The guitar scale every guitarists should learn - How to play the Major scale on guitar (fixed)

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The guitar scale every guitarists should learn - How to play the Major scale on guitar. All guitarists should know this guitar scale - the Major scale, which is also sometimes called the Ionian scale.
In this guitar lesson you learn how to play 3 different variations of the major scale in 2 different keys G major and C major, and I explain why it is so important to learn the major scale. The 3 different scales go in difficulty from absolute beginners through to advanced guitar player.
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This guitar lesson appears in several short course playlists on my channel because it is absolutely essential for learning and understanding guitar theory. Without learning this guitar scale you will never understand key signatures, modes, chord theory or the theory of writing your own music as well as much more useful guitar knowledge. More importantly you'll never be able to play guitar solos to your full potential. The major scale can be considered to be the DNA of western music and many other scales are derived from it.
00:00 introduction
01:27 how to play the one octave G major scale
06:01 how to play the two octave C major scale
11:35 how to play an alternative C major scale
17:05 the theory of the major scale
20:47 Why the major scale is so important
To help you fully understand this lesson you might want to also watch the guitar lessons on how to memorize the names of the notes on the guitar and understanding octaves, so here are links to the guitar lessons to teach you these subjects.
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what are octaves - • Octaves on guitar - wh...
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Great lesson, but can I ask a question. I've been playing the guitar for a month today. I've learned the penatonic scales a 3/7 of the modes and I've come across two other scale diagrams and now these. Looks like there are many scales that can be done, Which are the best ones to learn, and how is this helping other than getting my fingers working across the fret board? Thanks

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Hi, newbie here, what is the purpose of learning this scale, thx

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@3:30 why is the bottom E string on top in playing position? This is so confusing!

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Nice lesson but I don’t understand why you don’t say what the notes are - only the fret and the string. Surely the point of learning scales is also to learn what notes constitute that scale? Maybe I am missing the point and sorry if I am.

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Funny how the G scale has an F sharp before the resolution G

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