Study No. 3 — C major scale in first position

Note after Note · Level 2 (Beginner) · study · Guitar, sheet music and tablature

The C major scale over two octaves (from the low C on string 5 up to the high G), then a short melody built from it.

▶ Play this piece with the interactive score

How to practise it

• Listen first: the site plays it while the score scrolls.
• Wait mode: the score waits for you at every note, at your own pace.
• Tempo challenge: play in time, with a score and a map of the bars you got right.
• One finger per fret: finger 1 on fret 1, 2 on fret 2, 3 on fret 3. Alternate i-m strictly, even when crossing strings.

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