This in-depth scale and arpeggio text is core curriculum at the University of Southern California's Studio Guitar Department. Using a comprehensive approach that includes three different organizational systems, it covers the technical foundation that is necessary for playing any style of music. The CAGED system (five positions), the Finger Stretch system (all twelve keys in one position) and the Three-Note Per String system (seven patterns) are examined. Although each of these three systems is examined, the CAGED system serves as the basis for much of the material covered in this book.Instead of traditional musical notation, the book uses fingerboard diagrams to focus on the visual aspect of the patterns. The goal is to present an approach to understanding and mastering the fingerboard by outlining the best and most practical elements of these different systems. Book Two presents patterns for the harmonic minor and melodic minor scales and all of their relative modes: the bebop scale (major, minor and dominant), chromatic scale, whole-tone scale, diminished scale (whole/half and half/whole) and augmented scale. Along with these scale forms, patterns for minor (major 7) and augmented (major 7) arpeggios are presented.

Introduction

The Harmonic Minor Scale

CAGED System (Five Position System)

CAGED System (D Harmonic Minor Scale)
Fingerings (Harmonic Minor)
Practice Tip
Circle of Fifths/Fourths (Minor Keys)

Finger Stretch System (Twelve Keys In One Position)

Finger Stretch System Patterns – Harmonic Minor Scale (2nd Position)

Three-Note Per String System (Seven Pattern System)

Three-Note Per String System (A Harmonic Minor)
Practice Tip
The Melodic Minor Scale

CAGED System (Five Position System)

CAGED System (D Melodic Minor Scale)
Fingerings (Melodic Minor)
Practice Tip

Finger Stretch System (Twelve Keys In One Position)

Finger Stretch System Patterns – Melodic Minor Scale (2nd Position)

Three-Note Per String System (Seven Pattern System)

Three-Note Per String System (A Melodic Minor)
Practice Tip
The Harmonic Minor Scale Modes
Practice Tip
Three-Note Per String System – Harmonic Minor Scale Modes (6th String Root)
Practice Tip
Three-Note Per String System – Harmonic Minor Scale Modes (5th String Root)
Practice Tip
The Melodic Minor Scale Modes
Three-Note Per String System – Melodic Minor Scale Modes (6th String Root)
Practice Tip
Three-Note Per String System – Melodic Minor Scale Modes (5th String Root)
Practice Tip

CAGED System (Five Position System)

CAGED System – Harmonic Minor Scale Modes (Five Position System)
Practice Tip
Minor Scale Key Signatures
Relative Harmonic Minor Scale Modes Chart
CAGED System – Melodic Minor Scale Modes (Five Position System)
Practice Tip
Relative Melodic Minor Scale Modes Chart
Arpeggios
Minor (Major 7)
Practice Tip
Augmented (Major 7)
Practice Tip
Bebop Scales
Bebop Major Scale
Practice Tip
Bebop Minor Scale
Practice Tip
Bebop Dominant Scale
Practice Tip

Symmetrical Scales

Chromatic Scale
Practice Tip
Whole Tone Scale
Diminished Scale - (whole - half), (half - whole)
Practice Tip
Augmented Scale

Charts: Formulas for all Scales, Triads and Seventh chords (Book 1 & 2)