What guitar scales do the 70s guitarist use?

Question

i want know the scales Richie Blackmore, Jimmy Page, and Tony Iommi use. i want to know the scales they use other than pentatonic. and i want to know what tuning they use.

thanks

Answer 1

Page sometimes used some exotic scales I don't really know them

Blackmore basically pentatonics and minors stuff like that

Tony Iommi same thing

Page and Blackmore used standard tuning most of the time

Tony Iommi was all over the place with tuning he rarely was ever in standard tuning

Answer 2

The major scale and the blues scale are another two that Page and Blackmore use. Blackmore also uses the harmonic minor scale alot. Page and Blackmore tune to A=440 in standard tuning most of the time. Page uses lots of different open tunings on different songs (The Rain Song;Kashmir;Black Mountain Side etc.) Iommi is mostly in the pentatonic scale but he tunes lower. Generally he tunes down a half step , his E string is tuned to Eb or every thing is half a step lower. He also tunes down lower than that depending on the song but it is always lower never higher.For all the open tunings google open guitar tunings and that should get you started. For specific Page tunings look for authentic Zep tab.