Basic Open String Scales at Shred Guitar Now!

Basic Open String Scales August 31, 2006

Posted by Chee Shan in : Scales , trackback Tag:learn guitar, major, open string scales

There are seven basic open string scales that are the building blocks of many other scales and keys that are used by the best guitarists.

Practicing, memorizing, and getting faster at playing these scales are the initial steps in playing lead guitar.

It is a challenge to memorize these scales note for note, and I recommend you learn these any time you can, even when you’re not playing guitar, just by memorizing the names of the scales and the frets.




C Major

e—————————–0-1-3–
B———————–0-1-3——–
G——————-0-2————–
D————-0-2-3——————
A——-0-2-3————————
E-0-1-3——————————

G Major

e—————————–0-2-3–
B———————–0-1-3——–
G——————-0-2————–
D————-0-2-4——————
A——-0-2-3————————
E-0-2-3——————————

F Major

e—————————–0-1-3–
B————————-1-3——–
G——————-0-2-3————
D————-0-2-3——————
A——-0-1-3————————
E-0-1-3——————————

D Major

e—————————–0-2-3–
B———————–0-2-3——–
G——————-0-2————–
D————-0-2-4——————
A——-0-2-4————————
E-0-2-3——————————

Bb Major

e—————————–1-3–
B———————–1-3-4——
G—————–0-2-3————
D———–0-1-3——————
A—–0-1-3————————
E-1-3——————————

A Major

e—————————–0-2-4-5–
B———————–0-2-3———-
G——————-1-2—————-
D————-0-2-4——————–
A——-0-2-4————————–
E-0-2-4——————————–

E Major

e—————————–0-2-4-5–
B———————–0-2-4———-
G——————-1-2—————-
D————-1-2-4——————–
A——-0-2-4————————–
E-0-2-4——————————–

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