A guitar scale is a sequence of notes, played on the guitar, in ascending or descending order, that form a specific pattern and/or tonal quality, in a specific key. For example, the C major scale is a sequence of notes derived from the key of C, that create a major-sounding tone. ...
The E major scale on guitar is much easier to learn with scale diagrams. These diagrams or charts represent the fretboard of your guitar and indicate which notes you’ll play on which frets and strings. In the diagrams below, each dot shows you which note you’ll play on which string and...
What are intervals on the guitar? Aninterval is the distance between 2 notes on a scale, eg. the difference in pitch between 2 sounds. They are basically the building blocks of scales and chords. Why are intervals important? Because scales aredefined based on the intervalsbetween the individua...
Two common ways of playing diminished chords on the guitar are shown below: Diminished Scale Guitar Diagram 1. Tonic notes are shown as white circles. Diminished Scale Guitar Diagram 2 In these diminished scale diagrams, any of the white circles can be considered to be the root / tonic note...
Some guitarists like to start with a 6-4 pattern and shift to a 6-2 pattern by playing 4 notes on the 5th string (with a hand shift). Try this with other patterns. Shift the box on the string before or after the root note. For example, if you’re ascending from a root on the...
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Guitar Scales ARE Patterns! Some players just dive in and try to learn thefretboard head-on, essentially memorizing each note in the same way you might try to memorize the letters in the alphabet. However, this approach depends on having a good memory, it can take a long time, and some...
Because these are the notes that the famous W W H W W W H (W=whole, H=half, two frets and one fret on guitar respectively) formula produces when you start with E. If you apply the formula 1 b3 4 b5 5 b7, you end up with E G A Bb B D, which is what you found. Because...
As you can see, the G Lydian scale uses the same notes as a D major scale (i.e. it has two sharps: F# and C#), but starts and ends on the fourth degree of the D major scale. If you know a major scale shape on guitar, you can start and end on the fourth note, and you'...
The notes in the D major scale are: D, E, F#, G, A, B, C#, repeat D an octave higher. The signature has 2 sharps (F and C), and the scale (in treble clef) starts on the first space. How do you play D Major on guitar? The most common way to play D major on guitar is...