The Whole Tone scale
Submitted by Alex on Sun, 03/08/2009 - 13:58
The Whole Tone scale is actually the easiest possible scale that you can learn on the guitar.
It's a 6 note scale.
This is a scale with just 1 scale pattern that keeps repeating. Therefore it is called a "symmetrical" scale.
This scale does not have modes - because every mode of this scale sounds exactly the same.
Here is the basic position of the scale that repeats up and down the neck:
Here is the scale ascending up the neck:
And here is the scale played on the B, G and A strings only using symmetrical "boxes"
The Whole Tone scale