Question:
Looking at other books, they call the g scale form starting at the fifth fret an A minor pentatonic scale.
I can't figure out why it is an A "minor". Why isn't it just an A major? Are all positions of the G scale form minors? I don't remember seeing this clarified in FBL.
Thanks for any replys,
chris
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I went back and looked at the way the G form is made.
Playing from the 5th fret the notes on the 6th string (which is the string that the root note occurs on) are A, B, C.
C is a minor third note in the key of A min. In CAGED sequence (and no Chesh, this does not mean that I suddenly like FBL) the G form at the 5th fret is a part of the C (major scale) pattern.
Recap: Yes, it is A min, if you treat the note at the 5th fret as the root note (otherwise it is C major).
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Perhaps to reword a little...
Originally Posted by ptolemy Looking at other books, they call the g scale form starting at the fifth fret an A minor pentatonic scale.
I can't figure out why it is an A "minor". Why isn't it just an A major? Are all positions of the G scale form minors? I don't remember seeing this clarified in FBL.
All of the scale forms in FBL are "major" for all intents and purposes. However "the g scale form starting at the fifth fret" is creates an A minor scale if you start playing the scale starting at the note A. If you use the same scale form but start on a different note, you will find that you get different tonalities of scale.
It's the same as on a piano, if you play from C to C on only white keys, you will get a C major scale. If you play from A to A using only white keys, you will get a minor scale.
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Thanks, I understand now.
Why does all of this have to be so hard?
chris
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Originally Posted by ptolemy Thanks, I understand now.
Why does all of this have to be so hard?
chris
It doesn't have to be but different people understand things not always by the same explanation.
FBL and it's "logic" may be received as rather illogical by some.
Some people may understand the use of "shapes" and "forms" style of teaching on the guitar and others may simply understand the theory of music and learn to apply it to the guitar in what's to them a very logical sense.
The 'trick' is to learn how you best learn and them proceed with that process.
"Shapes" and "forms" may not be your way or maybe it is and it will simply take more time to grasp that way.
I understand intervals and math more than shapes and forms so the theory of music is very simple to me away from the guitar and easily applied on the guitar.
FBL is confusing to me in the way that it teaches but I didn't buy the book to learn that which I already know: I bought it to understand how it teaches what I already know.
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Math makes more sense to me, too, Dave.
Got plenty of folks here who are willing to help if you have any more questions.