In this lesson, I'm going to show you how to create minor scales going across the neck. I think this is the next logical step after learning how to create minor scales going up and down one string. Once you understand and are able to create minor scales across the neck following a couple simple rules, learning the five minor scale patterns is going to make a lot more sense. Let's get in close and take a look at how to do this. So for creating a minor scale going across the neck like this, there's only two rules you have to remember. And those rules are when you want to go to the next string and it's up a whole step, a whole step meaning up two frets.

So if I went one, two, flat three, I could go up here to four, because it's a whole step from flat three to four. But I want to go to the next string at this point. That way I don't have to go out of position. I Stay in this area. So your One, two flat three, this, this fourth right here is also three frets down the next string. So when I say three frets down, I want you to envision your One, two flat three, moving your finger over and then counting down 3123.

So here's one, two, flat, three, four. So then that rule is going to apply that three frets down for going up a whole step that's going to apply to this all sets of strings except for when you go from the third string to the second string, and it's only two. So I'm going to do one, two, flat three set of four here, I'm going to play four here, and a whole step, the five and a half, step two, flat six. That's a whole host of the flat seven, but instead of, you know, going out of position, I'm going to go just three frets down on the next string, so flat seven, then we have one right here for two I could stretch up with my pinky, but I believe in my court My scale charts, I suggest that you, you get to here, you're gonna go flat seven one, and then you're gonna get down three frets on the next string to get to that it's a half, step two, flat three, a whole step to four.

Now five is a whole step above, which is right here, but it's not down three frets. As you can hear, it's going to be down two frets. So when you go from the third string, the second string, the whole step jump is down two frets, not three. So we're going one, two flat 345 is going to be right here, five and a half, step two, flat six, hole, step two flat seven. And instead of getting one up here, I can once again go down three frets, which is right here, and that's where one is two and then flat three. So let's go ahead and do that.

One more time. One, two, flat three, up a whole step to four. Five, flat six, flat seven, one, then down three frets to two, flat three, four. And then when we go to the second string, it's only down two frets, so five, seven right here, five, flat six flat seven. Instead of playing one here, we're going to go down three frets. And of course, the same rule applies in reverse.

So if I'm going from one I need to get down a whole step I say going to here, I can get flat seven right here, flat seven, flat 655 is here four is going to be here because this note is the same as this, that the both these because Five, four, flat Three, two, then post up down to one, flat seven, flat 654, flat, three, two, and the back down to one. So let's, let's create some some minor scales, from different notes other than just starting with our first finger on the sixth string. All right. What if we were going to start with say our Pinkie on the sixth string, we'll start right here on the C. So we're going to end up playing a C minor scale. So I'm gonna start here with one. And I'm not going to go up here to two because that doesn't make any sense because I kind of want to stay in this area.

So we'll go one, and you'll go down three frets on next string two, half, step two, flat, three, whole steps of four. Five is going to be three frets down on the string five, flat six, flat seven. One is going to be a whole step. So it's going to be three frets down one, whole step two to step two, flat three. Now four is right here. But instead, we're going to play down two frets on the second string, one, two, flat, three, four, whole sets of five and a half, set the flat six.

Then we'll go up a whole step, which is down three frets for flat seven and then back to one. Now let's create a minor scale starting on the fifth string, fifth fret. This is a would be a Typically, position number four. So we'll start here go one, step two, half, step two, flat three. Now I need to go up to four. So I'm going to get it over here, right here.

So there's one, two, flat three, down three frets, 245, flat six, down three frets, two flat seven, one. So to get stretching up here to two, I'm just gonna play down two frets on the second string, two flat 345 to the right here, five, flat six, flat seven. So one more time because one, two flat 345, flat six, flat, 712, flat, 345, flat six, flat seven, then appear to one, if you want to go up there. Now I'm going to create a minor scale starting on the fifth string with my pinky. I'm just picking that's an app. I'm just picking out a kind of a random note here.

So this is one whole step two, flat three, four whole steps. Five, flat six, flat seven, and it's a whole step to one, I'm going to use my first finger to shift. I know I'm gonna have to go up here, one, two, flat three. That's a whole step, 245, flat six, coming back, flat, 654, flat, 321, flat seven down here. So I'm going to play right here, I use my pinky. So I can shift down one flat seven flat, 654, flat 321, I want to keep going lower flat seven, and then I need to get a flat six, I'm going to play it here, one flat seven flat 654.

I get another flat Three, two, because that was an F minor scale. Another good exercise is to take a low note, say this f right here, and then figure out how to play a minor scale all the way up to this app right here. And basically you're kind of weaving your way using the past. And your brain, figuring out how to play the scale. So really, you're playing up through all different five, all five different patterns. Alright, so we're gonna start here with one.

So when I do this, I suggest you try it many times and try different paths, because there's really a lot of different ways you could do it. It's almost endless. So you get one, two, flat three, I'm going to go up here to four. And then at any point, I usually suggest going to a new string, a higher string when you have to go up a whole step. So I'm on four. So five is going to be right here, five, flat six, flat seven, one.

Gonna go over here to two, flat, three, four. Maybe I'll go up here to five, flat six, flat seven, one. No, they get a two here, it's only down two frets two, flat 345 flat six, flat seven, one Alright, so now I'm going to do it again. But I'm gonna take a completely different path. Not sure exactly how I'm gonna go, I'm just making this up one, two flat 345, flat six, flat 712, flat 345, flat six, flat 712, flat 345, flat six, flat seven, one that was completely different than the first time. So I suggest trying a bunch of different patterns, you know, just kind of work your way.

Work your way back down, and really get a feel for the pattern and what it means to go to the next string so you can kind of work your way across the neck and back. I would practice creating minor scales up and down the neck across all six strings for a little while till you get really comfortable with the exercise. Then I would dive into learning the five standard fingerings for the minor scale that will allow you to play in any minor key anywhere on the neck.