The E Major scale is one of the essential scales to know on guitar. You might have learned it in the first position of the guitar, but now you want to learn the same set of notes throughout the fretboard. This lesson covers the 5 scale shapes for effectively playing the E Major scale on … Read more
The altered scale gives you several tension notes to use over an altered dominant 7 chord before resolving into the next chord. In this lesson, you’ll learn how the altered scale is built, play it across the fretboard, and use it to create tension and resolution in a minor-key progression. Mastery Roadmap Focus · View … Read more
The Dorian scale is a minor-type mode with a natural 6th, giving it a different sound from the natural minor scale. In this lesson, you’ll learn the Dorian formula, compare it with natural minor, play it across the fretboard, and use its characteristic 6th in musical examples. Mastery Roadmap Focus · View Roadmap → Start … Read more
The diminished scale is a repeating eight-note scale that can create tension over diminished and dominant 7 chords. There are two versions to learn: whole-half diminished and half-whole diminished. In this lesson, you’ll learn how each one is built, play them on the fretboard, and hear where each sound can be used. Mastery Roadmap Focus … Read more
An interval is the distance between two notes. Learning these distances helps you understand the shapes you see on the fretboard and gives you names for the sounds you hear. In this lesson, you’ll see how intervals are named, where they appear around a root note on guitar, and how they connect to scales, chords, … Read more
Scales help you understand how notes are organized across the fretboard, play melodies with more confidence, and choose notes when you begin improvising. In this lesson, we’ll compare six essential scale types: the Major and natural minor scales, Major and minor pentatonic scales, and Major and minor blues scales. You’ll see how their formulas relate … Read more
Triads form the backbone of most chords and are a great tool for outlining harmony, building melodies, and improvising. While the concept is simple in theory, learning how to apply triads all over the guitar neck takes practice but it’s well worth the effort. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to play Major triads, explore … Read more
The harmonic minor scale is a minor scale with a raised 7th, creating a strong pull back toward the root. In this lesson, you’ll learn the harmonic minor formula, fretboard shapes, and ways to apply the scale over minor-key chord progressions. Mastery Roadmap Focus · View Roadmap → Start with one natural minor scale shape … Read more
Learning a scale is only the first step. The next challenge is knowing how to practice it so the notes become easier to find, move between, and use musically. In this lesson, we’ll look at several ways to practice scales, including connecting shapes, using patterns and intervals, playing with a metronome, applying scales over chord … Read more
The melodic minor scale has a minor sound with a natural 6th and 7th, giving it a different color from the natural minor scale. If you already know a Major scale shape, melodic minor is easy to relate to it: keep the same notes and lower the 3rd by one fret. In this lesson, you’ll … Read more