{"id":122922,"date":"2023-06-24T07:42:45","date_gmt":"2023-06-24T07:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/?page_id=122922"},"modified":"2023-08-16T03:50:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T03:50:51","slug":"intermediate-course-lesson-12","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/intermediate-course-lesson-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Theory 101 &#8211; The Major Scale &#8211; Lesson 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h2 style=\"font-size: 32px;color: #0315b5;text-align: center;font-family:Open Sans;font-weight:700;font-style:normal\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading\" >Music Theory 101 - The Major Scale - Lesson 12<\/h2><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 16px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div id=\"ts-vcsc-youtube-3275703\" class=\"ts-video-container ts-ratio-sixteen-to-nine  ts-video-overlay-false\"  style=\"\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ts-video-iframe\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6ILWaxhChaM?autoplay=0&showinfo=1&controls=1&autohide=1&rel=0&loop=0&modestbranding=0&mute=0&vq=auto&wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay\"><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 32px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>After 2 or 3 years of learning guitar you might start to notice patterns in music. The same chord order happening over and over? Other musicians talking about keys, scales or arpeggios?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All of these things are related to music theory. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">It&#8217;s not essential to know music theory, but it certainly can&#8217;t hinder your progress as a guitarist<\/span>. I wish I&#8217;d started learning music theory sooner than I did.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Understanding the mechanics of theory can be great for your own jamming or songwriting, working songs out by ear, communicating with other musicians and for your own &#8220;a ha&#8221; moments with how songs are put together. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">It&#8217;s an incredibly empowering thing to learn<\/span> so let&#8217;s get started.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><strong>STEP 1:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t done so already please commit the musical alphabet to memory:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>A \u2013 A# \u2013 B \u2013 C \u2013 C# \u2013 D \u2013 D# \u2013 E \u2013 F \u2013 F# \u2013 G \u2013 G#<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Every space in the alphabet has a sharp (#) except between B and C and E and F.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Every one fret movement going up the neck (towards the sound hole) is a one step movement up the musical alphabet.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>STEP 2:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The guitar strings are tuned (from the thickest strings to the thinnest string) to\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>E &#8211; A &#8211; D &#8211; G &#8211; B &#8211; E<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Every time you move up or down a fret on a string you are moving a space in the alphabet. So if you&#8217;re pressing down the 3rd fret on the E string you have moved through F, (fret 1) F# (fret 2) and then onto G (fret 3). This same rule can be applied to any fret on any string.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When you move <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">one space<\/span> up the musical alphabet this is called a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">1\/2 (half) step interval<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>When you move up <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">two spaces<\/span> up the musical alphabet this is called <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">a whole step interval.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>You can abbreviate the intervals to H (half step) or W (whole step).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>STEP 3:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re going to learn the C major scale.<\/p>\n<p>The notes of this scale are <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>C &#8211; D &#8211; E &#8211; F &#8211; G &#8211; A &#8211; B &#8211; C<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re now going to learn the intervals of the major scale (see 10.10 in the video for more details)<\/p>\n<p>The major scale intervals are <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>W &#8211; W &#8211; H &#8211; W &#8211; W &#8211; W &#8211; H<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Remember a W is a whole (2 steps in the alphabet or 2 frets) and a H is a half step (1 step in the alphabet or one fret)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><b>HOMEWORK:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>1)<\/strong> Please memorise the major scale formula!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>W &#8211; W &#8211; H &#8211; W &#8211; W &#8211; W &#8211; H<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>You can then apply that formula to any key (starting point). We used it with C, but you could start at any other note.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2)\u00a0<\/strong>Work out the notes of the major scale in the key of G. Use the formula above to do this. Please use the contact form in the bottom right to send me your answer or email <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"mailto:drue@learnguitarinlondon.com\"><strong>drue@learnguitarinlondon.com\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_btn3-container vc_btn3-center vc_do_btn\" ><a class=\"vc_general vc_btn3 vc_btn3-size-md vc_btn3-shape-rounded vc_btn3-style-modern vc_btn3-color-black\" href=\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/intermdediate-acoustic-lesson-11\/\" title=\"Lesson 2 \u2013 Naming A Horse \u2013 Beyond Fingerstyle Freedom \u2013 Drue James\">&lt;&lt;&lt; Previous Lesson<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_btn3-container vc_btn3-center vc_do_btn\" ><a class=\"vc_general vc_btn3 vc_btn3-size-md vc_btn3-shape-rounded vc_btn3-style-modern vc_btn3-color-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/intermediate-acoustic-lesson-index\/\" title=\"Lesson 2 \u2013 Naming A Horse \u2013 Beyond Fingerstyle Freedom \u2013 Drue James\">Course Lesson Index<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_btn3-container vc_btn3-center vc_do_btn\" ><a class=\"vc_general vc_btn3 vc_btn3-size-md vc_btn3-shape-rounded vc_btn3-style-modern vc_btn3-color-green\" href=\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/intermediate-acoustic-lesson-13\/\" title=\"\">Go To Lesson 13 &gt;&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><strong>Course Progress Bar<\/strong><br \/>\n<div class=\"wppb-wrapper inside full\"><div class=\"inside\">64 \/ 100<\/div><div class=\"wppb-progress full\"><span class=\"green\" style=\"width: 64%;\"><span><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<script>(function(p,u,s,h){p.botId = \"0UCgS0\";s=u.createElement('script');s.type='text\/javascript';s.id=\"bot-widget-script\";s.src='https:\/\/app.conversiobot.com\/lib\/js\/gadget.js';s.setAttribute('bid',\"0UCgS0\");h=u.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];h.parentNode.insertBefore(s,h);})(window,document);<\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Music Theory 101 - 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