Help identifying this scale?

[slybass3000]

Very nice! I know whatever you come up with will be solid and helpful to learners. Congratulations.

Thank you very much Richard,

Sly

 

[JimmyM]

Time to back to Finale ;-)

Try to avoid leaving words out in the final drafts of your books. And congratulations!

 

[Gawd]

Sometimes when working with guitarists who can't read, tabs are the only option. If they are needed I find it nice to have some sort of time metre with them, so the rhythm is atleast understandable. But note duration among other things is still a problem.

For example.

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
D|--------------------------------|------------------4--------------||
A|------------7-------------------|----3---2-----------------------||
E|0-------x-x-----x-x-5---3---5---|x-x---------5---3---3---5---2---||
  1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .  1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .

On top of that, it's also a pain to write out, just those two bars took me several minutes. Although it's simpler on sites such as UG where the text editor is meant for tab. on a forum it is a pain to get all the lines and numbers to align properly. Though learning notation may seem like a daunting task to tab users at first, once you have a basic understanding of it, it is much easier to interpret and to write than tab.

 

[slybass3000]

Try to avoid leaving words out in the final drafts of your books. And congratulations!

Thank you Jimmy.
I don't understand the meaning of your sentence tough. Can you explain?
My books will be bilingual and I won't do the tanslation lol.

Sly

 

[itswac]

That is a drill called Sequences. This one in particular is a "3 note sequence in G Major". Don't worry about whether or not tabs are respectable or not. The end goal is to understand what you're playing. You'll be able to gain a lot more from anything if you take some time to explore the fundamental lesson behind it. If tabs are what help you get there the quickest? Great.

You are climbing up a G Major Scale by playing three notes in sequence and then returning to the first note before moving on. Think of it like this:

1-2-3-1 (G-A-B-G)
2-3-4-2 (A-B-C-A)
3-4-5-3 (B-C-D-B)
4-5-6-4 (C-D-E-C)
5-6-7-5 (D-E-F#-D)
6-7-8-6 (E-F#-G-E)

and end it with:

7-8-9-7-8 (F#-G-A-F#-G)


Then rinse and repeat!


Assign one finger per fret and shift when you get to the octave, the higher G (5th fret D-string) so that your first finger is on the 4th fret, you second on the 5th and your pinky on the 7th.

After drilling that for a while, see what happens when you alter things. What does it feel like to play it backwards? What does it feel like to play one backwards and then the other forwards? How about that in reverse? What does it feel like to do a 4 note sequence? What about different scales?

This drill is awesome for improving finger strength and dexterity while also hammering in a scale up and down the fret board. Be excited that you're working on it!

 

[JimmyM]

Thank you Jimmy.
I don't understand the meaning of your sentence tough. Can you explain?
My books will be bilingual and I won't do the tanslation lol.

Sly

I was just goofin' because you said "Time to back to Finale!" when you probably meant "Time to GET back to Finale!" But that is a great thing to be asked to contribute to the state of music education, even if you do leave a word out occasionally

 

[Mr wiggl3s]

That is a drill called Sequences. This one in particular is a "3 note sequence in G Major". Don't worry about whether or not tabs are respectable or not. The end goal is to understand what you're playing. You'll be able to gain a lot more from anything if you take some time to explore the fundamental lesson behind it. If tabs are what help you get there the quickest? Great.

You are climbing up a G Major Scale by playing three notes in sequence and then returning to the first note before moving on. Think of it like this:

1-2-3-1 (G-A-B-G)
2-3-4-2 (A-B-C-A)
3-4-5-3 (B-C-D-B)
4-5-6-4 (C-D-E-C)
5-6-7-5 (D-E-F#-D)
6-7-8-6 (E-F#-G-E)

and end it with:

7-8-9-7-8 (F#-G-A-F#-G)


Then rinse and repeat!


Assign one finger per fret and shift when you get to the octave, the higher G (5th fret D-string) so that your first finger is on the 4th fret, you second on the 5th and your pinky on the 7th.

After drilling that for a while, see what happens when you alter things. What does it feel like to play it backwards? What does it feel like to play one backwards and then the other forwards? How about that in reverse? What does it feel like to do a 4 note sequence? What about different scales?

This drill is awesome for improving finger strength and dexterity while also hammering in a scale up and down the fret board. Be excited that you're working on it!

Man. This makes me miss taking lessons I'm looking for a job now, hopefully i'll be able to get back Thanks for the good info sir.

 

[slybass3000]

I was just goofin' because you said "Time to back to Finale!" when you probably meant "Time to GET back to Finale!" But that is a great thing to be asked to contribute to the state of music education, even if you do leave a word out occasionally

Ah OK That's funny LOL

Thanks for noting it !

Sly