From the course: Acoustic Guitar Lessons: 2 Scales, Walking Bass, Hammer-Ons, and Pull-Offs

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The major scales, part 2: D and A

The major scales, part 2: D and A

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The major scales, part 2: D and A

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- We're gonna move into some two new shapes now for major scales that are important for every flatpicker to know, and the first one will be D, and again we're gonna maintain our concept of four fingers. Four frets four fingers, and I'll show you, the first thing I'll show you is the basic single octave. An octave is from one note at the bottom of the scale to the top, so, (rhythmic acoustic) is one octave, and slowly you start on open D, and move to the second fret. (rhythmic acoustic) Open second string. There's two open stings in that form, and then open G. Open B, and the way we're gonna expand that now is with our four frets four fingers concept. All the notes in the D major scale that we can get in this area of the finger board. First open position here. So if we work our way up from there. (rhythmic acoustic) We have an open E to G. (rhythmic acoustic) Working our way back down. Now we're down to the C sharp or the seventh degree. (rhythmic acoustic) That's the form, so starting…

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