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05/01/2004 3:10 pm
just wondering: I learning the G scale in the non-open string position (if that's what it's called)
e B G D A E Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
-------------- Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
x x x  x x x              Â
1 Â Â 1 1 1 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
2 2 Â Â Â 2 2 Â <-3rd fret -> Â Â Â
   3 3                    Â
 4  4 4 4 4              Â
w w h  w w  w  h
G A Â B Â C Â D Â E F# G
could I move this exact same patten up the neck and get other major scales?
05/01/2004 3:32 pm
Yep, that's right. At the 8th fret it'll be C major, 6th fret Bb major, etc...
05/01/2004 5:20 pm
If you look at the scale, the pattern you have shown starts on the vii - the root note is played on the 3rd fret of the low E string. Wherever you move this pattern, whatever corresponds to that position in the pattern is the new root note.
I started with nothing - and I've still got most of it left.
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05/01/2004 5:52 pm
His pattern starts on the root, the diagram's backwards.
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05/01/2004 6:10 pm
sorry 'bout the backwards diagram, must be a result of being left handed.
so the correct way to diagram it is:
E A Â D Â G Â B e
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x  x  x  x  x  x
  1  1  1    1
2 Â 2 Â Â Â Â Â 2 Â 2 Â <-3rd fret
   3  3  Â
4 Â 4 Â 4 Â 4 Â 4 Â
thanks argus & greybeard