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Musical_Magic  
30 May 2008 16:55 | Quote
Joined: 29 May 2008
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Karma
Ok, i've been practicing, like told on the finger thing, and i've been thinking on trying some scales, but i cant understand the diagram that shows the scales on this site, is there any easy scales that are in a simpler diagram that i can look at?
BodomBeachTerror  
30 May 2008 17:04 | Quote
Joined: 27 May 2008
Canada
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thats the way i learned, thats the easiest, what scales were you learning? pentatonic are the ones to start with
EMB5490  
30 May 2008 17:27 | Quote
Joined: 10 Feb 2008
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as bbt said, pentatonic, major, minor are the nessecary scales, most scales just base off from those, mixidonian is from major, corian is from pentatonic, most all 70s and 80s stuff is useing pentatonics. u basicly wana know this. take a 'c' penatonic. the normal, or first penatonic shape to learn is this:

e--8-5---------------------
b------8-5-----------------
g----------7-5-------------
d--------------7-5---------
a------------------7-5-----
e----------------------8-5-

thers like 5 or so shapes, thts the most commen. u can base huge solos of one penatonic. stairway to heaven, c pentatonics.
AcGrimm  
7 Jan 2009 06:16 | Quote
Joined: 06 Jan 2009
South Africa
Karma
I totally agree with EMB5490 though I only know the basic Ionian or Major shape starting with the root note.

Here is how I learnt the basic Ionian shape of C.

E -14-|-15-|----|----|-
B -----|-12-|----|-13-|-
G --9-|----|-10-|-11-|-
D --6-|----|--7-|--8-|-
A --3-|--4-|----|--5-|-
E -----|--1-|----|--2-|-
----7----8----9----10---- fret no

The nomal tab:

e--------------------------------7-8-
b---------------------------8-10-----
g--------------------7-9-10----------
d-------------7-9-10-----------------
a------7-8-10------------------------
e-8-10-------------------------------

and my version of EMB5490's (above):

E --2-|----|----|--1-|-
B --4-|----|----|--3-|-
G --6-|----|--5-|----|-
D --8-|----|--7-|----|-
A -10-|----|--9-|----|-
E -12-|----|----|-11-|-
----5----6----7----8---- fret no


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