When you call up the "Scales"- Page, you will see a table that represents the fretboard. Here you can choose which string and root note you want for the scale that you chose. Although the scale can basically lie on any layer on any string, I recommend that you try to go as far as possible to the bottom left of the fretboard.
As soon as you have clicked, the appropriate field will be marked and a new table will be displayed, in which you can choose the type of scale. (All scale types are not always available.)
After you have done this, you will be given a selection of scales. The root notes are highlighted in red; fret numbers were not included. The Scales are all movable to any fret, so you still have to shift the scales to match the root note you originally chose. The red mark on the fretboard has to lie on the same fret as the root note on the matching string on the chord diagram.
Example: You are looking for G minor. Click on the 3rd fret of the 6th string (low E string). When the table appears, choose "minor/aeolian". You will then get 2 movable scales. Both need to be shiftd to the 3rd fret. If you click on the 5th fret of the 4th string (D string), you will get two scales that you will have to shift to the 5th fret.
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Pentatonic
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major | minor | dom.7 | minor6 | m7/5b | ||
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Blues
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major | minor | mixed | ||||
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Diatonic
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major/ionian | dorian | phrygian | lydian | mixolydian | minor/aolian | locrian |
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Harmonic Minor
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HM1 | HM2 | HM3 | HM4 | HM5 | HM6 | HM7 |
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MelodicMinor
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MM1 | MM2 | MM3 | MM4 | MM5 | MM6 | MM7 |
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other
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half/whole | whole/half | wholetone |
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| "Abc" | Name of the the scale. It consists of the key ant the type. |
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Hold down string . Note within the lower and upper root note of one complete scale. |
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Hold down string . Red indicates the root notes of the scale. The root note corresponds to the key. Two root notes contain one complete octave |
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Bluenote |
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Slide this note upwards, even if the scale is played downwards |
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Note that belongs to the next upper or lower incomplete octave |
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Bluenote that belongs to the next upper or lower incomplete octave |