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The 5 Pentatonic Scale Shapes You Must Know. Melodic Minor Scale Fingerings - Five Positions. The melodic minor scale is one of the most common scales that guitarists learn when they first begin their exploration of the linear aspect of the instrument.

Melodic Minor Scale Fingerings - Five Positions

In this short primer to the melodic minor scale, you will learn how the scale is built, how to practice it from a technical standpoint, how to use it in an improvisational context and how to play the five basic fingerings for this scale across the guitar. Have a question or comment about this lesson? Visit the Melodic Minor Scale Fingerings thread in the MWG Forum. How to Play Bebop Scale Patterns for Guitar. One of the most widely used concepts in jazz improvisation; the Bebop Scale has long been a staple in the vocabulary of many of the genres great artists.

How to Play Bebop Scale Patterns for Guitar

Therefore it is an essential sound to get under your fingers when learning how to play bebop jazz guitar. When learning how to play jazz guitar, many players study this scale, they often practice it descending only, or with its related Dominant 7th Arpeggio ascending on the front end, but few people work this scale with patterns and phrases as they would the Pentatonic Scale or Major Scale. Mastering The Pentatonics. Two videos of full-on scale nerdery : guitarlessons.