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Major Scale – Continues…

Can we play ‘Major Scale Progressions’ anywhere in guitar?
The major scale position is not unique in the fret board and the scale
progression can be played anywhere in the fret board starting from the root
note.
We have seen the G Major Scale Progression as under:
This means, starting with the root note G and moving ahead with the major scale pattern.

E|---------------------------2-3----3-2--------------------------------|E

B|-----------------------3-5------------5-3----------------------------|B

G|-----------------2-4-5--------------------5-4-2----------------------|G

D|-----------2-4-5--------------------------------5-4-2----------------|D

A|-----2-3-5---------------------------------------------5-3-2---------|A

E|-3-5---------------------------------------------------------5-3-----|E

-----2-4-1-2-4-1-3-4-1-3-4-2-4-1-2-----2-1-4-2-4-3-1-4-3-1-4-2-1-4-2------

The root notes

Let this be the Style No. 1.

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Style No. 2: (G Major Scale Progression)

E|-------------------------------5-7-8--8-7-5-------------------------------|E

B|-------------------------5-7-8--------------8-7-5-------------------------|B

G|--------------------4-5-7-------------------------7-5-4-------------------|G

D|--------------4-5-7-------------------------------------7-5-4-------------|D

A|----------5-7-------------------------------------------------7-5---------|A

E|-3\-5-7-8---------------------------------------------------------8-7-5\3-|E

-----1--1-2-4-2-4-1-2-4-1-2-4-1-2-4-1-2-4--4-2-1-4-2-1-4-2-1-4-2-1-4-2-4-2-1-1--

The root notes

“\” indicates sliding. Here you should just slide your index finger to the
next tab position.
Style No. 3: (Ascending) (G Major Scale Progression)
E|--------------------------------------------7-8-10----------------|E

B|------------------------------------7-8-10------------------------|B

G|-------------------------------7-9--------------------------------|G

D|-----------------------7-9-10-------------------------------------|D

A|---------------7-9-10---------------------------------------------|A

E|-3\-5\-7-8-10-----------------------------------------------------|E

-----1--1--1-2-4---1-2-4---1-2-4---2-4--1-2-4---1-2--4---

The root notes

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Style No. 3: (Descending) (G Major Scale Progression)

E|--10-8-7-------------------------------------------------------|E

B|----------10-8-7-----------------------------------------------|B

G|------------------9-7------------------------------------------|G

D|-----------------------10-9-7----------------------------------|D

A|-------------------------------10-9-7--------------------------|A

E|---------------------------------------10-8-7-\5-\3------------|E

-4--2-1---4-2-1--4-2--4-2-1--4-2--1---4--2-1--1--1---

Having seen three different progression of G Major Scale, let us see how to
play G Major Running Progression across the fret board.
Note:
 This is a very important exercise
 The following tabs will help you to move around the fret board easily
 You must be able to play this progression in both ways without any break
 Start slowly picking the notes one by one and slowly increase the speed
 Take time and ensure that you master this progression

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G Major Running Progression

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------12-14-15--------|E

B|-----------------------------5-7-8--8-7---------------------------------------------12-13-15-----------------|B

G|-----------------------4-5-7------------9-7--------------------------9-11-12--12-14--------------------------|G

D|------------2-4-5--5-7----------------------10-9-7-----------9-10-12-----------------------------------------|D

A|------2-3-5----------------------------------------10--10-12-------------------------------------------------|A

E|--3-5--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E

-------2-4-1-2-4-1-3-4--2-4-1-2-4-1-3-4--2-1-3-1-4-3-1-4-----2-4--1-2--4--1-3--4---1--3--1--2--4--1--3--4------------

So much in G Major… Now how to play other major scale progressions.

For this you must
 Know that the other major scales follow the same pattern (Style No. 1)
 Know the root note in the fret board
We started with E string – 3rd fret for G Major.
Now imagine you are starting from E string – 5th fret and finish the same
pattern. Yes. It becomes A Major Scale Progression as we have started with
E 5 note which “A”

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The A Major Scale Progression will then look like:

E|---------------------------4-5----5-4--------------------------------|E

B|-----------------------5-7------------7-5----------------------------|B

G|-----------------4-6-7--------------------7-6-4----------------------|G

D|-----------4-6-7--------------------------------7-6-4----------------|D

A|-----4-5-7---------------------------------------------7-5-4---------|A

E|-5-7---------------------------------------------------------7-5-----|E

-----2-4-1-2-4-1-3-4-1-3-4-2-4-1-2-----2-1-4-2-4-3-1-4-3-1-4-2-1-4-2------

The root notes

Similarly, start from E string – 7th fret and finish the same pattern. This
progression is nothing but B Major Scale Progression… and so on…

Exercise:
Start from E string – 1st fret and finish the same pattern. Move to the 2nd
fret and so on… By doing this you are starting from F Major Scale Progression,
followed by F# Major Scale Progression and so on….
Complete this pattern and get the confidence of moving around the fret board
with ease……
Major Scale lesson To be continued………

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