7 Ways To Make Boring Guitar Scales Sound Exotic

Play your first guitar solo (and more free stuff): ► PDF Scale chart: ► 0:00 - Intro Take a regular minor pentatonic scale and make it exotic by adding flavors from other cultures and different types of music. 1:35 - Minor Pentatonic Scale The classic minor pentatonic scale is found in all genres of music but has so much room to add different notes to make it sound more interesting. 3:02 - A Blues Scale The first thing you can do to make the scale more interesting is to add a sharp 4 interval away from the root (the starting note). This simple flavor turns it into a blues scale. 4:45 - A Dorian Scale A Dorian is a more concise way of playing a minor pentatonic scale. You simply add in two more notes to give it more flair. This scale is found in a lot of jazz music. 7:43 - A Romanian/Ukrainian Minor Scale