Learning to play G Major Scale on 5 different positions on the Guitar Fret-board

Learning to play G Major Scale on 5 different positions on the Guitar Fret-board

This is a continuation of the previous lesson where I discussed how to play the F Major Scale on 6 different positions on the guitar fret board. This lesson is also the 4th part of the series “A Highly Effective Technique to Build and Practice Scales and Chords on your Guitar – Part 1”. In this lesson you will learn how to play the next Major Scale i.e. G Major Scale on 5 different positions. G Major Scale has only one sharp note, which is F#.

1st Position As the 1st position you will play the G Major Scale on a single string, i.e. the 6th string (E). This position starts on the 3rd fret of the 6th string (E) and ends on the 15th fret of the same string.

2nd Position

As the 2nd position, you can play the G Major Scale with open string notes (or also known as the open position) starting on the 3rd fret of 6th string (E), which is the standard position for playing this scale.

3rd Position As the 3rd position you can play this scale as a box shape starting on the 3rd fret of the 6th string (E) and ending on the 3rd fret of the 1st string (e).

4th Position In this position you will play the G Major Scale in a diagonal shape. In this position, the scale starts in the 3rd fret of the 6th string itself, but progresses in a diagonal manner and ends on the 12 fret of the 3rd string (G). When you play this scale shape, you will need to do 3 slides - while going up and coming down the scale. The slides from one note to the other are marked with black lines on the fret diagram and as a back slash on the Tab.

Slides While going up you will slide from G to A, D to E and A to B and while coming down the scale you will do the reverse that is, B to A, E to D and A to G.

5th Position The last position that you will learn in this chapter is on a higher octave, i.e. on the 9th fret position, which starts on the 9th fret of the 5th string (A) and ends on the 15 fret of the 1st string (e). You will need to do one slide in this position also i.e. from the note D to E on the 1st string while going up the scale and from E to D while coming down.

Practice this scale as much as you can – up and down the fret board. Devote at least 30 minutes to 1 hour for practice, and

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