The Guitar Scale ChartHere is your Free Printable Chart of the 14 most common

and useful Scales ready to help you master them.

The Major guitar scale has a upbeat happy

sound to it. Rock, Country and a few

other styles

The Dorian mode has a jazzy sound on guitar.

The Phyrygian Mode has a Spanish sound to it.

The Lydian mode has a unique sound to it. Some

call it an airy sound.

The Mixolydian mode has a blues feel to it.

The Locrian mode has a sinister sound to it.

The Natural Minor Scale is a sad sounding scale.

The Guitar Harmonic Minor Scale sounds

somewhat classical and sinister to me all at the

same time.

The Melodic Minor scale is what I think of when I

think jazz.

The Whole tone scale is a harsh sounding dissonant

scale.

The Diminished scale would be good for Heavy

Metal.

The Guitar Major

Pentatonic scale has a bright sound that is just right for country music.

The Minor Pentatonic Scale

is Bluesy. Just right for Blues and Rock.

The Minor Blues Scale is the basis of the blues.