Minor Scale Licks
This lesson contains licks played within both Minor scales that featured in Progressive Beginner Metal Guitar , the Natural Minor and Harmonic Minor scales.
The following diagrams illustrate the most commonly used pattern for the Natural Minor and Harmonic Minor scales.
The following licks are played within the A Natural Minor scale.
This example is played using the E Natural Minor scale.
The Harmonic Minor scale is used in the following three exercises.
Lick 31 is a simple lick in G minor that makes use of muting.
The next lick is also in G minor and features sixteenth notes.
The following lick is in the key of D minor and combines the Natural and Harmonic Minor scales.
This lick is in the key of E minor and applies whammy bar dipping in the first bar.
Tapping and a whammy bar release is used in the following E Harmonic minor lick. The slash in the notation indicates a repeat the previous beat.
This lick uses the E Harmonic minor scale and features a variety of techniques including a whammy bar dive.
