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This ebook can be used as a resource for any beginning guitarist or teacher. It can stand alone as a reference for learning on your own or with an instructor, or be used at the in-person classes at Phil Circle Music, or in conjunction with Phil Circle's video series on Foundational Guitar. Links are at the end of the book. Phil Circle has created a foundational reference book for any guitarist. From understanding the complexity of the guitar, to scales, to finding patterns in chords, and even a

Here's a chart of the pentatonic scale forms for the guitar. Written with finger numbers instead of fret numbers or just dots, these allow the student to memorize finger number patterns. When changing keys, all they have to do is move the pattern to the new position. These five forms (a sixth at the octave) interlock like puzzle pieces across the neck. When students recognize these patterns, they can improvise with less fear of striking wrong notes. This is a supplement to the free download of

Watching the patterns within these modal forms, you'll see that they resemble the pentatonic scales in a few instances (Forms 1, 2, and 4: Aeolian, Ionian, and Phrygian). These are designed to utilize the finger number patterns, spanning 4, and in a few cases, 5 frets. Once the finger number patterns are used to memorize the overall patterns, these can easily be moved about the neck to change keys. All you need is the roots on the 6th string. See the free resource of the roots on the the 4th, 5t

Here's a chart of the pentatonic scale forms for the guitar. Written with finger numbers instead of fret numbers or just dots, these allow the student to memorize finger number patterns. When changing keys, all they have to do is move the pattern to the new position. These five forms (a sixth at the octave) interlock like puzzle pieces across the neck. When students recognize these patterns, they can improvise with less fear of striking wrong notes. These scale forms are written for the key of

The root notes on the 6th string of the guitar are used for moving around scale patterns to change keys. The roots on the 4th, 5th & 6th strings can also be used to move around chord forms that include barre chords and "jazz" chords.