Combining Scales

Lesson 3/39 | Study Time: 5 Min

Course: Blues Lead Guitar

Combining Scales

In the previous lesson you learned how to combine the sounds of the Blues scale and the dominant seventh arpeggio. A similar effect can be achieved by combining the major pentatonic scale with the Blues scale or the minor pentatonic scale.

It is a good idea to practice both scales in the same form. e.g., ascend through the G form of the major pentatonic scale and descend through the G form of the Blues scale, and then reverse the order as shown in the following example. The better you know the locations of the root notes in the G form, the easier this will be. Work through this process in all five forms.

Here are some licks which combine sounds from the major pentatonic scale and the Blues scale. As with previous licks, analyze each one and transpose it to other keys.

This one works over the last four measures of a 12-Bar Blues progression.

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1- Arpeggios 2- New Techniques - The Trill 3- The Minor Pentatonic Scale 4- The Blues Scale 5- INTRODUCTION 6- Sixteenth Note Rhythms 7- Understanding Rhythms 8- The Major Pentatonic Scale 9- More on Eighth Note Rhythms 10- The Triplet 11- Five Forms of the Pentatonic Scale 12- Syncopation 13- Minor Arpeggios 14- Enharmonic Notes 15- Swing Rhythms 16- Combining Scales 17- Set Rhythms 18- Common Sixteenth Note Figures 19- Identifying Scale Patterns 20- Tremolo 21- Fretboard Diagrams 22- The Shuffle Rhythm 23- Dominant Seventh Arpeggios 24- The Rake 25- Using Ties 26- Scale Degrees 27- Left-Hand Fingers 28- Twelve Note Positions for Triplets 29- Combining Scales and Arpeggios 30- Analyzing What You Play 31- Tablature 32- Staccato 33- Set Rhythms Using Triplet Figures 34- Twelve Eight Time 35- Tablature Symbols 36- Thirty Second Notes 37- Playing With Pick and Fingers 38- Jam Along Progressions 39- Listening

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Combining Scales