Guitar Scale Exercises

[C major modes] [ C Ionian ] [ Dorian mode ] [ Phrygian mode ] [ Lydian mode ] [ Mixolydian Mode ] [ Aeolian mode ] [ Locrian mode ]

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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 the note only once on each 3 note sequence.

Here’s a good exercises using the C major pentatonic – A minor pentatonic scale in the root note fret position. 

Here’s a good exercise using the notes of the C major/Am scale and using different mode positions.

Try to come up with your own guitar fingering exercise examples by using different scales and chords.

Good Luck,

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