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Scales and Arpeggios

This document is an introduction to an ebook containing scale and arpeggio patterns for guitar generated by the Fachords Guitar Scale Finder. It includes major, minor, chromatic, pentatonic, blues, whole tone, diminished, and seventh scales and triads in various positions across the fretboard to help guitar players learn and practice these important musical structures. The full ebook provides these patterns in the key of C but notes that users can modify the patterns to any key using the Fachords Guitar Scale Finder online tool.

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Scales and Arpeggios

This document is an introduction to an ebook containing scale and arpeggio patterns for guitar generated by the Fachords Guitar Scale Finder. It includes major, minor, chromatic, pentatonic, blues, whole tone, diminished, and seventh scales and triads in various positions across the fretboard to help guitar players learn and practice these important musical structures. The full ebook provides these patterns in the key of C but notes that users can modify the patterns to any key using the Fachords Guitar Scale Finder online tool.

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Introduction

The content of this ebook is a selection of scales and arpeggios patterns created
with Fachords Guitar Scale Finder.
inder
Fachords Guitar Finder is a free online software application that shows you the
scales and arpeggios patterns on the guitar fretboard.
With Fachords Guitar Scale Generator you can:
select the root key of the scales you want to learn and visualize them on the
fretboard.
set freely patterns position and extension and modify their shape (four frets
boxes, 3 notes per string, 4 notes per string, extended fingerings)
listen to the sound of the scales with the audio playback feature.
All the presented scales and arpeggios are in C key, but you can move them along
the fretboard to play in other keys, or use Fachords Guitar Finder to generate new
patterns for every key and fretboard position..

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Content
Introduction ....................................................................................................................5
MAJOR SCALE ................................................................................................................6
C major scale - Ionian scale .....................................................................................6
D dorian scale .............................................................................................................6
E phrygian scale .........................................................................................................6
F lydian scale ..............................................................................................................7
G mixolydian ...............................................................................................................7
A minor scale Aeolian scale ...................................................................................7
B Locrian scale ...........................................................................................................7
CHROMATIC SCALE ........................................................................................................8
Chromatic scale pattern 1 .........................................................................................8
Chromatic scale pattern 2 .........................................................................................8
Chromatic scale extended pattern ............................................................................8
MINOR SCALE ................................................................................................................9
A Minor armonic scale position 1..............................................................................9
A Minor armonic scale position 2..............................................................................9
A Minor armonic scale position 3..............................................................................9
A Minor armonic scale position 4........................................................................... 10
A Minor armonic scale position 5........................................................................... 10
A Bachian scale position 1 ..................................................................................... 10
A Bachian scale position 2 ..................................................................................... 10
A Bachian scale position 3 ..................................................................................... 11
A Bachian scale position 4 ..................................................................................... 11
A Bachian scale position 5 ..................................................................................... 11
PENTATONIC AND BLUES SCALES ............................................................................. 12
A Pentatonic minor position 1 ................................................................................ 12
A Pentatonic minor position 2 ................................................................................ 12
A Pentatonic minor position 3 ................................................................................ 12
A Pentatonic minor position 4 ................................................................................ 13
A Pentatonic minor position 5 ................................................................................ 13
A Blues minor scale position 1 ............................................................................... 13

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A Blues minor scale position 2 ............................................................................... 13
A Blues minor scale position 3 ............................................................................... 14
A Blues minor scale position 4 ............................................................................... 14
A Blues minor scale position 5 ............................................................................... 14
WHOLE TONE AND DIMINISHED SCALES .................................................................. 15
C Whole tone scale position 1 ................................................................................ 15
C Whole tone scale position 2 ................................................................................ 15
C Whole tone scale position 3 ................................................................................ 15
C Whole tone scale position 4 ................................................................................ 16
C Whole tone scale position 5 ................................................................................ 16
C Whole tone scale extended pattern.................................................................... 16
C Whole half diminished scale position 1 ............................................................. 16
C Whole half diminished scale position 2 ............................................................. 17
C Whole half diminished scale position 3 ............................................................. 17
C Whole half diminished scale position 4 ............................................................. 17
C Whole half diminished scale position 5 ............................................................. 17
C Whole half diminished scale position 6 ............................................................. 18
C Whole half diminished scale position 7 ............................................................. 18
C Half whole diminished scale position 1.............................................................. 18
C Half whole diminished scale position 2.............................................................. 18
C Half whole diminished scale position 3.............................................................. 19
C Half whole diminished scale position 4.............................................................. 19
C Half whole diminished scale position 5.............................................................. 19
C Half whole diminished scale position 6.............................................................. 19
MINOR, DIMINISHED AND MAJOR TRIADS................................................................ 20
C major triad position 1 .......................................................................................... 20
C major triad position 2 .......................................................................................... 20
C major triad position 3 .......................................................................................... 20
C major triad position 4 .......................................................................................... 21
C major triad position 5 .......................................................................................... 21
A minor triad position 1 .......................................................................................... 21
A minor triad position 2 .......................................................................................... 21

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A minor triad position 3 .......................................................................................... 22
A minor triad position 4 .......................................................................................... 22
A minor triad position 5 .......................................................................................... 22
B diminished triad position 1 ................................................................................. 22
B diminished triad position 2 ................................................................................. 23
B diminished triad position 3 ................................................................................. 23
B diminished triad position 4 ................................................................................. 23
B diminished triad position 5 ................................................................................. 23
SEVENTH ARPEGGIOS ................................................................................................ 24
C major 7th position 1 ............................................................................................ 24
C major 7th position 2 ............................................................................................ 24
C major 7th position 3 ............................................................................................ 24
C major 7th position 4 ............................................................................................ 25
C major 7th position 5 ............................................................................................ 25
G7 dominant arpeggio position 1 .......................................................................... 25
G7 dominant arpeggio position 2 .......................................................................... 25
G7 dominant arpeggio position 3 .......................................................................... 26
G7 dominant arpeggio position 4 .......................................................................... 26
G7 dominant arpeggio position 5 .......................................................................... 26
A minor 7th arpeggio position 1 ............................................................................. 26
A minor 7th arpeggio position 2 ............................................................................. 27
A minor 7th arpeggio position 3 ............................................................................. 27
A minor 7th arpeggio position 4 ............................................................................. 27
A minor 7th arpeggio position 5 ............................................................................. 27
B minor 7/flat 5 arpeggio position 1 ..................................................................... 28
B minor 7/flat 5 arpeggio position 2 ..................................................................... 28
B minor 7/flat 5 arpeggio position 3 ..................................................................... 28
B minor 7/flat 5 arpeggio position 4 ..................................................................... 28
B minor 7/flat 5 arpeggio position 5 ..................................................................... 29
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Lets get in touch! ....................................................................................................... 32

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MAJOR
MAJOR SCALE
The orientation of the fretboard is with the low E at the bottom and the high E at
the top. The root note of the scale/arpeggio is the one wrapped in the white circle.

Remember to practice with a metronome.


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C major scale - Ionian scale

D dorian scale

E phrygian scale

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F lydian
lydian scale

G mixolydian

A minor scale Aeolian scale

B Locrian
ocrian scale

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CHROMATIC SCALE
Chromatic scale pattern 1

Chromatic scale pattern 2

Chromatic scale extended pattern

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MINOR SCALE
A Minor armonic scale position 1

A Minor armonic scale position 2

A Minor armonic scale position 3

10

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A Minor armonic
armonic scale position 4

A Minor armonic scale position 5

A Bachian scale position 1

A Bachian scale position 2

10

11

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A Bachian scale position 3

A Bachian scale position 4

A Bachian scale position 5

11

12

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PENTATONIC AND BLUES SCALES


SCALES
A Pentatonic
Pentatonic minor position 1

A Pentatonic minor position 2

A Pentatonic minor position 3

12

13

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A Pentatonic minor position 4

A Pentatonic minor position 5

A Blues minor scale position 1

A Blues minor scale position 2

13

14

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A Blues minor scale position
position 3

A Blues minor scale position 4

A Blues minor scale position 5

14

15

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WHOLE TONE AND DIMINISHED SCALES


SCALES
C Whole tone scale position 1

C Whole tone scale position 2

C Whole tone scale position 3

15

16

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C Whole tone scale position 4

C Whole
Whole tone scale position 5

C Whole tone scale extended pattern

C Whole half diminished scale position 1

16

17

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C Whole half diminished scale position 2

C Whole half diminished scale position 3

C Whole half diminished scale position 4

C Whole half diminished scale position 5

17

18

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C Whole half diminished scale position 6

C Whole half diminished scale position 7

C Half whole diminished scale position 1

C Half whole diminished scale position 2

18

19

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C Half whole diminished scale position 3

C Half whole diminished scale position 4

C Half whole diminished scale position 5

C Half whole diminished scale position 6

19

20

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MINOR,
MINOR, DIMINISHED AND MAJOR TRI
TRIADS
C major triad position 1

C major triad position 2

C major triad position 3

20

21

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C major triad position 4

C major triad
triad position 5

A minor triad position 1

A minor triad position 2

21

22

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A minor triad position 3

A minor triad position 4

A minor triad position 5

B diminished triad position 1

22

23

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B diminished triad
triad position 2

B diminished triad position 3

B diminished triad position 4

B diminished triad position 5

23

24

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SEVENTH ARPEGGIOS
C major 7th
7th position
position 1

C major 7th position 2

C major 7th position 3

24

25

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C major 7th position 4

C major 7th
7th position 5

G7 dominant arpeggio
arpeggio position 1

G7 dominant arpeggio position 2

25

26

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G7 dominant arpeggio position 3

G7 dominant arpeggio position 4

G7 dominant arpeggio position 5

A minor
minor 7th arpeggio
arpeggio position 1

26

27

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A minor 7th arpeggio position
position 2

A minor 7th arpeggio position 3

A minor 7th arpeggio position 4

A minor 7th arpeggio position 5

27

28

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B minor 7/flat
7/flat 5 arpeggio position 1

B minor 7/flat
7/flat 5 arpeggio position 2

B minor 7/flat
7/flat 5 arpeggio position 3

B minor 7/fl
7/flat
flat 5 arpeggio position 4

28

29

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B minor 7/flat
7/flat 5 arpeggio position 5

29

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