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    • The Major Scale
    • Fingering The Major Scale
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    • The Minor Scales – Melodic Minor Scale
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    • Applications of Pentatonic Scales
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    • Harmony
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    • Four Part Harmonies
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    • Chord Progressions (continued)
    • Modal Interchange
    • 12 Key Chord Exercise
    • Chord Substitutions
    • Tritone Substitution
    • Passing Chords
    • Chord Relatives
    • Arpeggios
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    • Combining Melody and Harmony
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    • Left Hand Finger Exercises
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The Guitar Sourcebook

by Steve Marcus

steve@theguitarsource.co.uk

note names major chords chords of the major scale sharp dissonances harmony seconds applications of major scales parallel minor scale note values first inversion dominant 7b5 chords using major chords from the parallel minor seventh chords modal interchange extended chords dominant seventh chords III chord substitutions tone 5th chords the chromatic scale passing chords hey joe melody line with chords chord progressions using secondary dominants mixolydian mode moonlight shadow pentatonic scale minor chord shapes harmonics tablature fingering the major scale root note harmonising the minor scale eleventh chords triad inversions pitch the diminished scale I chord substitutions lydian mode perfect consonances chord relatives polychords 12 bar blues octaves stave I-VI-IV-V progressions quarter note arpeggios tuning the guitar whole tone scale guitar tuning pentatonic minor scale natural ledger lines the major scale suspended chords II chord substitutions 12 key chord exercise moveable major scale applications of pentatonic scales combining melody and harmony four note major chords IV chord substitutions paul mccartney chords minor seventh chords dominant 7th chords dominant 7#5 chords common time sub-dominant direction key signatures 9th chords minor triads bar chords minor chords guitar tablature melodic minor scale chords of the minor scale tritone substitution right hand finger exercises dominant 7#5b9 chords thirteenth chords octave modes harmonic minor scale chords chord shapes I-IV-V progressions left hand finger exercise jimi hendrix natural harmonics written music for guitar V chord substitutions parallel major scale A chromatic scale scale theory 13th chords major scale perfect interval dominant 13b9 chords harmonic minor scale the dominant fifth four note minor chords triads pentatonic major scale minor scales fifths second inversion II-V-I chord progressions one fret = one semitone sixth chords moveable major chords locrian mode minor scale sevenths soft dissonances inverting intervals fingering the modes intervals 6th chords tritone moveable minor chord shapes minor 7th chords major triad slide bend imperfect consonances power chords pull-off min/maj 7th chords dominant 11#9 chords blues chord progressions thirds ionian mode aeolian mode diminished artificial harmonics fourths fingerstyle time signature lord of the dance 11th chords natural minor scale major 7th chords augmented minor scale chords applications of minor scales reading music secondary dominants melody and harmony dominant 13b5b9 chords four part harmonies flats min/maj seventh chords mike oldfield harmonising the major scale relative minors chromatic scale moveable major chord shapes major seventh chords step pattern ninth chords sixths fishing blues dominant direction dorian mode A major scale hammer-on circle of fifths the sub-dominant tonality rest values barre chords phrygian mode yesterday speak softly love major triads applications of modes and scales diminished scale using minor chords from the parallel minor treble clef chord substitutions sharps melody scales I-VI-II-V-I chord progressions godfather theme fifth chords diminished chords sydney carter john lennon major scale chords altered chords

© 2026 The Guitar Source by Steve Marcus

  • HOME
  • THE BASICS OF MUSIC
    • Tuning the Guitar
    • Pitch
    • The Chromatic Scale
    • Reading Music
    • Guitar Tablature
    • Melody and Harmony
  • MELODY
    • Melody
    • The Major Scale
    • Fingering The Major Scale
    • Fingering The Major Scale (Moveable)
    • The Minor Scales – Natural Minor Scale
    • Applications of Major Scales
    • The Minor Scales – Melodic Minor Scale
    • The Minor Scales – Harmonic Minor Scale
    • Applications of Minor Scales
    • Other Scales – The Pentatonic Scale
    • Applications of Pentatonic Scales
    • Other Scales – The Whole Tone Scale
    • Other Scales – The Diminished Scale
    • Modes
    • Fingering The Modes
    • Applications of Modes and Scales
    • Hammer-ons, Pull-offs, Slides and Bends
    • Key Signatures
  • HARMONY
    • Harmony
    • Intervals
    • Intervals (continued)
    • Fifth Chords
    • Major Triads
    • Major Chords
    • Moveable Major Chord Shapes
    • Minor Triads
    • Minor Chords
    • Moveable Minor Chord Shapes
    • Tonality
    • Triad Inversions
    • Polychords
    • Seventh Chords
    • Diminished Chords
    • Min/Maj 7 Chords
    • Suspended Chords
    • Sixth Chords
    • Extended Chords
    • Altered Chords
    • Harmonising the Major Scale
    • Harmonising the Minor Scale
    • Four Part Harmonies
    • Chord Progressions
    • Chord Progressions (continued)
    • Modal Interchange
    • 12 Key Chord Exercise
    • Chord Substitutions
    • Tritone Substitution
    • Passing Chords
    • Chord Relatives
    • Arpeggios
    • Harmonics
    • Combining Melody and Harmony
  • FINGER EXERCISES
    • Right Hand Finger Exercises 1
    • Right Hand Finger Exercises 2
    • Left Hand Finger Exercises
  • PERFORMANCE PIECES
    • Fishing Blues
    • Speak Softly Love
    • Moonlight Shadow
  • Download Now

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