Lesson
from Feature
Musician
Guitarist
Tony Smotherman
Middleburg, FL USA
tonysmotherman@aol.com
www.tonysmotherman.com
Welcome to this lesson made possible by ID Magazine. After your work on the
scales presented here at the bottom, the next section is a whole master
class
devoted to some of the sections of solos from my album and lessons.
I use in clinics in my handouts.
Here are a few beginning scales to get you own your way to developing dexterity and technique.
Play them slow until the speed is comfortable and then increase speed slowly.
This is the G major scale done three notes per string.
E--------------------------------5-7-------------------------------
A--------------------------5-7-8----------------------------------
D--------------------4-5-7----------------------------------------
G--------------4-5-7----------------------------------------------
B--------3-5-7----------------------------------------------------
E-3-5-7-----------------------------------------------------------
The G pentatonic scale
E-----------------------3-6----------------------------------------
A------------------3-6---------------------------------------------
D-------------3-5--------------------------------------------------
G---------3-5------------------------------------------------------
B-----3-5----------------------------------------------------------
E-3-6--------------------------------------------------------------
G Blues
E---------------------------3-6------------------------------------
A-----------------------3-6----------------------------------------
D-----------------3-5-6-------------------------------------------
G------------3-5---------------------------------------------------
B------3-4-5------------------------------------------------------
E-3-6--------------------------------------------------------------
Harmonic Minor
E-----------------------------0-1-4--------------------------------
A-----------------------0-1-3--------------------------------------
D-------------------1-2---------------------------------------------
G-------------0-2-3------------------------------------------------
B-------0-2-3------------------------------------------------------
E-0-1-4------------------------------------------------------------
Now that we got the easy stuff out of the WAY. It's time to wear the
finish off the back of your guitar neck! These licks aren't easy -- practice them
slow.
T-means to tap with your right hand middle finger
T2 means to tap with you right hand middle finger also
T3-means tap with you ring finger
Amin7
E--------------12-16-17t-16-12------------------------------------------E
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------B
G--------13-14-----------------14-13-------------------------------------G
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------D
A-12-16------------------------------16-12-------------------------------A
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------E
A dominant
E----------------------12-15-17t-15-12----------------------------------E
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------B
G------------12-14-18t-----------------18t-14-12-----------------------G
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------D
A-12-16-19t--------------------------------------19t-16-12-------------A
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------E
A diminished
E----------------------11-14-17t-14-11----------------------------------E
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------B
G------------11-14-17t-----------------17t-14-11-----------------------G
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------D
A-12-15-18t---------------------------------------18t-15-12------------A
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------E
A blues flat 5 string skipping
E-------------9-12-14-17t1-19t2-17t-14-12-9--12-15-17-21t-17-15-12-------E
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------B
G-----9-11-14---------------------------------------------------------------------------------G
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------D
A-12--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------E
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------E
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------B
G-18-14-12-------------------------------------------------------------------------G
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------D
A----------15-------------------------------------------------------------------------A
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------E
A harmonic minor string skipping
E---------------------------12-13-15-19t1-22t2-19t1-15-13-12-------------------E
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------B
G--------------12-14-15-18t-----------------------------------18t-15-14-12--------G
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------D
A-12-13-16-19t---------------------------------------------------------------------------A
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------E
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------E
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------B
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------G
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------D
A-19t-16-13-12-------------------------------------------------------------------A
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------E
c# augmented string skipping
E----------------------------------------9-10-13-17t1-19t2-17t1-13-10-9--------E
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------B
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------G
D---------------------11-12-15-19t1-21t2--------------------------------------------D
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A
E-9-10-13-17t1-19t2------------------------------------------------------------------E
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------E
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------B
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------G
D-21t2-19t1-15-12-11-------------------------------------------------------------D
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A
E---------------------19t2-17t1-13-10-9-------------------------------------------E
"""""""WARNING""""" do not play this lick over any B.B. King songs.
(string skipping over g pentatonic)
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------E
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------B
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------G
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------D
A-8-10-13-15t1-17t2-15t1-13-10-8--8-10-13-15t1-17t2-15t1-13-10-8------A
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------E
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------E
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------B
G-7-10-12-10-7-/-10-12-15-12-10-12-15-17t1-19t2-17t1-15-12-10--10-12-15------G
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------D
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------E
E-10-13-15-13-10-/s-13-15-18-20t1-22t2-20t1-18-15-13---10-13-15-13-10-------E
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------B
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------G
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------D
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------E
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------E
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------B
G-10-12-15-17t1-19t2-17t1-15-12-10--7-10-12-10-7-------------------------G
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------D
A-------------------------------------------------10-13-15-17t-15-13-10--------------A
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------E
Hope you've enjoyed the licks. Send me an email
at Tonysmotherman@aol.com
for any questions or check out www.tonysmotherman.com.
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