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    Popular Improvising Scales

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    Scales

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			      Soloing Scales
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All scales can be used to solo with but here are some of the most popular

Am pentatonic (postition 1)

e|---------------------5-8-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------5-8---------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------5-7-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------5-7-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----5-7---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-5-8-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Am pentatonic (postition 2)

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

E blues scale

e|--------------------0-3-----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------0-3---------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------0-2-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------0-2-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----0-2---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-3------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G major pentatonic scale

e|--------------------0-2------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------0-2----------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------0-2--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------0-2------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----0-2----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--3--------------------------------------------------------------------------|



All of these scale have been used in songs many songs for the 1st two.
BB King uses the secong one a lot.
And Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here uses g major pentatonic.

if you have any comments/suggestions etc leave them in the corrections bit

thanks
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