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C Major Guitar Scale
Learn the notes of the C major scale on the top three strings. Start the sequence with the open G note on the third string and we ascend to the high G note on the top string.
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How to play a C major scale on the top three strings
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This lesson will teach you the notes of the “C” major diatonic scale on the top three strings.
We start the sequence with the open “G” note on the third string and we ascend to the high “G” note on the top string and then we go backwards finishing on the open “G”.
The sequence moves through the musical alphabet in an ascending order eg. G A B C D E F G
There are no sharps or flats in the “C” major scale which are often referred to as “accidentals”. We’ll learn more about this later.
C major scale on top three strings
Let’s try playing the melody from “Ode to Joy” using some of the notes we have just learnt from the “C” major scale.
Ode to Joy
Tips:
- Play each note in a legato fashion, which means we sustain the note for as long as we can until we play the next note
- Keep all fingers in their correct positions. This sequence is played entirely in the first position, so the first finger plays all first fret notes and the rest of the fingers are aligned accordingly eg. second finger=second fret and third finger=third fret
- Just use “down” picks at this stage
- Remember that the SupaStarGuitar system uses the following colour code to represent the fretting fingers on all single note lessons and exercises:1st finger=red, 2nd finger=blue, 3rd finger=green and the fourth finger=pink