Harmonic Minor Scale

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Harmonic Minor Scale 4 Notes Per String

Start on the First Fret and move up until you run out of frets

E------------------------------------------------12-13-16-17--
B-------------------------------------9-11-13-15--------------
G---------------------------7-9-10-12-------------------------
D------------------5-6-8-10-----------------------------------
A----------3-5-7-8--------------------------------------------
E--1-3-4-6----------------------------------------------------

E--17-16-13-12------------------------------------------------
B--------------15-13-11-9-------------------------------------
G-------------------------12-10-9-7---------------------------
D-----------------------------------10-8-6-5------------------
A--------------------------------------------8-7-5-3----------
E----------------------------------------------------6-4-3-1--

Start on the First Fret and move up until you run out of frets

E------------------------------------------------11-13-14-16--
B-------------------------------------9-11-13-15--------------
G---------------------------7-8-10-11-------------------------
D------------------4-6-8-10-----------------------------------
A----------3-5-6-8--------------------------------------------
E--1-2-4-6----------------------------------------------------

E--16-14-13-11------------------------------------------------
B--------------15-13-11-9-------------------------------------
G-------------------------11-10-8-7---------------------------
D-----------------------------------10-8-6-4------------------
A--------------------------------------------8-6-5-3----------
E----------------------------------------------------6-4-2-1--

Start on the First Fret and move up until you run out of frets

E------------------------------------------------12-13-15-17-
B------------------------------------10-12-14-15-------------
G--------------------------7-9-10-12-------------------------
D-----------------5-7-9-11-----------------------------------
A---------4-5-7-8--------------------------------------------
E-1-3-5-7----------------------------------------------------

E--17-15-13-12-------------------------------------------------
B--------------15-14-12-10-------------------------------------
G--------------------------12-10-9-7---------------------------
D------------------------------------11-9-7-5------------------
A---------------------------------------------8-7-5-4----------
E-----------------------------------------------------7-5-3-1--

Start on the First Fret and move up until you run out of frets

E-------------------------------------------------11-13-15-17--
B-------------------------------------10-12-13-15--------------
G---------------------------7-8-10-12--------------------------
D------------------5-7-9-10------------------------------------
A----------3-5-6-8---------------------------------------------
E--1-3-5-7-----------------------------------------------------

E--17-15-13-11-------------------------------------------------
B--------------15-13-12-10-------------------------------------
G--------------------------12-10-8-7---------------------------
D------------------------------------10-9-7-5------------------
A---------------------------------------------8-6-5-3----------
E-----------------------------------------------------7-5-3-1--

Start on the First Fret and move up until you run out of frets

E-------------------------------------------------11-13-15-17--
B-------------------------------------10-11-13-14--------------
G---------------------------6-8-10-12--------------------------
D------------------5-7-8-10------------------------------------
A----------3-4-6-8---------------------------------------------
E--1-3-5-6-----------------------------------------------------

E-------------------------------------------------11-13-15-17--
B-------------------------------------10-11-13-14--------------
G---------------------------6-8-10-12--------------------------
D------------------5-7-8-10------------------------------------
A----------3-4-6-8---------------------------------------------
E--1-3-5-6-----------------------------------------------------

Start on the First Fret and move up until you run out of frets

E-----------------------------------------------11-13-15-16--
B------------------------------------9-11-12-14--------------
G--------------------------6-8-10-12-------------------------
D------------------5-6-8-9-----------------------------------
A----------2-4-6-8-------------------------------------------
E--1-3-4-6---------------------------------------------------

E--16-15-13-11-----------------------------------------------
B--------------14-12-11-9------------------------------------
G-------------------------12-10-8-7--------------------------
D-----------------------------------9-8-6-5------------------
A-------------------------------------------8-6-4-2----------
E---------------------------------------------------6-4-3-1--

Start on the First Fret and move up until you run out of frets

E-----------------------------------------------11-13-14-16--
B------------------------------------9-10-12-14--------------
G--------------------------6-8-10-11-------------------------
D------------------4-6-7-9-----------------------------------
A----------2-4-6-8-------------------------------------------
E--1-2-4-5---------------------------------------------------

E--16-14-13-11-----------------------------------------------
B--------------14-12-10-9------------------------------------
G-------------------------11-10-8-6--------------------------
D-----------------------------------9-7-6-4------------------
A-------------------------------------------8-6-4-2----------
E---------------------------------------------------5-4-2-1--

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E-----------------------------------------------------B-----------------------------------------------------G-----------------------------------------------------D----------------------------7----7-9-7-9-10----------A-------7----7-8-7-8-10-8-10---10---------------------E--8-10---10------------------------------------------E-------------------------------------------7----7-8--B----------------------------8----8-10-8-10---10------G-------7----7-9-7-9-10-9-10---10---------------------D--9-10---10------------------------------------------A-----------------------------------------------------E-----------------------------------------------------E--8-7----7-------------------------------------------B------10---10-8-10-8----8----------------------------G---------------------10---10-9-10-9-7-9-7------------D------------------------------------------10---------A-----------------------------------------------------E-----------------------------------------------------E-----------------------------------------------------B-----------------------------------------------------G--7--------------------------------------------------D----10-9-10-9-7-9-7----7-----------------------------A--------------------10---10-8-10-8-7-8-7----7--------E-----------------------------------------10---10-8---E------------------------------------------------4---5-4-7----B----------------------------------------5---7-5---7----------G----------------------------4---6-4-7-6---7------------------D----------------4---6-4-7-6---7------------------------------A----4---5-4-7-5---7------------------------------------------E--5---7------------------------------------------------------E--5---4------------------------------------------------------B----7---5-7---5----------------------------------------------G------------7---6-7-4-6---4----------------------------------D------------------------7---6-7-4-6---4----------------------A------------------------------------7---5-7-4-5---4----------E------------------------------------------------7---5-7-4-5-- Pinky Exercises Finger Stretching The EyeE--------------------------------2-4-5---5-4-2--------------------------------B--------------------------2-3-5---------------5-3-2--------------------------G--------------------2-4-5---------------------------5-4-2--------------------D--------------2-3-5---------------------------------------5-3-2--------------A--------2-4-5---------------------------------------------------5-4-2--------E--2-3-5---------------------------------------------------------------5-3-2--E-----------------------------------3--3-----------------------------------B--------------------------3-----2--------2-----3--------------------------G-----------------3-----2-----1--------------1-----2-----3-----------------D--------3-----2-----1--------------------------------1-----2-----3--------A-----2-----1--------------------------------------------------1-----2-----E--1--------------------------------------------------------------------1--E--3--------------------------------------------------------------------3--B-----2-----3--------------------------------------------------3-----2-----G--------1-----2-----3--------------------------------3-----2-----1--------D-----------------1-----2-----3--------------3-----2-----1-----------------A--------------------------1-----2--------2-----1--------------------------E-----------------------------------1--1-----------------------------------E|-5-4-2-------------------------------------------------------------2-4-5-B|-------5-3-2-------------------------------------------------2-3-5-------G|-------------5-4-2-------------------------------------2-4-5-------------D|-------------------5-3-2-------------------------2-3-5-------------------A|-------------------------5-4-2-------------2-4-5-------------------------E|-------------------------------5-3-2-2-3-5-------------------------------