Pattern 2 of the Major Scale | When, Why, and How?

👉 Make Music Out Of Scales: www.justinguitar.com/modules/... Let's explore Pattern 2 of the Major Scale - and how to create interesting guitar solos with it! We'll learn how to memorize the major scale patterns and an unusual but very effective approach to changing between individual notes on the guitar fretboard! #justinguitar #majorscale #guitarforbeginners
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Video Chapters
00:00 Can you make music out of Pattern 1?
00:44 Major Scales - Pattern 1 vs Pattern 2
02:48 How to memorize these major scale patterns
04:03 How to play Pattern 2 of the Major Scale
06:13 Swapping your finger to play individual notes on the guitar
10:29 Step-by-step on how to practice scales
11:53 Pattern 2 - How to find the root note
12:40 Practice Routine - Pattern 2
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[@justinguitar]

Hope y'all having a fab weekend. I messed up the order of the lessons in this series a bit and have re-edited them to fit what I'd planned. Basically, I somehow lost the 'script' (my bullet points I make before filming) and went right from Pattern 2 into the lesson on 3rds… as I was filming there was a niggle in my gut saying something wasn't right, but I was running late and just cracked on. It was only when I went to film the next pair of lessons yesterday that I realized what had happened. And I think linking P1 and P2 should be done before learning 3rds - and it means we get back to the two 5 min practice slots for each lesson too. The 3rds lesson and the new one on motif development will be out next weekend. Sorry for any confusion!

[@northeastqueenstptp5652]

Thank you Justin! This helps me so Much. I’ve been taking lessons but I just learn songs! I’m so stuck

[@chrisg7891]

No worries man. You are a tremendous resource and inspiration. Everyone, if you can spare a small donation each month, Justin does this with all voluntary donations. How cool is that?

[@jerrystephenson6198]

You never showed the complete pattern... all the stings at once, and I found it confusing.

[@user-mh6gd7et8n]

I played guitar for a while but I always wanted to learn theory to play solos and other stuff, your videos are the greatest that I've ever seen. Wish I had a teacher just like you back then when I started playing guitar. thank you so much Justin.

[@DeliciaTrini]

You gotta l love they way Justin continues to talk while NOT missing a beat during his scale demonstration.

[@LukeA1223]

So, 10 months after I discovered this vid I finally made it to the point where I can start learning it! Thanks!

[@kc8923]

Love this series of videos. Learnt these scales years ago but now finally starting to be able to use them to navigate the fretboard and play solos.

[@anthonyward8587]

Fantastic Justin.

[@garethmartyndavies2250]

Amazing this is what has always eluded me. I know the pattern but was looking for confirmation of moving up one on B string which I was aware of❤ thanks Justin 🙌

[@kom1996]

Thanks for the lesson 😁

[@Max-fe4eo]

Looking fresh Justin ! Love the tutorials, very helpful :)

[@justinguitar]

Glad you like them!

[@kausharalam5880]

🙏thank for ur hard work

[@asankaseneviratna7386]

Thank you !!

[@petejandrell4512]

When you get to the highest pitch note of the scale I like to think of a helium balloon bouncing back off the ceiling and descending to the ground. Hope this resonates with somebody. Cheers, Justin another great lesson.

[@layavaban8435]

Love it

[@Kjskateboarding1]

Cheers Justin

[@TheBoomtown4]

Thanks!

[@justinguitar]

Many thanks for the super thanks and supporting the channel. It means a lot. Cheers 😊 | Richard_close2u | JustinGuitar Official Guide & Approved Teacher www.justinguitar.com

[@kanankumardas5475]

Very nice

[@rockingroli2057]

Really like this. I think it would probably help if you also mentioned the notes that are played in the major scale, e.g G A B C D E F# g. That helps memorizing the notes. Especiall with the C scale

[@justinguitar]

There's never a bad time to learn and reinforce the note names and within scales is a good one. Justin also has lessons of exercises, games and drills on the website teaching how to find and know note names. He teaches Lee ANderton from 19mins 50s here: www.justinguitar.com/guitar-lessons/lee-s-private-lesson-3-cp-003 Cheers | Richard - MrClose 2u | JustinGuitar Official Guide [ www.justinguitar.com ] & Forum Moderator [ justinguitarcommunity.com/index.php ]

[@cdsnepal1431]

Wow nice lesson

[@justinguitar]

Thanks for watching!

[@sAiNtFiTz78]

Great video

[@justinguitar]

Glad you enjoyed it | close 2u | JustinGuitar Official Guide & JG Forum Mod [ justinguitarcommunity.com/index.php ]

[@kezgrady9609]

As a beginner I'm so glad to have stumbled onto you and others to help me learn how to make my 🎸 talk. Much respect for you an your style of teaching. I'm just starting on scales, I have a Fender Acoustic electric, and have to ask. Can the same scale excercises be use from Electric rock & Acoustics? I'm pract daily an my fingers are callous, bought my 🎸 in July 2020 but I getting eager to learn a song, although I have so much to learn on Strumming, finger picking, and learn timin as well as rhythm.

[@Kwaded]

Kesley : I really admire your honest transparency and the kind thoughtful words you wrote to Justen! As a teacher of various subjects for decades myself, I agree with you wholeheartedly on Justen‘s exceptional ability to communicate and teach! I want to encourage you to keep practicing and having fun doing it! Also, remember that regular consistency is better than sporadic marathons. It’s much more beneficial to practice 10 to 30 minutes per day then it is to practice several hours two or three times per month. Also, not only am I an experienced teacher of various subject matter but I also have spent a great deal of time over the months (too much actually) searching out and carefully evaluating mini KZbin guitar teachers. Since you said you are basically beginning your guitar journey, let me save you hours and hours of time by telling you Justin is as gifted in teaching guitar as anyone out there and better than the vast majority. Stick with Justen. Support him and practice his lessons regularly and you cannot go wrong! I would not recommend trying to invest time in lots of teachers. If you would like one more outstanding guitar teacher to follow on KZbin I would also recommend Marty Schwartz. Best wishes, Wade

[@kezgrady9609]

@@Kwaded gratitude👊an Marty Schwartz was the first I came across, no bout a dout it, he's awesome as well, and follow him on KZbin & IG! Again thanks for encouraging words🤘time to tune up and pop out. 😁🎸

[@justinguitar]

Hi Kelsey. If you're classing yourself as a beginner can I recommend you ensure that you have all the fundamental skills in place. You are clearly aiming for great things and having musical goals is vital. So too are the foundations to help you get there. Check out the New Beginner Course from the first sections and make sure you have all bases covered with no gaps in your ability and knowledge. www.justinguitar.com/categories/beginner-guitar-lessons-grade-1 Cheers :) | close 2u | JustinGuitar Official Guide & JG Forum Mod [ justinguitarcommunity.com/index.php ]

[@kezgrady9609]

@@justinguitarI'm eager to learn an my 🎸 goal is to learn Blues & Rock. I'm current capable of Tuning, practicing four chord changing out of 8 learned so far, strumming with the D D D U DU, and some finger picking, on an the hammer ons you suggested, daily. Thanks again, I will stay subscribed to further my journey. I from Chicago an wanna really get this 🎸 down so I can drop into Buddy Guy's Blue's joint an jam😁👊🤘Cheers

[@siddharthakumarrai3192]

Woah, Wtf? Only 824 views after an hr? That's crazy bro. Anyways Fantastic Tutorial!

[@crossfithaboss8724]

First like your video sir

[@justinguitar]

Thanks, mate

[@Esse70R]

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[@justinguitar]

Thanks again and again! Enjoy the weekend, mate.

[@Esse70R]

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[@matty5981]

Hi Justin 👋 👋 Love your lessons there great help. The 5 pentatonic major patterns. I noticed there all in the key of root note G. Can these major patterns be applied to any other root note or is there separate patterns for each root note.

[@arnoutis2938]

Hey, not Justin but yes, they can be applied for any root note

[@harlequin75]

Move to Canada, J

[@sekhmet4106]

what is the name of the shape? C?

[@JayGuitaristPlayer]

5:38

[@nigelstuartnorth3825]

Hi Justin, Please can you explain WHY it is called "Pattern 2"? What gives it the number "2" as the pattern? And why is Pattern 1 called Pattern 1 and Pattern "3" called "Pattern 3" and so on. I have heard there are 7 Patterns also, is that correct? Why 7? I have also heard them called "Scale Shapes", is that the same? I have been so confused by this. I dont think its the number finger you start with, Its not the the string number is it? It's not the fret number? IS it the number note in the scale you start on? ( But you started on the root note G, number 1 note in the Pattern 2 scale). I just dont get it, this numbering system of the scale shapes. I was really hoping you would explain this, but unless I missed it, I dont think you did explain. Many thanks Stuart, Nov 08 2021

[@justinguitar]

Hi. Pattern 1 is pattern 1 by convention. It just is. Be happy at the universality of people knowing what you mean if you say Pattern 1. Likewise the other four - making five of these type of patterns. Scale shapes can be used to describe them also. There are five patterns in one system called the CAGED system - named because the patterns form around what can be viewed as either a C, A< G, E, or D chord shape with other notes surrounding. There are seven patterns in a different system called 3-notes-per-string. Justin strongly recommends learning the 5-pattern CAGED system first. Cheers 😊 | close2u | JustinGuitar Official Guide & Moderator [ www.justinguitar.com/ ]

[@david28216]

How I understand it (please correct me if I'm wrong): There are five patterns. Search Justin's channel or KZbin for the so-called CAGED system. Five letters, five patterns. Some people use the word "box" rather than "pattern". Within a box you play a pattern, so box 1 and pattern 1 are used synonymously. With some good will, you can discover the shape of a A chord in the one box, the shape of a C chord in the other box, the shape of a D chord in another box, et cetera. What's important is that on the fretboard the A-shaped pattern always follows the C-shaped pattern when you move your hand towards the sound hole of the guitar. Always. The G-shaped pattern always follows the A-shaped pattern. And so on. As a little memory aid, people came up with the term CAGED, but it's not important how you name this system. You could also say AGEDC or GEDCA, etc. The only thing important is that C is followed by A, etc., what I already wrote. And CAGED is easier to remember than AGEDC or any of the other possible names you could form. Because of the easily rememberable name CAGED, some people therefore call the C-shaped pattern the pattern 1, and A would be number 2, G would be number 3, E number 4 and D number 5. But the C-shaped pattern is a pretty hard one for a beginner, and the A-shaped pattern is perhaps even harder. It's not reasonable to teach a beginner the two hardest patterns first. The G-shaped pattern is much easier, so beginners usually learn the G-shaped pattern first. Therefore, many people including Justin think of G Major as pattern 1 because it's usually the first pattern a beginner learns. Following the order of the shapes, the E Major shaped pattern is then pattern 2, D Major is pattern 3, C Major is pattern 4 and A Major is pattern 5. The point where it becomes confusing is when you learn the pentatonic scales. The special thing about any pentatonic scale is that one pentatonic scale pattern can be used to play two different keys at the same time: one major key and one minor key (search for "relative minor"). So when playing pentatonic scales, pattern 1 gives you a G Major pentatonic scale but also all the notes in an E Minor pentatonic scale. And according to the order CAGED (or GEDCA or EDCAG), pattern 2 gives you an E Major but also a D Minor, pattern 3 gives you a D Major but also a C Minor, pattern 4 a C Major but also a A Minor and pattern 5 gives you a A Major but also a G Minor. Hope that clarified it.

[@Ryk0411]

Oi, its the fooking peaky blinders

[@henryrich46]

Hey Justin, some people seem to regard this as pattern three, not pattern two. Can you clear up the confusion?

[@justinguitar]

There was a bit of a mix up that will be taken care of, thanks for noticing! | LievenDV | JustinGuitar Official Guide

[@okaforsochi6726]

I feel there is no need learning patten two having learnt pattern one

[@caleb7799]

yeah, how do you stay thin?

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Bro has a les paul pickup on a stratocaster

[@stufromoz8164]

1 dislike....Theres the first person who has got the shits because thay are too lazy to learn the fretboard PROPERLY.........

[@wienerdimanche8291]

You guitar teacher onthe you tube. You talk toomuch people forget what usay beacause you keep talking and no action by the time you plau a.noe we already forget what you werw saying. Stop talikimg.

[@atkinson4309]

Thanks!

[@justinguitar]

Many thanks for the Super Thanks. It is much appreciated 😊