FRETBOARD AND THEORY OF SCALES (DOWNLOAD A TXT FILE U LL GET A CLEAR VIEW OF THIS THEORY) sCALES: COMBINATION OF NOTES PLAYED INDIVIDUALLY IS CALLED SCALE OR LEAD. for better preception i am making a fretboard 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ______________________________________________________________________________________ E___F___|__F#__|__G___|__G#__|__A___|__A#__|__B___|__C___|__C#__|__D___|__d#__|__E___| A___A#__|__B___|__C___|__C#__|__D___|__D#__|__E___|__F___|__F#__|__G___|__G#__|__A___| D___D#__|__E___|__F __|__F#__|__G___|__G#__|__A___|__A#__|__B___|__C___|__C# _|__D___| G___G#__|__A___|__A#__|__B___|__C___|__C#__|__D___|__D#__|__E __|__F___|__F#__|__G___| B___C___|__C#__|__D___|__D#__|__E___|__F___|__F#__|__G___|__G#__|__A___|__A#__|__B___| E___F___|__F#__|__G___|__G#__|__A___|__A#__|__B___|__C___|__C#__|__D___|__D#__|__E___| SO FINALLY I MADE A FRETBOARD (SKIP THAT PART IF U ARE FAMILIAR ABOUT NOTES OR FRETBOARD) THESE ARE THE NOTES ON THE FRETBOARD WHEN WE PLAY MULTIPLE NOTES AT A SAME TIME THEN IT IS CALLED A CHORD. AND WHEN WE PLAY ONE NOTE AT A TIME THEN WE ARE PLAYING A SCALE OR A LEAD BEOFRE I PROCEEDS FURTHER I WANT U PPL TO LOOK AT THIS FRETBOARD FOR A WHILE LOOK AT A STRINGS NAMES(E A D G B E TO THE VERY LEFT) AND THE 12 FRET AT THE LAST U LL FIGURE OUT THAT AT 12 FRET U HAVE THE SAME NOTES THAT U HAVE GOT THE NAMES OF THE STRING . SO I LL TELL U THE EASIET WAY TO MEMORIZE THIS FRETBORD C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B (REMEMBER ONE THING THAT (NOTE B AND E DONT HAVE THEIR SHARP ) HERE IS THE KEY OF NOTES WE ALWAYS PUT NOTES IN A SEQUENCE OF THIS LINE NOW LOOK AT (E STRING ANYONE CUZ BOTH ARE E SO IT WILL NOT GONNA EFFECT THE NOTES SEQUENCE) AND NOW LOOK AT THE NOTES SEQUENCE U LL SEE THAT AFTER E ITS F AND AFTER F IS F# SO AS THE FRETBOARD NOW YOU U HAVE TO PLAY E STRING FROM THE OPEN STRING (OPEN MEANS PLAY THAT STRING WITHOUT PUTTING ANY FINGER JUST SIMPLY STRUM THE STRING ) AND PLAY IT TILL 12 FRET U LL SEE THAT AT 12TH FRET ITS E AGAIN HOW TO PLAY A MAJOR .A. SCALE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ______________________________________________________________________________________ E___F___|__F#__|__G___|__G#___|__A_X_|__A#___|__B_X_|__C___|__C#__|__D___|__d#__|__E___|1 A___A#__|__B___|__C___|__C#_X_|__D_X_|__D#___|__E_X_|__F___|__F#__|__G___|__G#__|__A___|2 D___D#__|__E___|__F __|__F#_X_|__G___|__G#_X_|__A_X_|__A#__|__B___|__C___|__C# _|__D___|3 G___G#__|__A___|__A#__|__B__X_|__C___|__C#_X_|__D_X_|__D#__|__E __|__F___|__F#__|__G___|4 B___C___|__C#__|__D___|__D#___|__E_X_|__F____|_F#_X_|__G___|__G#__|__A___|__A#__|__B___| 5 E___F___|__F#__|__G___|__G#_X_|__A_X_|__A#___|__B___|__C___|__C#__|__D___|__D#__|__E___|6 (TRY TO PLAY THIS MAJOR SCALE WITH PROPER FINGERS PLACING LIKE PUT YOU MIDDLE FINGER ON 1 STRING 5TH FRET WHICH IS(NOTE A ) THEN FOURTH FINGER PINKY ON 1STRING 7TH FRET WHICH IS NOT (NOTE B) AND THEN COME TO THE 2ND STRING AND PUT YOUR FIRST FINGER (INDEX FINGER ON ) 4TH FRET OF SECOND STRING THEN MIDDLE FINGER ON 5TH FRET OF 2ND STRING THEN 7TH FRET 2ND STRING AND SO ON I HOPE U LL FIGURE IT OUT BUT NEVER LOOSE YOUR FINGER PLACEMENT IT IS A KIND BORING TO WRITE FRETS AND STRINGS NUMBERS NOW TAKE A BREAK e-------5--7-------------------------------------- A------------4--5--7------------------------------- D---------------------4--6-7------------------------ G---------------------------4--6-7--------------------- B----------------------------------5--7--------------- E---------------------------------------4--5---------- TRY TO PLAY THIS LEAD THE LEAD OF MAJOR SCALE .AS THIS SCALE IS STARTING FROM NOTE (A) ON THE E STRING THE THINNER ONE SO THIS SCALE WILL BE A MAJOR SCLAE OF (A) IF U ARE HAVING A PROBLEM THAN DONT HESITATE TO CONTACT ME ITS invincible_2002@hotmail.com or invincible_2009@yahoo.com THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF MAJOR (A) SCALE NOW THERE IS A FORMULA TO BUILD UP THIS MAJOR SCALE AND THAT IS {WHOLE---WHOLE---HALF----WHOLE----WHOLE----WHOLE----HALF DONT GET WORRIED BY VIEWING THAT WHOLE AND HALF LET ME TELLU WHAT IS THAT NEW THING WHOLE MEANS = SIMPLY SKIP ONE NOTE FROM THE NOTES SEQUENCE HALF MEANS = U LL NOT SKIP ANY NOTE C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B (REMMEMBER THAT B AND E DONT HAVE SHARPS#) W H O L E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOR EXAMPLE WHAT WHILL BE THE WHOLE OF C ??? (FOLLOW THE NOTES SEQUENCE BELOW) IT WILL BE (NOTE D) WHAT WILL BE THE WHOLE OF D ? IT WILL BE (NOTE E) WHAT WILL BE THE WHOLE OF F#? IT WILL BE (NOTE G#) WHAT WILL BE THE WHOLE OF (NOTE B)? IT WILL BE (NOTE C#) H A L F --------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHAT WILL BE THE HALF OF (NOTE C) ? (REMEMBER WE WILL NOT SKIP ANY NOTE) IT WILL BE (NOTE C#) WHAT WILL BE THE HALF OF (NOTE C#)? IT WILL BE (NOTE D) WHAT WILL BE THE HALF OF (NOTE B) IT WILL BE (NOTE C) NOW IF I WANT A MAJOR SCALE OF (B) __________________________________ I WILL SIMPLY LOOK AT THE FORMULA FOR A MAJOR SCALE FORMULA: WHOLE---WHOLE---HALF----WHOLE----WHOLE----WHOLE----HALF NOW ILL LOOK AT AT THE FIRST STING (E THINNER ONE OR 1ST STRING ) ILL LOOK FOR A (NOTE B ) THEN ILL SIMPLY WRITE (NOTE B ) THEN I LL IMPLEMENT THIS FORMULA CUZ WE WANT TO MAKE A MAJOR SCALE OF (NOTE B ) AND WHENEVER WE MAKE A MAJOR SACLE OF ANY NOTE FIRST OF ALL WE WRITE DOWN THAT PARTICULAR NOTE AND THEN WE MOVE TOWARDS FORMULA FOR MAJOR SCALE(FOLLOW THAT NOTE SEQUENCE) TO GET THE SCALE C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B (REMMEMBER THAT B AND E DONT HAVE SHARPS#) ============================= SCALE OF (NOTE B) {B C# D E F# G# A# B ) ============================= AND REMEMBER THAT THE STARTING NOTE WILL BE THE ENDING NOTE AND IF U ARE NOT GETTING THAT THEN U MUST HAVE MADE BLUNDER WELL I HOPE U LL NOT GET STUCK ============================ SCALE OF MAJOR (NOTE C) {C D E F G A B C ============================= NOW HERE IS A EXCERCISE FOR YOU GIVE ME THE SCALE OF (G MAJOR SCALE) APPLY THE SAME FORMULA WRITTEN ABOVE I AM TIRED NOW I HAVE MANY SCALES BUT CANNOT WRITE LIKE PENTANOIC ALSO KNOW AS BHUPALI SO MANY SCALES YAAR LET ME TELL U ONE MORE THING I HAVENT WRITTEN THIS ALL TO GET YOUR RESPONSE OR A WORDS OF HONOUR THIS IS FOR THOSE WHO NEED HELP WHO WANTS TO DO SOMETHING I AM A GUY ADDICTED TO MUSIC SO THIS IS FOR YOU ADDICTED PEOPLE [ AND IF U WANT TO KNOW ANYTHING I AM HERE NAME MOHSIN invincible_2002@hotmail.com or invincible_2009@yahoo.com REAGARDS BYEE
I appreciate your effort and patience for writing it out. But I am not sure how many would find that useful. That one is almos the first lesson for any beginner. My feeling is all of us would have crossed that stage by the time we are here in this forum. Anyway no offense meant. Just voicing out my opinion.
hey, i respect that u hav taken time oout 2 write this guide 2 beginners, but cant help feeling that ronnie is somewhat correct in that what u hav written (dont get me wrong) is gud yet very simplistic and most of the people here wud hav gone past this stage. when u write whole and half, the correct musical terms r actually tone and semi-tone respectively. the most important thing about a major scale is that it goes tone, tone, semi-tone, tone, tone, tone, semi-tone, and back down again. neway, well done and keep up helping the newer ppl.
Learn Scales, understand the underlying key of the song. Start with playing the scale over the chord progression and then start experimenting.
hey ron ... we can also play the scale persisting to the chord being played for the time being ... but then we would have to be careful when the chord changes ... coz our scale would also change ... i guess that apporach is takne by all the jazz players ... and some rock players (who are no longer rock players) like Marty Friedman Alex Skolnic ... etc
Nonetheless the effort was phenominal.. All credit goes to Mohsin... Well done dude.. loads of help for the beginners..
yaar ..PAIN*C. kamal kar diya hia Fret board will really help yaar. KOOOL ONE FROM YOUR SIDe.. really .. appriciate
mohsin bhai yaar eak baar phir chord dho ,darr movie ki ^^ jadoo teri nazar^^ pls pls pls now i got a printer as well thanku in advance bye
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nice one .but could u please explain the chords stuff just like this.........it would be of great help........