Comments on: The 5 Natural Minor Scale Positions You Must Know

By: Powerful One-Octave Natural Minor Scales - Part IV - GUITARHABITS

Powerful One-Octave Natural Minor Scales - Part IV - GUITARHABITS — Fri, 21 May 2021 09:57:01 +0000

[…] Natural Minor Scales Series” check out: Exploring the Natural Minor Scale and The 5 natural minor scale positions you must know. If you stay with this lesson, focus and […]

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 06:35:47 +0000

Just stumbled on your site. Thanks for the exercise, I’ll be practicing this a lot.

I’d like to reply to Don Lessnau or others with the same question –
Don, that is indeed the Mixolydian shape. Specifically, it would be G Mixolydian, the fifth mode of C major. The relative minor of C major is A minor – that is, the relative minor has the same key signature (and thus the same notes) but a different tonic. So since this exercise uses A minor as an example, it will contain the same notes as C Ionian/G Mixolydian – A B C D E F G.

By: Giacomo

Giacomo — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 15:32:29 +0000

I’m new to learning the minor scales, so bear with me. Why would you play those last two notes on the high E string in the first position? Wouldn’t you just play the scale starting from the root on the D string, and finish on the root on the high E string? Why are those two other notes included? Thank you.

By: suruj

suruj — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 09:43:12 +0000

sir Thanks for the tip. That’s a good idea for a post in the near future.

Best regards,
suruj

By: Klaus Crow

Klaus Crow — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 16:23:16 +0000

In reply to John.

Hi John,
I agree.
I prefer shapes or patterns but there are a lot of guitar players who refer to it as positions.
I always use the word “shapes” as well to indicate a better word.

By: John

John — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 14:27:52 +0000

Isn’t it better to say 5 shapes or patterns? Using the word positions confuses players who know
the term positions to mean where on the fretboard you are playing…regardless of the shape and scale you are playing.

By: Don Lessnau

Don Lessnau — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 21:16:56 +0000

Nice article. But your 5th shape is Mixolydian and that has always been referred to as a major mode of the major scale. Not a minor mode. ??

By: paul says

paul says — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 10:49:12 +0000

thanks for this now i will resite this i will never forget this:) :) :)
and i will complete all scale

By: 5 Guitar Scale Lessons that Every Beginning Player Needs - Learn Some Music

5 Guitar Scale Lessons that Every Beginning Player Needs - Learn Some Music — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 15:40:19 +0000

[…] Natural Minor Scale: Much like the blues scale, this one bears a striking resemblance to the minor pentatonic scale you learned earlier. However, this one is seven notes, rather than six or five. […]

By: peter

peter — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 00:15:50 +0000

they all seem to be like that, besides box one, maybe theres a theory behind this that im not seeing…anyone see what im talking about…
on the tab your leaving out the notes on the 6th and 5th strings..

it seems like on the tab your starting on the root note…all the best to you…