Mastering The Major Scale - Guitar Lesson

[XxjosephabrenicaxX]

IS THERE ANY TABS OF A SCALE

[csensesfail92]

@XxjosephabrenicaxX just make your own scales using 2-2-1-2-2-2-1. start with a tone (the tonic) move 2 halfsteps up(1 fret) for the second degree 2 halfsteps for the third 1 half step for the fourth ect. 3 notes per string a scale will end 2 strings 2 frets down. and repeat the notes for the remaining strings.

[Cnaeusolo]

that's what i call flying figners

[KalcuttaPro]

@Cnaeusolo I WAS JUST THINKING THAT lol great video all the less

[JrCrown]

this is the scale that band member's been

forcing me to learn before. i just didnt remember that it was named the major scale. now, i realize how important it is. LOL

[donottawaguitar]

nice

[merc0049]

I took lessons with Larry at Berklee from 1980-1984. There is no better teacher. It is no accident that Larry replaced the legend, William Leavit as the Guitar Chairman at Berklee. On my 2nd day at Berklee, I wandered into the little theater on Boylston St. Larry was playing a duet with a violinist. Django and Grappelli tunes. Larry comp was so hard hittihg there was no need for a bass player or drums Larry covered it all. Larry's solos were unbelievable ........ MERC

[kiloch]

Is this from the Leavit book DVD? I bought it but havent watched the DVD

[guitarnukka724]

i have a question for anyone:

what does the "dominant" mean when you say phrygian dominant, or lydian dominant, etc.

i get modes and how they work, i'm just not clear on what the "dominant" means or if it has meaning and changes something about the mode.

thanks a lot in advance. :]

[R0ckers2R0ckers]

@guitarnukka724 Hi, I looked through some of my notes and can't find any reference to the term 'Dominent' used with modes, unless my notes are incomplete, but I don't thik so. i know with modes that by displacing the starting point of a scale without changing the interval formula has the effect of turning out a new arrangement of whole n half steps.> "Most musicians talk about the 7Modes of the Major scale, but modes can be generated from any scale at all" Peter Pickow, scale Theory< Good Luck

[Devonhubertmusician]

@guitarnukka724 To all who were wondering, a frigian dominant mode is the frigian mode with a major third as opposed to a minor third like in a regular frigian mode. In E frigian dominant, the notes would be "E, E sharp, G sharp, A, B, C, D, E". It is relative to A harmonic minor so you can interchange them.

[tyineurope]

hmm, I saw this years ago, and now having gone through intensive scale exercises and analysis, I'm thinking their isn't much benefit to the stretch method. and besides, it's rather too obvious, not something to be amazed because it's taught by someone from berklee.

imho, i think the bottom line is, whatever the shape, pick one that you are comfortable with, that you can very quickly remember while on stage, and don't worry about the left hand moving around, cos it will move around anyway.

[tuxguys]

Larry Baione: My boss, and next to Mr. Leavitt himself, the best boss I have ever had.

[G27dude]

lol. If I can stretch.. *thinks whether or not he should say "you sure as hell can too"* ... You can probably do that too

[byzofsumma57]

I learn scales and modes better when the terminology is simpler.

[Dalmenco]

my classical fretboard is wider and his guitar neck narrow- its hard for us classical/flamenco players .

[Georgie244259]

I like the painting of Dhanjgo Reindhart in the background.

[BikeTrial1995]

Nice guitar About £3,000 right?

[ytjonny101]

im confused, how does f sharp major have 6 sharps. isnt it 5 cause there a b and f in that key

[FloydManFloyd]

@ytjonny101 i think some musicians consider the F natural in F sharp major as an E sharp, I assume that's the confusion.

[robbourassaguitarist]

@ytjonny101 Good question. If we have to keep every F sharped, according to the key signature, then we won't be able to write an F, which would be needed in the scale. So, we disguise the F, and call it an E sharp. So, the scale is, F#, G#, A#, B, C#, D# and E#.

Even though there's really nothing in between E and F, so there isn't an actual E#, we call F, E# in this key, so we don't have to use a sharp for the leading tone (7th note) in the chart, but take care of it in the key signature.

[wmdj]

wow.. I am so damn confused... lol

[BrokenBoySoldier1]

Hey, i've been learning guitar for about 11 months now, I've learnt the G major Scale, Do i need to know any other scale for soloing? or am i okay with the G major Scale for now?

Thanks

[steveny689]

@BrokenBoySoldier1

learn the major pentatonic you can move it about and use it for most songs

[overdose311090]

@BrokenBoySoldier1 u must learn scale in other keys not just in g

[FloydManFloyd]

@BrokenBoySoldier1 overdose311090 says u need to learn scales in other keys, and he is right, but on the guitar a C major scale, for example, is just the G major scale played 5 frets to the right. Maybe u figured that out already. Also the minor scale is just the same as the major scale except you start on the 6th note of the major scale.

[G27dude]

@BrokenBoySoldier1 as the other guy said, Pentatonic is good for blues and country style solos. But if you know the G major scale, you should know pretty much every major scale in at least that one position that you already know. You'll find that if you slide that G major scale up or down that you change the key. Slide up the first "G" of the scale 2 frets and you have an A major scale, for example.

[twst1]

@BrokenBoySoldier1 learn as much as you can, practice a little at a time....before you know it......

[BrokenBoySoldier1]

Hey, i've been learning guitar for about 11 months now, I know the Gmajor Scale, Do i need to learn anymore scales for soloing? or am i okay with the Gmajor Scale for now?

Thanks

[marcelocanda]

clear simple and very usefull

[DonConstantinos]

so when i have to press three frets(f,g,a on the 6th string) in a row with a distance of 5 frets i use 1st 3rd and 4rth finger?

[DonConstantinos]

is he berklee?

[3393ish]

this is awesome

[erpunketo]

very goood!!!

[claud122003]

nope called a hollowbody

[michaelgroenewald7]

b b king uses a hollow body but a gibson im prety sure that these were the first guitars run throuhg amps and strat type electrics came after

[krelnarb]

That type of guitar is referred to as an Archtop guitar.

[lXJoseOleXl]

i think this man was at my berklee audition o.O

[SoccaBoi04]

Can someone tell me what kind of guitar that is? Not the company but the kind of guitar. It does not look like a regular electric or acoustic guitar. I know I've seen The Beatles use it and i think Panic! At the Disco.

[lebensraum]

These are called hollow-bodied guitars, or just hollow body, or a hollow body.

I was looking at getting a style like that a few months ago actually, I settled on a classical though. Suited my needs better.

[Steven205]

They're just hollowbody guitars. The Beatles used like the gibson ES-335 if I'm not mistaken which costs thousands these days.

[FreedomFighterUK]

It's a hollow body electric. It's basically got a hollow body (no shit! lol) like an acoustic but with pickups like an electric guitar. No soundhole as well.

[Demoras]

Actually they do have sound holes :) They have F-holes.

[petedogg369]

@FreedomFighterUK Well actually it does have a soundhole, actually it has two of them! Ever hear of F-holes?

[jondanet]

@SoccaBoi04 Looks like a Guild X170 Manhattan 1500- 2000 $ . It's an archtop or semihollow acoustic electric style of guitar. Lennon used the Epiphone Casino among others.

[BECK2thousand4]

some kind of gretsch guitar

[jacobtheguitarfreak]

Its a Guild X-170

[RedRoosterbabam]

Guild*

[mcraw112]

its a semi-hollow electric guitar, tom delong from blink 182 also uses one

[MrMoustaffa]

actually It might be a Guild of some kind, the logo on the headtock is the same shape, and I know they've made some famous hollowbodies

[cygnus53]

I'm pretty sure It's a Guild X-175 Manhattan model.

[jamescalebstewart]

@SoccaBoi04 It's also called an archtop or sometimes a jazz guitar as that is the style it is mostly commonly used in.  Note the picture of Gypsey Jazz great D'Jango Reinhardt in the background.

[dasheefo]

it is mostly called acoustic electric,it is an acoustic with no soundhole and it has pick ups

[Patriot3332]

it is called an archtop or hollowbody

[SoccaBoi04]

Can someone tell me what kind of guitar that is? Not the company that makes it but like what is it? It does not look like a traditional electric or acoustic guitar. I know I've seen The Beatles and i think Panic! At the Disco play them.

[Robfalcon501]

wow guild, that's probably worth a lot of money

[AirHendrix91]

He needs to bend the pinkie a bit.

And wear the strap higher so the neck is eye level.

[midnight260]

i'm sure when you get into berklee you can find him and tell him

[thatnewguy23]

Doesn't really matter. He already that the key is to reach the point where there is no need to look.

[sbrenn01]

I miss Guild...what great necks! The real lesson here (for me anyway) is his thumb! It is behind the neck, not curled over it.

[stinnnnnn]

Well my teacher 1st taught me the Am pentatonic scale and after that i started to learn the C major diatonic scale!

[sonico73]

take lessons with a good teacher!

[mojo71208]

that makes it easyer to play. i started playing guitar aftar 12 yrs of trumpet and six years of baritone. scales rock.

[0Tucker]

i so want to go to berklee when i get older!

[azzyo9]

he sed if i can stretch, then you can probably streatch pretty bad to at 1:19

[harleybenedict]

Just learn the modes. F lydian has the same notes as C Ionian (major) or A aeolian (minor) G mixolydian etc. IDPLMAL, 7 positions, and everything overlaps, solo wherever the hell you want. As long as you put the emphasis on the chord you relate to the scale it all works out the same.

[FirstSnowJ]

This guy makes this Waaaaay too complicated. Its just the same damn scale, emphasizing different notes. Its called playing in the modes buddy, quit making it difficult for beginner guitarists!

[guitarninja83]

He is not overcomplicating it at all. You are just oversimplifying it. I rarely meet a guitarist who says he knows his modes, and actually DOES know his modes. Most "learn" their modes, and think they "know" them. There is a HELL of a lot more to modes than just the same scale with emphasizing different notes.

[h2olacky]

What else is there to modes except the fact that you change the root note?

I'm seriously asking for your input, thanks.

[juppheidi]

Beginning a C Major scale with NOT the tone C is not a C Major! Just remember that there is more than Major/minor. lydian/mixolydian/dorian/phryg­ian etc. That's what some licks become when you put the fingering on another base tone. :)

[yoohoosk8r]

i learned the Major scale like this....

1

2 1 1 1 1

3 -2 2 2 2

4 3 3

5 4 4 4 4 4 3

Thats the way i learned Position one... - is the root, Numbers on the Side are the frets, and the Numbers of the Scale are your fingers the 3 on the 5th fret at the end is to get u ready to slide to the Second Position

[abey69]

lol..."if i can stretch, u can...probably do that 2"

this guys funny=)

[gackic]

Very professional. Thanks!

[sibbald]

let's get this straight.

5 positions labelled 1a, 1b, 2,3 and 4

1 = string 5, root 2

1a = string 6 fret 1 finger 1

2 = string 6 finger 2

3= string 5 finger 4

4= String 6 finger 4

[whyohyoukayoh]

tough one, this isn't exactly a beginner's lesson...

[eddiegrey]

Excellent...straight forward simplicity for the essential building blocks

[dogedog19]

this guy berklee is a best he even has college leveled music books

[ImASoloMother]

your guitar looks really big...

[Linscape99]

Ugh... NOT ENOUGH METAL!!!

Nice anyways, atleast it's a lesson. Better than I can do :)

[jbeg16]

you said it brother

[yoizboy]

I agree on that

[goldguitar666]

thats what i said

hehe

imma put some vids up

for some hardcore breakdowns

solos

and razorblade riffs

hehe i just need a camera

[kevNchris445]

i need tabs for this =/

[bitchin77camaro]

Is it essential to learn to play with a plastic pick, or can you just use your fingers?

[Surfister]

you will see, with some practice you will enjoy playing with pick more than you do without it. Of course, you can play with your fingers.

[sinnerzinho]

if you're playing an electric guitar it is really needed to learn how to use a pick

[rokstr3]

what ever is comfortable to you. about 90% of guitarist do you a plastic pick when playing scales and riffs

[driftz0r]

You can learn to use fingers but it's a lot easier to use a plectrum , especially when you're learning scales and learning to slow. I prefer to strum without a pick but now I'm forcing myself to become more comfortable with a plectrum all round.

[JAYSEEEEEE]

depends on what your playing

[leciasslave]

depends on what style you want to play with. Finger picking allows for much less time between string striking, but if you are doing scales. or "normal" playing, like, alternative, use a pick definately. And a pick is much smoother and crisper, unless you are playing banjo or classical.

[THEDWARVESMUSTDIE]

Mark Knopfler barely ever used a pick, Chris Stein (Blondie) used a thumb pick. I'd say learn how to use a pick and fingerpick. it's down to personal or sound preference.

[DayTripperLennon]

Django Reinhardt used a pick.

[gitapicka]

...Yeah...but only in his right hand..!!

[godofwarc93]

wut scale is he playing at the beginning?

[fftulipff]

scale of a major

[TielHawk]

A major lol

[StoneMaestro]

also the notes in the A major scale are the same as the notes in the F# minor scale. just start from the note one minor third down from the major scales root note

[fftulipff]

of course it is

[guitarfreak714]

when they say in the key of...what is the key?

[sjs7heaven]

Sorry but .....ROFL

you know Cm Db Em Cm+C major Db=D flat ..etc...get it the key is the key you play in. How many fats on the clef... my bad.

[seventhson998]

the "key" of the scale- or the bass note.

C major has root note C, A minor has root note A...this applies to chords also :)

[flamengo4ever]

what is a "root?"

[ShredKingVai]

The first note of the scale

[sabbathmetallica]

as far as I know it's the main note...you start with this note.. :)

[PGfan123]

root is the major note in every scale example:u have a E-minor scale and the root note is always note E and the distances between the next notes depends of what scale it is...i send me a message if u dont get what i mean please... i recommend u the guitar learning program Guitar pro 5,u can see every scale in it,and its very easy to understand...

[tuxguys]

@PGfan123

Actually Mr. Baione, chairman of the department, great teacher, and fabulous guitarist, has spoken in error here: Chords have roots; Scales have tonics.

[Dizydazz]

Its the key that the scale is in, you finish and end on that note, when playing through a scale.

[kevtock]

everywhere you go you get a different scale, I'm gonna buy a book.

[chromediname]

all music is composed by intevals ex.. 135 DO RE MI, with this intervals you can create scales and chords, for a composition you need the most important thing called soul this may come through inspiration. if you have talent you dont need nothing but hear, and a bit of theory.

[Ishbu101]

so what exactly are the points of scales...anyone able to tell me?

[rayman9maku]

you mean where to place(point) the fingers on which fret? or you mean, why are scales important? O.O

[hammy022]

When playing to music, you don't play the scale up and down the neck like in the video here. This is just practicing. You more like play the notes within (or out of) the scale. I'm sure there can be a more "correct" way of stating it, but I've always just seen them as a guide to help you know what notes sound good with eachother over the music you're playing.

[tuxguys]

@hammy022

Don't dismiss this as "just" practicing: Practicing, with discipline, is what allows you to fly, once the restraints are off.

[VicWoo88]

All music that you hear or have ever heard are based on a scale. Every chord progression or melody follows some version of a scale. Your question is very general, so I'll give you a general answer. Scales are the key to being good at any instrument. You have to know your scales before you begin to play ANYTHING technically correct.

[schlickaz]

yeah but there's like 10 to 15 common scales. Then when you have to learn each one vertically and horizontally and diagonally on the fretboard, then do all that again for a different starting posiion - it's bloody impossible - it's like memorizing the friggin phonebook. How does ANYONE but a savant do it? I can't work it out - it's too damn hard.

[wizardeal]

theres an easier way.

think in intervals, forget about memorizing the patterns.

after lots of practice you will begin to see how easy it really is, just remember whole whole 1/2 whole whole whole 1/2 is a major scale interval pattern and you can play that anywhere.

[Pholtron]

Location , location , location

The guitar is tuned so that notes are in a simuilar position with respect to the tonic note, The b string being a variation.

from the tonic the :

5th is one string toward the treble and two frets toward the bridge,

4th is one string toward the treble same frey

7th is above the tonic,

3rd is one string toward treble and one fret toward the nut.

Memorise the Major scale, slide it up and down and you know the major scale in 12 keys.

[Pholtron]

If you are tired of being a "Good" guitarist,

and wish to become a "Great" guitarist.

Learn the fret board and a few scales;

Major. Minor pentatonic. and blues.

If music is a form of communication it helps to know the languages..

[desy2478]

I couldn't agree more. I've been playing guitar for a while but now I'm learning the scales and other theory i really feel I'm starting to get through this wall I've hit.

[kjpdqpb]

I agree pholtron. I just wrote a 6 page paper about it. Learn some standard guitar rules like your octave is 2 towards the floor and 2 towards your pick area, ands that when you transfer from the bass strings, EADG in standard tuning, to the treble strings, BE,that you need to add 1 fret to the rule i stated previously so it becomes 3 frets towards your pick area + 2 towards the floor. Realize 2nd open at 12 and that The lateral order is BEADGCF with the +1 fret treble string transfer.

[GherkinGob]

right on!!!

way to many ignorant guitarists out there

[johkonut]

improv... thats all i know of

[FloydManFloyd]

its so that you can be able to play the notes that are in that scale over chords or any music that also are in the key of the scale... when you start to play more complex scales (modes) the chords which can be played with the modes becomes more specific and the music gets more meaning hope u take in all this and i hope its all right im pretty sure it is :)

[sassaman13]

scales are to help you make up solos on the spot so you know which notes group together and and sound good

[giansantiago]

to create solo's and other guitar things

[SFA33]

I got two words for you: GUITAR SOLO. :P

[devilsfoofighter]

all solos are based upon scales

[marc9334]

all notes are a part of a scale really. if you put them with the other notes that go with it, you'll get a harmony of the notes together and you have a classified scale

[thehornypuppy]

The scale is not wat he's doing...he's doing a figure...based on a scale...

You can go up and down on the scale wherever you want...obviously for practicing purposes the best thing you can do is play the scale in order...wether vertically or horizontally. It's not just for guitar solos as many people think. You can make chords with scales...because scales are the base of everything music related subject.

[DCDmalta]

...Every song in the world is based on a scale.

[xinjinbei]

@DCDmalta

What about microtonal songs?

[earearman]

dude, that guitar is a beast

[steffinka64]

I have to watch this over and over again - and I get the idea of importance of scales - great explained, just a bit quickly played to watch - thanks a lot!

[Nogert]

bet you can't play classical gas

[HappyRick]

I believe that the guitar is a Guild X-170 Manhattan

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It's difficult to read the truss rod cover. I originally thought that the guitar was a Guild X-150 Savoy, but now I'm pretty sure that it's an X-170 Manhattan. N'est pas?

[dedication1914]

wow this guys awesome...if any body has like any guitar info whether it be scales or notes anything would help send em to Ace underscore 1914 at hotma!l dot com..thanks a million

[VVVARUMON]

that guitar is a gibson.

[DavidMcMenamin]

its a guild, slash likes them too

[tomomoto]

if thats a gibson then I am a turnip its a Guild... They are awesome

[DiscoverGuitarOnline]

It does say GUILD on the headstock =)

[holierdenthou]

i learned that when playing scales instead of streching just move your hand up or down 1 fret...it was called the "area action" method or something lol...but its much easier then streching(especially if u have short fingers like me)

[lerner01]

if you are teaching scales, you shouldn't wiggle your fingers so much... physician, heal thyself.

[johnfru92]

when your coming back up on the scale with your right hand what do you perfer to do a up werd stroke or the same way you went down before

[gravitywinsagain]

its a guild guitar

[xarcherx987]

Isn't that one of the old gretches? I haven't watched the video yet, I am going from the pic of it.

[jjamesg]

What kind of guitar is that? It's BEAUTIFUL!!! :-)

[Kiwinator18]

:O niceee thanks

[mrbensdonair]

thank you very much.