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john of MT
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john of MT
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06/16/2014 1:33 am
This is what got me started; http://www.justinguitar.com/en/SC-001-TheMajorScale.php . Scroll half way down for some nice graphics portraying the shapes.

See also these videos; http://www.justinguitar.com/en/SC-020-MajHowWhy.php and http://www.justinguitar.com/en/SC-021-MajFivePos.php .

FYI, Justin has similar pages for the minor pentatonic and other scales.
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