Soloing, Overview of Scales & Tools Needed for Good Soloing

Scales to Learn (in order)

for intervals of each scale, see spatial relationship of intervals of each mode

Minor Pentatonic
Major Pentatonic
Blues Scale
Ionian – pure major scale
Aeolian – pure minor scale
Dorian
Phrygian
Lydian
Mixolydian
Locrian
Harmonic Minor
Melodic Minor
Phrygian Dominant (5th mode of Harmonic Minor)
other modes of Melodic Minor
exotic scales such as Harmonic Major, Neapolitan Minor, etc.)
modes of exotic scales

Scales to Learn (in order)

Minor Pentatonic
Major Pentatonic
Blues Scale
Ionian – pure major scale
Aeolian – pure minor scale
Dorian
Phrygian
Lydian
Mixolydian
Locrian
Harmonic Minor
Melodic Minor
Phrygian Dominant (5th mode of Harmonic Minor)
other modes of Melodic Minor
exotic scales such as Harmonic Major, Neapolitan Minor, etc.)
modes of exotic scales