Pitch Names of a G Major Scale on a Bass Guitar

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RYAN LARSON: So now we're going to take a look at the actual tab. If you notice, we have four strings here, our top string going down to our low string. And we started right here on the 3rd fret, although you also have the 2nd fret and the open fret, which is your 7th degree and 6th degree of the scale. So if we start on the 6th degree, we have 0-2-3-0-2-3, right? On the second string 0-2--or, 0-2-3 then 0-2-4, 0-2-4. So you've got the same pattern. 0-2-3, 0-2-3, 0-2-4, 0-2-4. And you really want to write that down at home and get those numbers down for the frets or really memorize that and then you can go through in numbering it. You start on the 3rd fret on the bottom string, and you got 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-1. And you stop right here on the top string. Notice I put a square around it. You might want to notate that at home, as well. And we went through and run up the actual numbers or letters that go with the G major scale. And it starts right on G. So if you match them up with the fret, you have G, A, B, C, D, E, F sharp, G. So G has one sharp, its F sharp. So go through and write that down with the tab as well. And I put these little numbers above, which is just notating which note it is. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-1. So it's really important that you get these notes under your fingers and you understand that each one has its own number pertaining to the scale and it has its own actual pitch class name or just actual number or letter that its name. G, A, B, C, D, E, F sharp and G. And we'll go through and show you how to utilize this information as we go read through our books.

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