Scales for all Positions - Revision history

Meambobbo at 01:40, 12 June 2015

2015-06-12T01:40:57Z

Meambobbo: /* Scale Maps */

2015-03-21T01:50:49Z

‎Scale Maps

Meambobbo: /* Scale Maps */

2015-03-21T01:49:36Z

‎Scale Maps

Meambobbo: /* Scale Maps */

2015-03-21T01:47:35Z

‎Scale Maps

Meambobbo: /* Scale Maps */

2015-03-21T01:47:05Z

‎Scale Maps

Meambobbo: /* Whole-Half Patterns */

2015-03-20T19:28:43Z

‎Whole-Half Patterns

Meambobbo: /* Whole-Half Patterns */

2015-03-20T19:06:41Z

‎Whole-Half Patterns

Meambobbo: /* Whole-Half Patterns */

2015-03-20T18:48:46Z

‎Whole-Half Patterns

Meambobbo: /* Whole-Half Patterns */

2015-03-20T18:47:48Z

‎Whole-Half Patterns

Meambobbo at 18:45, 20 March 2015

2015-03-20T18:45:43Z

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 {{Top-Level Crumbs|1}}
+{{Lesson Crumbs|2}}
 {{Intermediate Lesson Crumbs|11}}

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 ! !! Tonic Notes<br>Major = M<br>Minor = m !! All Notes<br>for Pos. !! Major<br>Tonic !! Minor<br>Tonic !! Fingering<br>for Pos. !! Whole/<br>Half<br>Patterns
 |-
-! #1
+! 1
+|
 <pre>
@@ Line 77: / Line 77: @@
   w-w-(h)
 |-
-! #2
+! 2
+|
 <pre>
@@ Line 131: / Line 131: @@
   h-w-(w)
 |-
-! #3
+! 3
+|
 <pre>
@@ Line 185: / Line 185: @@
   w-h-(w)
 |-
-! #4
+! 4
+|
 <pre>
@@ Line 239: / Line 239: @@
   w-w-(h)
 |-
-! #5
+! 5
+|
 <pre>
@@ Line 293: / Line 293: @@
   w-w-(w)
 |-
-! #6
+! 6
+|
 <pre>
@@ Line 347: / Line 347: @@
   h-w-(w)
 |-
-! #7
+! 7
+|
 <pre>

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 {|class="wikitable"
-! !! Tonic Notes<br>Major = M<br>Minor = m !! All Notes<br>for Pos. !! Major Tonic !! Minor Tonic !! Fingering<br>for Pos. !! Whole/<br>Half<br>Patterns
+! !! Tonic Notes<br>Major = M<br>Minor = m !! All Notes<br>for Pos. !! Major<br>Tonic !! Minor<br>Tonic !! Fingering<br>for Pos. !! Whole/<br>Half<br>Patterns
 |-
 ! #1

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 {|class="wikitable"
-! !! Tonic Notes<br>Major = M<br>Minor = m !! All Notes<br>for Pos. !! Major Tonic !! Minor Tonic !! Fingering<br>for Pos. !! Whole/Half<br>Patterns
+! !! Tonic Notes<br>Major = M<br>Minor = m !! All Notes<br>for Pos. !! Major Tonic !! Minor Tonic !! Fingering<br>for Pos. !! Whole/<br>Half<br>Patterns
 |-
 ! #1

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 </pre>
+|
-  E w-w
+  w-w
-  B w  -(h)
+  w  -(h)
-  G h-w-(w)
+  h-w-(w)
-  D h-w-(w)
+  h-w-(w)
-  A w-w-(w)
+  w-w-(w)
-  E w-w-(h)
+  w-w-(h)
 |-
 ! #2
@@ Line 124: / Line 124: @@
 </pre>
+|
-  E h-w
+  h-w
-  B w  -(w)
+  w  -(w)
-  G w-h-(w)
+  w-h-(w)
-  D w-h-(w)
+  w-h-(w)
-  A h-w-(w)
+  h-w-(w)
-  E h-w-(w)
+  h-w-(w)
 |-
 ! #3
@@ Line 178: / Line 178: @@
 </pre>
+|
-  E w-h
+  w-h
-  B h-w-(w)
+  h-w-(w)
-  G w  -(w)
+  w  -(w)
-  D w-w-(h)
+  w-w-(h)
-  A w-h-(w)
+  w-h-(w)
-  E w-h-(w)
+  w-h-(w)
 |-
 ! #4
@@ Line 232: / Line 232: @@
 </pre>
+|
-  E w-w
+  w-w
-  B h  -(w)
+  h  -(w)
-  G h-w-(w)
+  h-w-(w)
-  D w-w-(w)
+  w-w-(w)
-  A w-w-(h)
+  w-w-(h)
-  E w-w-(h)
+  w-w-(h)
 |-
 ! #5
@@ Line 286: / Line 286: @@
 </pre>
+|
-  E w-w
+  w-w
-  B w-w-(h)
+  w-w-(h)
-  G w  -(h)
+  w  -(h)
-  D h-w-(w)
+  h-w-(w)
-  A h-w-(w)
+  h-w-(w)
-  E w-w-(w)
+  w-w-(w)
 |-
 ! #6
@@ Line 340: / Line 340: @@
 </pre>
+|
-  E h-w
+  h-w
-  B h-w-(w)
+  h-w-(w)
-  G w  -(w)
+  w  -(w)
-  D w-h-(w)
+  w-h-(w)
-  A w-h-(w)
+  w-h-(w)
-  E h-w-(w)
+  h-w-(w)
 |-
 ! #7
@@ Line 394: / Line 394: @@
 </pre>
+|
-  E w-h
+  w-h
-  B w-h-(w)
+  w-h-(w)
-  G w  -(w)
+  w  -(w)
-  D w-w-(h)
+  w-w-(h)
-  A w-w-(h)
+  w-w-(h)
-  E w-h-(w)
+  w-h-(w)
 |}
 :::<small>''* usually unplayed double notes''</small>

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   |-|o|-|  implies  |o|o|-|o|  or  |o|-|o|o|-|
-  |o|o|             |o|o|-|o|
+  |o|o|             |o|o|-|o|      |o|-|o|o|
-  |o|-|    implies  |o|x|-|o|  or  |
+  |o|-|    implies  |o|x|-|o|  or  |o|-|o|x|
-This breaks down to the following rules.
+'''This breaks down to the following rules.'''
 * Anytime a note lacks a P4 above it, we know the A4 above it is the leading tone.
 * Anytime we see 3 consecutive whole steps, we know the last of those notes is the leading tone.

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 Notice we end at the same exact shape we started with, and lo and behold the notes are exactly the same - although the strings are lower than the original 3 by one half step, we are playing 1 fret position higher now.  From here, if we continue the scale, we will simply repeat the same set of patterns.
-This is powerful stuff.  Each w-h pattern occurs in at least pairs of adjacent strings.  If we know the 3 notes in our key on a single string, we know the string either above or below will have the same pattern.  '''Ascending, we know that the w-h patterns go in this order: 3 w-w, 2 h-w, 2 w-h, then repeat.'''  When we change from w-w to h-w, we shift our index finger placement upwards 1 fret.
+This is powerful stuff.  Each w-h pattern occurs in at least pairs of adjacent strings.  If we know the 3 notes in our key on a single string, we know the string either above or below will have the same pattern.  ''Ascending, we know that the w-h patterns go in this order: 3 w-w, 2 h-w, 2 w-h, then repeat.''  When we change from w-w to h-w, we shift our index finger placement upwards 1 fret.
 If we know the patterns for 2 adjacent strings, in all but 2 cases, we can derive all the patterns.  For example, if we know this:
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 Notice that 2 strings gives us 6/7 notes in the scale.  But we can derive the entire scale from even less.  Consider some 4 note patterns:
-  |o|-|o|-|o|  w-w
+  |o|-|o|-|o|  w-w          |o|-|o|-|o|
-  |-|-|-|o|-|  must be either a w-w or w-h to be "under" a w-w; given note indicates must be w-h
+  |-|-|-|o|-|  must be w-h  |o|-|o|o|-|
-  |o|-|o|-|-|  could be w-w or w-h; w-w would require w-w or w-h underneath but string is h-w; so must be w-h
+  |o|-|o|-|-|  must be w-h  |o|-|o|x|
-  |-|o|-|o|-|  must be h-w
+ |-|o|-|o|-|  must be h-w  |o|o|-|o|
 {{top}}

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 F  |o|-|o|-|o| F-G-A
 C  |x|-|o|-|o| C-D-E
 </pre>
+|
@@ Line 564: / Line 565: @@
 Bb |-|o|x|-|o| B-C-D
 F  |o|-|o|-|o| F-G-A
 </pre>
+|
@@ Line 570: / Line 572: @@
 Eb |o|o|-|o|-| E-F-G
 Bb |o|x|-|o|-| B-C-D
 </pre>
+|
@@ Line 576: / Line 579: @@
 Ab |o|-|o|x|-| A-B-C
 Eb |o|o|-|o|-| E-F-G
 </pre>
 |-
@@ Line 583: / Line 587: @@
 Db |o|-|o|o|-| D-E-F
 Ab |o|-|o|x|-| A-B-C
 </pre>
+|
@@ Line 589: / Line 594: @@
 Gb |o|-|o|-|o| G-A-B
 Db |o|-|o|o|-| D-E-F
 </pre>
+|
@@ Line 595: / Line 601: @@
 Cb |x|-|o|-|o| C-D-E
 Gb |o|-|o|-|o| G-A-B
 </pre>
+|
@@ Line 601: / Line 608: @@
 Fb |o|-|o|-|o| F-G-A
 Cb |x|-|o|-|o| C-D-E
 </pre>
 |}

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 == Scale Maps ==
 The Major and Natural Minor Scales can easily be reduced to '''7 different finger patterns''', that correspond to the player's position on the fretboard.  The 7 positions are based on the ''position of the tonic note''.
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 == Key Layouts on Fretboard ==
 === C Major Layout on Fretboard ===
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 == Whole-Half Patterns ==
 In the initial table, the last row contained the whole-half patterns for each string for each position.  I listed this because there are a few interesting occurrences here that can help us develop some shortcuts to remember the patterns.
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 == 3 Notes Per String ==
 {|class="wikitable"
 ! !! Tonic Notes<br>Major = M<br>Minor = m !! All Notes<br>for Pos. !! Fingering<br>for Pos. !! Whole/Half<br>Patterns
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 == Ultimate Goals ==
 Play each pattern until it becomes like 2nd nature.  Remember that the major scale is built off the w-w-h-w-w-w-h pattern, and the natural minor uses the same pattern but with a different starting note (w-h-w-w-h-w-w).  As you play each pattern, you'll really start to feel the whole and half steps as well as hear where the tonic note is.  You'll be able to tell if you confused something and threw in an extra note, or shifted a note a half-step in either direction.  You'll get a feel for the "gravity" of the tonic note.