Relative Scales Guitar Lesson [How to Solo with Major and Minor Scales]

This relative scales guitar lesson will show how to solo with major and minor scales. Along with guitar tabs and backing tracks to practice jamming with, we’ll cover it all with a step by step approach! @PaluzziGuitar Relative Scales Guitar Lesson [How to Solo with Major and Minor Scales] 0:00 Lesson Preview 0:26 Guitar Scales Basics Foundation 0:58 Relative Scales - 3 Frets Apart 1:52 Relative Scales - Connected Patterns 2:27 How to Harmonize Relative Scales 4:58 Backing Rhythm Track in A Minor 5:48 ’Taking the Edge Off’ Pure Scale Moods 6:50 More Relative Scale Combinations 7:42 Backing Rhythm Track in B Minor 8:32 Relative Scales - Different Keys 9:47 Backing Rhythm Track in B Minor Guitar Scales Lesson Playlist Paluzzi Guitar The Creative Guitarist Method Series was written and designed by Kevin J. Paluzzi of Paluzzi Guitar Instruction in San Diego, CA. For more information on private lessons and books, go to: Guitar Lessons How to Play and Solo with the Minor Scale on Guitar The standard (Natural) Minor scale box pattern for guitar covers a span of only three frets. In order to play the Minor scale on guitar along other fret positions, other box patterns need to be played along with new soloing techniques. How to Play and Solo with the Major Scale on Guitar The standard Major scale box pattern for guitar covers a span of only two frets. In order to play the Major scale on guitar along other fret positions, other box patterns need to be played along with new soloing techniques. Relative Scales Guitar Lesson The first step is to know how relative scales work on guitar, which is being able to harmonize relative major and minor scales together without sounding out of key when learning to solo on guitar. This relative scales guitar lesson will show how to solo with the major and minor scales on guitar. Relative Scales on Guitar On guitar, the relative major scale box pattern will always be located three frets higher from the minor scale box pattern. For example, the relative major scale to ‘A’ Minor (5th fret position) would be ‘C’ Major (8th fret position - three frets higher). For this initial guitar lesson on relative scales, this general explanation will suffice as other lessons will go into more detail on how to harmonize relative scales on guitar. Connected Guitar Scale Box Patterns The ‘A’ Minor and ‘C’ Major scale box patterns on guitar actually ‘fit’ together, with the bottom of the ‘A’ Minor box pattern being identical to the top of the ‘C’ Major scale box pattern along the eighth fret position. These two guitar scale box patterns combine to form one larger connected box pattern that covers a span of five frets. This connected box pattern on guitar can be played in any key. How to Solo with Relative Scales on Guitar The first step with harmonizing relative scales on guitar is to simply shift or alternate between major and minor scale riffs within the connected box pattern. Before soloing and harmonizing relative scales on guitar with a backing rhythm track, review playing major and minor scale guitar riffs from previous lessons. Focus on alternating between the major and minor guitar riffs from each box pattern. The primary objective with this first guitar lesson on relative scales is to simply hear how Major scale riffs will harmonize with relative Minor scale riffs. The reason why these relative scales harmonize together in a guitar solo is that both the ‘A’ Minor and ‘C’ Major scales share the same seven notes (‘A’,‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’, ‘E’, ‘F’, & ‘G’). Though there are more specific details to learn later about phrasing with relative scales, simply hearing how relative scales harmonize on guitar is a major step inunderstanding more about improvisation, because what was once initially understood as a ’pure’ ‘C’ Major scale riff can now be also be viewed as a relative major scale riff that harmonizes with the ‘A’ Minor scale. Relative Keys on Guitar The same concept that applies to relative scales on guitar will also apply to relative keys on guitar. All of the ‘A’ Minor and ‘C’ Major riffs that harmonize with the chords in the Key of ‘A’ Minor will also harmonize with chords from the Key of ‘C’ Major. Relative Scales Guitar Lesson [How to Solo with Major and Minor Scales]