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key of D question?


Rickzac

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I want to play a scale pattern in the key of D and the root note is on the 5th string 5th fret (D), you dont play the notes (A&C) on the 6th string do you? Say you are playing minor pentatonic scale pattern II. 5-8 5-7 5-7 5-7 5-8 5-8. If you did it would be in the key of A and not a D correct?

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Rick

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I want to play a scale pattern in the key of D and the root note is on the 5th string 5th fret (D), you dont play the notes (A&C) on the 6th string do you? Say you are playing minor pentatonic scale pattern II. 5-8 5-7 5-7 5-7 5-8 5-8. If you did it would be in the key of A and not a D correct?

 

 

A scale pattern can start on any note within the scale. But the sound you are probably looking for is a D major scale so let's start there.

 

If you play the following note / fret locations you'll have a D major scale:

D - 5th string 5th fret

E - 4th string 2nd fret

F# - 4th string 4th fret

G - 4th string 5th fret

A - 3rd string 2nd fret

B - 3rd string 4th fret

C# - 2nd string 2nd fret

D - 2nd string 3rd fret

 

Easy enough, but there more to it. The same D major scale can be played in various places on the fretboard and could start on various notes of the D major scale. All in all you've got more variations / possibilities that I have time to count right now.

 

The A minor pentatonic contains the notes of A C D E G A. So it's not the same scale as a D major. Does that answer your question?

 

cheers,

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The best advise I can give you is this:

1) Learn how to construct a major scale from any note.
2) Learn how to map out the notes of a major scale on a fretboard map.

It's not really possible to learn about scales until and unless you can do these two things for any scale. Once you've done these two things for what ever scale interests you - you'll have a much easier time understanding the fretboard and how scales and note project onto it.

cheers,

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