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

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The major scales, part 3: F and E

The major scales, part 3: F and E

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The major scales, part 3: F and E

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- Here's two more major scale forms that I want you to learn that I feel are so important to building a strong foundation for flat picking. The first one here, we're gonna add to what we already know with F. We've had our F chord form there. So you can get your hands kind of used to where those F, at least those notes are. So we'll start down here. We'll start with a low F. So again, we've got four fingers, four frets, in the first position here. We use open strings. So start on the F. And you'll notice, you'll notice that you don't really use the pinky on this one. That's why we learn all these different positions, because, you know those, like A and D, and we're gonna learn E in a minute, it's important because it really forces your pinky into play right there. So here's the F scale again slowly from low to high. There's one octave. We'll move on beyond the octave. And there's your low F down there. The next one we're gonna look at is E. And here's its scale form using all four…

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