The Major Scale and the 7 Modes Guitar Lesson Part 1/2 - The Major Scale

http://www.FuzzyMonkeyTabs.com Check out my website. I've been working on a guitar lesson about the major scale and it's 7 relative modes. It's getting to be very long so I have decided to break it down into smaller videos. This video covers what a half step and a whole step is, and how to figure out the notes in any major scale. If you practice the C major scale that I show in this video try to use alternate picking (alternating from down strokes to up strokes with your pick). Also you should try to use your pointer/index finger for the first note on every string and use your pinky finger for the 3rd note of each string. This way your hand can stay in pretty much one location while you play every note. You could also practice this scale forwards (ascending) and backwards (descending).

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[Demoncry3]

your a great instructor. keep up the good work

[fuzzymonkey777]

@Demoncry3 Thanks friend. 8-)

[TheGreatOne222]

wow this is GREAT GREAT GREAT!! thank u so much for these videos

[fuzzymonkey777]

@TheGreatOne222 I'm glad everyone seems to understand this video. I just watched it for the first time in months and it seemed kind of fast paced. Thanks for watching and commenting, I'll upload another video before long.

[PInkfludz]

should do a solo related to the cord right ? but how the hell i'm suppoed to do so ? i cant just play what you showed me again and again ? hope i'm clear . btw exellent job with your video learned all of them the super mario one was the first thing i ever learned on guitar !

cheers

[PInkfludz]

so i have this really stupid question : as i'm playing with my buddies (been playing for about 8months) intermediate dude here i want to try to do some solos but i just really suck at like we're making our own song based on for exemple " G /A etcc " so while they play on the G

[ScottNicholasSimpson]

LOL! From 00:08 to 00:15, you sound alot like Ben Stiller when he played Zoolander! XD

[LuckyThirteen08]

EADGBE= Ed Ate Dynamite Good Bye Ed

[mc1percenta]

Mate these are the best lessons on YouTube :) thumbs up

[fuzzymonkey777]

@yanaqwi ... the major modes are Ionian, Lydian, and Mixolydian. These modes all start with 2 whole steps and the Lydian mode has 3 whole steps. Lydian is a lot of musicians favorite mode (myself included). So I am starting to think more highly of modal theory but you can see why it's a tricky subject. How could you use this knowledge? So far I've only noted the major modes are more pleasant to my ear so I use them more often when soloing. I have a lot to learn yet.