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- Open Chords in C MajorLEVEL 1This is the place for all you beginning guitarists to get started on your journey to great guitar playing. To start off with, we are going to learn a few open chords in the key of C major.
- A Minor ScaleLEVEL 2Moving on in our journey through the first scales, we're learning the full Minor Scale. This takes our knowledge from the minor pentatonic scale and adds a few notes to make it a complete minor scale.
- Minor Pentatonic ScaleLEVEL 2We continue on our journey to guitar greatness by visiting our second scale: the Minor Pentatonic scale. In this lesson we will learn the main shape of the minor pentatonic scale, and also learn to play it in a musical way while we memorize it.
- The Blues ScaleLEVEL 2It is time to learn some blues lead guitar! We've looked at the major, minor, and minor pentatonic scales in the past, but now it is time to check out the blues scale!
- Open Chords in G MajorLEVEL 1This is the place for all you beginning guitarists to get started on your journey to great guitar playing. To start off with, we are going to learn a few open chords in the key of G major.
- Open Chords in D MajorLEVEL 1This is the place for all you beginning guitarists to get started on your journey to great guitar playing. To start off with, we are going to learn a few open chords in the key of D major.
- Open Chords in E MajorLEVEL 1This is the place for all you beginning guitarists to get started on your journey to great guitar playing. To start off with, we are going to learn a few open chords in the key of E major.
- Beginner SoloLEVEL 2Taking a little detour from usual learning of chords and rhythm techniques, we are going to learn a beginner level solo in D major. We'll be drawing from knowledge of the major scale and focusing on melody!
- Hammer-OnsLEVEL 1Let's look at hammer-ons! If you're interested in learning to play with some killer legato, this is the place to start. Hammer-ons are the first half of legato. We'll progress from absolute beginner to more advanced beginner through this lesson and learn some fun licks along the way!
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Cosmin Lupu4th August 2014Hey Phill
Sure thing man - write me when you are ready 
Phil663rd August 2014That's great, thanks. Will have to come back tomorrow after work. Cheers
- Cosmin Lupu3rd August 2014
Hey buddy!
Bogdan pointed out a very important thing, so please focus on the lesson's important aspects - the short term ones and then in time we'll discuss about the ones which require experience in playing and understanding music and your instrument. By the way, your thread is ready and waiting and if you wish, I can share a nice exercise which will aid you in remembering the notes on the neck What do you think? 
Bogdan Radovic3rd August 2014Hello Bear, great lesson. In section 6 I'm finding it a bit tricky as a beginner to do what you are asking up to 1:08, I understand after that point but up to that point I think it will take me forever to remember all of the notes. Should I stick on this before I move on?
Hi Phil, please let me share some feedback on this as it is a very good question. The goal Bear suggests in the video part 6 until 1:08 refers to learning scale in different positions and being able to play it all over the guitar neck. You can consider this as the ultimate goal but not something you should get stuck on. Most of can't do that even easily even after years of playing.
What you should take from this lesson :
- How to play the major scale (formula, how to figure out which notes it has)
- Basic major scale pattern on the guitar neck (one octave)
- How to do mini jamming using notes from the scale as a "painters palette" (just like Bear does in the main video)
Playing scale all over the neck will come in time when you get to learning about :
- Modes
- Two octave scale fingering patterns
- Learning handy patterns for connecting scale boxes/shapes using techniques like slides etc
Please feel free to proceed in your guitar journey and not get stuck here, the things mentioned above will come in time and with practice "naturally".- Phil662nd August 2014
Hello Bear, great lesson. In section 6 I'm finding it a bit tricky as a beginner to do what you are asking up to 1:08, I understand after that point but up to that point I think it will take me forever to remember all of the notes. Should I stick on this before I move on?
- Cosmin Lupu20th February 2014
Thank you for the comment Ricky!
Ricky920th February 2014Very nice melody, Thanks!!
- Cosmin Lupu14th September 2013
Great to know you like it Dieter!
Dieterle14th September 2013Very Helpfull !
Thank You !
JTaylor14th December 2011I have finally found a way to practice a scale without being bored to tears! Thanks Bear! : )
Ivan Milenkovic11th July 2011Excellent solo for analyzing and practicing improvisation
lliber11th July 2011thanks bear
Bear Rose9th July 2011The chord progression is C, Dm7, Am, G for 2 times, and then C, Dm7, Em, G for 2 times
- lliber9th July 2011
what is the chord progression on this lesson
many thanks love this its great to play a scale that sounds - Bear Rose8th July 2011
thanks, monkey, Daniel, and Sinisa!
Sinisa Cekic8th July 2011Great beginner lesson,good job
Daniel Realpe8th July 2011excellent way in which you laid down the scale, great to start visualising it!
MonkeyDAthos8th July 2011Thank you bear, really useful lesson
- Bear Rose7th July 2011
Thanks everyone! I tried to make it as straightforward as possible, but still keeping as much musicality as I could!
Nava7th July 2011Great tone and really melodic
Good work there!- Bogdan Radovic7th July 2011
Great lesson Bear! This makes learning scales fun!
thefireball7th July 2011Great! Now I can learn my scales!
Ben Higgins7th July 2011This is a really cool and musical way to learn the scale ! :-)
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Hey GMC'ers!
Welcome to another Beginner's Corner lesson. Today we are going to start working on our scales, and more specifically, the C Major scale.
We've got a linear instrumental piece that will help us memorize the major scale pattern in two different octave positions.
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From this course:
- Minor Pentatonic ScaleLEVEL 2We continue on our journey to guitar greatness by visiting our second scale: the Minor Pentatonic scale. In this lesson we will learn the main shape of the minor pentatonic scale, and also learn to play it in a musical way while we memorize it.
- A Minor ScaleLEVEL 2Moving on in our journey through the first scales, we're learning the full Minor Scale. This takes our knowledge from the minor pentatonic scale and adds a few notes to make it a complete minor scale.
- Slash ChordsLEVEL 2Expand your chord vocabulary! Venturing out from basic chords, we're going to tackle slash chords and discover how they can improve your chord playing and sounds!
- Slash Chords 2LEVEL 1Continuing to diversify our chord knowledge, we are going to learn another way to use slash chords! Today we'll learn how to take a few basic shapes and move them up and down the neck while also utilizing open strings in our slash chords.
- Slash Chords 3LEVEL 2Continuing to diversify our chord knowledge, we are going to learn another way to use slash chords! Today we'll learn about how we can use slash chords to form major 7th and minor 7th chords, as well as use some of the other shapes we've already learned.
- Chords TheoryLEVEL 1Taking a detour from the normal style of lessons here on GMC, we are diving into some deep beginner theory: How chords are formed and why? Come with me as I explain this and answer other questions about chord formations and structure!
- Beginner SoloLEVEL 2Taking a little detour from usual learning of chords and rhythm techniques, we are going to learn a beginner level solo in D major. We'll be drawing from knowledge of the major scale and focusing on melody!
- String BendingLEVEL 2As we progress through our journey as beginning guitarists, we turn our attention to string bending for this lesson. Keep in mind that even though this lesson is focused on beginners, those who are more advanced would do well to practice this lesson to improve the precision of bending strings to the correct pitch.
- Pull-OffsLEVEL 1Let's dive into pull-offs! If you're interested in learning to play with some killer legato, this is the place to start. Pull-offs are the second half of legato (check out my hammer-ons lesson for the first half!). We'll progress from absolute beginner to more advanced beginner through this lesson and learn some fun licks along the way!
- Beginner LegatoLEVEL 2It's time to take what we've learned from the past 2 lessons and combine them into some smooth legato playing! We've learned about hammer-ons and pull-offs, now we're just going to put them together and get them acquainted with one another.
- Alternate PickingLEVEL 2Let's take a look at some beginner alternate picking! The past 3 lessons have been about legato, so now we're working on a new technique that is the opposite of legato: alternate picking!
- Beginner SlidesLEVEL 2Today, we learn to slide! Sliding is a very important part of playing lead guitar. It has a very vocal like quality to it and can be used for great expression and emotion in playing, in a similar but different way than bending.
- Drop D TuningLEVEL 2It's time to get low! Come and join me for a Beginner's lesson on Drop D Tuning and some basics on how to play in Drop D!
- The Blues ScaleLEVEL 2It is time to learn some blues lead guitar! We've looked at the major, minor, and minor pentatonic scales in the past, but now it is time to check out the blues scale!
- Palm MutingLEVEL 1Today we're going to learn how to palm mute! Palm muting will allow us to effectively alter the dynamics in our playing and will improve our skills immensely!
- Finger PickingLEVEL 1Let's give our picks a rest for a few moments. That's right! Today's lesson is on Fingerpicking, which is a great alternative to using a conventional pick. Let your fingers do the walking!
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