[Bill_Brown]

Hi @jdwpdx47 , I just wanted to add that, like @JohnV mentioned, there are other major scale patterns (that are movable) on the fretboard. I’ll use JohnV’s template of string# and fret# to explain one that I’ve learned:

Major scale in the key of G

6th string: 3-5-7 (G-A-B)

5th string: 3-5-7 (C-D-E)

4th string: 4-5-7 (F#-G[1st octave]-A)

3rd string: 4-5-7 (B-C-D)

2nd string: 5-7-8 (E-F#-G[2nd octave]) You could stop here, or continue on to the 3rd octave.

1st string: 5-7-8-10-12-14-15 (A-B-C-D-E-F#-G)

This pattern is movable as well, the fret#’s and the notes will change but the string#s and spacing between frets will remain the same. So to play the major scale in the key of A, just move the above pattern up 2 frets – exactly the way it was done with the pattern that JohnV demonstrated💡 I only wish I was as computer savvy enough to show a fretboard visualization like JohnV (lol)😱

• This reply was modified 4 years, 11 months ago by  Bill_Brown.