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Bengt Erlandsen

 

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Brekstad, NORWAY
Post  Posted 2 Jan 2001 12:36 pm    
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A small exercise to get familiar with the sound of the major scale.
Play with alternating thumb/index, let notes ring for each chord.
Use R/Hpalm to mute strings when shifting to another chord.
Example is chords of the Gmajor scale.


Imaj7 IIm7 IIIm7
Gmaj7 Am7 Bm7
1-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2---------3-----------3-------------------------------------------------------------
3-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4---------------------------------3-----------3-----------5------------5------------
5-------3---3-------3---3-------3A--3A------3A-3A------5A---5A-------5A--5A---------
6-----3-------3---3-------3---3B------3B--3B-----3B--5B-------5B---5B------5B-------
7---------------------------3-----------3----------5-------------5------------------
8---3-----------3-------------------------------------------------------------------
9-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

IVmaj7 V7 VIm7
Cmaj7 D7 Em7
1-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2---------8-----------8------------10L---------10L----------------------------------lower = Eb -> D
3-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4-----------------------------------------------------------10------------10--------
5-------8---8-------8---8--------10--10------10---10------10A-10A-------10A-10A-----
6-----8-------8---8-------8----10------10--10-------10--10B------10B-10B-------10B--
7-----------------------------------------------------10-----------10---------------
8---8-----------8-----------10-----------10-----------------------------------------
9-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

VIIm7b5 Imaj7 I
F#m7b5 Gmaj7 G
1-------------------------------------------------------------------
2---------13----------13----------15--------------------------------
3-------------------------------------------------------------------
4---------------------------------------------15--------------------
5-------13--13------13--13------15--15------15----------------------
6-----13------13--13------13--15------15--15------------------------
7-------------------------------------------------------------------
8---13R---------13R---------15----------15--------------------------
9-------------------------------------------------------------------
10-------------------------------------------------------------------

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