This exercise is to help you with your major and minor chord transitions. You just start at the top and play an A chord and switch to a B chord, then go back to A and play Bm and then work your way through all the chords.


This exercise is to help you with your major and minor chord transitions. You just start at the top and play an A chord and switch to a B chord, then go back to A and play Bm and then work your way through all the chords.


Try these using legato where it says h above the tab. Very useful for turnarounds, etc. Helps you visualize triads as well.
E--8-10-8---8----8--------------------------------------------------B--8----8---8-10-8---8---8---6---6----------------------------------G--------------------7-9-7---5-7-5---5---5--------------------------D------------------------------------5-7-5---5---5---3-------3---2--A--------------------------------------------5-7-5---3-5-3---3---3--E----------------------------------------------------------5-------- H H H H H H HE----------------------------------3-5-3---3---3--------------------------------------B----------------------------------3---3---3-5-3--------------------------------------G--5-7-5---5---5-----------------------------------5-7-5---5---5----------------------D--5---5---5-7-5-----------------------------------5---5---5-7-5---5---5---3----------A------------------5---5---3---3-----------------------------------5-7-5---3-5-3---3--E------------------5-7-5---3-5-3-------------------------------------------------3---- H H H H H H H H H HE--8-10-8---8----8-------------------------------------------------------------------------------B--8----8---8-10-8---8---8---------------------------------------------13----12------------------G--------------------7-9-7---------------------------------------------12-14-12---12----12-------D----------------------------10---10-12-10---10----10-----------------------------12-14-12-------A---------------------------------10----10---10-12-10---10----10-----------------------------15--E-------------------------------------------------------10-12-10---8----------------------------- H H H H H H H HE------------------------------------------------------------B--13----12---8---8---6---6---5------------------------------G--12-14-12---7-9-7---5-7-5---5---5---5----------------------D-----------------------------5---5-7-5---5---5---3---3---5--A-----------------------------------------5-7-5---3-5-3---3--E------------------------------------------------------------ H H H H
Another way to practice a scale whether it be a Major, Minor, Pentatonic, etc. is to try these patterns below. So for instance if this was C major Scale. You