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    3 Shape Fretboard: Guitar Scales and Arpeggios as Variants of 3 Shapes of the Major Scale
    3 Shape Fretboard: Guitar Scales and Arpeggios as Variants of 3 Shapes of the Major Scale
    3 Shape Fretboard: Guitar Scales and Arpeggios as Variants of 3 Shapes of the Major Scale
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    3 Shape Fretboard: Guitar Scales and Arpeggios as Variants of 3 Shapes of the Major Scale

    By Gareth Evans

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    “3 Shape Fret-board by Gareth Evans is a thorough workbook for learning to understand and play scales on the guitar. The sheer number of different scales and modes may seem overwhelming, but the knowledge of the three basic shapes and a basic understanding of intervals will help a lot in seeing through the jungle. A tour de force of fret-board and scale knowledge.” Mathias Lang, Guitar Teacher & Composer (Netherlands)

    3-Shape Fretboard is for intermediate to advanced guitarists interested in learning how to work out guitar scales and arpeggios for themselves. Being able to create guitar scales and arpeggios yourself can give a better understanding, while knowing the logic behind them can make them more meaningful and therefore easier to learn.

    - The Major Scale

    It all starts with the major scale, the basis of music. All other scales and arpeggios can be defined in comparison to this scale. The book reflects this in practical terms by categorising the major scale into three different fundamental shapes, which once understood, can be used as templates to figure out other guitar scales and arpeggios.

    - The CAGED system

    This system can help to understand the larger CAGED guitar scale shapes in terms of their single octave components. For example, the five CAGED shapes for the major (or minor) pentatonic scales that each contain twelve notes, can be learned as only two shapes of five notes, which are joined end to end to give us the five full CAGED shapes.

    - What Else?

    >> Various 3-Note per string scales can be understood as the same combination of single octave component types.
    >> See how basic major and minor chords are formed from within scales and look at triad and 7th chord based harmony.
    >> Each scale and arpeggio type has a question, with the answer at the back of the book in guitar tablature.
    >> 3-Shape Fretboard contains 600 fretboard diagrams.
    >> Intervals are grouped together in the context of the scales they are intended for, which can provide a foundation for learning intervals individually on the fretboard.

    "The 3 pattern approach is very interesting and well documented. There is lot's of good material and I like the approach. Very well organised, complete and clear with plenty of diagrams." Fabien Aubry, Composer, Arranger & Producer (Switzerland)
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIntuition Publications
    Release dateOct 2, 2014
    ISBN9780992834302
    3 Shape Fretboard: Guitar Scales and Arpeggios as Variants of 3 Shapes of the Major Scale

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      3 Shape Fretboard - Gareth Evans

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Fret-board Layout

      The Major Scale

      Key Signatures

      Fundamental Scale Shapes

      Low (Fretboard Diagram)

      Mid (Fretboard Diagram)

      Upper (Fretboard Diagram)

      Low (Tablature)

      Mid (Tablature)

      Upper (Tablature)

      Transposing by the Root Note

      Root on low E string

      Root on A string

      Root on D string

      Root on G string

      Root on B string

      Root on B string (Shifted)

      Low Shape (Root on all strings)

      From low E string

      From A string

      From D string

      From G string

      From B string

      Mid Shape (Root on all strings)

      From low E string

      From A string

      From D string

      From G string

      From B string

      Upper Shape (Root on all strings)

      From low E string

      From A string

      From D string

      From G string

      From B string

      Some Practise Suggestions…

      Combining Shapes

      The C A G E D System

      The C A G E D Major Scale

      Pattern 1

      Pattern 1 Major Chord

      Pattern 2

      Pattern 2 Major Chord

      Pattern 3

      Pattern 3 Major Chord

      Pattern 4

      Pattern 4 Major Chord

      Pattern 5

      Pattern 5 (3NPS)

      Pattern 5 Major Chord

      Learning Notes of the Fret-board

      The Natural Minor Scale

      From Low

      From Upper

      Pattern 1

      Pattern 2

      Pattern 2 Minor Chord

      Pattern 3

      Pattern 4

      Pattern 4 Minor Chord

      Pattern 5

      Pattern 5 Minor Chord

      Pattern 5 (3NPS)

      Root Notes

      Pentatonic Scales

      Major Pentatonic

      Low

      Mid

      CAGED

      Minor Pentatonic

      Low

      Upper

      CAGED

      Modes of the Major Scale

      Dorian

      Phrygian

      Lydian

      Mixolydian

      Aeolian (Natural Minor)

      Locrian

      Pattern 1

      Ionian (Major)

      Dorian

      Phrygian

      Lydian

      Mixolydian

      Aeolian (minor)

      Locrian

      Pattern 2

      Ionian (Major)

      Dorian

      Phrygian

      Lydian

      Mixolydian

      Aeolian (minor)

      Locrian

      Pattern 3

      Ionian (Major)

      Dorian

      Phrygian

      Lydian

      Mixolydian

      Aeolian (minor)

      Locrian

      Pattern 4

      Ionian (Major)

      Dorian

      Phrygian

      Lydian

      Mixolydian

      Aeolian (minor)

      Locrian

      Pattern 5

      Ionian (Major)

      Dorian

      Phrygian

      Lydian

      Mixolydian

      Aeolian (minor)

      Locrian

      Pattern 5 (3NPS)

      Ionian (Major)

      Dorian

      Phrygian

      Lydian

      Mixolydian

      Aeolian (minor)

      Locrian

      Individual Intervals

      Modes of the Natural Minor

      Pattern 1

      Aeolian (minor)

      Locrian

      Ionian (Major)

      Dorian

      Phrygian

      Lydian

      Mixolydian

      Pattern 2

      Aeolian (minor)

      Locrian

      Ionian (Major)

      Dorian

      Phrygian

      Lydian

      Mixolydian

      Pattern 3

      Aeolian (minor)

      Locrian

      Ionian (Major)

      Dorian

      Phrygian

      Lydian

      Mixolydian

      Pattern 4

      Aeolian (minor)

      Locrian

      Ionian (Major)

      Dorian

      Phrygian

      Lydian

      Mixolydian

      Pattern 5

      Aeolian (minor)

      Locrian

      Ionian (Major)

      Dorian

      Phrygian

      Lydian

      Mixolydian

      Pattern 5 (3NPS)

      Aeolian (minor)

      Locrian

      Ionian (Major)

      Dorian

      Phrygian

      Lydian

      Mixolydian

      Creating Modes

      Lydian from Mid - Root on A string

      Dorian from Low - Root on low E string

      Locrian from Upper - Root on D string

      Mixolydian from Low - Root on D string

      Dorian from Upper - Root on G string

      Phrygian from Low - Root on A string

      Locrian from Mid - Root on D string

      CAGED Modes

      Dorian

      Low

      Mid

      Upper

      CAGED

      Phrygian

      Low

      Mid

      Upper

      CAGED

      Lydian

      Low

      Mid

      Upper

      CAGED

      Mixolydian

      Low

      Mid

      Upper

      CAGED

      Locrian

      Low

      Mid

      Upper

      CAGED

      Harmonising the Major Scale

      Harmonising the Minor Scale

      Chord Sequences

      Major Keys

      Minor Keys

      Arpeggios

      Major

      Low

      Mid

      CAGED

      Minor

      Low

      Upper

      CAGED

      Major 7th

      Low

      Mid

      CAGED

      Dominant 7th

      Low

      Mid

      CAGED

      Minor 7th

      Low

      Upper

      CAGED

      Diminished

      Low

      Upper

      CAGED

      Minor 7th b5

      Low

      Upper

      CAGED

      Other Arpeggios

      Augmented

      Low

      Mid

      CAGED

      Major 7th #5

      Low

      Mid

      CAGED

      Dominant 7th #5

      Low

      Mid

      Upper

      CAGED

      Dominant 7th b5

      Low

      Mid

      Upper

      CAGED

      Diminished 7th

      Low

      Upper

      CAGED

      Minor(Major7th)

      Low

      Upper

      CAGED

      Other Scales

      Blues Scale

      Low

      Upper

      CAGED

      Blue Grass Scale

      Low

      Mid

      CAGED

      Dominant Pentatonic

      Low

      Mid

      CAGED

      Harmonic Minor

      Low

      Upper

      CAGED

      Phrygian Dominant

      Low

      Mid

      Upper

      CAGED

      Melodic Minor

      Low

      Upper

      CAGED

      Lydian Dominant

      Low

      Mid

      Upper

      CAGED

      Altered

      Low

      Mid

      Upper

      CAGED

      Symmetrical Scales

      Whole Tone Scale

      Low

      Mid

      Upper

      CAGED

      Diminished (Whole-Half)

      Low

      Mid

      CAGED

      Diminished (Half-Whole)

      Low

      Mid

      CAGED

      Answers

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      Introduction

      This book is for intermediate to advanced guitarists interested in learning how to work out scales and arpeggios for themselves without referring to fret-board diagrams. Although this book, as a tutorial, does show the resulting scales and arpeggios, its aim is to teach you to be able to create them yourself.

      Rather than explaining the theoretical structure of scales and arpeggios, then seeing how they look on the fret-board, this book explains the structure of scales and arpeggios entirely on the fret-board. It all starts with the major scale, the basis of music. All other scales, arpeggios and chords are defined in comparison to the major scale. The book reflects this in practical terms by categorising the major scale into three different fundamental shapes, which, once understood, can then be used as templates to figure out other scales and arpeggios.

      To understand the fret-board, knowing the intervals on it is often considered important. The 3-shape system can make this easier by grouping intervals together in the context of the scales they are intended for. In turn this can provide a foundation that can lead on to learning the intervals individually on the fret-board.

      This method is how I learnt the fret-board, and from thereon largely how I see the fret-board. I didn’t refer to any other scale diagrams to write this book and for some years any scale diagram I refer to is subsequent to having worked the scale out for myself. Being able to create scales, arpeggios and chords yourself can give you a better understanding of them and knowing the logic behind them can make them easier to remember. I prefer to teach this method to my own intermediate / advanced students, having quite successfully done so.

      This book is primarily about the geometry of the fret-board, guitar scales and arpeggios. Its methods should be used as part of a larger practise regime. Each scale type has a question, with the answer at the back of the book in guitar tablature. The link to the audio tracks is given in the first relevant part of the book. Further music theory is also covered to the extent of major and minor chord harmony.

      Some parts of the book refer to and are linked to other parts, to return to your previous location just use the back button on your eReader.

      Fret-board Layout

      It is first necessary to cover the basics of the fret-board’s layout. Many may already understand this so it is here to make sure nobody is left out. There are twelve notes in music, as follows…

      The diagram below shows how the notes are

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