For the f major chord, you can substitute an f major 7th chord. The diminished scale is used to solo over diminished 7 dim7 chords. How to improvise lead lines over chord progressions and never play bad. Cmajor7, dm7, em7 f major 7, g7, am7, b halfdiminished from the c major scale. See all 7 formats and editions hide other formats and. Our volume 1 course has lessons to teach you both power chords and the minor pentatonic scale.
Here is a list of what scales you can use over 7th chords. I suggest you learn each scales chords separately to begin with and then later practice the chords over their home roots e. The first logical step is to learn how to apply scales over single chords. The chordscale system is a method of matching, from a list of possible chords, a list of possible scales. Erich andreas has been playing and teaching guitar for nearly 30 years. The basic idea of how chords and scales go together is this. Lets take a look at some chords and the patterns that they go with.
By moving up each note of the scale and forming a chord on the note by adding the 3rd and the 5th from that note in the scale, we form a family of 7 related chords as follows. Includes an indepth 12 page explanation that leads to complete understanding of the fundamentals of major and minor scales, chords, arpeggios and cadences plus a clear explanation of scale degrees and a twopage guide to fingering the scales and arpeggios. Comprehensive scale and arpeggio patterns that cover the entire fretboard. By soaking in the chord shapes, scale shapes and intervals we take what seems to be a complicated thing and make it glaringly obvious and even simple. Dave strykers jazz guitar improvisation method ebook. Read on for a complete blues scale guitar lesson the basic blues scale guitar pattern. The scales are presented on one page, with one line of scales in parallel motion, one line in contrary motion, one line of.
How to solo over chord changes the 5 level challenge jens. You can see that this scale can be used over the three chords that make up the ii v i progression, the most commonly used in jazz. In this guitar lesson you will quickly learn about how to use scales over chords. Its important to note that there are many more scales you can use and superimpose over the chords im listing. Dont forget that you can build chords from scales eg. Chords and scales do not have to be two different worlds. If a chord is only made up of a couple notes such as a power chord. Here is the interval pattern for the melodic minor scale. And over a minor 7th chord, you can play dorian, phrygian, or aeolian, and so on.
A simple guide to scales that work over major chords and. Get your free instant download of the pdf version of this guide now. Just download wilbur savidge scales over chords for free and leave comment for mates. Dflat major and bflat minor are both subdominant chords in the key of f minor. When you start soloing over chord changes in jazz then the first. This book explores how scales and chords are intertwined, a concept that is key to creating functional and memorable bass lines and solos. How to creatively use scales over chords in 3 steps.
Choosing the scale for your solo a lot of people ask me how you apply the scales you learn over chord progressions i. To do something meaningful with the scales, you need to know how to get inside them and. Rock, country, and blues and nine great styles are arranged in a variation of styles and tempos to give readers the excitement of playing on location with a live band. Chords from scales a lot of importance has been placed upon finding the right scales which can be played against different chords see hidden scales and scalechord relationship in the tutorials.
Why scales are important if you want to learn music. How to solo over chord changes the right way jens larsen. Keep accurate records in your practice log of the items you are working on, what needs work, chord changes, progressions, songs, original material, scales, etc. Mel bay dave explains his approach to jazz improvisation with musical examples that he himself uses, learned from years of playing with the greats after learning how to play jazz from listening to players such as grant green, wes montgomery and pat martino. Ultimate guitar chords and the scales that fit them 2 dvd set. This book examines how scales and chords are closely linked and how this relationship is key to crafting memorable, intelligent solos. This is a basic theory lesson for beginner guitar players. To show this, i will use the c, a, g, e, and d chord forms. A gentle introduction to guitar chord theory jazz guitar lessons. Youll find them by stacking thirds on each note of the major scale. How to use scales over chords guitar lesson youtube. The beauty of the major and minor pentatonic scales, is that they stay the same no matter what key you are in. The scale of thirds also gives you some cool chord substitution concepts using chords built from the pentatonic scales mentioned above.
The d minor chord can be replaced by the d minor 7th chord. Knowing how chords and scales relate to each other helps you to find them more easily than if you were not to know their relation. Below is each scale for the blues progression, you can see that i have outlined the chords in each. Our website uses cookies so that you can place orders and we can provide you with a better service. In this lesson, well concentrate on the modes of the major scale the major scale being the. After i give you the fundamentals, ill give you a continue reading scales made easy psh. Blog about contact login mastery program login old. Check out the original video on my youtube channel and dont forget to hit subscribe. I know the beginning of the video is a little dry, but its important. Get started playing guitar with this detailed guitar chord and scale book. For example, if you see a dominant 7th chord, you know right away that you can play a mixolydian scale over that.
The minor pentatonic scale for guitar jazz guitar online. You can see that the chords are all major chords, but they can be other chords also. Each chord is shown at three different positions on the guitar neck, for a total of 108 chords. How to play from one chord to the next in any chord progression. Accompanying audio download from the publishers website includes 6 tracks, 17 of which are extended backing tracks for practice. For example, play am pentatonic chords over an f major 7th chord. Guitarists guide to scales over chords ebook by chad. The diminished scale is different from the dominant diminished scale, which alternates half and whole steps and is used to solo over dominant 7b9 chords when first exploring diminished scales on. Now its time for a few examples to cement this concept in your mind. The first mode that you will explore in this lesson outside of the minor blues scale is the melodic minor scale. Scales over chords book and cd paperback january 1, 1994 by wilbur savidge author 4. When you have found out what chords and scales you can use over a sequence you can go to town.
Download your guitar chord theory blog post to ebook pdf here. Select landscape mode to get best results printing it out. This book will show you how to play major, minor, and seventh guitar chords. Minor scales have three semitones piano keys between their first and third degrees. This new edition has over 200 lessons, guitar licks, exercises, streaming videos, and scalesover chords concepts. The online course is a lifetime subscription that accesses more exercises and lessons. A guide for which scales to use over 7th chords learn. This article serves as a part two to the connecting chords to a scale article. The purpose here is to provide a list of open position chords and the pentatonic scales that they fit into. The chordscale system is a method of matching, from a list of possible chords, a list of possible. The system has been widely used since the 1970s and is generally accepted in the jazz world today however, the majority of older players used the chord tonechord arpeggio method. Often, beginner guitar players think of playing chords and scales as two different worlds. Guitar basics of chords, keys, and scales upfront worship. Scale, chord, arpeggio and cadence studies in all major and minor keys presented in a convenient twopage format.
Why learning more than one scale pattern is beneficial. Learn your guitar scales provides a comprehensive introduction to the fundamental patterns that underpin everything we do on guitar. Knowing when to utilize the scale and over which chords is just as important as knowing the scale itself. Giveaway click here to receive 30 free guitar lessons. He has taught 100s of students for s of hours, has authored several books on the subject, has over 40,000,000 video views on his collective youtube channels and is passionate about creating guitar ninjas all. Just dont learn scales alone, also learn how to apply them too often players will learn dozens and dozens of scales, but they dont learn how to use them and when to apply them. Soloing over chord changes is a far more advanced concept which well come to later. Finding the appropriate scales is however only the first step. For example, i wont mention the different kinds of minor pentatonic scales or bebop scales you can use.
With guitarists guide to scales over chords, youll learn how to apply the most commonly used scales in a musical manner. Basic guitar chords, keys, and scales december 30th, 2004 5 in the above chart, are listed what are called substitute chords. Lets say you want to play scales over a ii v i vi chord progression in c major. An equally common use of the scale is over an e7 chord to get the bluesy. Guitar chord theory is the study of chords on the guitar. In this video lesson well be going over how to learn and drill in scales in the fastest way possible. Welcome to this lesson on strategies to learn scales the easy way.
Accomodates the learning pace of younger students such as those in alfreds basic, level 2. Scales the good news is that there are very few scales you need to know to improvise over the. If youre the chord type then maybe you have a hard time memorizing scales, or dont see the value in them, maybe you dont know how cool it. On this page youll find blues scale guitar tab, patterns and notation that will allow you to play blues scales all over the guitar neck. Plus, the book offers personal instruction on how to use pentatonic scales. Guitar chords and scales by ebook kingdom nook book. These are nice chords to use over a c root to create a suspended feeling in your minor key dominant chord. Then you will want to play a pentatonic scale over it because this scale only has five notes in it. If you want to download a free ebook of 15 ii valt i licks then subscribe to my newsletter. Check out the exciting materials covered in the book and streaming videos. This will tell you what scales will always work over particular chords. Learn these 7 guitar scales and you will be able to solo over almost any jazz standard. Learn guitar online with the best beginner, intermediate and advanced guitar lessons covering chords, strumming, scales, arpeggios, lead guitar and more.