But its not just about them being easy, theyre the alphabet that we use to create words in many languages, including blues, rock, jazz and country. So that would be another way to build a whole tone scale over two octaves. For a more detailed study of how to play different dominant 7 th chords and develop overall well rounded chord and comping techniques, check out this 30 day comping series i wrote. Per altre parti cerca pizieno nel finder di musescore. Guitar scales 101 will help you to organize the oftenambiguous guitar fretboard, and provide you with the knowledge to confidently navigate the instrument and develop your technique. Whole tone scale, in music, a scalar arrangement of pitches, each separated from the next by a whole tone step or whole step, in contradistinction to the chromatic scale consisting entirely of half steps, also called semitones and the various diatonic scales, such as the major and minor scales. Last time, we talked about the blues scale and how it is often the first jazz scale taught to young musicians. When you search for information about the blues scale on the internet, you end up finding more information good and bad than you would ever know what to do with. Whole tone scale definition is a musical scale progressing by whole steps. There are only two whole tone scales with different notes in as each step of the scale is a whole tone.
How to play wholetone scales on guitar jamie holroyd guitar. Thats not the whole scale were missing a note in it but if you wanted to improvise in it, or have some fun with it playing. In order to figure out a c locrian mode,ill look at a d flat major scale. As its name suggests, a wholetone scale is simply a series of notes a tone apart there are no other intervals such as a semitone, or minor third between the notes, and every note in the scale can be considered to be its root.
The information here is presented as a reference, if you want to crack into using it then i recommend my master the major scale dvd course first of all. The composer and music theorist george perle calls the whole tone scale interval cycle 2, or c2. The wholetone scale is an elusive and, for most musicians, problematic series of notes. Guitar whole tone scale patterns positions youtube. Major and minor scales, modals, diminished, triads and seventh arpeggios, exotic scales. Home lessons fingering exercises whole tone scale exercises. The minor pentatonic scale is one that pretty much everyone should learn. The whole tone scale is a sixnote or hexatonic scale.
This means that it also has less notes than most of the other scales you use. Notice how the whole tone scale helps us to link all these ideas together in a way that sounds logical. Now lets play the c major scale starting from the third note e. The ebook contains the most important scales for beginners, such as major and minor. Since there are only two possible whole tone scale positions that is, the whole tone scale can be transposed only once, it is either c2 0 or c2 1. Indeed, all six tones of a wholetone scale can be played simply with two augmented triads whose roots. Because there are no semitones, all thirds are major, and thus all triads are augmented.
Taught by jane miller in jazz guitar with jane series length. Guitar scales in context practical reference guide. The following diagram shows a common fingering for the c whole tone scale. Guitar quickstart guide to master guitar scales from beginner to expert by eddie slasher. The whole tone scale is a coolsounding dominant 7th scale that you can use to add tension to your dominant 7th chords.
Nov 17, 2016 in this short scale tutorial we will be discussing the whole tone scale. Introduction to jazz guitar improvisation jamie holroyd guitar. For each scale, you can learn a number of different shapes and patterns, depending on the zone of the fretboard youre working on. Some think of them as being the major scale with the tricky notes taken out which is not far from the truth.
Whole tone scale whole tone scale for guitar whole tone scale theory. Free guitar scales pdf 84 scale and arpeggios chart. After publishing my first ebook 30 days to better jazz guitar comping i have had many emails asking for something similar that focuses on single line soloing. The corresponding shapes are about two octaves long 4. Lets play the c major scale starting from the second note d. Join thousands of other guitarists who have learned from this ebook. The whole tone scale is a nice tool to get some shifting outside ideas on a. The whole tone scale for guitar jazz guitar online.
Topics include improvising over altered dominant chords, the diminished scale, the wholetone scale, targeting the altered. The a minor pentatonic comes from the natural minor scale. The whole tone scale jazz guitar lesson with diagrams and patterns. Wholetone scale definition of wholetone scale by merriam. Scales and arpeggios for guitar by mike georgia to keep things simple approach it like this. The wholetone scale has no leading tone and because all tones are the same distance apart, no single tone stands out, and the scale creates a blurred, indistinct effect. This is a socalled symmetrical scale, meaning that the interval is the same throughout the scale. When you play the whole tone scale over minor chords you always play it a half step down.
Blues guitar scales do you know the basis of a really great solo is most of the time a blues scale. If you really want to use the whole tone scale in some very challenging areas, try minor chords. The material in this book covers many different aspects of jazz guitar soloing such as scales, patterns, rhythms, licks, sight reading, tone, and repertoire. Whole tone scale a scale composed entirely of whole tones, six to the octave. The composer olivier messiaen called the whole tone scale his first mode of limited transposition. Half tone, whole tone, minor third, and major third are the building blocks of the scales in this book. Mozart in the sextet a musical joke 1787, and it is encountered from time to time in romantic music. Show me chords that sound good with a db whole tone scale. The whole tone scale for 6, 7 and 8 string guitar dave thompson. For other parts search pizieno in the musescores sheet music finder. The wholehalf step formula is similar to the scale formulas only it uses whole and half steps to explain the construction of a scale.
The white keys with a black key in between are a whole step apart and the ones without a black key in between are a. The fretboard is shown with the lowest pitch string at the bottom and the highest pitch string at the top unless youve tuned your instrument differently. Page 1 hi, and welcome to pentatonic scales for guitar a pentatonic scale has just 5 notes. We can also use it, sort of, over a minor chord, but when we do we have to play it a semitone lower. A particularly easy scale is the whole tone scale, so called because all the steps in the scale are whole steps. Pete august 17, 2001 april 8, 2020 fingering exercises. You can download a pdf and read the article on my blog via this link.
Wholetone scale a scale composed entirely of whole tones, six to the octave. In this lesson, you will learn how to build the whole tone scale and apply it to your jazz guitar playing. Backing track for improvisation with wholetone scale whole tone scale improvisation example. The numbers are the the fingers that you should use. Wholetone scale article about wholetone scale by the. The major scale, harmonic minor scale and melodic minor scale all have seven different notes and an eighth note that repeats the first. The eb, f, g, a, and b whole tone scales are the same as the db whole tone scale. This whole half diminished scale is used over diminished 7 chords. Thus, the wholetone scale comprises six degrees per octave. Expand the boundaries of your knowledge and improvisation skills with this exciting book, which picks up where the improv lessons in intermediate jazz guitar leave off.
Blues guitar chords the basis of rock and roll is the blues. Topics include improvising over altered dominant chords, the diminished scale, the whole tone scale, targeting the altered. Whole tones scales are underused in rock music, but their lack of tonal center provide great opportunities for a progressive sound. The bottom line is the 6th string lowest sounding, and the top line is the 1st string highest sounding. The whole tone scale is made up of six notes, which is smaller than the major scale modes but is bigger than the pentatonic scale, and it actually fits fairly easily under the fingers on the fretboard. The first is a pattern that stays in position and can be repeated on every note of the scale. These scale charts are written from the same prospective that tablature is written. So going one fret up or down the neck is a half step. Example guitar solo incorporating wholetone scales. Wholetone scales article about wholetone scales by the. Constructing the scale is rather simplesix wholesteps and youre there. Download your free 62 page pdf beginner jazz guide. I mentioned that there were two applications of the whole tone scale, and weve really only looked at one, its use over a dominant chord. Located in the heart of southern new england, we proudly stand behind and play the gear we sell.
As the name suggests, the whole tone scale is constructed purely from whole steps 2 frets. Jul 12, 2016 because of the way the whole tone scale is constructed, there are only two possible whole tone scales. Music theory pdf ebook for musicians and normal people. Wholetone scale definition is a musical scale progressing by whole steps. The whole tone scale is a symmetrical scale with only one interval between each note. Get tab for this lesson and complete access to all. This effect is especially emphasised by the fact that triads built on such scale tones are all augmented triads. We are an independent, brickandmortar guitar store, started by musicians for musicians. The natural minor is the aeolian mode of the relative major scale. The ebook contains the most important scales for beginners, such as major and minor, but shows also more advanced. Here is an example of a lead guitar solo incorporating whole tone scales. Home symmetric scales wholetone scale d wholetone scale. The white keys with a black key in between are a whole step apart and the ones without a black key in between are a half step. Wholetones healing frequency music project official website.
The major scale uses onenote from each letter of the musical alphabet. The whole tone scale has some pretty cool shapes in it. The whole tone scale is often one of the first symmetrical scales that many guitarists explore in their studies and is a coolsounding dominant 7th scale that you can use to add tension to your 7th chords. The scale is built by using one interval, a tone, between each note. In this short scale tutorial we will be discussing the whole tone scale. Two mutually exclusive wholetone scales are formed by choosing alternate notes of the chromatic scale which has 12 notes per octave. An introduction to symmetrical scales for guitar guitar. Dec 10, 2014 in this lesson ill show you two ways to play the whole tone scale up and down the fretboard. Be sure to check out these related pages on this website. Home symmetric scales whole tone scale d whole tone scale. The last mode of the diatonic scale is the locrian mode,and it is by far the rarest of the modesused in modern song writing. The whole tone scale is, as the name implies, built from notes with intervals of a whole note. I understand that its impossible to create a standard major or minor chord, and that theres no distinguishable tonic to return to.
We havent yet accomplished this ambitious goal, but we have created an effective line of frequency based therapeutic music that can help you relieve stress, calm and soothe your pet, gain more energy for your day, and we even have solutions that are clinically proven to help you fall asleep faster, stay asleep longer, and wake up refreshed. The major scale is the foundation of all western harmony and is obviously very important to study in both theory and practice. Printable pdf ebook method containing 40 major jazz guitar licks. Enjoy experimenting with the whole tone scale, and remember, there are only two of them, so they arent too difficult to learn. List of pieces which use the whole tone scale wikipedia. Glinka used the wholetone scale in ruslan and liudmila as the motif identifying chernomor the chernomor scale. A whole tone is the same as two steps on the keyboard a half tone is consequently one step. In this lesson ill show you two ways to play the whole tone scale up and down the fretboard. How to play wholetone scales on guitar jamieholroydguitar. But because any note of the scale can be considered the root, it does create a sound that seems to wander aimlessly. The major scale is easiest to see by looking at the white keys on the piano. Jun 22, 2019 backing track for improvisation with wholetone scale whole tone scale improvisation example.
Wholetone harmony, with its similarly structured chords and absence of. C ocarina g ocarina click on the score to view exercises for any scale. Scale diagrams can also be labeled with either letters or scale degrees. The 3rd and 7th note are a half step lower compared to the ionian mode, thats why we put a b before 3 and 7. Aug 03, 2019 whole tone scale whole tone scale for guitar whole tone scale theory as its name suggests, a wholetone scale is simply a series of notes a tone apart there are no other intervals such as a semitone, or minor third between the notes, and every note in the scale can be considered to be its root. Hexatonic or whole tone scales, french horn scale esatonali. We havent yet accomplished this ambitious goal, but we have created an effective line of frequency based therapeutic music that can help you relieve stress, calm and soothe your pet, gain more energy for your day, and we even have solutions that are clinically proven to help you fall asleep faster. The explanatory text is in italian, to translate for example you can switch it into english. Whole tone scale diagrams beginning on each of the 12 chromatic tones. To contact me write a private messages to pizieno0 without other numbers next n. The same triads that exist in the whole tone scale also exist in the melodic and harmonic minor scales. The scale consists of six tones the pictures show one.
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