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C Major Chord Scales
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Use the chord and scale charts below to help you with these patterns.
Combine them with the videos.
Use the backing tracks to help you put everything together on your own.
One of the biggest hurdles many guitarists face early in their development is being able to connect chords, scales and arpeggios in their playing without having to jump all over the fretboard between shapes.
Always having a scale under your fingers for every chord shape you use is a great way to learn the fretboard, providing you with soloing material at the same time. This exercise will help get you into this way of thinking with seven diatonic chords on both the 6th and 5th strings, as well as the seven scale shapes that fall under each chord. This will be an amazing tool to help you learn many aspects of the guitar, and improve your soloing.
C Major Scale
C D E F G A B C
Seven chords in the key of C
Cmaj7 Dm7 Em7 Fmaj7 G7 Am7 Bm7b5
Free Demo Video
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Backing Tracks
Most exercises include backing tracks for you to practice with. They are also provided in the same tempos as the videos. Backing tracks are available for paid members only and are downloadable MP3 files.
Transcriptions
Every exercise includes a transcription in standard notation as well as guitar tab. The transcriptions are presented online and are also available for download as a PDF for printing or saving to your computer. The transcriptions are available for Paid Members of PracticeTheGuitar.com
