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Dear Friends, I have been reviewing the Major Scale pattern for any Key Note. So I have found that for some Key note the Major Scale patter contain 17 notes but for other the Major Scale patter contain 18 notes. Why is the reason of that? To illustrate the above you have the following examples: F Major Scale on Fret ONE: The patter is: String 6 : F, G, A (3 Notes) String 5 : A#, C, D (3 Notes) String 4 : E, F, G (3 Notes) String 3 : A,A# (2 Notes) String 2 : C, D, E (3 Notes) String 1 : F, G, A, A# (4 Notes) As you can see the total is 18 Notes. Now, let us check two more scales (F# and B) both contain 17 notes….! F# Major Scale on Fret ONE: The patter is: String 6 : F, F#, G# (3 Notes) String 5 : A#, B,C# (3 Notes) String 4 : D#, F,F# (3 Notes) String 3 : G#, A#, B (3 Notes) String 2 : C#, D# (2 Notes) String 1 : F, F#, G# (3 Notes) B Major Scale on Fret ONE: The patter is: String 6 : F#,G# (2 Notes) String 5 : A#,B,C# (3 Notes) String 4 : D#, E,F# (3 Notes) String 3 : G#, A#, B (3 Notes) String 2 : C#, D#, E (3 Notes) String 1 : F#, G#, A# (3 Notes) Any of you could explain to me why is the reason for that….! Sorry for the long explanation, Regards, Vicente |
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Hey Vincente, I'll try to put this as simply as possible. The Major scale technically only has 7 notes, BUT what your talking about (I believe) is octaves(Repitition of the exact same note only Higher or Lower by a couple strings). To put it quite frankly, In terms of theory.... I doesn't matter even a tiny little bit. All that matters is that the notes you play, regardless of the octave, is in whatever key your playing in. lets take the first scale you posted, F Major. At the end of the scale, why not add another C,(2 frets higher) and then D (two frets after the C) after you've gotten to the Highest string. You'll not leave the scale, you'll just go higher in the scale you already have. It confused me when I was learning, but once you have the major scale down it'll open the world up in a sense. the reason people may write the scale in a different shape though is because people may want to approach the note from another angle. Making them easier to get to for speed, or harder to get to, to increase their skill level. -James Leon XX studios |
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Hey Vincente, I'll try to put this as simply as possible. The Major scale technically only has 7 notes, BUT what your talking about (I believe) is octaves(Repitition of the exact same note only Higher or Lower by a couple strings). To put it quite frankly, In terms of theory.... I doesn't matter even a tiny little bit. All that matters is that the notes you play, regardless of the octave, is in whatever key your playing in. lets take the first scale you posted, F Major. At the end of the scale, why not add another C,(2 frets higher) and then D (two frets after the C) after you've gotten to the Highest string. You'll not leave the scale, you'll just go higher in the scale you already have. It confused me when I was learning, but once you have the major scale down it'll open the world up in a sense. the reason people may write the scale in a different shape though is because people may want to approach the note from another angle. Making them easier to get to for speed, or harder to get to, to increase their skill level. -James Leon XX studios |