Guitar Lesson #2

webhank — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:31:10 +0000

This week I am to build on the C-Major Scale that we addressed last week. Last week was to be played in quarter, half, and full notes – this week we add eighth notes via “perfect alternate picking”. The pick is to continually move up and down – never up twice – never down twice. By the end of the week, I should be able to tap my foot, keep rhythm and have the pick move up as my foot moves up – the pick move down as my foot moves down. Sounds easy…it’s not!

In addition we covered the G Major Pentatonic scale:

|----------------------0-3--|
|------------------0-3------|
|--------------0-2----------|
|----------0-2--------------|
|------0-2------------------|
|--0-3----------------------|

And how based on which root note is started with (the 0 or 3 on the low E string) this pattern can either be a G Major Pentatonic or an E minor pentatonic scale. I believe that it has to do with the notes that are played and how they correspond to the notes played within the chord (G Major or E minor). I will find out next week for sure.

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Guitar Lesson #2