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 Jan 6 2008, 3:22 pm
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One thing I'm trying to figure out is how does someone know when to play farther down the guitar than just the first four frets (C scale). I see the sheet music (ignoring the guitar tabs that usually accompany it, for this question) and it doesn't look much different than the parts where I would be using the first four frets, but that part uses frets from like 9 to 12.
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EGUY wrote:
One thing I'm trying to figure out is how does someone know when to play farther down the guitar than just the first four frets (C scale). I see the sheet music (ignoring the guitar tabs that usually accompany it, for this question) and it doesn't look much different than the parts where I would be using the first four frets, but that part uses frets from like 9 to 12. This is why many guitarists don't like sheet music ;). Finger it however is comfortable for you. A single note doesn't necessarily tell you where to play it on the neck. As long as you play the right octave, you're good. However, sometimes sheet music does specify which "position" to play it in. IE: 1st position is the 1st fret. You should learn all fingerings of the major scale--NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH MODES. The position tells you what fingering to use. | |
Chris.Laponsie wrote:
IE: 1st position is the 1st fret. You should learn all fingerings of the major scale--NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH MODES. The position tells you what fingering to use. Well, the modes are scales. :P A good method of learning scales is to start with modes, in my opinion. I have a little lesson that shows you a 3-note per string pattern for each mode (in root position, too), and shows you how they link up so it's easier for people who are just learning to apply them where they want to. http://volte.byond.com/ModalLesson.txt A pretty nifty read, even for those who know all of this already. Oh, and it's good to have you around again, Chris! | |
Volte wrote:
Chris.Laponsie wrote: Right and wrong. Modes are scales. Modes are not positions, and neither are scales. Modes are not a good way of learning of scale positions, because it gets people thinking that modes are simply different fingerings of the major scale. They are not. Different fingerings of the major scale are called scale fragments, or positions, or anything but modes. Modes are not about different fingerings of the same scale. Modes are about the harmonies created when the major scale is played over a tone. For instance, playing the C Major scale over a D major chord results in D Dorian. Playing D major over a D major chord is D Ionian, and so on. Playing the major scale in different positions on the neck is still C major, so it is misleading to call these "Positions", modes. I recommend Frank Gambale's - Modes No More Mystery if you are still unsure of what I'm talking about. | |
Not quite sure I understand what you mean here. Are you saying how is it that they're playing on the higher frets yet staying within that C major scale?
C major has 8 notes -- the 8th being the octave of the root. The whole scale will be repeated up and down the neck at different octaves, so you can pretty much find the same scale where ever you want on the neck.