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Figure 2 illustrates a full C major scale in open position. Each position contains a little more than 2 octaves of scale notes; however, depending on the position and scale, only one of those scales may have continuous notes from the root note to its octave. Figure 3 contains all the possible C major notes in open position.
fig. 2 6
e-------------------------
b--------------------0--1-
c d e f g a b c
fig. 3 7
e-------------------------------------------0--1--3--
b----------------------------------0--1--3-----------
e f g a b c d e f g a b c d e f g
Figures 4 8 and 5 9 below represent the same notes as Figures 2 6 and 3 7 above; however, they use a scale map instead of tab. Notice how the scale map uses the horizontal axis for fret numbers while tab uses it to represent time.
fig. 48
|-|-|-|-|-|
|x|R|-|-|-|
0 1 2 3 4
fig. 59
|x|x|-|x|-|
|x|R|-|x|-|
Knowing all the notes in the C major scale in open position isn't necessarily going to happen in a single lesson, and you shouldn't dwell on this information trying to take it all in yet. The focus here should be on visualizing the scale and playing it using the references above.
==Homework: ==Play through all the examples on this page, slowly, without worrying about keeping time yet. Familiarize yourself with the concept of position. Play the C scale in open position ascending (fig. 26) and descending (I leave it to you to figure it out). Go slowly. You are going to make mistakes - that's ok. It will be difficult to pick the correct strings. Try playing all 6 strings (fig. 37). Familiarize yourself with reading tab and scale maps.