Welcome to part 3 of my guitar blog series.

Here are the links to previous parts of the blog:

intro 1 - Paco de Lucia
intro 2 - classical vs flamenco

part 1-Jam in C major
part 2-Intervals

Now let's get to learning the C major scale!

Guitar finger names

In order to learn the basic C scale on the guitar, we need to review what the left and right hand fingers are called.

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Play the C major scale on the guitar

It is important to follow the fingering indicated on the left hand. The right hand can be played with a pick, or with any method of your preference, while you learn the fingering.

tab writer used

Here is the chart showing the open position and the notes. The Root of the scale is in red.

The next chart shows the same, except instead of the names of the notes, it shows the right hand fingering. "0" means play the string open.

Now let's practice playing the scale slowly. The idea is to play all the notes available in the "open position" up and down the scale continuously, using the fingering noted in the RH Fingering chart.

Exercise 1 - Play scale in open position at any speed starting with open lower E. Remember play continuously up and down.

Exercise 2 - Play scale in open position with metronome set at 60 beats per minute. Play 2 notes per beat. Remember to play continuously up and down.

Exercise 3 - Play scale in open position with metronome set at 60 beats per minute. Play 3 notes per beat. Remember to play continuously up and down.

Exercise 4 - Play scale in open position with metronome set at 60 beats per minute. Play 4 notes per beat. Remember to play continuously up and down.

Exercise 5 - In this exercise I will use my Boss RC 300 to loop 2 chords over a 4/4 drum beat. Try using the C major scale to solo over the background.

Any questions, comments or feedback is always welcome. Happy strumming!