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Know which scale to play, and why.

By David Taub · Blues lead and soloing

A reference manual of scale diagrams and a step-by-step guide to soloing: the minor pentatonic and blues boxes and how to link them, the major scale and all seven modes, triads and arpeggios, and how to choose what to play over any progression. David Taub's free 34-page ebook.

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Real pages from the ebook.

  • Page 7 of the ebook: five fretboard diagrams of the G minor pentatonic boxes, with the fingers and the roots marked
    Page 7: the five minor pentatonic boxes, in G
  • Page 18 of the ebook: two A Dorian shapes with the fingers, the same notes as G major, and when to play Dorian over a minor key jam
    Page 18: the Dorian mode, and when to use it
  • Page 29 of the ebook: playing one scale over all the chords, or a new scale over each chord as a separate event, and when to use each
    Page 29: the two choices when soloing

What you will learn in this free ebook

  • The notes on the fretboard, and what a scale ispages 3–4
  • The minor pentatonic: the basic box, nine string bends, all five boxes and the expanded shapespages 5–8
  • The blues scale boxes, and the expanded blues scalespages 9–10
  • The major pentatonic, and relative major and minorpages 11–12
  • The major scale in six shapes, and two links across the neckpages 13–14
  • The seven modes, how to apply them, and a page for eachpages 15–22
  • Harmonic minor, Phrygian dominant, triads and arpeggiospages 23–27
  • Soloing: the key and the chords, the two choices, minor and major key soloingpages 28–31
  • Practice items, review tips and where to go from herepages 32–34

Who wrote it

David Taub

Blues lead and soloing

David teaches the blues lead courses Blues on Steroids and the BB King and Stevie Ray Vaughan inspired series, and wrote their companion books. His goal as a teacher: to educate, empower and inspire students to reach their guitar goals.

There is no substitute for learning scales and studying the sounds and relationships between chords and scales.
David Taub · From page 29 of the ebook

Questions

Is it really free?

Yes. It costs nothing and there is no card to enter. It is yours to keep: read it on screen, save it or print it.

Do I need to read music?

No. Every scale, triad and arpeggio is a fretboard diagram, with the fingers and the roots marked.

I only know one pentatonic box. Is it for me?

Yes. It starts with the notes on the neck and the minor pentatonic basic box, and builds from there; the modes and the soloing pages come later.

Is it for acoustic or electric?

Both. The shapes are the same on any guitar; the string bends are easier on an electric.

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