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Scales and Arpeggios

Nick Granville
BeginnerAny styleScales 2 lessons3m

In this lesson, I cover a simple way to play the major scale across the whole guitar neck; using 5 main shapes as the basis. There are alternative shapes (which I will explain at a later date), but these shapes provided are the simplest to use and leave no holes in the guitar neck. I've shown them in the key of G, but I'd urge anyone checking this out to practice these in all keys.  NOTE: These are not modes. The same shapes can be used as modes but in this instance they are all in the key of G and contain the notes G, A, B, C, D, E, F#.

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  1. 1 1:35 Lesson · 2m Major Scales Simplified In this lesson, I cover a simple way to play the major scale across the whole guitar neck; using 5 main shapes as the basis. There are alternative shapes (which I will explain at a later date), but these... Tab Guitar Pro
  2. 2 1:41 Lesson · 2m Arpeggios - Major, Dominant, and Minor 7th's Now we're going to cover the core arpeggios for Major 7th, Minor 7th and Dominant 7th and also 2 octave shapes. Arpeggios spell chord changes, so if you know these you can pretty much play the changes to any... Tab Guitar Pro

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