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Guitar scale exercises

Lead Guitar Exercise

You can practice the major scale to get warmed up. Start with C major and go through each major scale three notes per string. Try to pick once on each 3 note sequence.

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-------------------------------4-h5-h7--------------------------------6-h7-h9------------------------------------8-h9-h11--
---------------3-h5-h7--------------------------------5-h7-h9------------------------------------7-h9-h11------------------
-3-h5-h7--------------------------------5-h7-h9----------------------------------7-h9-h11----------------------------------
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 1  3   4    1  3  4   1  2  4

C Major                               D Major                            E Major                              etc.............

Here's  a good exercise using the C major pentatonic/A minor pentatonic scale in the root note position.

-8---------5---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------8-------5--8-------5-----------------------------------------------------------
------------------------7-------5---7------5-------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------7--------5--7----------5-----------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------7-----------5---7-----------
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Here's a good one using the notes of the C major/Am scale and using different mode positions.

-8-7-5------------10-8-7--------------12-10-8----------------13-12-10------------------15-13-12-----------------------
-----------8-6-5-------------10-8-6---------------12-10-8------------------13-12-10-------------------15-13-12-13----
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Try to come up with your own examples by using different scales and chords.

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