Guitar Theory for Beginners - Part 1 - The Full Major Scale

Learn music theory for guitar starting with a lesson on the full major scale.

In this lesson:

0:00 Introduction
1:06 The Full Major Scale - A Major Position
4:39 Shifting the Scale - G Major Position

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[suzannejenkins]

I have been all over YouTube trying to get a grasp of scales...you make it easy to understand...thank you!!!

[Madison-utbz]

agreed with this guy

the advantage of the guitar is that scales can be Seen in a Shape.
Box, or triangle etc.

not like on a piano where the layout of the keys doesn't lend itself to Scale Shapes.
A guitar lends itself to being seen as a shape,

to shift keys, just move scale shapes up or down.
Yes, take advantage of how the instrument is laid out,
perhaps the person who invented the guitar ment it to be so!

[jimmypage]

Hey Mark, thanks for another awesome lesson. I've been watching your vids for quite a while now and can't remember ever seeing you post any full covers. It would be so cool to see you perform one of your favorite songs just for fun.

[timamalsinaidi]

! I like the way you explain stuff and not restricting someone to a certain way of doing something ! Best guitar teacher ever ! Thanks A LOT .

[kasturib]

Was looking for two days in youtube to have a video which explains scales easily with shapes to is the one....no other videos explain this

[ImprovisedSurvival]

Your way of teaching this theory helped me more than any other video so far. (for scales)
Thanks from Chicago

[DashSteam]

your videos are amazing. i learnt so much from you strumming playlist. keep up the good work Please :)

[alexandereakins]

Would definitely love to see more of these.

[suranakshay]

Great video... waiting for the next one.

[RainbowRhymesWorld]

That was exactly what i was looking for. Thanks Mark!

[paulfrenchfrench]

you know 4 an ozzy, , , you really are an amazin guitarist an great teacher, , proper top level, , , giday Bruce, , , keep up the good work

[naturegirl]

I am new to playing guitar and could not understand scales. This is much easier to understand.

[kadiralikhan]

Thank you mark I got it this what I was looking for 😍

[sjoerdzwerver]

Couldyouplse add diagrams in the upper right corner ?
For the rest good stuff greetz from the Netherlands

[viktorlarsen]

+Mark TheGuitarGuy I've been searching for a while, but I can't find out what guitar you are using.

[buyana]

Do re mi fa sol la "ti to" isn't it si do?

[SiringaSindhinga]

Excellent Video clip! Forgive me for chiming in, I am interested in your initial thoughts. Have you ever tried - Riddleagan Blossoming Solo Remedy (google it)? It is a great one of a kind product for mastering guitar scales minus the hard work. Ive heard some awesome things about it and my friend at last got excellent success with it.

[runrabbitrun]

I've been playing for a few years, But I need to back up to learn some theory. And to be truthful I have no idea what this guy is trying to teach you people. I'll watch number 2 just to see if he starts to do anything useful, But so far this is useless & misleading.  He's is simply showing a scale his way, silly

[suranakshay]

Great video... waiting for the next one.