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Question: Notes in the c Major scale!? ( for guitar)!?
i am learning to play the guitar and i got this sheet that shows the notes in the C major scale !.

But i really confuse because it shows all the notes , but there are so many of them that i don't know what i am suppost to do !. There's like 30 dots with the letters FCF BEA and others going up and down the neck of the guitar !.

Can someone please tell how to read it or how to play them in the guitar , and explain it to me !.

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I think I could carry on where Garrett ended!. Firstly there is nothing like notes/scales/chords for guitar!.!.!.these things are the same for every instrument!. A is A on clarinet, guitar, trombone, piano or when sung!.

About how it is formed:
Every scale type (major, minor, minor pentatonic, byzantine, arabic, egyptian etc!.) consists of a particular number of notes which follow one another by a particular type of intervals!. Interval is the distance between two pitches!. (between C and F upwards it's a 'perfect fourth', or two and half whole-steps, or five half-steps)!.

Now what I am burbling about:
whole-step: is an interval comprised of two half-steps, i!.e!. two frets on guitar!.!.!.!.also called a major second
half-step: the smallest interval used in western classical theory!.!.!.one fret on guitar!.!.!.also called a minor second

When defining a scale, we often refer to it in intervals!.!.!.H for half-step and W for whole-step:
The major scale would be composed of these interval combinations: W-W-H-W-W-W-H!.!.!.!.this means!.!.!.you hit C, then go W up and get to D, then again W up to E, H up to F!.!.!.etc

Another way to define a scale is to write it in intervals each relating to tonic(T)/root (not to one another as above)!. Such intervals are called degrees of a scale!.
The major scale again: T-2M-3M-4-5-6M-7M
Now you hit C (the tonic-T) and go a major second up (2M) from C!.!.!.you arrive at D!.!.!.now major third from C!! (not from D like with W-H step definition)!.!.you get E!.!.!.and so on!.

There are seven degrees in a major scale (has seven notes)!.
1, tonic/root
2, second/supertonic
3, third/mediant
4, fourth/subdominant
5, fifth/dominant
6, sixth/submediant
7, seventh

Tonic is always tonic!. Second, third, sixth and seventh can be either major or minor (in more complex pieces also double-sharp and double-flat)!. Fourth and fifth can be perfect, diminished or augmented (you heard of Xdim and Xaug chords)!.
In the key of C:
A major third is E, the minor third is Eb!.!.!.the perfect fourth is F, the augmented fourth is F#, the diminished fourth is Fb (enharmonic equivalent to E)!.

About reading sheet music, this site explains it well:
http://www!.smu!.edu/totw/toc!.htm

Sections 1-4 of part one deal with it!. Section 5 then goes through scales, you don't need it for now!.

The most important thing to learn is:
1, the way pitch is written (by the position in the staff)
2, the way length (rhythm) is written - the thing tabs lack
These two tell you how long and how high/low to play!.

What you need to know is how loud as well (this won't be important mostly in rock songs though)!. It's indicated by symbols under (rarely above) the staff (from softest to loudest):
ppp - piano-pianissimo
pp - pianissimo
p - piano
mp - mezzopiano
fp - fortepiano
mf - mezzoforte
f - forte
ff - fortissimo
fff - forte-fortissimo

Other symbols include (s)forzatto - sfz (suddenly the loudest possible), crescendo (gradually louder: <), decrescendo/diminuendo (grad!. softer: >)!.
Dynamics (these symbols!.!.!.loudness) are provided here just so that you know what it is if you accidentally (improbable) run into it in rock!.

Then you need to understand tempo (speed)!. It is indicated in the beginning of the song above the staff (sometimes inmiddle the song if the tempo changes throughout the song!.!.!.a good example of such change is Megadeth' Holy Wars!.!.!.after Marty's clean arabic-like solo it slows down)!. Tempo can be indicated by the BPM (beats per minute) or by special expression (Italian in classical, English in modern)!.

Here are they:
Prestissimo — extremely fast (200 - 208 bpm)
Vivacissimamente — adverb of vivacissimo, "very quickly and lively"
Vivacissimo — very fast and lively
Presto — very fast (168 - 200 bpm)
Allegrissimo — very fast
Vivo — lively and fast
Vivace — lively and fast (~140 bpm)
Allegro — fast and bright or "march tempo" (120 - 168 bpm)
Allegro moderato — moderately quick (112 - 124 bpm)
Allegretto — moderately fast (but less so than allegro)
Allegretto grazioso — moderately fast and with grace
Moderato — moderately (108 - 120 bpm)
Moderato espressivo — moderately with expression
Andantino — alternatively faster or slower than andante
Andante — at a walking pace (76 - 108 bpm)
Tranquillamente — adverb of tranquillo, "tranquilly"
Tranquillo — tranquil
Adagietto — rather slow (70 - 80 bpm)
Adagio — slow and stately (literally, "at ease") (66 - 76 bpm)
Grave — slow and solemn
Larghetto — rather broadly (60 - 66 bpm)
Largo — Very slow (40 - 60 bpm), like lento
Lento — very slow (40 - 60 bpm)
Largamente/Largo — "broadly", very slow (40 bpm and below)
Larghissimo — very very slow (20 bpm and below)

Don't learn them!! It's redundant!.!.!.I think you will mostly see the BPM indication!.

The last important thing is meter!. It indicates the overall rhythm feel (waltz, rock etc!. use their typical meters)!.

Check the website I provided for the symbols and explanations!.!.!.you need to know this only:
1, meter
2, rhythm
3, pitch

And now one thing that the site won't tell you, a thing applied specifically to guitar!. Guitar belongs to the instruments that are written an octave higher that they actually sound (ex!. when you strum the low E, E2 sounds, but E3 is written)!.

I think that's all you need to know!. Try to read every day so that you become at least mediocre at it!. Two weeks should be enough to become trained enough!.!.!.15 minutes to understand the principle of notes!.

One more thing!! Get the Guitar Pro 5 software for guitar! I've free download links for you here:
http://worldwide-forum!.be/forum/index!.ph!.!.!.

Download the software and RSE packs!. It'll help you become trained in reading and also it is the most wide-spread format for sharing notation!. You can find tons of notes for countless songs for GP5!.

Good luck!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

You first need to learn the 7 notes in order, which is C-D-E-F-G-A-B!.

If you can read guitar tablature, this is how to play the most simple C Major Scale:

-----C D E F G A B C
E |------------------------------
B |----------------------0--1--
G |---------------0--2---------
D |----0--2--3----------------
A |-3---------------------------
E |------------------------------

I'm not sure how much music theory you know, but I'll give you a full explanation!. You will notice that the scale starts on a C (the root) and ends on C, which sounds higher than the first (the octave)!. In reality there are only 7 notes in the scale: C D E F G A B!. So, as long as you start on a C and play through each note of the scale in order, it is a C major scale!. These notes repeat all over the guitar's fretboard, and that is why your chart has all of those notes on it!. The chart is just showing every C, D, E, F, G, A, and B that are possible to play on the gutiar!.

Let me know if you need to know how a major scale is formed!.Www@QuestionHome@Com