Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
by
David P. Aitken
D Major D Major has two sharps, F and C. To play the scale start on the 5th fret of the A string and use the C Major pattern. D b Major
D b Major has five flats, B, E, A, D and G. To play the scale start on the 4th fret of the A string. E b Major
E b Major has three flats, B, E and A. To play,start on the 6th fret of the A String. By learning the C Major pattern you have also learnt to play D, D b and E b Majors. A good
way to practise these is to start of with C, slide up to D, then down to D b and finally up to E b. If you're short on practice time, just focus on the pattern in different positions,e.g.,CMajor andEbMajor.
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The relative major is E Major. It has four sharps, F, C , G and D. The accidentals are A # and B # (ascending only). To play the scale start on the 4th fret of the A string.
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D # minor
The relative major is F # Major and has six sharps, F, C, G, D, A and E. The accidentals are B# and C ## (ascending). To play,start on the 6th fret of the A string. C minor The relative major is E b Major and has 3 flats, B, E and A. The accidentals are An and Bn. To play, start on the 3rd fret of the A string. D minor The relative major is F Major and has a B b. The accidentals are Bn and C # (ascending). To play, start at the 5th fret of the A string. That's it for the two octave scales. We have learnt two patterns, C Major and C # minor and in doing so have learnt how to play 8 scales. Time to look at the 3 octave scales.
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The first pattern we're going to learn is that of G Major.This pattern is used for 6 scales, G, A, B, F #, A b, B b. The pattern is: 2 4 // 1 2 4 // 1 3 4 // 1 3 - 1 3 // 1 3 4 // 1 3 - 1 3 - 1 3 4 3 1 - 4 2 1 // 4 2 1 // 3 1 // 4 3 1 // 4 3 1 - 4 2 1 // 4 2. Now let's look at G Major with this fingeringpattern. G Major To play G Major start at the 3rd fret of the E (6th) string. G Major has an F#.
3 1 3 4 3 1 3 1 4 2 2 1 4 1 1 3 4 3 4 1 3 # 2 4 1 2 4 1 3 1 & (2) (6) (5) (4) (3) (2) (1) 1 3 1 # 1 4 3 1 4 2 1 4 2 4 3 & (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
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A Major A Major has 3 sharps, F, C and G. To play, start at the 5th fret of the E string. B Major B Major has 5 sharps, F, C, G, D and A. To play, start at the 7th fret of the E string. F # Major
F # Major has six sharps, F, C, G, D, A and E. To play, start at the 2nd fret of the E string.
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A b Major has four flats, B, E, A and D. To play start at the 4th fret of the E string. B b Major
B b Major has two flats, B and E. To play, start at the 6th fret of the E string.
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3 4 2 4 3 1 3 1 4 3 # # n n 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 # # 3 4 4 1 1 2 & 1 3 # #
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The relative major is A Major and has three sharps, F, C and G. Accidentals are D # and E #. To play, start at the 2nd fret of the E string. G # minor The relative major is B Major and has five sharps, C, F, G, D and A. Accidentals are E # and F ##. To play, start at the 4th fret of the E string. F minor The relative major is A b Major and has four flats, B, E, A and D. Accidentals are Dn and En. To play, start on the 1st fret of the E string. G minor The relative major is B b Major and has two flats, B and E. Accidentals are En and F #. To play, start at the 3rd fret of the E string.
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F # minor
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3 4 2 4 3 1 1 4 # # n n 1 4 3 3 1 3 3 1 1 3 # # 1 ## 1 3 4 1 3 1 3 4 & n # # 2 1 4 2 ## 1 4 3 1 4 3 1 1 3 & (5) 4 (4) (3) (2) (2) (3) (4) (5) (1) (2)
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B b minor
The relative major is D b Major and has five flats, B, E, A, D and G. Accidentals are Gn and An. To play, start at the 1st fret of the A string.
There are three scales left, E, F Major and E minor. These scales each have a unique pattern and will be treated separately.
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E minor pattern
The E minor pattern is: 0 1 2 4 // 1 3 - 3 4 // 1 2 4 - 2 4 // 1 2 4 // 1 3 - 2 4 // 1 2 - 4 2 1 // 4 2 1 // 3 1 // 4 3 1 // 4 3 1 - 4 2 1 // 4 2 1 0. The relative major is G Major and has an F sharp. Accidentals are C# and D #. To play, start with the open E string.
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That's it, the 24 scales from Diatonic Major and Minor Scales by Andres Segovia (Columbia Music Co.) can be broken down into eight patterns, C Major, C # minor, G Major, A minor, B minor, E Major, F Major and E minor. Knowing these can help you vary your practise; you can pratice one pattern but with different scales; you can play one scale from each pattern; or play all the scales from C Major to D minor as in Diatonic Major and Minor Scales by Andres Segovia (Columbia Music Co.). The following pages include the fretboard maps of the scale patterns and the practise page which includes all the scales listed in order with the patterns & key signature (accidentals are in brackets).
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This pattern is used for G, A, B, F<, A= and B= Majors. Finger 0 Open 1 1st 2 2nd 3 3rd 4 4th
For G M, start at the 3rd fret (E string); A M, start at 5th fret; B M, 7th fret; F< M, 2nd fret; A= M, 4th fret; and B= M, 6th fret. Finger 0 Open 1 1st 2 2nd 3 3rd 4 4th
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This pattern is used for A, F<, G<, F and G Minors. Finger 0 Open 1 1st 2 2nd 3 3rd 4 4th
For A m, start at the 5th fret (E string); F<m, start at 2nd fret; G< m, 4th fret; F m, 1st fret; and G m, 3rd fret. Finger 0 Open 1 1st 2 2nd 3 3rd 4 4th
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This pattern is used for E Major only. Finger 0 Open 1 1st 2 2nd 3 3rd 4 4th
Start with an open E string. Finger 0 Open 1 1st 2 2nd 3 3rd 4 4th
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This pattern is used for E minor only. Finger 0 Open 1 1st 2 2nd 3 3rd 4 4th
Start with an open E string. Finger 0 Open 1 1st 2 2nd 3 3rd 4 4th
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This pattern is used for F Major only. Finger 0 Open 1 1st 2 2nd 3 3rd 4 4th
Start on the 1st fret of the E string. Finger 0 Open 1 1st 2 2nd 3 3rd 4 4th
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Practise Sheet
(F<G<) F< F<(C<D<) F<C< F<C<(G<A<) F<C<G< F<C<G<(D<E<) F<C<G<D< F<C<G<D<(A<B<) F<C<G<D<A< F<C<G<D<A<(E<Fx) F<C<G<D<A<E< F<C<G<D<A<E<(B<Cx) B=E=A=D=G= B=E=A=D=G=(G>A>) B=E=A=D= B=E=A=D=(D>E>) B=E=A= B=E=A=(A>B>) B=E= B=E=(E>F<) B= B=(B>C<)
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