5 Shapes of Major Scale and Modes

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E: 35 578 7810 1012 121415 A: 235 57 7910 91012 121415 D: 245 457 7910 91012 1214 G: 245 457 79 91112 111214 B: 35 578 7810 101213 121315 E: 235 578 7810 1012 121415 Dunno how many people this makes sense to but it's how I've written it out for me. Each shape is the column going down. The very beginning on the G root note has a silent 2 before it.

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it wouldve been better if it was inverted, eadgbe from bottom to top because its how tablature is written and how you see the fretboard holding the guitar

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@@jdmb2749 yeah, a friend told me it was upside down too! Thanks for the feedback :)

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[@lam-lam5245]

2:22 second shape 4:12 third shape 6:05 fourth shape

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[@olliethompson9252]

@anglovirtual probs cos its just the minor scale

[@Jack-dc5ex]

Why do we need more than one shape why not just play one shape all over

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I totally agree. I have tried watching other lessons but they just don’t teach as well as Marty 👏🏼👏🏼

[@Charlieboy2680]

I learned this by mastering the 5 pentatonic and Aeolian shapes. Then I realized the whole fret board and every scale is connected by these repeated shapes that just lay right on top of each other and interweave with each other from scale to scale. Thats why he says, once you know this , you know all the modes even if you dont know it, every mode lies within each shape.

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[@erichemard7066]

As a self taught player, I find it constructive if..instead of memorizing fret positions, call out the notes. This we’ll help you learn where all the notes are on the fret board. Randomness is your best friend, close your eyes, slide to a position and run the scale from there. If you get lost, look for the octave, example if your on the A on the 6 string and you need to find the next A it will be on the 4th string octave.

[@alnoetzel1099]

I agree 100%... why isn't it done that way more often??

[@Tangerine732]

I guess it’s good to know the scales repeat. You can’t use them without knowing the notes though. You might only need a few notes before changing keys. I guess it’s hard to monetize a video that makes people quit the guitar though. 😂

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Hands down best explanation of scale positions on the internet. Thank you, Marty!

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You have no idea how much this helped me!

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I learned this from my teacher and really helped a ton as well as chord key centers.

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[@shanedsilva1521]

Can someone pls tell me if this is for g major, will like an A major have such 5 ways also, I'm new to scales and confused

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[@mitchellcutler2888]

This helps a lot. I've been breaking them down as you suggest and it makes it much easier.

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It took me 13 years to finds this holy grail of a video , I've always been clueless about scales as to how to play it , i know theory but this video is all one needs to master to have a kick-ass start to soloing journey, I owe you a lot Marty , seriously thank you brother .

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You are the bst teacher of scales on you tube by far! Thanks you for this!! 😊 You explain it so well!

[@amadams]

i watched your vids about 6-7 years ago when i started on guitar ,i wish i didnt just learn covers though tbh because then i wouldnt be here.i rememeber i liked that you mentioned every single note because i was new to everything.Now im finally studying music as a bassist.

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[@williambaumert7726]

YES!!!! Thanks marty! whats your favorite mode, i personally love how locrian sounds

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Thank you so much Marty! Very informative! Cheersss!

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[@MrTomparvin]

You followed up on the comments asking for modes explained; you the man, Marty! Thanks

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[@danielpaddonshealingspace2481]

I tend to get confused with these 5 shapes and pentatonic shapes but this made sense

[@kebman]

Been playing guitar for over 30 years. Yeah, so I thought today might be a good day to learn scales! :D

[@djdeto7382]

What? Actually?

[@wernercolyn892]

@@djdeto7382 , fun fact : you can write great songs without ever knowing any scales. You could probably write a great song without knowing where F# is on your low E.

[@NeoRichardBlake]

I think I'm the inverse of this... I've been "playing" for a few years (about 4 I think), but I want to understand what I'm playing, not just learn a bunch of songs without any music knowledge, so I've been learning scales and chords and modes and just noodling around, but I can't actually play anything. LOL I'm probably at the stage where I should just learn a damn song, because I still don't feel like I can "play the guitar." LOL

[@enzomurillo4192]

@@NeoRichardBlake I’m currently in the same path as you and I’ll tell ya when you learn scales and some parts of music theory first and then learn songs. Your mind will be blown with how simple but genius songs are. It’s actually crazy

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Wow this video helped me bridge my knowledge between major and minor scales so well

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This video is the key to everything, my eyes glistened when he said this will enable me to play every mode through out the fret board

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[@dougsmith8430]

Back to fundamentals! I love this! I studied it before, but now realizing many years in how Key (pun intended) it is to really getting good at Guitar! The Major and the 6th Aeolian Natural Minor scales… From there the Modes are waiting in a more understandable way! THANKS MARTY… YOU ROCK! 🎸🎶

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Al always, big thanks to Marty. After learning the pentatonic shapes, I am ready to get my pick wet with the major scale. Little by little.

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The key to guitar and the scales is to get repetitive as hell !

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[@tyhastings9098]

I understand now why this is such a pivotal lesson. If you translate the starting point anywhere, its a new key, and you can use the same shapes for the entire fret board. Wild.

[@averyaaron1]

Do you have a video explaining how the five shapes can be used as different modes? I know how to move the shapes like a slide rule to go from Major to minor, but can you have a video showing the slide rule for the other modes? There is a lot of technical info about modes, but hardly anything that just breaks down the simple basic "how to" calibrate onto a different mode.

[@hardtac7562]

Ionian 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Dorian 1 2 b3 4 5 6 b7 Phrygian 1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 Lydian 1 2 3 #4 5 6 7 Mixolydian 1 2 3 4 5 6 b7 Aeolian 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 Locrian 1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7 All of these modes are in direct relation to the ionian mode, or major scale by sharpening or flattening a note. There are far more modes that are based off of different scales ie. melodic minor modes, harmonic minor modes etc...

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Hey Marty! Could you possibly do a tutorial on "La Vie en Rose"? Most of the tutorials online are Fingerstyle which I'm terrible at. I want to be able to play it for someone special and would push boundaries to learn it, but the Fingerstyle holds me back. Hopefully I reach out to you!

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Excellent

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This is so helpful

[@starbarrage]

Thank you for the video Marty! As a beginner, this is good to practice. But I am still trying to understand why there are different shapes? I have watched other videos but for some reason it is still not clicking.... Like from what I understand if you start at the root note you can follow pattern number one. I am just curious for example pattern #2 does not start at the root note of G in your video. Does anyone have any good resource I could use to learn some basic theory behind it? Thanks

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[@lizardishappy8360]

so i have come from bass and i am starting to learn guitar and i am a bit confused about scale shapes the bass scale are the same wherever you are through out the bass, e.g. fret 3 or fret 7 you still play the same shape is this the same for guitar if so is could you please send the scale shape if not, why not and does the shape matter on what fret you play thanks

[@mariuscondruz8358]

Thank you, very usefull. Can yow help me with the other scales? A, C and soo on?

[@benjaminturney9788]

Song request: James Taylor "Something in the way she moves". Please and thank you. Love this video. perfect for me having recently started my grind of repeating your amazing course at Martymusic website on the major scale! Thanks man!

[@larrynichols2113]

Thanks been playing for 5 months and hit a block so when i found this i was amazed at how it helped me thank you so much it was an awesome lesson Request could you do a lesson on cliffs of dover by any chance ? Thanks

[@joey5773]

You've been playing for 5 months and want a lesson on cliffs of Dover? Excuse me what? Edit: well 7 months now but still..

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Joey Goodfield yes why?

[@staciecradle1787]

Idk if guitar teachers don’t know the theory behind what they’re doing or if they’re just usually bad teachers bc he never once explained that he was started on different degrees in the major scale or what modes they translate too. Had that simple idea been explained this can be applied to literally any scale and any position, instead it’s just a bunch of robot shapes to remember and not know how to apply to actual music.

[@mate53]

I totally agree! I love marty and all but I'm either pausing it, rewinding constantly, or just not even playing along and just writing stuff down and the figuring it out on my own. But here's a really simple way to tell which scale you're playing in. The first is G because that's the first note, aka the root note. (He does confuse it a little in the beginning saying you can throw in the 2nd fret on the big E (F#) because it's in the key of G.) So the second part of the scale would be the A Major Scale (5th fret on the E). 3rd would be B Major (7th Fret.) 4th would be D Major (10th fret.) Then the last is E cuz it's the 12th fret. Hope that helped 8 months later.

[@mate53]

@Ryan R.W. They are, I should have said that haha. What I was getting at is that each shapes root note changes but they are in the Key of G. For me, it helps knowing what the root note is in the shape when going down the neck. Edit: Also, this is just the beginning of understanding 5ths, triads, etc. So it's good to memorize this before you move on to deeper things. I highly recommend Paul David too, he goes into it a little more in this video > kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJenqYiLjJuibLs

[@lena7x]

@@mate53 Thank you kind stranger, this really opened my eye to new discoveries. Best wishes!

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Great guy awesome teacher

[@michaeladdison2761]

Thanks Marty, hey I was wondering if you could elaborate on how these shapes allow you to play all the modes? Is it a question of learning where to start to start (root note)? eg Will a shape/s allow you to play in phrygian mode which has 4 flats in it or would this mode have a different pattern? Your thoughts would be most welcomed.

[@Charlieboy2680]

study the shapes of the scale, take this G major scale and the 5 positions he just showed you. Now take a look at the G minor Pentatonic scale and you can see it lies right under the G major scale as do all the other modes and their different positions on the fret board. Their just repeating patterns that lie within and interweave within each other. You can be playing the A minor pentitonic shape 1 and instantly start playing the aeolien mode by adding a few notes to the A minor pentatonic. Same position just few notes added. It works with any note up and down the fret board.

[@relaxedamphibian2933]

I wish there a part two where he starts diving into modes using this info. Great vid tho (as always)

[@theviking102567]

That was a glaring omission, in this otherwise brilliant and much-needed lesson.

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I keep coming back to this video, in reference to the videos I bought at Guitar Jamz.

[@haidenguillory1738]

Hey Marty! Love what you're doing man, keep up the good work! Would love to see you teach us how to play "Little light" by Lewis Watson!