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GuitarZen

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THE G MAJOR SCALE;; THE NUMBERS ARE FOR WHAT FRET YOU ARE ON;; PRACTICE THIS SCALE EVERY DAY


                                                     
                             E   -----2F#----3G-------------------5A---------------------------------

                             B    -------------3D------------------5E----------------------------------

                             G  ----- 2A----------------4B---------5C---------------------------------

                             D  ------2E-----------------4F#------5G-----------------------------------

                             A  ------2B-------3C------------------5D-----------------------------------

                              E  ----------------3G------------------5A------------------------------------

                                                           HAVE FUN,,,,,,

THE A MAJOR SCALE;; THE NUMBERS ARE FOR WHAT FRET YOU ARE ON;; PRACTICE THIS SCALE EVERY DAY


                                                     
                             E   -----4G#----5A------------------7B---------------------------------

                             B    -------------5E------------------7F#----------------------------------

                             G  ----- 4B----------------6C#-----7D-------------------------------------

                             D  ------4F#---------------6G#-----7A----------------------------------

                             A  ------4C#------5D----------------7E--------------------------------------

                              E  -----------------5A-----------------7B-------------------------------------

THE B MAJOR SCALE;; THE NUMBERS ARE FOR WHAT FRET YOU ARE ON;; PRACTICE THIS SCALE EVERY DAY


                                                     
                             E   -----6A#----7B------------------9C#---------------------------------

                             B    -------------7F#-----------------9G#----------------------------------

                             G  ----- 6C#---------------8D#-----9E-------------------------------------

                             D  ------6G#---------------8A#-----9B-------------------------------------

                             A  ------6D#------7E----------------9F#--------------------------------------

                              E  -----------------7B---------------9C#-------------------------------------

                                            B-MAJOR  ARE WE HAVEING FUN YET

THE C MAJOR SCALE;; THE NUMBERS ARE FOR WHAT FRET YOU ARE ON;; PRACTICE THIS SCALE EVERY DAY


                                                     
                             E   -----7B------8C------------------10D-------------------------------

                             B    -------------8G------------------10A---------------------------------

                             G  ----- 7D---------------9E---------10F---------------------------------

                             D  ------7A---------------9B---------10C---------------------------------

                             A  ------7E--------8F-----------------10G--------------------------------------

                              E  -----------------8C---------------10D-------------------------------------

                                            C-MAJOR  DO YOU SEE C-MAJORE HAS NO SHARPS OR FLATS

THE D MAJOR SCALE;; THE NUMBERS ARE FOR WHAT FRET YOU ARE ON;; PRACTICE THIS SCALE EVERY DAY


                                                     
                             E   -----9C#-----10D------------------12E-------------------------------

                             B    -------------10A------------------12B---------------------------------

                             G  ----- 9E--------------11F#---------12G---------------------------------

                             D  ------9B--------------11C#--------12D----------------------------------

                             A  ------9F#-------10G---------------12A----------------------------------------

                              E  -----------------10D---------------12E-------------------------------------

                                            D-MAJOR

THE E MAJOR SCALE;; THE NUMBERS ARE FOR WHAT FRET YOU ARE ON;; PRACTICE THIS SCALE EVERY DAY


                                                     
                             E   -----11D#-----12E------------------14F#-------------------------------

                             B    ---------------12B-------------------14C#---------------------------------

                             G  ----- 11F#--------------13G#-------14A---------------------------------

                             D  ------11C#--------------13D#------14E------------------------------------

                             A  ------11G#-------12A---------------14B----------------------------------------

                              E  -------------------12E---------------14F#-------------------------------------

                                            E-MAJOR   ONE MORE?  DO YOU NO WHAT ITS GOING TO BE CLUE LOOK AT YOUR G MAJOR SCALE

IF YOU SAID F# MAJOR SCALE;;YOUR RIGHT--- THE NUMBERS ARE FOR WHAT FRET YOU ARE ON;; PRACTICE THIS SCALE EVERY DAY


                                                     
                             E   -----13F-------14F#-----------------16G#-------------------------------

                             B    ---------------14C#----------------16D#---------------------------------

                             G  ----- 13G#--------------15A#-------16B---------------------------------

                             D  ------13D#--------------15F---------16F#------------------------------------

                             A  ------13A#-------14B-----------------16C#----------------------------------------

                              E  -------------------14F#---------------16G#-------------------------------------

                                            F#-MAJOR     NOW THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO PLAY THESE SCALES BUT I FIND THIS WAY HELPS ME OUT A LOT;;AND I HOPE YOU FIND THIS VERY HELP FULL ;;DON,T GIVE UP IT WILL GET BETTER TRUST ME //// I,AM GOING TO TRY TO PUT UP SOOM VIDEO LESSONS AS WELL;;; ENJOY

Ran through all of them BD, plus picked the same couple of riffs from each....would you be ok to explain why the Major scales have sharps and flats and why to a beginner it appears random? I ask this because when i started theory i thought, for example, that G major scale was G A B C D E F G' (octave).  Of course if the reason is that these are just a certain kind of major scale form then that's fine.(naming the form would help too)

Otherwise us beginners might be left wondering about the 'why' of all the scales presented. Excellent post BD, i'll no doubt be referring back and running through them though it's already obvious that after a few times through one would be able to start anywhere on the 6th string and 'hear' that they were doing it right or not without even referring to your great scale tabs. Thanks again, very helpful.

Cheers,

GuitarZen

GuitarZen wrote:

Ran through all of them BD, plus picked the same couple of riffs from each....would you be ok to explain why the Major scales have sharps and flats and why to a beginner it appears random? I ask this because when i started theory i thought, for example, that G major scale was G A B C D E F G' (octave).  Of course if the reason is that these are just a certain kind of major scale form then that's fine.(naming the form would help too)

Otherwise us beginners might be left wondering about the 'why' of all the scales presented. Excellent post BD, i'll no doubt be referring back and running through them though it's already obvious that after a few times through one would be able to start anywhere on the 6th string and 'hear' that they were doing it right or not without even referring to your great scale tabs. Thanks again, very helpful.

Cheers,

GuitarZen

Here's why: In the form BD presented he is showing you the major scale for each key. When you are using the the C major scale but starting at G you are using the Mixolydian mode  of the C major scale. Only C major is without sharps or flats all the other major scale keys have sharps or flats.

YES THESE SCALES ARE,  showing you the major scale for each key, They are intended for the beginer level

feel free to add any thang to the post, It would be very help full,

Now don't take this as nitpicking but i'm trying to come at this lesson from the point of view that like the beginner, i may not have any clue what is being shown or taught here.

Without presumption on my part and if this was about 3 years ago, this statement (no offense please Bob) would leave me right in the music theory dust:

....."In the form BD presented he is showing you the major scale for each key. When you are using the the C major scale but starting at G you are using the Mixolydian mode  of the C major scale. Only C major is without sharps or flats all the other major scale keys have sharps or flats...."

Well, i wonder if when beginners open the 'beginners section' and see the above, they'll have questions or worse, not even know how to ask the questions. I was there at one time so stayed away from theory.

For example...what if a beginner asked, "why is something called a scale and why G Major or F# Major"...or...

"What the heck is a Mixolydian mode of the C Major scale" or "What are sharps or flats."

For me i din't even know how to ask the questions so until i read something that broke theory down to the very basics, statements out of context as above just caused me to exit and look at something else. Again no offense Bob or Bull_dog, but i think just coming out with random theory with no 'whys and how's' might not be useful to the complete beginner.

Cheers,

GuitarZen

Ok bull_dog but if a total beginner read the below reply i wonder if they would ask what came before all that plus talk of 'major scales, keys, major scales in each key', things like that. Again no offense please, but a few years ago i'd be drawing a blank.

At the same time i can see from your scales and where you mentioned 'fingers on strings' that anyone should be able to
play them and that it would help a lot in fretboard familiarization, so thanks again.

Guess what i'm getting at is that taken out of context from a brand new guitar students point of view the words don't
have much meaning even for the newbie.  Thinking explanations for words like those used would be a lot more helpful.
That said, i hope i'm helping your great 'fun room FOR BEGINNERS' thread bull_dog.

Cheers,

GuitarZen

bull_dog998 wrote:

YES THESE SCALES ARE,  showing you the major scale for each key, They are intended for the beginer level

feel free to add any thang to the post, It would be very help full,

GuitarZen wrote:

Ran through all of them BD, plus picked the same couple of riffs from each....would you be ok to explain why the Major scales have sharps and flats and why to a beginner it appears random? I ask this because when i started theory i thought, for example, that G major scale was G A B C D E F G' (octave).  Of course if the reason is that these are just a certain kind of major scale form then that's fine.(naming the form would help too)

Otherwise us beginners might be left wondering about the 'why' of all the scales presented. Excellent post BD, i'll no doubt be referring back and running through them though it's already obvious that after a few times through one would be able to start anywhere on the 6th string and 'hear' that they were doing it right or not without even referring to your great scale tabs. Thanks again, very helpful.

Cheers,

GuitarZen

why the Major scales have sharps and flats

Major Scales
A major scale in music is a series of "whole" and "half" steps that produces the major scale sound.

This series is: Whole, Whole, Half, Whole, Whole, Whole, Half.

A whole step is considered to be a movement of two pitches up. For instance, a C to a D is a whole step because the C was moved two pitches up: C sharp and then D.

A half step is a movement of one pitch up. For example, a C to a C sharp is a half step. Also, an E to an F is a half step because there is no pitch in between. B to C is also a half step as there is no pitch in between.

The pitches with sharps are: C, C sharp, D, D sharp, E, F, F sharp, G, G sharp, A, A sharp, B, C, ...

The pitches with flats are: C, D flat, D, E flat, E, F, G flat, G, A flat, A, B flat, B, C, ...

So for a C major scale (which starts and ends on C) keeping in mind the order of whole and half steps would be:

C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C

The G major scale has to have a sharp to keep the series of whole and half steps.

G, A, B, C, D, E, F sharp, G



Answer
Scales have sharps and flats to maintain the balance of the scale (the whole and half steps). Notes denoted with sharps or flats are as important as any other notes. Every note is a pitch and equally important when constructing scales.

Each scale requires a sequence of 7 different pitches (some may be "sharps" or "flats".