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Jarsew
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Jarsew
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09/28/2010 9:35 pm
I first learned one Key all throughout the fretboard, Key of C. I practiced hours upon hours, it is ingrained into my brain. I could play around in that key in my sleep :p

Once I did that, I looked to the keys that were the most similar to Key of C; Key F & G. They both only have one note difference from Key of C. So since I knew Key of C by heart, it was really easy to get a hang of those two keys because I only had to alter one note from what I already knew.

On top of that, I learned that all the patterns I learned for Key of C, I could simply shift the patters on the fretboard up or down to get into a different key. A good visual example can be seen using this virtual fretboard:

http://www.all-guitar-chords.com/guitar_scales.php

Click and choose C Major. Then click onto C# Major, you will see that the patterns simply shifted up one fret. So in a sense, once you learn one key by heart, you'll know the rest.

How I learned the Key of C, was I memorized each box pattern:

http://www.i-love-guitar.com/images/guitar_scales_major_printable.gif

You can actually argue that each of those patterns is a mode. So, the mode patterns if you will. The first pattern displaying Phrygian, the second Lyidan, than Mixo, etc.