G Blues Vertical (Guitar, Beginner)

This pattern of the G blues scale will make you move in a mostly vertical motion, relative to the fretboard. Here are a few things to be aware of:

1. Hollow circles represent the G note.
2. Orange circles represent a simple pattern for the G minor pentatonic scale: G, Bb, C, D, and F notes.
3. Blue circles represent the jazzy-sounding blue note of the scale: C#.

The blues scale sounds great above several varying chord progressions, from those resembling a major key (G5, C5, D5) to those more minor in nature (G5, Bb5, C5) to the relative major (Bb, Eb, F), etc.

G Mixolydian Mode (Guitar, Intermediate)

A mode is just a certain way of expressing a scale. In this case, the G Mixolydian mode expresses the scale in the same way as the C major diatonic scale. The G Mixolydian mode contains the following notes: G, A, B, C, D, E, and F.

I personally like the spacey quality of this mode, and it works quite well in many chord progressions that involve the G major chord and the F major chord.

Also note that the major pentatonic scale is encoded within the Mixolydian mode (the same simple orange-circle pattern from a few days ago).