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The Major Scale is 'the' scale you will need to know. It is important because

the major scale is a reference for every aspect of music theory.

Here is the G Major scale:

Title: G Major Scale
 

|--------------------------------  2--3---------------------|
|---------------------------- 3--5-------------------------|
|-------------------- 2--4--5-------------------------------|
|------------ 2--4--5---------------------------------------|
|---- 2--3--5-----------------------------------------------|
|3--5-----------------------------------------------------|

Listen to G Major Scale

Notice how the first note of the G major scale is 3rd fret E-string. Which happens to be...you guessed it, G.

This is a movable scale, which means keep the same pattern and move the first note, or Root note anywhere on

the fret board. 

For the A major scale you would play this:

Title: A Major Scale

|----------------------------------------4--5-------------|
|----------------------------------5--7-------------------|
|-------------------------4--6--7--------------------------|
|----------------4--6--7-----------------------------------|
|-------4--5--7--------------------------------------------|
|-5--7----------------------------------------------------|

Listen to A Major Scale

Here we just moved the "root" note or the first note of the scale up two frets to E 5 which is A.

Pretty Sweet,huh? 

There is a pattern if you haven't noticed that makes knowing the major scale very easy. It goes as follows

where W=Whole Step (2 frets apart) and H=Half Step (1 fret apart):

W W H W W W H

This means you can put your finger anywhere on the fret board, use this pattern and you know the major

scale for any starting note, better known as the root note.

 So how do you know what notes to play in a certain key? Now that you know the major scale it's very easy.

every note in the particular scale you play is also in the key. So for the key of A, just look at

The A major scale and, Boom! you know what notes fall in the key of A (there's a bit-

more to it than that but for now don't worry about it). This comes in handy both when

trying to figure out your favorite song, or write one of your own. Fairly Easy, 'eh?

Now you are really building that arsenal!

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