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staying in the same key
can anybody tell me how to know if you are staying in the same key while playing up and down the neck. there are so many different patterns and I understand that the note you start on is the key you are playing in but when going to a minor key I’ve been taught that it’s three frets towards the body say from A (fifth fret of the low E string) to play in a minor. then Tony used a pattern that started on the third fret of the low E string and called it a minor so I’m just a little confused and looking for some insight. Thanks, Dennis
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You are basically playing scales. Once you know the notes in a given scale you can play those notes anywhere they reside on the fretboard. The C major scale is the most straightforward as there are only whole notes (no sharps or flats). It goes C D E F G A B. So any whole note on the fretboard is part of the C major scale.
For other keys you just play the scale corresponding to that key and any note in that scale would work for that key.
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ok got it, I’ll practice and focus on that today. thanks for the reply.
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You can hear a key change. It is like the whole floor (or root note) moves. One rarely changes the key and when you do you move into a different scale. The major key/scale will be the following intervals- WWhWWWh (Whole step [2 steps]=W, half step [1fret)=h), the minor key/scale will be WhWWhWW. I hope I understand the question and this helps.
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