A Harmonic Minor Scale

Learn the pattern, listen to the original example and practise at your own pace.

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Practise this scale

Standard tuning: E, A, D, G, B, E, from the thickest string to the thinnest. The tab keeps the positions used in the original exercise.

The static score and note sequence work without the interactive player.

Read the tab or choose a few notes to repeat. Use the numbered table under “Read the notes and fret positions” to choose the first and last note. Audio starts only after you press Play.

A Harmonic Minor Scale: standard notation and tablature. The complete note and fret sequence follows below.

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Read the notes and fret positions

String 1 is the thin, high E string. String 6 is the thick, low E string. Play one note per beat at 120 BPM, or choose a slower practice speed.

NotePitchStringFret
1A265
2B267
3C368
4D355
5E357
6F358
7G#346
8A347
9B334
10C435
11D437
12E425
13F426
14G#414
15A415
16G#414
17F426
18E425
19D437
20C435
21B334
22A347
23G#346
24F358
25E357
26D355
27C368
28B267
29A265
Original recording, chart and tablature

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

-------4----5----4----|----------------------|----------------------|
--6-------------------|--6----5--------------|----------------------|
----------------------|------------7----5----|--4-------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|-------7----6---------|
----------------------|----------------------|-----------------8----|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|

----------------------|-------||
----------------------|-------||
----------------------|-------||
----------------------|-------||
--7----5--------------|-------||
------------8----7----|--5----||