Members faded Posted September 2, 2004 Members Posted September 2, 2004 Which is the proper way to construct a scale, or if both are okay, which one do you use? Yeah i dont know a lot about theory, but reading this forum has helped out a lot. Say for instance a C major scale, C D E F G A B C would that be like |--------------------------------------------------------10-12-13-| |--------------------------------------------10-12-13-------------| |---------------------------------9-10-12--------------------------| |----------------------9-10-12-------------------------------------| |-----------8-10-12------------------------------------------------| |8-10-12-----------------------------------------------------------| which would go from C to C two times, and then tap on the D E and F at the end, or would you connect C to C from the A to E strings, and have an extra G A and B at the low E in front of it like | |-------------------------------------5-7-8----| |-----------------------------5-6-8------------| |----------------------4-5-7-------------------| |---------------3-5-7--------------------------| |-------3-5-7----------------------------------| |3-5-7-----------------------------------------| Again, if i am way off here, please let me know Thanks alot for any help, Josh
Poparad Posted September 2, 2004 Posted September 2, 2004 Those are both correct. You're merely playing the same scale on a different location of the neck. Knowing a scale in multiple locations allows you to have greater range for melodies or soloing. Also, if fingering for a lick in one position isn't comfortable, you can try it in another. Ideally, you want to be able to play any scale, anywhere on the neck. Using the 3-per-string pattern you have, there is a total of 7 different positions to choose from.
Members faded Posted September 2, 2004 Author Members Posted September 2, 2004 Originally posted by Poparad Those are both correct.You're merely playing the same scale on a different location of the neck. Knowing a scale in multiple locations allows you to have greater range for melodies or soloing. Also, if fingering for a lick in one position isn't comfortable, you can try it in another.Ideally, you want to be able to play any scale, anywhere on the neck. Using the 3-per-string pattern you have, there is a total of 7 different positions to choose from. thank you lol... i ended up having to write out a bunch of stuff in a notebook so i could understand it all... and just for fun i wanted to write out some of the C major scales, like say, have C major, then D dorian,...basically (from what ive read today) the same scale, but different starting points on the neck, and i didnt know how to write them out, but thanks... im probably gonna write them out all both ways and memorize them both. --Josh
Poparad Posted September 2, 2004 Posted September 2, 2004 Originally posted by faded C major, then D dorian,...basically (from what ive read today) the same scale, but different starting points on the neck This is a common misconception. If you play C major starting anywhere on the neck, starting on any note and ending on any note, it is still C major. You can play any scale or mode in any position on the neck; each position has exactly the same notes, so it makes no difference. What makes a mode a mode is the chord that it is being used with. A mode is nothing with harmonic context. Just by itself, there is nothing keeping D dorian from sounding like C major. I would go ahead and write out and learn the major scale in 7 positions. You already have two of them written out from your first post, so there are just 5 more positions. For all intents and purposes, all 7 positions are C major. Each position is merely a different spot on the fretboard, but all the same scale.
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