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ChristopherSchlegel
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ChristopherSchlegel
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03/06/2022 4:09 pm
Originally Posted by: nhuquynhnd1102

I understand the A major scale Anders says to move the pattern up 3 frets and it will be the A minor scale Would this not be a C major scale[/quote][p]Yes, it is both. But as ddiddler indicated the C major scale & the A minor scale contain the same notes. They are relative major & minor scales.

C major:

c-d-e-f-g-a-b-c

A minor:

a-b-c-d-e-f-g-a

Same collection of notes starting on a different note results in a different set of intervals & a different sound.

The relative minor for A major is F# minor.

A major:

a-b-c#-d-e-f#-g#

F# minor:

f#-g#-a-b-c#-d-e-f#

Again, same notes different order.

Originally Posted by: nhuquynhnd1102This seems different than the grid pattern I learned earlier in guitar fundamentals . Am I missing something?

There are a variety of ways to play any given scale pattern on the guitar because you can play the same notes in more than one place. I cover that in my scale tutorials.

[quote=nhuquynhnd1102]I would like to incorporate scales into my daily practice

Use these tutorials.

Major scale patterns

https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=453

Minor scale patterns

https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=887

Hope that helps!


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