If you are having trouble reading scale pattern diagrams then this handy chart will help.
- This is the name of the scale with the corresponding pattern number.
- These are string number indicators, the 1st string is the skinniest string on your guitar and the 6th is the thickest.
- These solid dots represent a fretted string. You fret a string using your fingers.
- These solid dots with a circle around them represent the tonic of the scale, in this example the tonic is the note A.
- This is the staff with the scale pattern represented in musical notation.
- This is guitar tabalture with the scale pattern represented by string and fret numbers.
- The circled number represents the tonic of the scale, in this example the tonic is the note A.
- This is the key signature that the scale is in, in this example the key is A major.
You can also download or print Scale pattern reading guide.
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