The Major Scale #2: 5 Positions (Guitar Lesson SC-021) How to play

All 5 of the common positions of the major scale and suggested fingerings and practice techniques for each.

Taught by Justin Sandercoe.

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[TrippleLee]

"You following me there Jedi?" ... "Sweet Ass"

[JacksonRoughStrings]

I wanna take a shit

[sanitarium691]

So are all of these scale positions in the key of G? This is all the G major scale?

[Rorschachxx1985]

@mrdtrotter thank you, i get it :)

[mrdtrotter]

@xNailedDeadRisen

E 578

A 57

D 457

G 457

B 578

E 578

There are 7 repeating notes (degrees) in the scale G A B C D E F# G they are all under your fingers in that scale so the next step is to 'say em as you pick em'.

Hope this helps.

[mrdtrotter]

@Rorschachxx1985 This is a bloated A Major scale worthy of a finger exercise but off the mark as far as the 5 positions Justin is teaching here, the idea with the 5 positions is to keep it all tight while still using the correct notes of the scale which in A Major are A B C# D E F# G# A (WWHWWWH) so if I was to play an A Major scale from the 5th fret it would look more like.

E 457

A 457

D 467

G 467

B 57

E 457

Sorry its long winded but also helps clarify it all in my head to write some of it out

[xNailedDeadRisen]

He's like here start with this finger, then starts playing down the 1st position without telling you what strings, and the quality is so bad i cant tell what fingers hes pressing down on.

[Bazgann]

@mrejmanalo123 oh thanks man it helped.

[mrejmanalo123]

@Bazgann - he is starting from the G note.... because he started the scale on the 3rd fret..... now when you want to play on A. then you start from the 5th fret, 6th string which is an A note.. same with the other notes... basically he is using the G Major Scale in this video.....:))

[Bazgann]

I dont get it, I get this 5 major scale positions but what major scale A B C D E ?? wchich one ? can i move every of this positions on the neck ? what if i want to play in kay of A major how do i apply it to the positions . im lost..

[sazomet]

where do u work?