Tuesday, July 24, 2012

G Scales

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Note: Mike Witcher has a great poster of the scale positions in G at http://mikewitcher.com/store/fretboard-poster-g-tuning/

The following G scales are great practice exercises.

Open G scale starting on the 6th string:












G scale starting on the 4th string:












G scale starting on the 5th string:












G scale played entirely on the 3rd string:












Folded G scale:












G blues scale:












E minor. Technically not a G scale, but it uses the same notes and key signature:

4 comments:

  1. UnknownFebruary 21, 2016 at 4:49 AM

    Michael thank you for posting this. Will be a good starting point for this Newbie Lonnie W

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  2. UnknownApril 11, 2017 at 5:38 AM

    Perfekt Scales.I have learned a lot.Transposing it on Open G tuned guitar.

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  3. UnknownAugust 3, 2018 at 4:34 AM

    I am really interested, I have only been learning dobro for 12 months and had a lesson in April with Ivan Rosenberg at the Sorefingers tutorial, I need to learn loads of scales and mode

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