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Karlis Abolins
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G rock/country scale

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I was playing around with the country/rock G scale (E minor Pentatonic scale) and thought I would map it out on the E9th neck using pedal A, B , and C. You can get a two octave scale quite easilly starting at the 3rd, 5th, and 8th frets. If you want to do more bar movement, there are a lot more possibilities. It looks like the most accessible scale starts at the 8th fret but moves fluidly across the strings at the 10th fret.
[tab]
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1| 10
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2| 11
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3| 7 11
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4| 3 5 5(C 10 10(C
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5| 3 3(C 8 10 10(C
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
6| 3 8
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
7| 3 5 8
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
8| 3 5
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
9| 5
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
10|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
[/tab]

[tab]
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1|
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2|
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3| 10(B
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4| 10 10(C
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5| 10 10(C
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6| 10(B
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7| 10
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8| 10
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9|
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10| 8 10 10(A
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[/tab]

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Last edited by Karlis Abolins on 27 Mar 2010 5:04 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Post by David Norris »

cool post,
care to add some more scale studies to this thread?

thanks a million,
David
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Post by Karlis Abolins »

Here is the complete mapping of the country/rock G scale (E minor pentatonic scale). I have included the "blue" notes. If you include the a#, you have a G Blues scale.
[tab]
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| |0 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 |7 |8 |9 |10|11|12|
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1|F#| |G | |A |a#|B | | |D | |E | | |
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2|D#| |E | | |G | |A |a#|B | | |D | |
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3|G#| |A |a#|B | | |D | |E | | |G | |
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4|E |E | | |G | |A |a#|B | | |D | |E |
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5|B |B | | |D | |E | | |G | |A |a#|B |
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6|G#| |A |a#|B | | |D | |E | | |G | |
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7|F#| |G | |A |a#|B | | |D | |E | | |
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8|E |E | | |G | |A |a#|B | | |D | |E |
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9|D |D | |E | | |G | |A |a#|B | | |D |
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10|B |B | | |D | |E | | |G | |A |a#|B |
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[/tab]


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Last edited by Karlis Abolins on 27 Mar 2010 5:05 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Post by David Norris »

these are great.....what else do you have up your sleeve?

David

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I have a Pentatonics page on my site that might be of interest to you.

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Post by Karlis Abolins »

After playing with these scales, I found this easier to play.
[tab]
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1|
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2|
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3| 5(b 7(b 10(b 10(b
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4| 3 5 5(C 10 10(C
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
5| 3 3(C 8 10 10(C
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
6| 3 8
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
7| 3 5 8
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
8| 3 5
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
9| 5
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
10|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
[/tab]

[tab]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
1|
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2|
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3| 10(B
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
4| 10 10(C
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
5| 10 10(C
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
6| 10(B
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
7| 10
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
8| 10
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
9|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
10| 8 10 10(A
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
[/tab]
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