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In the Beginners Method we looked a little at the Minor Pentatonic Scale, but it is the Major Scale that is the cornerstone of all western harmony. I have quite a few lessons on The Major Scale Positions, CAGED and all that - but we're just looking at one pattern and then how to use it.

The Major Scale has seven notes (plus the octave in practice), which in solfege are the syllables: Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti and Do. Probably you know how that should sound, right? singing in school and stuff... well if it doesn't sound like that, something is wrong... The good ol' Wikipedia has lots of well presented technical information on the Major Scale too.

We're going to be using this scale a lot during the Intermediate Foundation Stages and the first you need to do is to memorise it.

BEFORE you get started please watch the video and make sure you start off the right way or read the memorisation hints below. Have fun!

Major Scale Pattern 1

This is the most commonly learnt Major scale pattern. It is pretty easy to play. You should learn and get really good with this scale before you start to learn any more.

Please don't try and learn lots of scale patterns until you know how to use one properly first. You will just be wasting your time and making yourself sad because you'll be working on boring things when you should be making music with scales which is LOTS more fun!

We're going to get onto making music with this little puppy as soon as you have it under your fingers! But you do have to have it memorised first!

PLEASE LEARN IT SLOWLY AND FOLLOW THE FINGERING CAREFULLY! See further hints below.

Place that "R" on the 3rd fret and you will be playing the G Major!

MEMORISATION HINTS

• LEARN IT SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY, DON"T MAKE ANY MISTAKES AND GET IT 100% RIGHT
Do it so slowly that you can't make any mistakes. Even if it seems crazy slow. Really. It works. Play it 4 times perfectly at a very slow speed and you will find you can speed it up without making mistakes or develop bad habits you will have to correct later.

The fingering too - make sure you get it right. Perfect. Don't let any mistakes creep in.