Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
In this guitar lesson you learn to use the modern sounding whole tone scale over dominant and minor chords to create really amazing and colourful guitar solos full of tension and release. A practical guitar lesson with lots of examples in different styles and the music theory you need for the whole tone scale. See how easy it is to use this scale on the guitar to stand out and create modern and juicy sounds.
Level 5 (of 6)
👉Free PDF with whole tone scale patterns:
patreon.com/posts/whole-tone-scale-143113686
E-book "How To Use The Whole Tone Scale" :
qjamtracks.myshopify.com/products/how-to-use-the-whole-tone-scale-guitar-lesson
Tablature, diagrams, examples and backing tracks of this guitar tutorial will be available on my Patreon page: patreon.com/QJamTracks
*Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:57 What is a whole tone scale
3:03 The augmented triad
3:54 Harmonic device
5:17 Over dominant chords
6:04 4 whole tone ideas
7:54 Examples over dominant chords
9:30 Whole tone scale over a 12-bar Blues
10:57 Over minor chords
12:50 Final Thoughts
👉JazzDuets Channel: youtube.com/@UCqimxUbWsE26KSpx2_OcmmA
*Crystal Clear E-BOOKS with audio files:*
qjamtracks.shopify.com
*Social Media/contact: *
https:// facebook.com/QJamTracks
https:// instagram.com/QJamTracks
https:// youtube.com/QJamTracks
*Strandberg Guitars*
strandbergguitars.com
*Fractal AxeFx II*
fractalaudio.com
*Neural DSP Plini X Plugin *
neuraldsp.com
(c)2025 Rob van Hal, Netherlands
In this guitar lesson you learn to use the modern sounding whole tone scale over dominant and minor chords to create really amazing and colourful guitar solos full of tension and release. A practical guitar lesson with lots of examples in different styles and the music theory you need for the whole tone scale. See how easy it is to use this scale on the guitar to stand out and create modern and juicy sounds.
Level 5 (of 6)
👉Free PDF with whole tone scale patterns:
patreon.com/posts/whole-tone-scale-143113686
E-book "How To Use The Whole Tone Scale" :
qjamtracks.myshopify.com/products/how-to-use-the-whole-tone-scale-guitar-lesson
Tablature, diagrams, examples and backing tracks of this guitar tutorial will be available on my Patreon page: patreon.com/QJamTracks
*Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:57 What is a whole tone scale
3:03 The augmented triad
3:54 Harmonic device
5:17 Over dominant chords
6:04 4 whole tone ideas
7:54 Examples over dominant chords
9:30 Whole tone scale over a 12-bar Blues
10:57 Over minor chords
12:50 Final Thoughts
👉JazzDuets Channel: youtube.com/@UCqimxUbWsE26KSpx2_OcmmA
*Crystal Clear E-BOOKS with audio files:*
qjamtracks.shopify.com
*Social Media/contact: *
https:// facebook.com/QJamTracks
https:// instagram.com/QJamTracks
https:// youtube.com/QJamTracks
*Strandberg Guitars*
strandbergguitars.com
*Fractal AxeFx II*
fractalaudio.com
*Neural DSP Plini X Plugin *
neuraldsp.com
(c)2025 Rob van Hal, Netherlands










