 1st position
(root 6) (root 5) (root 6 octave)
|-8-5---------------------|
|-----8-5-----------------|
|---------7-5-------------|
|-------------7-5---------|
|-----------------7-5-----|
|---------------------8-5-|
|-10-8-------------------------|
|------10-8--------------------|
|-----------9-7----------------|
|---------------10-7-----------|
|--------------------10-7------|
|-------------------------10-8-|
|-12-10-------------------------------|
|-------13-10-------------------------|
|-------------12-9--------------------|
|------------------12-10--------------|
|------------------------12-10--------|
|------------------------------12-10--|
|-15-12-------------------------------|
|-------15-13-------------------------|
|-------------14-12-------------------|
|-------------------14-12-------------|
|-------------------------15-12-------|
|-------------------------------15-12-|
|-17-15-------------------------------|
|-------17-15-------------------------|
|-------------17-14-------------------|
|-------------------17-14-------------|
|-------------------------17-15-------|
|-------------------------------17-15-|
|-20-17--------------------------------|
|-------20-17--------------------------|
|-------------19-17--------------------|
|-------------------19-17--------------|
|-------------------------19-17--------|
|-------------------------------20-17--|
|-8-7-5-----------------------------|
|-------8-6-5-----------------------|
|-------------7-5-4-----------------|
|-------------------7-5-------------|
|-----------------------8-7-5-------|
|-----------------------------8-7-5-|
|-10-8-7----------------------------------|
|--------10-8-----------------------------|
|-------------10-9-7----------------------|
|--------------------10-9-7---------------|
|---------------------------10-8-7--------|
|----------------------------------10-8-7-|
|-13-12-10------------------------------------------|
|----------13-12-10---------------------------------|
|-------------------12-10-9-------------------------|
|---------------------------12-10-9-----------------|
|-----------------------------------12-10-----------|
|-----------------------------------------13-12-10--|
|-15-13-12-------------------------------------------|
|----------15-12-13----------------------------------|
|-------------------14-12----------------------------|
|-------------------------15-14-12-------------------|
|----------------------------------15-14-12----------|
|-------------------------------------------15-13-12-|
|-17-15-------------------------------------------|
|-------18-17-15----------------------------------|
|----------------17-16-14-------------------------|
|-------------------------17-15-14----------------|
|----------------------------------17-15-14-------|
|-------------------------------------------17-15-|
|-20-19-17--------------------------------------------|
|----------20-18-17-----------------------------------|
|-------------------19-17-16--------------------------|
|----------------------------19-17--------------------|
|----------------------------------20-19-17-----------|
|-------------------------------------------20-19-17--|
Major Chords (1 3 5):
362573 ------
4|||14 ||||o|
|736|| ||o|||
514|25 |R|||| -R----
|||7|| ||||||
625136 ||ooo| ------
||||4| ||||||
7362|7 |o||||
14||51 R|||.o R-----
||73|| |||o||
251462 |oo||| x-R---
|||||| ||||||
362573 |||o|o ------
4|||14 ||||o| ||||o|
|736|| ||o|||
514|25 |R||||
362573 x----x
4|||14 ||o|o|
|736|| ||||||
514|25 |R|||| -R----
|||7|| ||||o|
625136 ||oo|| ------
||||4| |o||||
7362|7 ||||||
14||51 R||... R-----
||73|| ||||||
251462 |oo||| x-R---
|||||| |||||o
362573 |||o|| x----x
4|||14 ||||o| ||o|o|
|736|| ||||||
514|25 |R||||
362573 ------
4|||14 ||||o|
|736|| ||o|||
514|25 |R|o|| -R----
|||7|| ||||||
625136 ||o|o| ------
||||4| |||||o
7362|7 |o||||
14||51 R||||| R-----
||73|| |||o||
251462 |o|||| x-R---
|||||| ||||.| ||||o|
362573 |||o|o ------
4|||14 ||||o|
|736|| ||o|||
514|25 |R|o||
Major Pentatonic Scales (1 2 3 5 6):
362573 OooO|O
4|||14 ||||O|
|736|| ||Oo|| ||oo||
514|25 oR||oo OR||oO
|||7|| ||||||
625136 ooOOOo ooOOOo
||||4| ||||||
7362|7 |Ooo|| |ooo||
14||51 R|||OO R|||OO
||73|| |||O|| |||o||
251462 oOO|oo xOR|oo
|||||| ||||||
362573 oooO|O OooO|O
4|||14 ||||O| ||||O|
|736|| ||oo||
514|25 oR||oo
362573 |||O||
4|||14 ooO|Oo
|736|| ||||||
514|25 oRoo|o |R||||
|||7|| ||||o| ||||O|
625136 ||OO|| ||OO||
||||4| |||||| oO||oo
7362|7 ||||||
14||51 RooOOO RooOOO
||73|| ||||||
251462 |OO||| |ORo||
|||||| o|||oo o|||oO
362573 |||O|| |||O||
4|||14 ooo|Oo ooO|Oo
|736|| ||||||
514|25 oRoo|o
||||o|
G C D
(I) (IV) (V)
Put the "R" on any octave root note, any string, any fret. Right side, string below:
5 R
| |
6 2
| |
7 3
| 4
When the "R" is on the 2nd string, shift the fingering apart 1 fret:
5
| R
6 |
| 2
7 |
3
4
All musical examples associated with this text are written using the fingering above.
Play these intervals for each type of chord:
5 R 5 R 5 R
| | | | | |
6 2 | 2 6 2
| | b7b3 b7 |
| 3 | 3
Dominant 7: 1 2 3 4 5 6 b7
(9 = 2 11 = 4 13 = 6)
Here are the most common structural devices that can be practiced on any set of
notes. The musical examples accompanying this text demonstrate each of these
techniques. You can move the examples to any octave root note on any string.
4 notes descending 1 7 6 5 7 6 5 4
5 4 6 3 ...
1 7 6 5 2 1 7 6
2 1 3 7 ...
4 notes ascending 1 2 3 4 2 3 4 5
4 5 3 6 ...
1 2 3 4 7 1 2 3
7 1 6 2 ...
3 notes descending 1 7 6 7 6 56 5 ... 4
1 7 6 2 1 73 2 ... 1
3 notes ascending 1 2 3 2 3 43 4 ... 5
1 2 3 7 1 26 7 ... 1
3rds 1 3 2 4 3 5 4 6 ...
1 3 7 2 6 1 5 7 ...
skip down, ascend 3 1 2 3 4 2 3 4 5 3 4 5 ...
3 1 2 3 2 7 1 2 1 6 7 1 ...
skip up, descend 1 3 2 1 2 4 3 2 3 5 4 3 ...
1 3 2 1 7 2 1 7 6 1 7 6 ...
enclosures 1 7 2 1 2 1 3 2 3 2 4 3 ...
1 7 2 1 7 6 1 7 6 5 7 6 ...
Bends:
Pedal Tones:
1 7 1 6 1 5 1 4 1 3 1 2 1 1
5 4 5 3 5 2 5 1 5 7 5 6 5 5
etc...
Arpeggios:
1 3 5 7 3 5 7 1 5 7 1 3 7 1 3 5
Added Tones:
1 b2 2 3 2 b3 3 4 3 4 b5 5 4 5 b6 6
Practicing the above mechanical patterns will provide endless melodic and textural
material. You simply need to apply preconceived rhythms to create musical phrases.
MORE INTERVAL FINGERINGS:
You can find the same intervals on Remember that when crossing between
the other frets and strings, in the 2nd and 3rd strings, the
relation to any octave root note: fingerings need to be shifted apart
1 fret:
| 2 | 2
| | | |
3 6 | 3 3 | R 3
4 | R 4 4 6 | 4
| 7 | | | | | |
5 R | 5 5 7 | 5
| | | R | |
| 6 | 6
When finding root notes on the 3rd When finding root notes on the 4th
string, it helps to have this string, it helps to have this
little extension which covers the little extension which covers the
1st string: 6th string:
| | | r 4 |
| 2 5 | | 7
| | | 2 5 R
R 3 6 | | |
| 4 | 3 6 2
| | 7 4 | |
| 5 r
Here's a composite fingering containing all of the fingerings above. The root note
in this diagram can be placed on any string, any fret. Just be sure to split apart 1
fret, any 2 strings in this fingering diagram which land in the 2nd and 3rd strings
of the guitar:
7 3 6 2 5
r 4 | | |
| | 7 3 6
2 5 R 4 |
| | | | 7
3 6 2 5 r
4 | | | |
5 7 3 6 2
| | 4 | |
|o|||| |||||| |||||| ||||||
R|o||| |||||| |||||| ||||||
|||o|| |||||| |||||| ||||||
||R|o| |||||| |||||| ||||||
||||o| |||||| |||||| ||||||
|||o|o |||||| |||||| ||||||
||||o| |||||| |||||| ||||||
||o||| |||||| |||||| ||||||
|R|o.o |||||| |||||| ||||||
|||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||
|||Ro. |||||| |||||| ||||||
|||||o |||||| |||||| ||||||
|o|||| |||||| |||||| ||||||
R|o||| |||||| |||||| ||||||
3 against 4 rhythms:
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 o o o
o o o o o o o
o o o o o o o
o o o o o o o
Chord Substitutions:
Clean sound, Neck Pickup, less high end (roll off the tone knob)
ii-V7-Imaj (iii-vi-ii-V7(V9,V13)-Imaj)
ii7b5-V7alt-i
Eb: ii V7 I I
Db: ii V7 I I
Ebm7 Ab7 Db Db
METAL:
Heavy Distortion Sound, Lots of High End (treble tone), bridge pickup
Power Chords:
Light Overdrive
I7 IV7 V7
BALLADS: