How to find Major Scales on guitar Fast
How to find Major Scales on guitar Fast. So the Major scales are really important because they form all the cool things in Guitar, including Minor Scales, Arpeggios, and even chords you play everyday. Thats why the Major scale is so important, because it is the basis for everything else you will do on the Guitar.
Remember in the Chromatic Scale, everything is a half step, and we play 12 notes on the Guitar in Order..
Its every not along the fret board.. So if we started at Open E string .. we would play every note along the fret board to get to E again..
Then we use the Formula W W h W W W h to work out the Scales.
Remember using the Formula W w h w w w h .. A whole step means we skip notes, or skip frets on your guitar..
The easy one to start with is the Scale of C..Since it has no Sharps or No Flats.
C D E F G A B (C)
distance from C to D is a whole step = w
distance from D = E is a whole step = w
distance from E to F is a Half Step = Half step
distance from F to G is a whole Step = w
distance from G to A is a whole Step = w
distance from A to B is a whole Step = w
distance from B to C is a half Step = Half step
So Between 3 and 4 We see a Half step, and Between 7 and 8 we see a Half step
We are seeing a pattern here..We can use this template to calculate any scale in any Key using this method..Let me give you an example..