G major progressions

G progressions

G progressions

	G C and D progression, a little on the heavy side, just an idea.
	Play this audio file of the G major scale and strum some of these chords while it is playing. Notice how they blend in nicely with the G major scale.
	Listen to the G major scale without distortion.

The illustration above shows the notes of the G major pentatonic scale and the E minor pentatonic scale. The Area in orange outlines the G major pentatonic scale. The area in red outlines the E minor pentatonic scale. Em is the relative minor to the key of G major. They each share the same key signature and notes.

Check out some Em progressions.

	This illustration shows the red box above. Each number in the circles are the suggested fingers.
	Listen to this scale played from the open Low E string to the open high E string. This would be considered Em pentatonic or G major pentatonic. The tablature is below for this scale. It should be mastered. Strum the Em chord over this scale and the G chord and see how that sounds.

	Here is one popular position to play the G major pentatonic scale. Notice that position in the image above in the orange box. Try to figure out the other positions of this scale. The notes are G, A, B, D and E.
	Listen to the exercise using this scale. Tab here

	This is the G major scale starting at the 3rd fret. The major scale has 7 notes: G, A, B, C, D, E, F# and G 1 octave higher than the first G.
	The Pentatonic scale only has 5 notes.

	Check out the G major scales.
	Check out the G major pentatonic scales.

Good Luck,

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