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Notes on the ‘D’ string
This article deals with the notes on the guitar and not why you should learn them. Why learn notes on the guitar?
Notes on the ‘D’ string: Highlighted in Red
Sharp notes on the ‘D’ string.
Flat notes on the ‘D’ string.
D# = Eb
F# = Gb
G# = Ab
A# = Bb
C# = Db
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Notes on the bottom ‘E’ string
Notes on the bottom ‘A’ string
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D Minor Arpeggio
As I’ve previously stated Arpeggios are excellent exercises for both fingers and mind.
When playing them on guitar they break up the tendency to play scalic patterns.
Also there are techniques involved that can push your playing further.
You can either do alternative picking or sweep picking:
V = Down Stroke
X = Up Stroke
Alternative picking: V X V X V X V X etc
Using the example below – PLAYED FORWARDS AND BACKWARDS – the last note ‘9′th fret played only once.
Sweep picking: V X V V V X V X X X V
The above arpeggio goes D F A D F A
If you know your chord spellings you’ll recognise that these are the notes from the D Minor Chord.
That is how an arpeggio works, it’s basically playing the notes of the chord seperately.
Here’s another version, the notes follow the same sequence as above.
Using the example below – PLAYED FORWARDS AND BACKWARDS – the last note ‘12′th fret played only once.
Sweep picking: V X V V V X V X X X V
Major Scale Patterns part 2
Following on from my previous article Major Scale Patterns Part 1 I’m going to show you three other Major scale patterns. It is recommended that you read that article first.
The first of these patterns is an alternative to the previous articles ‘E’ string based pattern.
The suggested fingers for this pattern are: 1st, 2nd , 3rd and 4th
‘R’ = root note
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By starting the above Major scale pattern at the 3rd Fret gives us the ‘G Major’ scale.
Tabulature of this would be:
The two other patterns I’m going to show you start on the ‘A’ string.
In the above pattern:
The suggested fingers for this pattern are: 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th
In the pattern below:
The suggested fingers for this pattern are: 1st, 2nd , 3rd and 4th
By starting either pattern at the 3rd fret you will be playing the ‘C Major‘ scale.
Try:
Above pattern played at 3rd fret shown below in TAB
Above pattern played at 3rd fret shown below in TAB:
As previously stated in Major Scale Patterns Part 1 these patterns are movable.
By learning the notes of the guitar and being aware of the ‘R’ root note you can learn all your scales easily and without Tabulature or TAB.
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Major Scale Patterns part 1
Learning scales without Tabulature can be a quicker way to get to grips with the guitar.
It will involve patterns and of course learning the notes on the strings.
These patterns are useful because they are movable in the same way that a barre chord is movable.
If you’ve already looked at TABS of scales you may be aware of common patterns.
Below is a common scale pattern,
1 octave major scale pattern.
By playing the above pattern (starting note = red circle with ‘R‘) on the 5th fret you will be playing the ‘A Major’ scale
Below is the TAB(tabulature) version – they should be exactly the same.
If they’re not then you’ve misunderstood.
1 Octave A Major Scale.
The nice thing about patterns like the one above they make you think more and learn the notes rather than rely on tabs.
Let’s look at playing the scale,
The Red circle with the ‘R‘ is the root note – the red circles are fretted by the 2nd finger.
You should be starting this pattern with the 2nd finger on the 5th fret to achieve the ‘A Major’ scale
The Green circles are your 1st finger.
The Yellow circle is your 3rd finger.
The Blue circle is played by your 4th finger.
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By playing the pattern above starting at different frets gives us different major scales.
3rd fret = G Major Scale
5th fret = A Major Scale
7th fret = B Major Scale
8th fret = C Major Scale
10th fret = D Major Scale
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It would be good practice to learn other patterns as well as these and I will cover those in future articles.
Also a good working knowledge of the guitar strings and their notes will be imperative to you taking this further.
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