8,720
edits
Changes
m
<div class="item-wrap">{{top}}<div class="trail blue"><span class="text">[[B Diminished|B dim]]</span><span class="text">[[Other Open String Chords{{Intermediate Lesson Crumbs|Open Chords]]</span><span class="text">[[Music Theory - Minor Keys|Minor Keys]]</span><span class="text">[[Harmonic Minor and Augmented Chords|Harmonic Min]]</span><span class="text">[[Barre Chords|Barre Chords]]</span><span class="text">[[Suspended Chords|Sus Chords]]</span><span class="text">[[Applying Rhythm to Chords|Rhythm]]</span><span class="text">[[Circle of Fifths|Circle of 5ths]]</span><span class="text">[[G Major and E Minor|G Maj and E Min]]</span><span class="text">[[5th Position|5th Pos]]</span><span class="text current">[[Scales for all Positions|All Pos]]</span><span class="text">[[CAGED]]</span><span class="text">[[7th Chords]]</span></div></div>11}}
no edit summary
The tonic note patterns above are 2 of the actual scale patterns, but you shouldn't think of them like that. They are simply constructed by mapping all the root notes from the prior pattern. So what if our tonic note occurs in one of the unmarked fret locations above? For example, what if the tonic note was located on 6th string, 4th fret (relative to the shape, not absolute to the fretboard), between the "4" and "5" above? That simply means you are basically in no man's land, between two possible positions that will make sense. If you try to use pattern #5, there are two notes below the tonic, each separated by whole steps. This means the 6th string has a w-w pattern, requiring 5 frets to cover all 3 notes. If you position your tonic as the 4th fret in your pattern box instead of the 5th fret, you cannot reach the note 2 notes below the tonic without shifting position 1 fret. Similarly, if you used pattern 4, you'd notice you can't play the note above the tonic on the 6th string without getting outside the pattern box.
{{top}}
== Key Layouts on Fretboard ==
The only change here from G Major to E Minor is to reposition the roots. All the notes are the same. Notice with the minor roots, our method of determining which pattern is a bit different. Before we looked at the location of the tonic note in reference to the lowest notes for the position. We can do the same thing here, but we have to add 2 to get the major root. For example, in open position, the low E is the lowest or first note of the pattern. Add 2 to get the #3 pattern, which corresponds to the major root, G, as the 3rd lowest note in the pattern.
{{top}}
== Whole-Half Patterns ==
|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 h-w
{{top}}
== 3 Notes Per String ==
* The picking pattern is consistent ascending or descending through all the strings. One string is (d u d), the next is (u d u), and this repeats for the next 4 strings.
* The left-hand knows each string has ''w-w'', ''w-h'', or ''h-w'' patterns, not any of the 2 note ''w'' or ''h'' patterns which can be more confusing.
{{top}}
== Ultimate Goals ==
=== Supreme Ultimate Goal ===
Complete ability to play the guitar in any key in any position required or desired at a moment's notice. Ability to play melodies, improvise, play chords, arpeggios, licks, scales, and intervals in any position or on any set of strings in any available octave.
{{top}}
== Homework ==
* [[Solo'ing]]
[[Category:Guitar]]