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Creating Scales On The Guitar

Creating Scales On The Guitar

To create scales, we will be using which ever key we decide to use. In this case lets make an A Major scale using our A major key: A B C# D E F# G#

If we take these notes we found in our key (A B C# D E F# G#) and mark them on our guitar like so. we make up a A Major scale!

We have now successfully created our A Major scale by adding our notation to the fretboard diagrams.


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  • Steve

    Walt,

    I have been studying how to construct scales. I have memorized the WWHWWWH pattern for major scales. I can create a scale on 1 string. However, when it comes to ascending or descending I get lost. How do you construct a scale using all 6 strings?

    Steve

  • Steve

    Walt,

    I have been studying how to construct scales. I have memorized the WWHWWWH pattern for major scales. I can create a scale on 1 string. However, when it comes to ascending or descending I get lost. How do you construct a scale using all 6 strings?

    Steve

  • Steve

    Walt,

    I have been studying how to construct scales. I have memorized the WWHWWWH pattern for major scales. I can create a scale on 1 string. However, when it comes to ascending or descending I get lost. How do you construct a scale using all 6 strings?

    Steve

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  • Anurag_dongre

    Hello,

    I want to know the difference between the A minor scale and C major scale.
    When people say -” Hey this song is in the key of ‘C’ “, then it means that the song uses the notes CDEFGABC and none other than that and chords like C,Dm,Em,F,G,Am,Bdim,.

    But when someone says – ‘Hey this song is in the key of Am’, then what difference does that make. Coz both these scale use same notes, share same family of chords…..
    How would one be able to say what key is the song is in?

    Thanks in advance for the answers.

    • http://www.fororchestra.com WaltRibeiro

      the notes/key are the same, but the tonic is different. If you want to make a happy song sound sad, but stay in the same key, play the relative minor. Instead of C-F-G play Am-Dm-Em. Minor keys change the ‘emotion’ while staying in the same key

  • Anurag_dongre

    Hello,

    I want to know the difference between the A minor scale and C major scale.
    When people say -” Hey this song is in the key of ‘C’ “, then it means that the song uses the notes CDEFGABC and none other than that and chords like C,Dm,Em,F,G,Am,Bdim,.

    But when someone says – ‘Hey this song is in the key of Am’, then what difference does that make. Coz both these scale use same notes, share same family of chords…..
    How would one be able to say what key is the song is in?

    Thanks in advance for the answers.

    • http://www.fororchestra.com WaltRibeiro

      the notes/key are the same, but the tonic is different. If you want to make a happy song sound sad, but stay in the same key, play the relative minor. Instead of C-F-G play Am-Dm-Em. Minor keys change the ‘emotion’ while staying in the same key

    • http://www.fororchestra.com WaltRibeiro

      the notes/key are the same, but the tonic is different. If you want to make a happy song sound sad, but stay in the same key, play the relative minor. Instead of C-F-G play Am-Dm-Em. Minor keys change the ‘emotion’ while staying in the same key

  • Anurag_dongre

    Hello,

    I want to know the difference between the A minor scale and C major scale.
    When people say -” Hey this song is in the key of ‘C’ “, then it means that the song uses the notes CDEFGABC and none other than that and chords like C,Dm,Em,F,G,Am,Bdim,.

    But when someone says – ‘Hey this song is in the key of Am’, then what difference does that make. Coz both these scale use same notes, share same family of chords…..
    How would one be able to say what key is the song is in?

    Thanks in advance for the answers.

  • Anurag_dongre

    Yes i understand that the tonic is different in both the cases. But thats what is my question. how do u differentiate it with a progression. For ex: a song consists of chords C Am dm G and the verse am F G am…..Now what would you say? is it C major or A minor?

    • http://www.fororchestra.com WaltRibeiro

      i got ya. It’s C major, but the verse is in Aminor (the minor emotion of C major).

  • Anurag_dongre

    Yes i understand that the tonic is different in both the cases. But thats what is my question. how do u differentiate it with a progression. For ex: a song consists of chords C Am dm G and the verse am F G am…..Now what would you say? is it C major or A minor?

    • http://www.fororchestra.com WaltRibeiro

      i got ya. It’s C major, but the verse is in Aminor (the minor emotion of C major).

    • http://www.fororchestra.com WaltRibeiro

      i got ya. It’s C major, but the verse is in Aminor (the minor emotion of C major).

  • Anurag_dongre

    Yes i understand that the tonic is different in both the cases. But thats what is my question. how do u differentiate it with a progression. For ex: a song consists of chords C Am dm G and the verse am F G am…..Now what would you say? is it C major or A minor?

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