Category: Major Scales on One String

After completing this lesson, you should be able to answer these questions/do these things:   Answer These Explain what a scale is. Name a few different scales. State the formula of a major scale as a series of whole steps...

Challenge 2a – Play It Backwards Repeat this chapter’s regular challenge – but play each scale backwards. Every starting note should be at or above the 12th fret. Challenge 2b – Improvise To improvise...

If you’ve done everything this chapter asked you, you’ve played at least three different major scales: C, B♭, and one of your choosing. In this Challenge, you’ll play every major scale there is. Recall there...

Playing a Scale At this point, you don’t even have to know the note names to play a scale. As long as you follow the pattern of whole steps and half-steps, you’ll get a major scale. One more thing – the term...

Scale Names When the term scale is used by itself with only a note name, it’s understood it’s a major scale. For example, C scale means C major scale and F scale means F major scale. If we want a different scale, we...

Degree-based Formula A major scale is a seven-note scale that adheres to a specific formula. Before I share the formula, we need to learn about scale degrees. Scale Degrees Each note in a scale is referred to as a degree. The...

Objectives: In this chapter, you’ll learn what scales are and how to play major scales across any string. Scales A scale (in music) is a sequence of notes played in a specific order. You can take any set of notes, play...