Major Scales - One Octave

6th String Root Major Scale Pattern

Both patterns are MOVABLE up and down the neck. So, no matter what position you play them in, you are always playing a 'major scale'.

5th String Root Major Scale Pattern

ROOT ? The root can be on ANY FRET - SEE BELOW

ROOT

Another way to write the same thing:

OCTAVE

Order of Left Hand Fingers: 1 3 4 1 2 4 6 or 5 2 4

OCTAVE

Here is what TAB would look like with the ROOT on the Sixth String in the Second Fret -- which is F# (and Gb) Major Scale. T A B 1 1 2 4 2 4 3 4

Here is what TAB would look like with the ROOT on the Fifth String in the Fifth Fret -- which is D Major Scale. T A B 4 4 5 7 5 7 6 7

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Right Hand:
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As soon as possible, learn to play the scales using the right hand fingers, starting with " alternating 1 & 2 ". As well as using a pick (alternating "up - down").

Both patterns are played in a single position. To begin with, learn them ascending and descending, with a simple quater note beat (each note on the beat). Once you are comfortable with the two patterns, learn to play all the major scales "around the circle of fourths" as indicated below.

Circle of Fourths
SCALE ROOT FRET PATTERN

C VIII 6

F VIII 5

Bb VI 6

Eb VI 5

Ab IV 6

Db IV 5

Gb II 6

B II 5

E VII 5

A V 6

D V 5

G III 6

C III 5

SCALE = "name of the major scale you are playing" ROOT FRET = "the fret you should start in with the 2nd finger" PATTERN = "which major scale pattern, from the top of the page, to use"

The student who wishes to acquire a firm technique on the guitar should not neglect the patient study of scales. If he practices them two hours a day, he will correct faulty hand positions, gradually increase the strength of the fingers, and prepare thejoints for later speed studies. I say physical, because the sonority and it's infinite shadings are not the result of stubborn will power but spring from the innate excellence of the spirit.

Thanks to the independence and elasticity which the fingers develop through the study of scales, the student will soon acquire a quality which is very difficult to gain later: physical beauty of sound. In order to derive the greatest possible benefit from the following exercises, play them slowly and vigorously at first, more lightly and rapidly later. In one hour of scales may be condensed many hours of arduous exercises which are frequently futile. The practice of scales enables one to solve a greater number of technical problems in a shorter time than the study of any other exercise. - Andres Segovia

"Without music, life would be a mistake." Friedrich Nietzsche

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