Minor scales are very important to understand and are also a necessary study to better organize other scales in the minor family.

You’ll be able to navigate through any minor key with knowledge of these patterns.

The whole/half step pattern for the minor scale is:

W H W W H W W

Below you’ll find the most efficient fingerings for this scale. Any more than this and I feel the patterns become too redundant.

Sixth String Forms

4th finger form:

E |---------------------------------------------3--5--|
B |-----------------------------------3--5--6---------|
G |-------------------------2--4--5-------------------|
D |---------------2--3--5-----------------------------|
A |-----2--3--5---------------------------------------|
E |--5------------------------------------------------|

1st finger form:

E |------------------------------------------------5-|
B |--------------------------------------5--6--8-----|
G |----------------------------4--5--7---------------|
D |----------------------5--7------------------------|
A |------------5--7--8-------------------------------|
E |--5--7--8-----------------------------------------|

Fifth String Forms

4th finger form:

E |-----------------------------------------------10--12--|
B |---------------------------------10--12--13------------|
G |--------------------9--10--12--------------------------|
D |-------9--10--12---------------------------------------|
A |--12---------------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------------|

1st finger form:

E |-----------------------------------------------------12--13--15--17|
B |--------------------------------------12--13--15-------------------|
G |----------------------------12--14---------------------------------|
D |--------------12--14--15-------------------------------------------|
A |12--14--15---------------------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Want To Learn More …

scale-boxDo you cringe with fear when you hear the word “scales”?

From the feedback of surveyed guitarists the common struggles with scales is that they just don’t understand them at all and find it difficult to use them in your playing.

Sounds quite complex and difficult just to begin with and you haven’t even started learning it yet.  With the right guidance you can make learning about scales, easy and improve your playing all at the same time.

That is why we created a course that is tailored to this exact topic.