Greybeard's Scale Patterns - A Minor
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Key
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Root
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x
|
ii
|
iiib
|
xx
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IV
|
xx
|
V
|
vib
|
x
|
viib
|
xx
|
I
|
|
x
|
x
|
xx
|
x
|
x
|
xx
|
x
|
xx
|
x
|
x
|
xx
|
x
|
xx
|
x
|
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A minor
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A
|
A#
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B
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C
|
C#
|
D
|
D#
|
E
|
F
|
F#
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G
|
G#
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A
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Look at the following diagram. It shows the chord of A minor at various places along the fretboard. Note how the upper half of one pattern becomes the lower half of the next. If you can learn all the patterns, you can play riffs all the way up and down the neck and stay in key.
Although only A minor is shown here this applies to all keys simply by shifting to the relevant root note on the low E string.
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© Graham Merry 2004