Posts Tagged by Scale
Jog Scale
This is a scale I know as ‘Jog scale’. I am sure even though you might not know it by name, you have heard its sound before, as it is featured in a lot of Beatles tunes, and also a favorite of guitarist Eric Johnson. It has an Indian flavor to my ears…just watch the…
More Advanced Blues stuff (the Miles/Robben thing)
Advanced pentatonic stuff. There are when times you can get bored of playing just the pentatonic on a blues, or maybe you’ve heard more contemporary blues players like Robben Ford, or blues influenced jazz guys like John Scofield and Scott Henderson. Well, here I come to help you out with a couple of tips: first…
Chord scale exercise
Printable PDF: Chord-Scale Ex. This is an introduction to how to use the right scale for the chord of the moment. I will not be talking about modes yet as I find this creates a bit of confusion at this stage. We have seen how on every degree (=note) of the scale we can build…
To find the correct scale for the chords just play a G major scale starting from the degree the chord sits on (like I do in the video).
G maj7 = G major from G to G (1st degree)
Am7 = G major from A to A (2nd degree)
Bm7 = G major from B to B (3rd degree)
And so on…I am sure you get the idea.
The next is an example in C major: the roots of the chords are all on the 5th string. Watch the video and find the related scales
And again this is an example in F major: the roots of the chords are all on the 4th string. You know what to do…
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Professional guitarist, producer, internet enthusiast and overall geek, Gianni Chiarello has been playing, performing and recording for over 25 years in different parts of the globe. Read more about it here: 
