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