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Guitar Scale Maps
Guitar Scale Maps
Fretboard maps covering 37 scales from 8 scale families, showing every note and interval across the entire guitar fretboard. Break free from boxed patterns. Improvise over any chord progression anywhere on the fretboard. Come up with memorable motifs, punchy riffs, and melodic solos. Play in any key and any genre.
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Practical Uses
  • Improvise over a backing track, a vamp or a chord by playing any notes from the diagrams
  • Move freely across the fretboard instead of running boxed scale patterns
  • Visualize and memorize notes of the scale
  • See the fretboard as one connected map
  • Discover practical arpeggio patterns and chord voicings
  • Learn the intervallic pattern of whole and half-steps of the scale using one string only
37 Scales

Scales from 8 scale families:

  • Major Scale and all modes
    • Plus Major and Minor Pentatonic
  • Harmonic Minor and all modes
  • Melodic Minor and all modes
  • Major and Minor Blues
  • Harmonic Major and all modes
  • Diminished W/H and H/W
  • Whole Tone
  • Augmented and Augmented Inverse

Plus 1 bonus scale from the Double Harmonic Major scale family:

  • Hungarian Minor
Featured scales
Note Names and Scale Degrees
2 types of note presentation: while note names provide you with knowledge about specific pitch locations, intervals immerse you in a world of relativity, offering complete control over the desired sound.
Note Names and Intervals
Color Coding
The root tones are prominently highlighted to help you locate them effortlessly.
Color Coding
12 and 24 Frets
All charts are available in two variations: 12 frets and 24 frets.
12 and 24 Frets
Doubled Frets
Fret numbers are provided both below and above the diagram, offering additional visual cues to pinpoint your location and navigate the fretboard with even greater ease.
Doubled Frets
Scale Notes and Formula
Notes that make up the scale and its scale degree formula are conveniently placed right above the diagram so that you don't need to look up another reference.
Scale Notes and Formula
Relative Parent Scale
For modes, its ordinal number and relative parent scale are provided for maximum clarity.
Relative Parent Scale
Printer-Friendly
Every chart comes with an additional grayscale version designed to conserve your printer's ink/toner. Moreover, what's conveyed with colors in the original version is preserved in the grayscale printout.
Printer-Friendly
Paper to Website Bridge
Each chart comes with a QR code. When printed, simply scan it with your smartphone to quickly open its online page with description, helpful tips, guidance, usage scenarios and related content.
Fast Access With QR Code
Sample Content
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Guitar Scale Maps (PDF eBook With Charts)
Guitar Scale Maps (PDF eBook With Charts)
Guitar Scale Maps (PDF eBook With Charts)
Guitar Scale Maps (PDF eBook With Charts)
Guitar Scale Maps (PDF eBook With Charts)
Guitar Scale Maps (PDF eBook With Charts)
Guitar Scale Maps (PDF eBook With Charts)
Guitar Scale Maps (PDF eBook With Charts)
Scales Breakdown

Major Scale (all 12 roots for each scale):

  • Major scale
  • Mode 2: Dorian
  • Mode 3: Phrygian
  • Mode 4: Lydian
  • Mode 5: Mixolydian
  • Mode 6: Minor Scale
  • Mode 7: Locrian

Pentatonic (all 12 roots for each scale):

  • Major Pentatonic
  • Minor Pentatonic

Blues (all 12 roots for each scale):

  • Major Blues
  • Minor Blues

Harmonic Minor (roots A,E,G,F,C for each scale):

  • Harmonic Minor
  • Mode 2: Locrian #6
  • Mode 3: Major Augmented
  • Mode 4: Dorian #4
  • Mode 5: Phrygian Dominant
  • Mode 6: Lydian #2
  • Mode 7: Super-Locrian bb7

Melodic Minor (roots A,E,G,F,C for each scale):

  • Melodic Minor
  • Mode 2: Dorian b2
  • Mode 3: Lydian Augmented
  • Mode 4: Lydian Dominant
  • Mode 5: Mixolydian b6
  • Mode 6: Half-Diminished
  • Mode 7: Super-Locrian

Harmonic Major (roots A,E,G,F,C for each scale):

  • Harmonic Major
  • Mode 2: Dorian b5
  • Mode 3: Phrygian b4
  • Mode 4: Lydian b3
  • Mode 5: Mixolydian b2
  • Mode 6: Lydian Augmented #2
  • Mode 7: Locrian bb7

Diminished (roots A,E,G,F,C for each scale):

  • Diminished W-H
  • Mode 2: Dominant Diminished H-W

Whole Tone:

  • Whole Tone scale (roots A,E,G,F,C)

Augmented:

  • Augmented (roots A,E,G,F,C,Gb)
  • Mode 2: Augmented Inverse (roots A,E,G,F,C,F#)

BONUS

Double Harmonic Major:

  • Mode 4: Hungarian Minor (roots A,E,G,F,C)
Features Summary
  • 37 scales from 8 carefully selected scale families that produce standard, conventionally named chords
  • 2 types of note presentation: note names and intervals (scale degrees)
  • 2 fretboard length variations: 12 frets and 24 frets
  • Clear visual distinction between root notes and other scale tones
  • Doubled fret numbers: below and above the diagram
  • Mode number (1st-7th) and relative parent scale displayed
  • Scale notes and scale degree formula shown above each diagram
  • QR code on every page providing instant access to a dedicated webpage with guidance and related content
What's Included
  • A collection of guitar fretboard scale maps for a 6-string guitar in standard tuning
  • 1102 printable pages compiled in 8 PDF files
    • 348 pages covering Major scale modes
    • 100 pages covering Pentatonic scales
    • 96 pages covering Blues scales
    • 140 pages covering Harmonic Minor modes
    • 150 pages covering Melodic Minor modes
    • 140 pages covering Harmonic Major modes
    • 108 pages covering symmetrical scales:
      • 40 pages covering Diminished scale modes
      • 20 pages covering the Whole Tone scale
      • 48 pages covering Augmented scale modes
    • Bonus: 20 pages covering the Hungarian Minor scale
  • Additionally, each PDF comes in 2 versions: color and grayscale printer-friendly
Details
  • Type: Digital download (no shipping)
  • Language: English
  • Version: 1.0
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