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The Major Scale is the base of Western Music! It's the foundation for all music theory as we know, and it's very practical and useful for guitar players.
8 Lessons
41 mins and 20 sec
The Major Scale is the cornerstone of all western harmony, when we describe other scales it is always in relation to The Major Scale and the naming conventions for chords...
When I was growing up I thought scales were a thing that teachers used to make kids hate music. I didn't get them at all, didn't see the point and so in this lesson I wan...
Wanna get jamming with your friends and using the major scale to make music?
Pattern 1 is most commonly the first pattern people learn and it's worth making sure you can make music with this before moving on!
Next up we're looking at Pattern 2 of The Five pattern system. It's a very useful scale pattern to learn, connects easily with Pattern 1 (which you should already know an...
Onto Pattern 3 now (C Shape frame) which is really comfortable and useful patterm!
Pattern 4 is based around the A Shape chord.
We're starting here with Pattern 5 of The Five pattern system which is based on the G Shape barre chord. Alternate Fingerings The most common alternative is t...