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Tabbing out the major scales

Discussion in 'Technique [BG]' started by progrmr, Jul 20, 2009.

  1. Jul 20, 2009 #1
    progrmr

    progrmr

    Sep 3, 2008
    Columbus, Ohio
    Question about tabbing out the scales -

    Say I'm doing A Major and I want to tab it out. I did and it looked like this:

    G|--------------------1--2------
    D|-----------0--2--4------------
    A|--0--2--4---------------------
    E|------------------------------

    I wanted to check my work, so I looked it up online and found this tab:

    G|------------------------------
    D|------------------4--6--7-----
    A|--------4--5--7---------------
    E|--5--7------------------------

    Are both of these valid? If not why is one more "correct" than the other?
     
  2. Jul 20, 2009 #2
    BananaKing

    BananaKing

    May 15, 2008
    Vancouver, B.C.
    One is in first position and one is in 5th position.

    Both are correct, just different fingering.
     
  3. Jul 20, 2009 #3
    progrmr

    progrmr

    Sep 3, 2008
    Columbus, Ohio
    gotcha - thx!
     
  4. Jul 20, 2009 #4
    Haruni

    Haruni

    Jul 6, 2009
    Yeap, both correct positions. It is very helpful to learn the others too.
     
  5. Jul 22, 2009 #5
    EricF

    EricF Habitual User

    Sep 26, 2005
    Pasadena, CA
    The A Major scale is: A-B-C#-D-E-F#-G#

    It doesn't matter where on the neck you start or finish.
     
  6. Jul 22, 2009 #6
    Rudreax

    Rudreax

    Jun 14, 2008
    New York, NY
    +1. You could play the entire scale on one string and still play it "correctly".
     
  7. Jul 22, 2009 #7
    Hookus

    Hookus

    Oct 2, 2005
    Austin, TX
    I would recommend the Bass Grimoire if you are learning scales, it gives you all scales in different positions and modes, and links what scale/mode for different chord structures.
     
  8. Jul 22, 2009 #8
    progrmr

    progrmr

    Sep 3, 2008
    Columbus, Ohio