Virtual Star Guitar Lesson 6
You have now learned the G Major scale on the 6th, 5th, 4th, 3rd, and 2nd strings. That leaves one final string. We are now going to continue our G Major scale on the 1st string.
The finger positions that make up the G Major scale on the 1st string are exactly the same as the finger positions on the 2nd string except that you will use the 1st string. Here is the guitar neck diagram for the notes on the 1st string.
See how the note positions are exactly the same as those on the 2nd string?
G Major Scale – The 16th Note
Let’s start with the 1st note on the 1st string. Here is the tab.
From the diagram we can see that we play this note by putting our 1st finger on the 5th fret of the 1st string. We will then pick and hold the note for 4 beats.
Let’s try it now with a drum beat. We will play the note a few times as depicted with this tab.
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Give it a try along with me. As in the previous chapter, there will be a 4 beat intro before we actually start playing. Ready?
Audio Example C6_1:
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Here is a video of me playing along with the track so you can get an idea of what it should look like when you are playing it properly. Give it a try with me if you like.
Video Example C6_1:
That sounds pretty good. Are you ready to try it by yourself? Here is the same drum track without my guitar. Try it now.
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G Major Scale – The 17th Note
How did you do? Is it getting easier to understand? Let’s try the next note of our G Major scale on the 1st string. The tab for this note looks like this.
For this note you will place your 3rd finger on the 7th fret on the 1st string and then pick and hold the note for 4 beats. Look at the 1st note in the guitar neck diagram which corresponds to this tab.
Ready to give it a try? Here is a picture of me playing this note.
Ready to try it with a drum beat? We will play the note a few times as depicted with this tab.
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Give it a try along with me.
Audio Example C6_3:
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Here is a video of me playing along with the track so you can get an idea of what it should look like when you are playing it properly. Give it a try with me if you like.
Video Example C6_3:
Ok, good. Go ahead and give it a try by yourself. Are you getting the hang of it?
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G Major Scale – The 18th Note
There is one more note to learn on the 1st string for our G Major scale. It is played like this.
You will put your 4th finger on the 8th fret on the 1st string and then pick and hold the note for 4 beats. Take a look at the 3rd note in this guitar neck diagram which corresponds to the tab diagram above.
Here is a picture of me playing the note on my guitar.
Let’s try it now with a drum beat. We will play the note a few times as depicted with this tab.
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Give it a try along with me.
Audio Example C6_5:
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Here is a video of me playing along with the track so you can get an idea of what it should look like when you are playing it properly. Give it a try with me if you like.
Video Example C6_5:
That sounds pretty good. Are you ready to try it by yourself? Here is the same drum track without my guitar. Try it now.
Audio Example C6_6:
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Excellent. I think we are ready to try an example using each of the three notes we have learned on the 1st string. Study the diagram for a minute until you think you understand what to play.
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Got it? Ok, give it a try along with me.
Audio Example C6_7:
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Here is a video of me playing along with the track so you can get an idea of what it should look like when you are playing it properly. Give it a try with me if you like.
Video Example C6_7:
How did you do? Are you ready to try it by yourself? Here is the same drum track we just played without my guitar. Try it now.
Audio Example C6_8:
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Excellent! We have just finished learning the notes that make up the G Major scale on the 1st string. Here is the guitar neck diagram of our G Major scale example showing all six strings.
Are you ready to put together all of the notes that we have learned so far? Here is a tab example utilizing everything we have learned so far. Give it a quick look and try to visualize what it may sound like.
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Give it a try along with me.
Audio Example C6_9:
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Here is a video of me playing along with the track so you can get an idea of what it should look like when you are playing it properly. Give it a try with me if you like.
Video Example C6_9:
That sounds pretty good. Are you ready to try it by yourself? Here is the same drum track without my guitar.
Audio Example C6_10:
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It is time for another solo example. Here is the tablature.
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Ready to give it a try along with me? Here we go.
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As always, we need some chords to play this solo over. I will play the chords and you play the solo. Let’s try it together first.
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Now it is time for your solo. Give it a try.
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Congratulations! You have now learned the G Major scale on all six strings. So now what? Now we are going to learn to play some chords so that we have something to play our G Major scale over. The chords will give us the foundation of the song, and we will then apply our G Major scale to create melodies and solos. Are you ready to get started with some chords?
Continue on to Lesson 7…
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