Guitar Lessons: Chord & Scale Charts

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• This section is conceived as a reference library of guitar charts and an overview and recap of material covered in an online or in-person guitar lesson with me in SF, CA. Many have expanded into full blown online guitar lessons, but if your looking for a linear how to play guitar manual, this isn't it. Although these lessons and charts can be seen as an overview or catalog of subjects covered in my guitar method, the sequence of which and how they are manifested in any given guitar lesson with me is adapted to each students learning style.
• If you are a rock, metal, or blues player learning on your own I suggest this sequence of study for scales: Blues, Pentatonic Major, Natural Minor, Dorian Minor, Spanish Minor, Major Blues, Harmonic Minor. If you would like to take guitar lessons from me online please call me at (415)845-5471.
• These are all scales and chords for "Big Boys and Girls", they are what I use in my own music. Don't waste your time on easy kiddy stuff, or something you never see the pros play, like the obviously crack cocaine inspired "barred G form" and similar episodes of fretboard system sadism.

• The website now draws between 8,000 and 12,000 unique visitors a week, yet I've worked very hard to keep it 100% FREE for everyone.
• So here's what you do: Learn the scales and chords, try and learn stuff by ear, learn to sing and play at the same time, improvise ALL leads, write your own damned songs, don't sell out, learn to play fast by practicing slow, dress cool, it is your right to do a feedback drenched version of the Hendrix star spangled banner at any time at any volume, crush corporate rock, be prepared to rock any campfire or coffee house, never a half stack, always a full stack or a combo, challenge dudes on YouTube to demonstrate the technique without the delay pedal or studio trickery, thumb up top, lower that strap it ain't a fiddle, turn it up tear it up, no fear, your neighbors will move...

• PDF Downloads
  PDF Index of (almost) All Guitar Scale & Guitar Chord Charts on the Site
  New Blank Guitar Charts- 8.5" x 11" Paper, Full Bleed
  New Blank Guitar Charts- 8.5" x 11" Paper, 1/2" Margins

  And for our guitar playing friends in the Metric Zone:

  New Blank Guitar Charts- A4 Paper with Margins Song Form Printable Song Writing/Memorization/Transcription Worksheets (Interactive PDF Form)
• Blank Charts + General Articles
  • Free Blank Guitar Fretboard Diagrams U.S. Letter and Int. A4 Paper Sizes
  • Guitar Fretboard Diagrams: Tips and Tricks
  • Guitar Lessons: Chord Charts and Arpeggio Patterns on the Guitar Neck
  • Series 1 Guitar Fretboard Diagram Archive
  • Series 2 Fretboard Diagrams are Here!
• Minor Scales
  • Blues (Minor Blues) Scale Guitar Patterns- Chart, Key of A
  • Dorian Minor Scale Guitar Patterns- D Fretboard Chart
  • Harmonic Minor Scale Guitar Patterns- Fretboard Chart, Key of A
  • Hexatonic Minor Scale Guitar Patterns- Fretboard Chart, Key of A
  • Jazz (Ascending Melodic) Minor Scale Guitar Fretboard Patterns- Chart, Key of A
  • Natural Minor Scale Guitar Patterns- Chart, Key of A
  • Neapolitan Minor Guitar Scale Patterns- Chart, Key of A
  • Pentatonic Minor Scale Guitar Patterns- Chart, Key of A
  • Spanish Minor Guitar Scale Patterns- Chart, Key of E
• Guitar Scale Fingerings
  • Guitar Fingering Chart- A Blues (Minor Blues) Scale Patterns, 5th Fret
  • Guitar Fingering Chart- A Dorian Minor Guitar Patterns
  • Guitar Fingering Chart- A Harmonic Minor Scale Guitar Patterns
  • Guitar Fingering Chart- A Natural Minor Scale Patterns
  • Guitar Fingering Chart- A Pentatonic Minor Scale Guitar Fingering Chart.
  • Guitar Fingering Chart- A Spanish Dominant Scale Diagram
  • Guitar Fingering Chart- A Spanish Minor Scale, 5th Fret Diagram
  • Important Note on Guitar Scale Fingering Charts & Diagrams:
• Guitar Chords and Arpeggios
  • Major Guitar Chords & Arpeggios
    • Major add 9 (Add Nine) Chord Guitar Arpeggio Chart (Scale Based Patterns)
    • Major Chord (Triad) Guitar Arpeggio Chart (Scale Based Patterns)
    • C Major Scale Chords, Chart of 5th String Root Forms
    • C Major Scale Chords, Chart of 6th String Root Forms
    • C Major Scale Guitar Chords, Chart of Open Position Forms
    • G Major Guitar Chord Chart- Open Position
    • Major 7th Chord Guitar Arpeggio Chart (Scale Based Patterns)
    • Major 9th Chord Guitar Arpeggio Chart (Scale Based Patterns)
  • Minor Guitar Chords & Arpeggios
    • A Minor Arpeggios Patterns on Guitar- Position I Chart
    • A Minor Arpeggios Patterns on Guitar- Position V Chart
    • A Minor Guitar Chords Open Position Chord Chart
    • A Minor Guitar Chords Sixth String Root Chord Chart
    • E Minor Guitar Chord Chart- Open Position
    • Minor 7th Chord Guitar Arpeggio Chart (Scale Based Patterns)
    • Minor Chord (Triad) Guitar Arpeggio Chart (Scale Based Patterns)
  • Dominant 7 Guitar Chords & Arpeggios
    • Dominant 7 Guitar Arpeggio Patterns Chart
    • Dominant 7th Flat Nine Chord Guitar Arpeggio Chart (Scale Based Patterns)
    • Dominant Ninth (9th) Guitar Chord Arpeggio- Scale Based Patterns
• Major Scales
  • Hexatonic Major Scale Guitar Fretboard Patterns- Chart, Key of C
  • Lydian Major Scale Guitar Fretboard Patterns- Chart, Key of F
  • Major Blues Scale Guitar Fretboard Patterns- Chart, Key of C
  • Major Scale Guitar Fretboard Patterns- Chart, Key of C
  • Pentatonic Major Scale Guitar Fretboard Patterns- Chart, Key of C
• Diatonic|Church|Major Scale Modes
  • A Aeolian Mode Guitar Scale Patterns- Guitar Position Chart
  • B Locrian Mode Guitar Scale Patterns- 5 Position Chart
  • C Ionian Mode Guitar Scale Patterns- 5 Position Chart
  • D Dorian Mode Scale Patterns- 5 Position Chart
  • E Phrygian Mode Scale Diagram
  • F Lydian Mode Scale Diagram
  • G Mixolydian Mode Guitar Scale Patterns- 5 Position Chart
• Dominant Scales

  Dominant 7th Scale Guitar Patterns- CAGED Positions

  • Dominant 7th Scale Guitar Patterns- Chart, Key of G
  • Jazz Minor Mode V: Hindu / Mixolydian b6 Scale Guitar Chart, 5 CAGED Patterns
  • Jewish Scale Guitar Patterns- Chart, Key of E
  • Phrygian Dominant Scale Guitar Patterns- Fretboard Chart, Key of E
  • Spanish Dominant Scale Guitar Patterns- Fretboard Chart, Key of E
• Half Diminished Scales
  • Half Diminished Guitar Scale Patterns- Chart, Key of B
• Notes on the Guitar Neck
  • Notes on the 5th String Guitar Neck Chart
  • Notes on the 6th String Guitar Neck Chart

Story of Jay Skyler's Guitar Scale and Chord Charts

About 7 years back, one of my guitar students (Patrice Borne) suggested I put some of the charts of the scales we had covered on my website so students would always have access to them. He also suggested it would make a great "portfolio" so potential students could see the wide range of material I could cover with them. I thought it was a terrific idea, but realized it would be an insane amount of work.

He then scanned all the hand drawn diagrams I had made for him (he was an advanced student so there were many.). Not satisfied with that, I created the Series 1 Diagrams by taking my blank diagrams and putting dots on them in Microsoft Paint (no joke).

After getting countless thank you emails and a copy of Adobe Illustrator I began replacing them with the current Series 2 Diagrams, which is why 95% of you are here, they have taken years to make and they are exactly what I've always wanted for myself and my students. Thanks for all the emails letting me know that Google often selects my charts as the definitive picture displayed in the knowledge graph box on the top of the first results page. I had no clue.