Natural Guitar Scales Patterns

The concept of Guitar Maps is simply to memorize the natural (diatonic) scale pattern. All keys both major and minor are simply within one scale pattern of 7 notes. For example, comparing the C major & A minor Guitar Maps the C major pattern is the same as the A minor pattern. Why? Because the 6th note (degree) of the C major scale is A. Remember the 6th note (degree) of the major scale is the Aeolian mode (natural minor). For example: If the song you’re playing to is in the key of C major you can actually play the A minor scale and it will sound right. This is because it is still the same notes in the C major scale. Now notice if the song is in the key of A minor you can play a C major (Ionian) scale and it will sound right, again it is still the same notes, just a different starting point (Mode).