Komakino
09-03-2001, 06:09 PM
I was reading in Bass Player an article called "interval insights: 5ths" all about 5ths (surprisingly) and it went on to say how the root and fifth are situated 1 - 4 on the fretboard, but on adjacent strings. Now I'm probably being thick or missing something remarkably obvious, but in a major scale aren't the root and fifth at 1 - 3 on adjacent strings?
I thought the major scale was:
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------------4-6-7-
------4-5-7-------
--5-7-------------
using A major as an example?
Out of curiousity, why was this moved from DB to BG? It was in the DB section of bass player that I read this, though I guess it makes no difference to the answer.
Phil Smith
09-03-2001, 07:26 PM
Originally posted by yottskry
I was reading in Bass Player an article called "interval insights: 5ths" all about 5ths (surprisingly) and it went on to say how the root and fifth are situated 1 - 4 on the fretboard, but on adjacent strings. Now I'm probably being thick or missing something remarkably obvious, but in a major scale aren't the root and fifth at 1 - 3 on adjacent strings?
I thought the major scale was:
------------------
------------4-6-7-
------4-5-7-------
--5-7-------------
using A major as an example?
Out of curiousity, why was this moved from DB to BG? It was in the DB section of bass player that I read this, though I guess it makes no difference to the answer.
I think they may have been referring to fingerings, i.e. 1st finger and 4th finger. Additionally the were probably referring to a 124 fingering method as opposed to the 1 finger per fret method.
Chris Fitzgerald
09-03-2001, 09:46 PM
Originally posted by Phil Smith
I think they may have been referring to fingerings, i.e. 1st finger and 4th finger. Additionally the were probably referring to a 124 fingering method as opposed to the 1 finger per fret method.
BINGO.
Komakino
09-04-2001, 06:22 AM
Oh I see, so I'm not going mad then?! So the scale does go like I thought it did?
Phil Smith
09-04-2001, 09:29 AM
Yes that's one fret board "shape" to play an A major scale. Here's four more:
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-0-2-4-6-7--------
-0-2-4-------------
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-1-2--------------
-0-2-4------------
-0-2-4------------
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-2-4-6-7-9-11-13-14-----
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-0-2-4-5-7-9-11-12----
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Komakino
09-04-2001, 05:17 PM
Oh I was aware there are others, I was just using that one as an example. Thanks though!