Major-minor scale on guitar

The following are examples of the A major-minor scale at various positions on the guitar neck. These examples assume standard guitar tuning (E, A, D, G, B, E open guitar strings lowest to highest).

The horizontal lines represent the guitar strings where the lowest guitar string is at the bottom. The vertical lines are the frets. The fret numbers are at the top of each pattern. The tonic of the scale (the first note) is in white. The dominant of the scale (the fifth note) is in gray.

These scale patterns can be transposed to other positions on the neck to produce other major-minor scales. Also, since not all of the patterns below start on the tonic of the scale the same patterns can produce other modes of the major-minor scale.

Example pattern for playing the major-minor scale on guitar (pattern one)

Example pattern for playing the major-minor scale on guitar (pattern two)

Example pattern for playing the major-minor scale on guitar (pattern three)

Example pattern for playing the major-minor scale on guitar (pattern four)

Example pattern for playing the major-minor scale on guitar (pattern five)

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