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    Fourths Tuning Scales and Arpeggios
    Fourths Tuning Scales and Arpeggios
    Fourths Tuning Scales and Arpeggios
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    Fourths Tuning Scales and Arpeggios

    By Graham Tippett

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    Following on from, ‘Fourths Tuning – Chords and Inversions’, I wanted to share a number of ways to see scales and arpeggios in fourths tuning that really take advantage of having a fretboard with a symmetrical layout.
    This book is divided into three sections. In the first, we look at how to transfer your knowledge of scales and arpeggios from standard tuning to fourths tuning, so as not to have to start again from scratch.
    In the second section, we go deeper into scales and arpeggios using a system borne out of the symmetrical nature of fourths tuning, and which will have you playing scales and arpeggios easily and freely all over the fourths fretboard in a matter of hours.
    In the final section, we abandon shapes and patterns all together and really begin to take advantage of the consistent interval layout in fourths tuning to form chords, arpeggios and scales on the fly using interval formulas.
    If you're transitioning from standard to fourths tuning, this book will guide you along the way and help you make the most of the exciting world of all fourths tuning on guitar.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUnlock the Guitar
    Release dateSep 11, 2017
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      Fourths Tuning Scales and Arpeggios - Graham Tippett

      Contents

      Introduction

      The Do-Nothing Approach

      Standard (Tuning) Scale Systems

      Pentatonic Scales in Fourths Tuning

      Minor Pentatonic

      Blues Scale

      Major Pentatonic

      3NPS Scales

      The CAGED System

      Arpeggios

      Triad Arpeggios

      Major 7

      Dominant 7

      Minor 7

      m7b5

      Checkpoint

      The 2 Position Scale and Arpeggio System

      How to Practice Scales

      Minor Scales

      Minor Pentatonic

      Natural Minor (Aeolian)

      Phrygian

      Melodic Minor

      Harmonic Minor

      Major Scales

      Major Pentatonic

      Ionian/Major Scale

      Lydian

      Harmonic Major

      Dominant 7 Scales

      Mixolydian

      Mixolydian b6

      Lydian b7

      Blues Scale

      Other Useful Scales

      Locrian

      Diminished Half-Whole

      Wholetone

      Hungarian Minor

      2-Position Arpeggios

      Major

      Minor

      Diminished

      Augmented

      Minor 7

      Dominant 7

      Major 7

      m7b5

      Checkpoint

      Abandoning Scale Systems

      How to Practice

      Flat Third

      Major Second

      Flat Second

      Major Seventh

      Flat Seventh

      Major Sixth

      Flat Sixth

      Perfect Fifth

      Perfect Fourth

      Sharp Fourth/Flat Fifth

      Working with Formulas

      A Final Word

      Graham Tippett © 2017

      Introduction

      Following on from, ‘Fourths Tuning – Chords and Inversions’ (also available on Amazon), I wanted to share a number of ways to see scales and arpeggios in fourths tuning that really take advantage of having a fretboard with a symmetrical layout, as well as some that don’t but

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