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Posted by: Andrew Cockburn Jul 5 2007, 11:55 PM

Major Scales 101


Introduction

In this lesson we are going to discuss what is probably the most important scale in Western music. The reason that it is so important, apart from the fact that it gets used in a huge proportion of modern songs, is that it is also the foundation of our musical system. We use it as a basis for describing intervals, building chords and specifying key signatures. In most cases, the Major scale is assumed as the norm from which other scales deviate. The only other scale that approaches the prominence of the Major scale is the Minor scale, which is itself derived from the Major scale - which we will look at in a later lesson.

With that in mind, lets have a look at it!

The Major Scale

The Major scale is a 7 note scale, built using the formula: 2 2 1 2 2 2 1

You should be familiar with scale formulae from the previous lessons. Lets have a look at how we would build a scale of G major. Obviously our root note is G, and building up from the formula we get the following notes:

G + 2 semitones = A
A + 2 semitones = B
B + 1 semitone = C
C + 2 semitones = D
D + 2 semitones = E
E + 2 semitones = F#
F# + 1 semitones = G

So there you have it - a scale of G major has the notes G, A, B, C, D, E, F# G, and as usual you can apply this formula with any other root note to get the exact scale that you want.

On the Fretboard

How do we play this on the guitar? Well, sticking with our G Major scale, we can construct 7 different boxes - why 7? Well, if we start with our root note of G on the E string, we can play a scale by moving up that single string, and each place we land can be the basis of a new box. However, for Major scales, a couple of the boxes will only be separated by 1 semitone, so be convention we miss these out, leaving 5 boxes, separated by either 2 or 3 semitones.

Here they are:







And that in a nutshell is the Major scale!

Posted by: AIB234 Jul 7 2007, 07:57 PM

Hey Andrew

I am wondering in respect to soloing if the song is in the key of G and let's say the rhythm is just switching between chords like G, B, and then A for a quick example...

As the lead guitarist, should you move from the first box, to the third box, and back to the second to follow what the rhythm is doing or am I able to simply play all over the boxes regardless of what chord (as long as it is in G) the rhythm is playing?

Thanks.

Posted by: Kaneda Jul 7 2007, 10:22 PM

QUOTE (AIB234 @ Jul 7 2007, 08:57 PM) *
Hey Andrew

I am wondering in respect to soloing if the song is in the key of G and let's say the rhythm is just switching between chords like G, B, and then A for a quick example...

As the lead guitarist, should you move from the first box, to the third box, and back to the second to follow what the rhythm is doing or am I able to simply play all over the boxes regardless of what chord (as long as it is in G) the rhythm is playing?

Thanks.


The boxes aren't related to each chord, they're simply ways to look at the notes of the G major scale. They're all built up of the same notes at different pitches. In the end, you can play in any box of a scale just as well as any other - you're still playing in the G major scale. Here's all the notes of the G major scale, up to the 18th fret (note that all the open strings are also part of the G major scale):



You can find all the boxes "hidden" inthere (and a few notes that fall outside). That's the material you can play in the G major scale (on those first 18 frets - could go on, but that would break the site layout even more wink.gif) But in the beginning, it's helpful to think in terms of boxes rather than memorizing the entire fretboard - besides, the box approach also allows you, in time, to learn to "listen" your way around the fretboard, rather than memorize. smile.gif

On a sidenote, it's relatively uncommon to see a song that uses B and A chords in a G major song, though - more likely to see G Bm Am (and mostly D and C - the "important chords" of G major) - since those chords are built of the notes of the G major scale. That's only a guideline, though. As always, nothing is dictated, and it's certainly possible to use chords that include notes outside the scale of the key.

Posted by: Andrew Cockburn Jul 7 2007, 10:57 PM

laugh.gif I was about to say exactly the same things, but Kaneda scooped me smile.gif I was trying to reply on my iPhone earlier but ended up losing my reply ...

Posted by: AIB234 Jul 7 2007, 11:28 PM

Thanks theory gurus.

Hey Andrew, do you take requests for next theory lessons that you work on? I vote 3 nps scales smile.gif

Posted by: ibanez rocker Jul 8 2007, 03:48 AM

nice lesson andrew. i know that you could also think of semi-tones and half steps and tones and whole steps. so the formula would go whole step, whole step, half step, whole step, whole step, whole step, half step.

Posted by: Andrew Cockburn Jul 8 2007, 02:12 PM

QUOTE (ibanez rocker @ Jul 7 2007, 10:48 PM) *
nice lesson andrew. i know that you could also think of semi-tones and half steps and tones and whole steps. so the formula would go whole step, whole step, half step, whole step, whole step, whole step, half step.


Yes, that's completely correct - you could write the major scale formula as:

WWHWWWH using Whole tones and Half tones,

or

TTSTTTS usinf Tone and Semi Tone,

but I prefer

2212221 as a way of writing scale formulae, because some scales for instance the Pentatonic have 3 semitone steps or more, and that becomes harder to write using T/S or W/H. All equally valid though.

Posted by: Travelin' Man Jul 12 2007, 01:44 AM

OK....dork Q #1

Even tho you have it exampled as a Gmaj scale...does this pattern apply to say A or C as well....I guess what Im asking is...does the major scale stay in the same pattern if I were to use a C as a root note?

Posted by: Andrew Cockburn Jul 12 2007, 01:50 AM

QUOTE (Travelin' Man @ Jul 11 2007, 08:44 PM) *
OK....dork Q #1

Even tho you have it exampled as a Gmaj scale...does this pattern apply to say A or C as well....I guess what Im asking is...does the major scale stay in the same pattern if I were to use a C as a root note?


Yes it does smile.gif You just need to move the whole pattern up or down paying attention to what the root notes become. So in the G Major example, 2 frets up from G (the root note) is A - so move any of those patterns up 23 frets and you have a scale of A major - I'll let you work out the rest fot he scales for yourself smile.gif

Posted by: Travelin' Man Jul 12 2007, 01:55 AM

Your the best...thanx

I thought I would give my brain a break with the theories, and let my fingers do some walkin

Posted by: fkalich Jul 12 2007, 02:04 AM

good item andrew. i only memorized two of the major boxes, will do so with all 5 now.

Posted by: Tinette Jul 17 2007, 05:41 PM

OK… so the whole pattern is not simply and only the Gmajor scale, but is in fact the Major scale pattern and works for every note no matter if tone o semi. Is it?
In that sense if I play a C note as first and then go on, I'll be playing a C major scale.

What I'm not sure about is the role of patterns from 2 to the last, basically 'cause they don't start with a G...
What I am supposed to do when I finish the first pattern? The most easy exercise is to play it back from lowest note to the highest.
But maybe the idea is that I have to link it with the second playing all the notes available in the major scale formula? mellow.gif
If so how? I start from the A at the 7 fret, 4 string and then again looking for the next G?

Posted by: Andrew Cockburn Jul 17 2007, 06:03 PM

QUOTE (Tinette @ Jul 17 2007, 12:41 PM) *
OK… so the whole pattern is not simply and only the Gmajor scale, but is in fact the Major scale pattern and works for every note no matter if tone o semi. Is it?
In that sense if I play a C note as first and then go on, I'll be playing a C major scale.


Exactly!

QUOTE (Tinette @ Jul 17 2007, 12:41 PM) *
What I'm not sure about is the role of patterns from 2 to the last, basically 'cause they don't start with a G...
What I am supposed to do when I finish the first pattern? The most easy exercise is to play it back from lowest note to the highest.


You need to understand about root notes - they are the key to this. There is some info on that in my introduction to scales, http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_forum/index.php?showtopic=3967

Basically, they are all valid notes for playing, but the root note is what allows you to string the boxes together. Practice each box from the root note, but be aware that when playing you can use any note from any of the boxes and still be using the same scale.

QUOTE (Tinette @ Jul 17 2007, 12:41 PM) *
But maybe the idea is that I have to link it with the second playing all the notes available in the major scale formula? mellow.gif
If so how? I start from the A at the 7 fret, 4 string and then again looking for the next G?


Again, the root notes help you here - the root note is always the first note of the scale, and in all the boxes it is marked to help you out.

Posted by: ch00ch00man Jul 17 2007, 06:25 PM

Can someone clarify a nagging bit of confusion? I'm under the impression that when you play a scale not starting on the root, you are actually playing a mode. As an example C major starting from A, is actually an A minor (Aeolian mode). I know they share the same key signatures, but A minor sounds very different then C major. Looking at the scale chart for the G major above, most of the boxes don't start on the G. Is it correct to still call it a G major scale. I'm constantly confused on this issue. More importantly, is it okay to substitute modes for different scales?

Thanks,
Boris

Posted by: Tinette Jul 17 2007, 06:25 PM

QUOTE (Andrew Cockburn @ Jul 17 2007, 07:03 PM) *
Basically, they are all valid notes for playing, but the root note is what allows you to string the boxes together. Practice each box from the root note, but be aware that when playing you can use any note from any of the boxes and still be using the same scale.
Again, the root notes help you here - the root note is always the first note of the scale, and in all the boxes it is marked to help you out.


Ok, so if I go on playing the whole stuff I'm anyway playing a G major scale because is the only one that, if analized, turns out to follow the major scale formula for the G note? I mean even if I start with an F, the steps that I follow are TTSTTTS correct only if we analize them for G note and would be wrong for all the others. Is it?

If the root is the first note, that means that the first pattern is a shorter exercise than the first, fine? I mean I just have an octave from the first G to the last, while I have 2 in the first pattern. That if I play a pattern at a time.
And if I play them together I'll pass from 3 fret 1 string to 5 fret 4 string? Basically playing the second octave of the first pattern two times, one for first pattern and one for the second? mmmh... huh.gif

Posted by: Andrew Cockburn Jul 17 2007, 07:54 PM

QUOTE (Tinette @ Jul 17 2007, 01:25 PM) *
Ok, so if I go on playing the whole stuff I'm anyway playing a G major scale because is the only one that, if analized, turns out to follow the major scale formula for the G note? I mean even if I start with an F, the steps that I follow are TTSTTTS correct only if we analize them for G note and would be wrong for all the others. Is it?


Once you have your root (G) and play up the scale using TTSTTTS you will generate a scale of G major, always.

If you change the root to F and use the same formula you will always generate a scale of F major. The key is to start at the root you want and apply the formula step by step. That gives you a population of notes to use in the scale, then you can figure out various patterns on the fretboard to get you those notes (hich is what boxes are).

QUOTE (Tinette @ Jul 17 2007, 01:25 PM) *
If the root is the first note, that means that the first pattern is a shorter exercise than the first, fine? I mean I just have an octave from the first G to the last, while I have 2 in the first pattern. That if I play a pattern at a time.
And if I play them together I'll pass from 3 fret 1 string to 5 fret 4 string? Basically playing the second octave of the first pattern two times, one for first pattern and one for the second? mmmh... huh.gif


This is correct - because of the way the guitar is organises, different patterns we can think of to reproduce the scale will have different start and end points, its no big deal. When practicing always start and end on root notes to train your ear. When playing, any of the notes in any off the patterns is useable.


QUOTE (ch00ch00man @ Jul 17 2007, 01:25 PM) *
Can someone clarify a nagging bit of confusion? I'm under the impression that when you play a scale not starting on the root, you are actually playing a mode. As an example C major starting from A, is actually an A minor (Aeolian mode). I know they share the same key signatures, but A minor sounds very different then C major. Looking at the scale chart for the G major above, most of the boxes don't start on the G. Is it correct to still call it a G major scale. I'm constantly confused on this issue. More importantly, is it okay to substitute modes for different scales?

Thanks,
Boris


Sure ...

You are correct about modes (but wrong about your naming), but they can be confusing. The key here is root notes.

If you play a G major pattern starting on a G it is G major.

If you play that same pattern starting with a root note of A, you will be playing a scale of A Dorian (not A Aeolian).

If you play that same pattern starting on A but know in your head that it is a G major scale, it will still be G major to your ears (especially if it is played over a chord of G - a G major scale that you are staring on the second note.

If this sounds confusing, its because it is - some of it is perception. Part of the problem is the way modes are usually taught. Learning that shifting through the pattern gets you the modes is a very confusing way to initially understand modes. They are really altered scales. Check out my http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_forum/index.php?showtopic=5012lesson here for more explanation.

Posted by: meandmyguitar Jul 29 2007, 01:48 PM

I haven't really studied the scales for very long but i have learnd the minor pentatonic scale i know the boxese and i can play them kind of fast and now i have moved on to the major scale. one thing i don't really get is how you change the scale from a G to a c for example do you start the pattern on another place on the neck or do you rearange the boxes so you start with the second box?

I don't really get the thing with the root notes either i have read the introduction but i don't get it.

i am very confused by the scales and i don't know what to do.

Posted by: Andrew Cockburn Jul 29 2007, 02:01 PM

QUOTE (meandmyguitar @ Jul 29 2007, 08:48 AM) *
I haven't really studied the scales for very long but i have learnd the minor pentatonic scale i know the boxese and i can play them kind of fast and now i have moved on to the major scale. one thing i don't really get is how you change the scale from a G to a c for example do you start the pattern on another place on the neck or do you rearange the boxes so you start with the second box?

I don't really get the thing with the root notes either i have read the introduction but i don't get it.

i am very confused by the scales and i don't know what to do.


Agin, its all about the root notes. What you are basically doing is moving all the patterns up or down the neck so that the ROOT note is located on a fret that makes it the scalke that you want.

In your example, starting with all the patterns for G ... well there are 5 semitones (or frets) between G and C, so if you move all the patterns up 5 frets, your root notes will change from G to C,m and all of the other notes will change to the correct corresponding notes in the scale smile.gif

Posted by: meandmyguitar Jul 29 2007, 02:15 PM

aaahh now i get it!

thanks a lot, you are really good at explaining things!

it's nice to know someone can explain the stuff you don't get ^^

Posted by: Andrew Cockburn Jul 29 2007, 02:26 PM

QUOTE (meandmyguitar @ Jul 29 2007, 09:15 AM) *
aaahh now i get it!

thanks a lot, you are really good at explaining things!

it's nice to know someone can explain the stuff you don't get ^^


Cool, glad it helped smile.gif

Posted by: Iluha Aug 19 2007, 06:33 PM

Only one thing I didn't get, when you transcribed the Major scale boxes, at the begining of the explanation you said there were 7 boxes, but in the end you said there were 5.

Now, to me 7 would sound more logical since you have 7 diffrent notes in the scales, and so you can have 7 diffrent boxes while begining on a diffrent note on the low E string.

Posted by: Andrew Cockburn Aug 19 2007, 08:36 PM

QUOTE (Iluha @ Aug 19 2007, 01:33 PM) *
Only one thing I didn't get, when you transcribed the Major scale boxes, at the begining of the explanation you said there were 7 boxes, but in the end you said there were 5.

Now, to me 7 would sound more logical since you have 7 diffrent notes in the scales, and so you can have 7 diffrent boxes while begining on a diffrent note on the low E string.


H there - yes, you are exactly right - there are in reality 7 boxes, one for each note of the scale. Right after that I explained that 2 of these boxes only differ from the previous box by 1 semitone (due to the construction of the major scale), so we tend to miss those 2 out as they are only slightly different from the box before. That leaves a gap of 3 semitones in those 2 cases which is more sensible, and we then have 5 boxes separated either by 2 or 3 semitones.

So it is convention that we use 5 boxes, you could have 7 if you wanted to smile.gif

Posted by: Iluha Aug 19 2007, 08:47 PM

Yeah figured as much heheh... thanks Andrew smile.gif

Posted by: Spyle Oct 11 2007, 03:42 AM

One thing I don't quite understand with the boxes is how the start/end notes were decided?

Like with box 2 we end on a B, why not end on the C?

Posted by: Spyle Oct 11 2007, 04:16 AM

QUOTE (Spyle @ Oct 10 2007, 09:42 PM) *
One thing I don't quite understand with the boxes is how the start/end notes were decided?

Like with box 2 we end on a B, why not end on the C?


Actually I suppose box 2 is the only one I don't understand why it does not end on the C. All the other boxes blend together well except 2 and 3.

Posted by: Andrew Cockburn Oct 11 2007, 04:30 AM

QUOTE (Spyle @ Oct 10 2007, 11:16 PM) *
Actually I suppose box 2 is the only one I don't understand why it does not end on the C. All the other boxes blend together well except 2 and 3.


Check my ihttp://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_forum/index.php?showtopic=3967 for the answer smile.gif

Posted by: Spyle Oct 11 2007, 04:55 AM

QUOTE (Andrew Cockburn @ Oct 10 2007, 10:30 PM) *
Check my ihttp://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_forum/index.php?showtopic=3967 for the answer smile.gif


Sorry, I'm just not getting it.. sad.gif You sure you just didn't miss the last dot on the 2nd boxes diagram? wink.gif

Posted by: Andrew Cockburn Oct 11 2007, 05:37 AM

QUOTE (Spyle @ Oct 10 2007, 11:55 PM) *
Sorry, I'm just not getting it.. sad.gif You sure you just didn't miss the last dot on the 2nd boxes diagram? wink.gif


Ok, I see what you are saying, sorry smile.gif

Yes, you could put a C there and it is playable from that box which would make it flow into the next box nicely - ok I'll fix it smile.gif

EDIT: Done!

Posted by: Spyle Oct 11 2007, 08:16 PM

Nice smile.gif

Posted by: niklas39 Feb 17 2008, 11:31 AM

Hi! i want to find all the boxes by myself and are using the wwhw... thing and then i have reached the 8 note in the box am i going to count from 1 again? in the first box it looks like its from 2 and that the second starts on 2! i am really cunfused so please help! blink.gif

Posted by: Andrew Cockburn Feb 17 2008, 01:43 PM

QUOTE (niklas39 @ Feb 17 2008, 05:31 AM) *
Hi! i want to find all the boxes by myself and are using the wwhw... thing and then i have reached the 8 note in the box am i going to count from 1 again? in the first box it looks like its from 2 and that the second starts on 2! i am really cunfused so please help! blink.gif


Yes, the 8th note of the Major scale woiuld be the same as the first note again. Like this in the key of C:

C D E F G A B C

If it doesn't turn out like that then you may have miscounted ...

Posted by: 4Play Mar 8 2008, 04:00 AM

Well, I believe I grasped the concept behind these scales, but what I was wondering is how important is it to learn all the possible boxes for a certain scale ( I have been through major, major pentatonic and minor pentatonic = 15 patterns to memorize). I mean, since each of the 5 patterns associated with each scale are really the same notes, just played at a higher/lower pitch, I imagine that the usefulness of knowing all the boxes is that I would be able to play notes from a certain scale anywhere on the guitar..but it can get quite tedious, so for a beginner level, knowing one, or maby two boxes out of each scale should be enough to cranck out some music, right?

Posted by: Andrew Cockburn Mar 8 2008, 04:14 AM

QUOTE (4Play @ Mar 7 2008, 10:00 PM) *
Well, I believe I grasped the concept behind these scales, but what I was wondering is how important is it to learn all the possible boxes for a certain scale ( I have been through major, major pentatonic and minor pentatonic = 15 patterns to memorize). I mean, since each of the 5 patterns associated with each scale are really the same notes, just played at a higher/lower pitch, I imagine that the usefulness of knowing all the boxes is that I would be able to play notes from a certain scale anywhere on the guitar..but it can get quite tedious, so for a beginner level, knowing one, or maby two boxes out of each scale should be enough to cranck out some music, right?


Certainly - you can make an extremely convincing solo out of just one box smile.gif 2 boxes is better, 3 boxes is great ... you get the picture ! More is better but start using them straight away to get results.

Eventually, the aim is that all the boxes run together and you don't need them any more, you have mastery of the entire neck - the boxes are just a convenient way to get there.

Posted by: 4Play Mar 8 2008, 02:19 PM

QUOTE (Andrew Cockburn @ Mar 8 2008, 12:14 AM) *
Certainly - you can make an extremely convincing solo out of just one box smile.gif 2 boxes is better, 3 boxes is great ... you get the picture ! More is better but start using them straight away to get results.

Eventually, the aim is that all the boxes run together and you don't need them any more, you have mastery of the entire neck - the boxes are just a convenient way to get there.


Thanks! And just another thing: how do i "run the boxes together" (assuming I already know them pretty well), I mean, to move from one box to another in order to be able to paly a scale up and down the neck, using the box patterns

Posted by: Andrew Cockburn Mar 9 2008, 11:58 AM

Kris has some lessons about breaking out of the boxes - but basically, bick a note on a particular string and instead of playing it in the first box, play it in the second instead, then you have shifted boxes. Spend some time experimenting to find points in the scales that work for making a shift, there is no real formula for doing this - the idea is that the boxes should have trained you to know where all the notes for a particular scale are.

Posted by: niklas39 Mar 14 2008, 09:35 PM

QUOTE (Andrew Cockburn @ Feb 17 2008, 01:43 PM) *
Yes, the 8th note of the Major scale woiuld be the same as the first note again. Like this in the key of C:

C D E F G A B C

If it doesn't turn out like that then you may have miscounted ...


ahh thanks much easier for me to count to 7 and then start from 1 then rolleyes.gif

Posted by: Melodicintenions Apr 7 2008, 07:58 AM

Wow Andrew you know your Stuff! if I got theory questions I'll ask for sure! keep it up we need peoples like you!

Posted by: Tsarpf Jul 4 2008, 01:03 PM

So I should practice the boxes by starting at the root note(?), so with the G major's box 2, should I start with my middle finger at Fourth string, fifth fret, then go through the notes at strings 3212345654?

So I would have gone through all notes in the box and ended at the beginning :S

Posted by: DeepRoots Jul 5 2008, 12:24 AM

That could be a cool way of practising it smile.gif

But the object isnt to start/end on the root note when practising- but to make sure you know where in the pattern the root notes lies.

Some of the advantages of using the scale patterns are to improve finger dexterity but more importantly to give us "suggestions" of where we can go when soloing/improvising. Therefore, its quite important that we know where all the G notes are in all of the G major patterns are because using this note is very useful for ending phrases and ideas to give a "finished" sound to the passage.

Happy theorying wink.gif

Posted by: Andrew Cockburn Jul 6 2008, 02:30 PM

I'll also add that if you play the patterns from start to finish without referencing the root note, you will be training your ear to hear a different scale to the one you thought. Later on, when you start to understand modes, you will be playing those patterns from start to finish, but you will effectively be playing a different scale if you do that - it very important to train your ear to the sound of the major scale in this case, and using root notes as discussed will help you to do that.

Posted by: Tsarpf Jul 6 2008, 06:41 PM

Ok, thanks alot for both of you. smile.gif

Posted by: wibbers Sep 4 2009, 08:41 PM

Hey there, the past week or so I've started learning some threory for the first time, but Im struggling with a few issues, maybe you could help?

Above you have listed all the boxes for g major scale, if I wanted to play A major instead would I stick to the same shapes and just use A as the root notes instead or is the A major (or d,c,e etc..) entirely different?

Can i move from up and down the neck without changin key aslong as i stay in these boxes?

Also how do I know which scale to play over which chord sequence?

Posted by: anuj2911 Apr 15 2012, 03:24 PM

thanks for the boxes...
i have started to learn the 5 box position with g major...

How should we really go about doing this ?? Should we learn one Major scales all positions and then minor related to it and pentatonic related to it ??

Or do all major scales first ??

What way to avoid confusion !!!

Posted by: Matt Warnock Guitar Jan 9 2013, 11:22 AM

Hey,
That's correct. As long as you know where the root is, you can move these shapes around to apply them to all 12 keys. So if the root is an A in any of those shapes, then it is outlining an A major scale.

To apply these scales to a chord sequence, you just need to figure out the key of the song and then you can use the major scale that fits that key.

If there are multiple keys it gets a bit trickier, but for a song that has the chords G C D, which is in the key of G major, you could use the G major scale to solo over these chords when it's time to play a lead part.



QUOTE (wibbers @ Sep 4 2009, 07:41 PM) *
Hey there, the past week or so I've started learning some threory for the first time, but Im struggling with a few issues, maybe you could help?

Above you have listed all the boxes for g major scale, if I wanted to play A major instead would I stick to the same shapes and just use A as the root notes instead or is the A major (or d,c,e etc..) entirely different?

Can i move from up and down the neck without changin key aslong as i stay in these boxes?

Also how do I know which scale to play over which chord sequence?



Try sticking to a key for now to really get the shapes worked out under your fingerings and the sounds of the scales in your ears.

So, play the five shapes in G major until you can do it at a decent tempo, with no starts and stops, from memory.

Then, take it through another key such as A, D, C or E.

Eventually you want to cover all 12 keys, but starting with one and really nailing it is a great place to begin.



QUOTE (anuj2911 @ Apr 15 2012, 02:24 PM) *
thanks for the boxes...
i have started to learn the 5 box position with g major...

How should we really go about doing this ?? Should we learn one Major scales all positions and then minor related to it and pentatonic related to it ??

Or do all major scales first ??

What way to avoid confusion !!!


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