Guitar
28 articles
Note Names on the Neck
A full fretboard chart of every note name, so you can move any scale pattern to any key.
Other Exotic and Ethnic Scales
Enigmatic, Hungarian minor, Persian, Arabian, Japanese and more — exotic and ethnic scales with fretboard patterns.
Diminished
The symmetrical eight-note diminished scale (whole-half and half-whole) in positional and diagonal fretboard forms.
Whole Tone
The dreamy six-note whole tone scale and its symmetrical shapes, in positions and three-notes-per-string patterns.
Chromatic
The twelve-tone chromatic scale in positional and single-string fingerings for building speed and dexterity.
Modes of Jazz Minor
The seven modes of the jazz minor scale — Lydian ♭7, Super Locrian and more — shown as full-neck patterns.
Jazz Melodic Minor
The jazz (melodic) minor scale, a natural minor with raised sixth and seventh, in positions and full-neck forms.
Phrygian-Dominant
The Phrygian-dominant scale — the fifth mode of harmonic minor — with its Spanish/flamenco color, across the neck.
Harmonic Minor
The exotic harmonic minor scale and its distinctive raised seventh, in five positions and full-neck patterns.
Locrian
The unstable Locrian mode with flatted second and fifth, mapped in positions and three-notes-per-string patterns.
Mixolydian
The dominant, bluesy Mixolydian mode with its flatted seventh, in positions and full-neck fingerings.
Lydian
The airy Lydian mode with its raised fourth, shown in five positions and three-notes-per-string forms.
Phrygian
The dark Phrygian mode with its flatted second, mapped across the fretboard in positions and full-neck patterns.
Dorian
The Dorian mode — a minor scale with a bright raised sixth — in five positions and three-notes-per-string patterns.
Creating Modes
How the seven modes are created from a parent scale — and how to see and hear each as a scale in its own right.
Major
The major scale in five positional patterns and three-notes-per-string forms, with full-neck fingerings.
Natural Minor
The natural minor (Aeolian) scale in five positions and three-notes-per-string patterns across the whole neck.
Major Blues
The nine-tone major blues scale in all five boxes and full-neck fingerings for guitar.
Minor Blues
The eight-tone minor blues scale mapped across the fretboard in five interconnected box patterns.
Major Pentatonic
The bright, country- and rock-friendly major pentatonic scale in five boxes, diagonals and full-neck patterns.
Blues
The six-note blues scale — minor pentatonic plus the flatted fifth — shown in all five boxes and across the neck.
Minor Pentatonic
The five-tone minor pentatonic scale in all five box patterns, diagonal shapes and full-neck fingerings for guitar.
A Word About Fingerings
Why the suggested fingerings aren't set in stone, and how to pick the ones that fit your hand and the passage.
Reading Fretboard Diagrams
How to read the fretboard diagrams used throughout the book — dots, open strings, root notes and fret numbers explained.
How to Learn Scales
How to approach this book and practice scales effectively, so each pattern truly sinks in.
Drop D tuning
Drop D tuning lowers only the low 6th string from E to D, giving D A D G B E. Learn how to tune to it, why guitarists use it, and real songs to try.
Easy guitar songs for beginners
A dozen genuinely easy guitar songs for beginners, grouped from two chords to four — with the exact chords each one uses, why it’s simple, and where a capo fits in.
How to read guitar tabs
Learn to read guitar tablature from scratch: what the six lines and numbers mean, a full table of tab symbols, a famous riff read off the tab, and tab’s one limit.