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C major triplets and quadruplet exercises you must know
In this lesson, we are going to concentrate on the key of C major also called the Ionian mode. The C major scale has no sharps or flats and would represent the while keys on the piano. The C major scale or Ionian mode can represent the key of C major. The notes and chords in the key of C major are as follows: C, Dm, Em, F, G, Am, B diminish and C.
The major scale fingering exercises outlined below include guitar triplets and quadruplets. Triplets equal 3 notes per beat and quadruplets equal 4 notes per beat. We are going to use 3 different scale pattern locations. Practice all 12 scale exercise patterns until you have them memorized. Once you learn these exercises, you can move them to other keys very easy. For example, the first exercise starts at the 3rd fret on the A string and you play C to C through 2 octaves. If you move this complete pattern up two frets, you would now be playing the exercise in the key of D major. You would start the exercise on the D note of the A string 5th fret.
You can move all of these guitar exercise patterns up and down the fretboard and switch to other keys. This guitar lesson is very important and you should master it. It’s a good idea, if possible, to play each of these examples with some type of metronome, that way, you can start slow and raise the time as you get faster and stronger.
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