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Guitar Modes in C major

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Guitar Lesson 1
Learn about the fretboard.

Guitar Lesson 2
Guitar fretboard continued.

Guitar Lesson 3
Guitar picking Exercises.

Guitar Lesson 4
Guitar picking and fretting exercises.

Guitar Lesson 5
Learning the A minor pentatonic scale.

Guitar Lesson 6
A minor pentatonic scale continued.

Guitar Lesson 8
A minor pentatonic and tablature.

Guitar Lesson 9
Open position chords and tablature.

Guitar Lesson 10
Timing, rhythm and pentatonic positions.

Guitar Lesson 15 Using the root 6 and root 5 bar chords.

Guitar Lesson 17B  Learn the modes in the key of C major.

Guitar Lesson 18 Constructing the major scales.

Guitar Lesson 18B
Key Signatures.

Guitar Lesson 18C
Play C, G, D and A major in one position.

Guitar Lesson 20
F major modes and playing lead over changes.

Guitar Lesson 18C
Play C, G, D and A major in one position.

Guitar Lesson 20
F major modes and playing lead over changes.

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A minor Pentatonic scale, starting on the C note.

By now you should be familiar with the A minor pentatonic scale in the root note fret position, tablature, exercises and triplets. I would now like to expand a little more on the A minor pentatonic scale at a different position. What I mean by position is, another position of the guitar to play the A minor pentatonic scale. The root note fret for the  A minor pentatonic scale starts on the 5th fret. But, the same scale can be played starting at other frets and different positions.

The root note fret for A minor starts at the 5th fret. The notes for the A minor pentatonic scale root note fret are (A, C, D, E, G)   

Look at the scale below and notice that the scale now starts at the 8th fret or C note. This is the same A minor pentatonic scale, but starting at a different fret and has a different fingering pattern. All of these scales should be learned to play lead guitar. Remember I stated that the root note fret is the easiest to play. This is true because the 1 finger never has to leave the 5th fret. In the next position you have a different fingering pattern to learn. All of the patterns of the Am pentatonic scale have the same notes. A, C, D, E and G. All of the different patterns should be used when playing lead guitar or practicing scales.

Tablature below.

 ------------------------------------------8-10-
 ---------------------------------8-10----------
 -------------------------7--9------------------
 -----------------7-10--------------------------
 ---------7-10----------------------------------
 -8-10------------------------------------------

Listen to this  position  C to C

Now Watch the scale

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The new fingering for this position will be 2-4, 1-4, 1-4, 1-3, 1-3, 1-3. This will be starting at the C note 8th fret Low E string, look above. Remember to pick down, then up. Work your way down the scale and then back up. So the above illustration shows the A minor pentatonic scale with the notes and the lower illustration shows the A minor pentatonic scale with the fingers in the VIII position. Notice that the C notes are highlighted in blue and the Root note A in yellow. This is a popular position to play lead over the C chord.

So we have learned the fingering of the root note fret above and the VIII position starting on the C note. Each position has a different fingering, but the same notes. Remember, all of the A minor pentatonic positions you learn will have the same notes. A-C-D-E-G.

So far I think you should be a little familiar with the guitar fretboard, tablature, exercises, triplets and up to now, two positions of the A minor pentatonic scale. 

So far you have learned the A minor pentatonic scale root note fret position and the VIII position. In the next lesson I would like to expand on the A minor pentatonic scale in the 10th position, starting on the D note, 10th fret.

Good Luck,

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