The Harmonic Minor Scale Across The Fretboard (with guitar lick examples)

The harmonic minor scale is very popular among guitar players and is used in a variety of genres including Jazz, Heavy Metal (especially Neo-Classical) and Surf guitar. In this lesson I will show you 5 positions of the harmonic minor scale to cover the entire guitar fretboard using 3 notes per string patterns, as well

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Guitar Scales for Metal

7 Guitar Scales For Metal Players (with guitar lick examples)

Is there a set of guitar scales that only metal guitar players use? Are there a specific set of scales designed for metal guitarists? The answer to both questions is no.  Any scale considered a “metal guitar scale” is also used in other genres, including classical, blues, folk, and Jazz among others. Metal guitar players

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What are guitar scales? (5 reasons why you should learn scales)

Guitar scales defined and how they benefit your guitar learning process Guitar scales are simply groups of notes that sound good together. We use 12 different notes in Western music. (There are far more notes than 12 on the guitar fretboard because the same notes are repeated in different places, either in unison or at the

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The blues guitar scale across the fretboard with example licks

The Blues Scale Across The Fretboard (with guitar lick examples)

When people talk about “the blues guitar scale” they’re usually referring to the minor blues scale, a hexatonic scale (6 notes). In reality, there are two kinds of blues scale – major and minor – but since it’s used more commonly, the minor blues scale seems to have earned the title of “the blues scale”

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