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Ok so I started doing my scales but I'm stuck already! In my method books, I see many scales, Key of G, key of A, C and not even a complete D. But I could not find any music sheet with all the notes as exercises for all 4 strings! Often it's just 2 strings but E and G are missing.
Also I have no idea which Key I'm supposed to start with as a beginner! Like the traditional Twinkle starting on string A is in key of A but I see many beginner songs in key of G also?
I'm all mixed up! Someone please help me order all of this and find some complete scale exercises music sheet for beginners?
"It can sing like a bird, it can cry like a human being, it can be very angry, it can be all that humans are" Maxim Vengerov
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Hmmm.... I'd start with one octave scales, probably g major and d major.
http://www.fretlessfingerguide.....cales.html has notation for one octave scales. With these scales (g and d) you will use a "high second finger" that is common in beginner songs.
Is this helpful at all?
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Knowing where to start is the hardest thing. FM has a C Major scale written down on his beginners guide. It has no sharps or flats so when you see written music with no sharps or flats at the beginning you know the scale is C major. (when you DO see any Sharps, you can easily identify what is the Key signature from the sharp note written furthest on the right, it is always on the note beow the KeySig eg. If it is on the top line, the F line, it is key sig G major. On the E line makes it a F major.
I learnt GMajor to start coz it only has an F sharp note, all the others are natural.
Now use FM fingering chart and it will show you, for each Key Sig which notes are in that scale and where to find them on the fingerboard. Hard part after that is to know if you hit the right notes. I used my violin tuner for that.
It's all down to memory really when learning each scale/Key Sig ( except the finger spacing is always the same.
Eg if doing G maj. Start on the Lowest G note. Finger spacing is always space space together space space space together. So 2 space,together, 3 space, together with your finger position. You will see this on FM fingering chart.
I hope this hasn't confused you even more.......
I'm sure FM will put me right and tell you a much easier way of learning scales lol
I am amazed at how old people of my age are.....
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I think I explained badly! I don't have problem with identifying the key of a song or where to put the fingers, I just cannot find any complete scale exercises using all 4 strings and have no idea which one I should practice first.
I hope I'm not mixing up technical terms but, I want something in more then one octave?
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Nope myguitar thanks anyway!
I quit! Those are not exercises, I'm failling totally at trying to explain to you guys what I'm looking for lol I'll end up buying a scale studies book or something.
"It can sing like a bird, it can cry like a human being, it can be very angry, it can be all that humans are" Maxim Vengerov
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Same here, I was also taught the D major scale first, as the foundation to all of my lessons. When I asked my teacher why, his response was,
"It makes it easier to learn/lock-in your finger positions because each finger is in the exact same position on every string (you know, high first, high second, low third) so that your hand is learning the same measures across all strings."
When I went ot FiddleCamp a few weeks ago, everyone there seemed to have the same starting point; so this seems to be a universal practice.
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We start with A Major; then D Major followed by G Major. But here is an interesting scale method by Graham Clark.
If music be the food of love, play on;
Give me excess of it ..(William Shakespeare in Twelfth Night)
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