Fingerpicking Scales
Notation ...........................................................................................................3
Standard Notation: ................................................................................3
Tablature: ..............................................................................................3
Fret-board diagrams: .............................................................................3
Major Scales in First Position .......................................................................4
The Five Closed Position Scales ....................................................................4
Tetrachords .....................................................................................................4
Pentatonic Scales ............................................................................................5
Diminished and Augmented Scales ..............................................................8
Major Scales in First Position .......................................................................9
Major Scale Shapes, Closed Forms ............................................................14
Minor Modes in First Position ....................................................................16
Pentatonic Scales ..........................................................................................20
Cross-Picking Scales ....................................................................................22
Standard Tuning: EADGBE ................................................................22
DADGAD ...........................................................................................27
DADFsAD ..........................................................................................28
DGDGBD ...........................................................................................29
Diminished and Augmented Scales ............................................................30