Major Scale Shred Lesson

- Kristofer Dahl5th November 2007
  Neat legato patterns David!
- lefty016th November 2007
  Whoa! Lotta stuff to keep me going. Good job!!!
- Iluha5th November 2007
  Yeah I allways loved major scale shredding, especially after hearing some of Oziel Zinho's songs, he uses those scales ALOT.
  
  great lesson David. informative as ever!
- 1mpr1m1s6th November 2007
  Totally great lesson. Thanx.
- Muris Varajic5th November 2007
  Bravo David!!
- Soul_Decision6th November 2007
  Sweet!!!
- IzzyCom5th November 2007
  Great stuff David!! as usual!
  Love ur lessons! 'im also trying to learn modes!!
  I know u love those
- Giacinto5th November 2007
  dude really nice legato!!!
  brilliant lesson
- Ben N6th November 2007
  great moves what kind of equipment you
  use??? good sound
- Juan M. Valero6th November 2007
  great lesson, and great patterns Good luck my friend !!!
- shellshock19116th November 2007
  I notice during video 1, you do strict alternate picking, but in video 3 when you are doing it slow you do economy or slow sweeping I guess down the strings. Which one is best for these types of runs?
- The Uncreator6th November 2007
  Great Video Awesome Lesson!!
- loop6th November 2007
  Hi David, thanks for this great lesson.
  Legato and sweeping are awesame.
- placeboeffect15th December 2007
  Very nice major scale shredding!
  
  One question: Is the B Phrygian scale correct? I don't recognize that pattern in the major scale.
- Carlos Carrillo25th February 2008
  hey David!!!Cool Lesson...Thanks!!!
- glazmusik27th February 2008
  This is a nice one on shredding!
  
  Major just has that kind of... bright sound, if you know what I mean?
  
  Love it!
- Melodicintenions4th April 2008
  good ideas and suggestions exellent explanation!

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- Tags: Three notes per string, Legato, Major
The Major scale is a great key to shred in. This lesson will focus on different techniques that will hopefully inspire you.

The track is build on a G Major scale. We'll be using 3 notes per string scales in order to play fast legato runs. Memorize the 4 different modes that are written below as they are all taken out of a G Major scale.

I hope you enjoy this lesson!