THE 8 MOST IMPORTANT SCALES

DESIGNED FOR SPEED PLAYING

Welcome to The 8 Most Important Scales
Designed for fast Playing!

Imagine yourself as a painter. If you would have one

colour on your palette, then you would have only one
choice. To paint only monochromatic drawings. If you
would have all the basic colours and you would be able to
mix them and create all the secondary ones as well as the
various tones, then your choices would be unlimited. And
most importantly, if you would decide to paint a
monochromatic masterpiece, this decision would come
from choice and not from inability.

I always advice my students:

Don't stop to enrich your music palette.

Speed is a tool in your music toolbox, a colour on your music palette. Don’t overlook
it, even if it does not play a major role for your style of playing or your musical tastes.

In this book I have included the fingerboard diagrams for the 8 most important
scales designed for fast playing. It includes the Ionian (Major Scale), Dorian, Phrygian,
Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian (Natural Minor), Harmonic and Melodic Minor. Pentatonics
and Blues scales are very important too, but either their shapes are not fit to the following
rule that I’m going to describe below, or the fingerings are quite more challenging needing
a different approach and being essential to be examined in a different book.

The basic concept when learning the scales is simple. Divide them into 5 positions -
the Boxes. In this way is much easer to memorise each one and by connecting them you
will able to improvise across the entire neck, getting the advantage of the entire range of
the guitar. This is an essential skill for every contemporary guitarist.

The only disadvantage is that these traditional boxes have a non symmetrical form,
making them not a comfortable choice for fast playing. By using symmetrical and
repeated patterns of fingerings and motions, you can increase your speed in a more
effective and easy way.

Here comes the 3 notes per string scale patterns. Rearranging the notes to fit
strictly in this 3 notes per string rule, we have as a result more diagonal and symmetrical
scale patterns in 7 positions.

As I mentioned in my course “The Ultimate Guitar Scales Library”, advanced

fingerboard knowledge builds the foundations of an original style of playing. Practise each
mode patiently, memorise them and keep on using them in your improvisation. Create
lines, experiment and most importantly, have fun!

Theodore Kalantzakos

guitarist of TKG, composer,

arranger, RGT tutor, architect

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A MINOR SCALE - 7 POSITIONS

Position 1

Position 2

Position 3

Position 4

Position 5

Position 6

Position 7

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