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    • The Major Scale
    • Fingering The Major Scale
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    • The Minor Scales – Natural Minor Scale
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    • The Minor Scales – Melodic Minor Scale
    • The Minor Scales – Harmonic Minor Scale
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    • Other Scales – The Pentatonic Scale
    • Applications of Pentatonic Scales
    • Other Scales – The Whole Tone Scale
    • Other Scales – The Diminished Scale
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    • Fingering The Modes
    • Applications of Modes and Scales
    • Hammer-ons, Pull-offs, Slides and Bends
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    • Harmony
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    • Intervals (continued)
    • Fifth Chords
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    • Moveable Minor Chord Shapes
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    • 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
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    • Fishing Blues
    • Speak Softly Love
    • Moonlight Shadow
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Tuning the Guitar
THE BASICS OF MUSIC
Pitch
THE BASICS OF MUSIC
The Chromatic Scale
THE BASICS OF MUSIC
Reading Music
THE BASICS OF MUSIC
Guitar Tablature
THE BASICS OF MUSIC
Melody and Harmony
THE BASICS OF MUSIC
Melody
MELODY
The Major Scale
MELODY
Fingering The Major Scale
MELODY
Fingering The Major Scale (Moveable)
MELODY

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The Guitar Sourcebook

by Steve Marcus

steve@theguitarsource.co.uk

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

© 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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