Guitar Scales
The Minor Pentatonic Scale
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Chords From the Scale
The Blues Scale
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Tone & Half - Tone - Semi - Semi - Tone - Tone & Half
Chords From the Scale
The Natural Minor Scale
(Aeolian Mode)
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Tone - Semi - Semi - Tone - Semi - Semi - Tone
Chords From the Scale
The Major Scale
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Chords From the Scale
The Dorian Mode
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Chords From the Scale
The Mixolydian Mode
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Tone - Tone - Semi - Tone - Tone - Semi
Chords From the Scale