scalecmajor

C major A minor G major E minor D major B minor A major F# minor E major C# minor

C major scale
Tabbed out below is the scale of C major played from the 5th string (A) starting at the 3rd fret.
The arrangement of notes in all major scales is exactly the same.
For example, C major contains the following notes:

C D E F G A B C

Major Scales always have the following arrangement of notes:

tone tone semi-tone tone tone tone semi-tone

So,
C - D is a tone
D - E is a tone
E - F is a semi-tone
F - G is a tone
and so on...

Most important of all, play through the scale as tabbed below and listen carefully...!

C major scale - ascending
Play slowly through the scale using downstrokes at first.
As your left hand fingering becomes more confident, start to use alternate strokes - downstroke / upstroke.
L.H.F = left hand fingering

1E ------------------------------------------------------
2B -------------------------------------0----1----------
3G --------------------------0----2---------------------
4D ----------0----2----3-------------------------------
5A ----3------------------------------------------------
6E ------------------------------------------------------
LHF=____3_________2____3________2________1____

C major scale - descending

1E --------------------------------------------------
2B ----1----0---------------------------------------
3G --------------2----0-----------------------------
4D -------------------------3----2----0-------------
5A -----------------------------------------3--------
6E ---------------------------------------------------
LHF=___1_________2________3____2________3_________

Practising these scales will really help your all round guitar playing technique.
Play slowly and let each note ring (sustain) and sound clearly.

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