Scales & More

Below are some free scale sheets and ten minute technical exercises from Altrincham Guitar School founder Paul Anderson, split into beginner, intermediate and advanced. Click on the links to download and play.

Beginner

▶︎ The Chromatic Scale
▶︎ E Minor Pentatonic Scale
▶︎ C Major & A Minor Scales and Arpeggios
▶︎ A Brief Introduction to Improvisation
▶︎ C Major Scale – Two Octaves
▶︎ A Minor Scale – Two Octaves
▶︎ A Minor Pentatonic – 5th Position
▶︎ Twelve Bar Blues in A

Intermediate

▶︎ The Blues Scale
▶︎ G Major Pentatonic Scale
▶︎ B Minor Scale on 5th String
▶︎ D Major Scale on 5th String
▶︎ C Major Scale in Thirds
▶︎ D Minor Pentatonic and Blues Scale on 5th String
▶︎ G Major Pentatonic on 5th and 6th String
▶︎ The Four Most Important Scales on 5th and 6th String

Advanced

▶︎ The Note Finder – Get To Know The Neck
▶︎ C Major Scale – Other Approaches
▶︎ A Blues Scale in Octaves
▶︎ Finger Picking – Introduction
▶︎ Jazz Modes Explained
▶︎ Relative Major and Minor Explained
▶︎ The Devil Horns of Rock – Major/Minor Pentatonic and Blues
▶︎ The Rhythmic Scale

Bonus: Solo Tabs

▶︎ I Don’t Need No Doctor (Solo) – John Mayer

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