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I use the scale charts to find places to play licks. To see music on a standard E-9th guitar, I made scale charts by hand that resemble that one below. This shows a C scale on a 12 by 10 graph. Frets 1-12 and strings 1-10 are represented. You could use a chart that matches your tuning, but to see how to get the information from these charts, we'll concentrate on the "oh so popular" E-9th. |
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There are more places to play a major scale and to fully utilize the chart you should search for more. Now you can see the key of C at any fret on your guitar. The key is to memorize patterns and then connect the musical blocks with pedal moves and slides. The more you find yourself behind your guitar looking at these charts, the more you'll be seeing on the fretboard. This pattern of the major scale can be used in many ways. Did you know that the E phrygian scale is a C scale? Did you know that a D dorian scale is a C scale? Once you see the patterns on your guitar it is time
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