Minor Scale Exercises
If you're not sure what the relative minor scale is... check out the relative minor scale page.
Minor Scale in the key of A
|-----------------------------5--------------------------------| |-----------------------5-6-8---8-6-5--------------------------| |-----------------4-5-7---------------7-5-4--------------------| |-------------5-7---------------------------7-5----------------| |-------5-7-8-----------------------------------8-7-5----------| |-5-7-8-----------------------------------------------8-7-5----|
Minor Scale Triplets
|---------------------------------------------------5---7-5----| |---------------------------------------5---6-5-8-6---8--------| |---------------------------4---5-4-7-5---7--------------------| |-------------------5---7-5---7--------------------------------| |-------5---7-5-8-7---8----------------------------------------| |-5-8-7---8----------------------------------------------------| |-7---5---------------------------------------------------------| |---8---6-8-5-6---5---------------------------------------------| |---------------7---5-7-4-5---4---------------------------------| |---------------------------7---5-7---5-------------------------| |-----------------------------------8---7-8-5-7---5-------------| |-----------------------------------------------8---7-8-5-7-3-5-|
If you want some tips for practicing scales, check out the major scale exercises.
If you really want to learn scales inside and out and how to relate them to chords and implement them into your playing, The Guitar Suite endorses and recommends Learn and Master Guitar. It's a great instructional series.