Common Scale Exercises

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Fixed Position Scales

Major Scale in all Positions

U M2 M3 P4 P5 M6 M7

Major Pentatonic Scale in all Positions

U M2 M3 P5 M6

Minor Scale in all Positions

U M2 m3 P4 P5 m6 m7

see Major Scale in all Positions

Minor Pentatonic Scale in all Positions

U m3 P4 P5 m7

see Major Pentatonic Scale in all Positions

Blues Scale in all Positions

U m3 P4 d5 P5 m7

Harmonic Minor Scale in all Positions

U M2 m3 P4 P5 m6 M7

Melodic Minor Scale in all Positions

U M2 m3 P4 P5 M6 M7 (ascending)

U M2 m3 P4 P5 m6 m7 (descending)

Whole-Half Scale in all Positions

U M2 m3 P4 d5 m6 M6 M7

Half-Whole Scale in all Positions

U m2 m3 M3 A4 P5 M6 m7

Whole-Tone Scale

U M2 M3 A4 A5 A6 or U M2 M3 d5 m6 m7

E-------------------------1-3-5-3-1-------------------------
B---------------------2-4-----------4-2---------------------
G-----------------2-4-------------------4-2-----------------
D-----------1-3-5---------------------------5-3-1-----------
A-------2-4---------------------------------------4-2-------
E-1-3-5-----------------------------------------------5-3-1-

Chromatic Scale

U m2 M2 m3 M3 P4 d5 P5 m6 M6 m7 M7

E--------------------------------------------------4-5-6-7/8-
B----------------------------------------4-5-6-7/8-----------
G--------------------------------4-5-6-7---------------------
D----------------------4-5-6-7/8-----------------------------
A------------4-5-6-7/8---------------------------------------
E--4-5-6-7/8-------------------------------------------------

E--8-7-6-5\4-------------------------------------------------
B------------8-7-6-5\4---------------------------------------
G----------------------7-6-5-4-------------------------------
D------------------------------8-7-6-5\4---------------------
A----------------------------------------8-7-6-5\4-----------
E--------------------------------------------------8-7-6-5\4-

Three Note per String Scales

Major Scale in all Positions

U M2 M3 P4 P5 M6 M7

Major Pentatonic Scale in all Positions

U M2 M3 P5 M6

Minor Scale in all Positions

U M2 m3 P4 P5 m6 m7

Minor Pentatonic Scale in all Positions

U m3 P4 P5 m7

Blues Scale in all Positions

U m3 P4 d5 P5 m7

Harmonic Minor Scale in all Positions

U M2 m3 P4 P5 m6 M7

Melodic Minor Scale in all Positions

U M2 m3 P4 P5 M6 M7 (ascending)

U M2 m3 P4 P5 m6 m7 (descending)

Whole-Half Scale in all Positions

U M2 m3 P4 d5 m6 M6 M7

Half-Whole Scale in all Positions

U m2 m3 M3 A4 P5 M6 m7

Whole-Tone Scale

U M2 M3 A4 A5 A6 or U M2 M3 d5 m6 m7

E--------------------------------7-9-11-9-7--------------------------------
B-------------------------6-8-10------------10-8-6-------------------------
G-------------------4-6-8--------------------------8-6-4-------------------
D-------------3-5-7--------------------------------------7-5-3-------------
A-------2-4-6--------------------------------------------------6-4-2-------
E-1-3-5--------------------------------------------------------------5-3-1-

Four Notes per String Scales

Chromatic Scale

E------------------------------------------1-2-3-4-
B----------------------------------2-3-4-6---------
G--------------------------2-3-4-5-----------------
D------------------3-4-5-6-------------------------
A----------4-5-6-7---------------------------------
E--5-6-7-8-----------------------------------------

E-/5-4-3-2-----------------------------------------
B----------6-5-4-3---------------------------------
G------------------6-5-4-3-------------------------
D--------------------------7-6-5-4-----------------
A----------------------------------8-7-6-5---------
E------------------------------------------9-8-7-6-