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Fender Players Club: Introduction To Scales

Scales are a series of notes, organized sequentially, beginning and ending on a given tonic, or root. A scale formula shows the degrees of a given scale as they relate to the degrees of major scale. The step pattern for the major scale is W W H W W H.

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Fender Players Club: Introduction To Scales

Scales are a series of notes, organized sequentially, beginning and ending on a given tonic, or root. A scale formula shows the degrees of a given scale as they relate to the degrees of major scale. The step pattern for the major scale is W W H W W H.

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FENDER PLAYERS CLUB THE MAJOR SCALE

From the book:

SCALES
by Joe Charupakorn #HL 2500121. Book $14.95 (US). Read more...

Introduction to Scales
Basic Scale Theory
Scales
A scale is a series of notes, organized sequentially, beginning and ending on a given tonic, or root. From the initial tonic, any combination of steps can be added until the tonic is reached again, thus forming a scale. The twelve notes used in Western music form what is known as the chromatic scale. From these twelve notes, we can create other scales using step patterns, by dividing the octave into combinations of half steps (H), our smallest interval, and whole steps (W), which are equivalent to two half steps. The step pattern for the major scale is W W H W W W H. Another approach to creating scales is to use scale formulas. A scale formula shows the degrees of a given scale as they relate to the degrees of a major scale. This approach provides an accurate account of the function of each note in the scale and is essential in styles such as jazz, where knowledge of the relationship of each note to the given harmony (as chords are derived from scales) is necessary. Major scale formula C major Natural minor scale formula C natural minor 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 C D E F G A B C 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 8 C D Eb F G Ab Bb C

Ionian (Major)
Scale Tones

One-Octave Fingerings
1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 4 1 1 2 3 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 1 2 2 3 4 4 4 1 2 1 2 3 3 4 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 4 1 2 2 2 4 4 1 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 4 1 1 2 3 3 4 4

Two-Octave Fingerings
1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 1 1 4 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 4 4

Three-Octave Fingerings
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 4 2 4 4 1 2 4 2 4 3 4 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 1 1 3 3 4 3 4 1 2 3 4 4 1 1 4 1 3 4 3 4

Position-Based Fingerings, Starting on all Scale Degrees


1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 4

1 2 1 1 1 1

3 2 2 3 3

4 4 4 4 4 4

1 1 1 1 1

2 2 3 3 2 2

4 4 4 4 4 4

Three-Notes-Per-String Fingerings, Starting on all Scale Degrees


1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 2 2 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 4 1 2 2 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 3 2 3 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 4 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 4 4

Four-Notes-Per-String Fingerings
1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 3 2 4 3 2 3 4 1 2 4 1 3 1 2 4 2 3 3 4 4 2 3 3 4 2 3 4 1 2 4 1 2 2 3 3 4 1 2 3 4 2 3 4 1 3 4 1 2 4 2 3 3 4 4

1 1 2

2 3 4

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