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Matrix of Interchangeable Scales: Pentatonic, Minor, & Diminished with Neoclassical Turns

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
E
B
G
D
A
E
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
(/) Slide Up  (\) Slide Down  (h) Hammer On  (p) Pull Off  (b) Bend (r) Release (v) Vibrato

Stave 1:

E|----------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------
G|----------------------------------7--9--
D|--------------5--7---------7--10--------
A|--------5--7--------7--10---------------
E|--5--8----------------------------------

Stave 2:

E|----------------------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------------7--8--9--
D|--------------------5--7---------7--9--10-----------
A|-----------5--6--7--------7--10---------------------
E|--5--7--8-------------------------------------------

Stave 3:

E|-------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------7--9--10--
D|--------------------5--7--9--10------------
A|-----------5--7--8-------------------------
E|--5--7--8----------------------------------

Stave 4:

E|----------------------------------------------------10--12--13--
B|----------------------------------------10--12--13--------------
G|------------------------------7--9--10--------------------------
D|--------------------7--9--10------------------------------------
A|-----------5--7--8----------------------------------------------
E|--5--7--8-------------------------------------------------------

Stave 5:

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------7-----------------7-------------------9-------------------10--9---------------7--
D|--6--9-----6--9-----6--9-----6--9-----7--10-----7--10-----7--10-----7--10---------10-----6--9-----
A|--------7-----------------7------------------7-------------------7--------------------7-----------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Stave 6:

E|----------------------------------10--13--
B|---------------------------9--12----------
G|--------------------7--10-----------------
D|--------------6--9------------------------
A|--------5--8------------------------------
E|--4--7------------------------------------

Stave 7:

E|--------------------------------------------------10--12--13--
B|---------------------------------------9--10--12--------------
G|-----------------------------7--9--10-------------------------
D|--------------------6--7--9-----------------------------------
A|-----------5--7--8--------------------------------------------
E|--4--5--7-----------------------------------------------------

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Chords

Tab Notes

Stave 1: Basic Pentatonic Box

Stave 2: Blues Pentatonic Box

Stave 3: Natural Minor scale

Stave 4: Harmoic Minor scale

Stave 5: Neoclassical turn that fits well within each of the above scales

Stave 6: Simple Diminished scale

Stave 7: Complex Diminished scale

*note, in each scale, how well the #7 (6 on D string; 9 on B string) functions as a pivot for both ascension and descension.

**Also note that diminished scales always resolve up to the tonic (On E string, 4 --> 5; on D string, 6 --> 7; on B string, 9 --> 10).

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