Knoweth thy Major Scale

by Nick Kellie

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- Kristofer Dahl31st March 2008
  Just excellent Nick - very well focused with clear illustration all over the lesson! This should be an excellent starting point for people wanting to learn more about playing over chord changes - thanks!
- Fran31st March 2008
  Really good, well explained and detailed.
  Great one Nick!
- The Uncreator31st March 2008
  Very helpful lesson, like Fran said, well explained!
- purple hayes31st March 2008
  Is it just the lighting or are some of the frets on your guitar not straight?
  
  Cool lesson, too!
- Danilo Capezzuto31st March 2008
  Truly smart and useful lesson Nick, compliments!
- Iluha31st March 2008
  Another incredibly usefull lesson Nick, thank you!
- Pink7031st March 2008
  Bookmarked for sure! Thanks Nick.
- Andrew Cockburn31st March 2008
  Great workout Nick:)
  
  Looks like you have one of those tricky well tempered fretboards?
- Marcus Siepen31st March 2008
  Killer lesson Nick
- DeepRoots31st March 2008
  This is a great great lesson nick- the kind of lesson i really enjoy learning and practising. Well explained and an essential topic (epecially the direction i wanted to be going in)- thanks a bunch
- Tuubsu31st March 2008
  nice lesson for scales indeed!
- at lights end31st March 2008
  great! will be learning this
- Gabriel Leopardi31st March 2008
  Excelent lesson Nick! Very well explained.
- Dejan Farkas31st March 2008
  Nice lesson, good work there
- Robwylde31st March 2008
  This hit's the spot. Exactly what I needed. Please keep them comin!! Bookmarked!!!
- Pitch_Black31st March 2008
  Very cool lesson! I like the name of the lesson too:)
- Carlos Carrillo31st March 2008
  very creative lesson Nick!!!!!!!!
  
  nice job
- Hauke_Z31st March 2008
  Absolutely Great!
- Bogdan Radovic31st March 2008
  Excellent lesson Nick!
- mattacuk31st March 2008
  This is just what I need Nick! thanks so much
- Muris Varajic31st March 2008
  Awesome job on this lesson Nick,explained well!!
- Jerry Arcidiacono31st March 2008
  Excellent!
- Nick32531st March 2008
  awsome
- Nick Kellie31st March 2008
  thanks guys I'm glad this is of help for you - this is how I have practiced and learned my scales for some time and I believe it really gets you to know the scales on a deeper less superficial level.
  Greetings for Poland! (Krakow)
  Nick
- Nick Kellie31st March 2008
  with regards to the first 2 frets being bent... Its a system called fretwave. In order for every note to be really in tune on the guitar, every fret would need to be positioned slightly differently, but the worst offending frets are 1st fret G string and 2nd fret B string.. so to compensate for their sharpness the fret is knocked back to make it more in tune. Works great and doesnt affect the playability and means that all the open chords are in tune.. no compromise. So now E chord and C chord are in tune at the same time.
  
  There is a swedish company now making necks called true temperament necks which have every fret corrected on every string! Looks like the guitar has been melted in a serious accident but sounds incredibly in tune! - you pay for it though, one of their necks costs a small fortune!
  
  nick
- James N31st March 2008
  In regards to the fret wave, if you bent a note wouldn't the guitar change in tune because now to the string is located at a different part of the fret?
  
  Aside from that, great lesson.
- Nick Kellie31st March 2008
  no james - you are banding the note from that fret so it means the notes sharpened from the position of that fret. It perfectly in tune and no harder to play than any normal fret.
  thanks!
  nick
- BIGD231st March 2008
  Good lord Nick.........you run the scales like I do except I am only a one year beginner...but I do keep wearing out frets on cheap guitars (latest Ibanez RG2EX1)
  
  Best stress relief...get those fingers moving..
  
  Thanks for the lesson......BD
- Hisham Al-Sanea31st March 2008
  wonderfull lesson . nice work Nick
- Juan M. Valero31st March 2008
  Oh, my God !! hehehe, there are lot of things that I explain in the lesson that I'm uploading now
  
  I hope you explain it better than I XD
  
  great work !!
- Trond Vold31st March 2008
  Excellent
  Your explanations are great and easy to understand
- Ivan Milenkovic31st March 2008
  Excellent lesson, very useful, nice reading as well!
- Juan M. Valero31st March 2008
  I cannot stop praticing this lesson, you add a great point of view in this one and you reminds me the exercices that I did when I studied jazz lot of years ago
- Nemanja Filipovic1st April 2008
  great lesson Nick...
- Joe Kataldo1st April 2008
  Absolutely Great Stuff and explanation
- misterj1st April 2008
  great lesson! just what i needed!
- ItsMe1st April 2008
  nice
- steve251st April 2008
  I don't get it :/
- Nick Kellie1st April 2008
  Hi steve what exactly is it you don't understand ? maybe I can help you out.
  
  nick
- Pablo Vazquez1st April 2008
  Very nice lesson, Nick!!
- shideru_guitar1st April 2008
  what does the e shape and the g shape mean on the diagrams?
  that is where i am confused at.
  and also is there a reason why u do the shapes at the beginning a bit different to the tab? the chord i mean, not the scales.
  thanks
  sid
- Nick Kellie2nd April 2008
  Hi there, The G shape is like an open G chord but moved up the neck with a barre - so where we re-position it to determines the key. The note closest to us on the 6th string is the root.
  The parts at the beginning of the piece were just improvised around the chord shapes - in the tab I just wrote each scales related chord shapes so its a little clearer to visualize.
  hope that helps,
  nick
- Nick Kellie2nd April 2008
  To understand the E shape and G shape terminology you need to first know all your open chord shapes as these are just barred versions of those shapes (without the open strings)... you should also know a bit about the CAGED system. I believe andrew has an article about this on his Theory Board.
  all the best,
  Nick
- eddiecat2nd April 2008
  This is a Wonderful lesson, Nick.
  One of those I just love to study!
  Are you planning on doing the same kind of lesson
  for the other modes as well?
  Cheers, Eddie
- steve252nd April 2008
  Nick, i just don't understand what's being said half the time as i know next to no theory any recommended lessons to help understand this?
- Nick Kellie2nd April 2008
  no problem steve - I can relate to what you are saying... I would say its better to start learning the basics of the CAGED system before you jump to this lesson - I will say that this is essential for the understanding of this lesson. I can recommend you check out Andrews theory board for his tutorials on the CAGED system. Once that has clicked Im sure that this lesson will make a lot more sense then.
  
  all the best,
  nick
  
  Eddie - thats the plan yes! I personally learned all the modes of harmonic minor, melodic minor, major and diminished in this fashion and plan to do dorian next.. I won't do them all at one, I will probably do alternate lessons of this.
- Nick Kellie2nd April 2008
  Andrews CAGED lessons are here:
  
  Part 1
  
  Part 2
- Brother Woodrow2nd April 2008
  Fine opportunity to learn the major scale. Great lesson!
- RouteOne23rd June 2008
  Please! Please! Please!
  Yes, and so on!
  Why not for this time a real close view to all the theoretical aspects of this one lesson! Some masterclass, what ever! Relate it generaly and in slices to CAGED, Scales and so on. You got the knowledge and the men (any instructoress once, please again?). Enough of clapping hands between guitar heroes and coolness. Just jealous but consider it. Once!?
  Sincerely.
- RouteOne23rd June 2008
  Like a safari, you see, with Andrew Cockburn screaming behind the curtains "And here Mr. Kelly is demonstrating exactly what you can read on post 35th September 2003… Got it! Let's move on!"
  Encore, sinceely.
- Nick Kellie23rd June 2008
  hmmm what are you talking about ?
- RouteOne26th June 2008
  Hmm… I'll work on it and then I'll ask you again.
  Thanks.
- Nick Kellie30th June 2008
  OK

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