So what scale are we going to start with? Guess what?
C scale. That's all the white notes on the piano.
So if we were to play a C scale and a C major scale on one string,
I would start on the second string and its,
[MUSIC] whole step, [MUSIC] whole step,
[MUSIC] half step, [MUSIC] whole step,
[MUSIC] whole step, whole step, half step [MUSIC].
Of course, [MUSIC] whole-steps is two half-steps and each thread is a half-step.
So [MUSIC]
here's a C major scale in what we call first position.
We will call this open position also because we're using open strings.
Here's the C scale
[MUSIC].
Why do we call it first position?
Our first finger lies very normally in the first fret,
second finger in the second,
third, third, fourth, fourth.
But we're going to start playing the C major scale in second position,
which is first finger on the second fret,
second finger in the third,
third finger in the fourth,
fourth finger in the fifth.
So where would we play C?
We played C in the first position with our third finger,
we're going to play with our second finger.
We are not going to use any open strings.
Here C major in the second position.
Our second finger plays in the third fret.
This is the first octave [MUSIC].
The same notes as [MUSIC] our open position or
first position by not using any open strings,
this makes his fingering movable
[MUSIC].
Putting them together [MUSIC] second one [MUSIC]
and then the rest of the notes in second position, C,
B, A,G, F [MUSIC].
As you notice, I have to stretch for two notes,
on the first string and on the sixth string,
the note F and when we play in position,
[MUSIC] I'm going to keep my hand in that second position and stretch with
my first finger [MUSIC]
and also here [MUSIC].
As you notice, I don't do this,
[MUSIC] I do this [MUSIC].
The note G will still be with our second finger,
not our third so I always know where,
[MUSIC].
So let's just talk a little about position again.
Second position, first finger goes in the second fret,
[MUSIC] that's second position.
Fifth position 1, 2, 3, 4,
5 first finger goes in the fifth fret [MUSIC].
Seventh position 5, 6, 7,
first finger plays normally in the seventh position,
seventh fret [MUSIC].
So our goal is to learn some of
these fingerings so that we don't have to really worry where our fingers are,
so that we are always [MUSIC] thinking about being in the right position.
So we don't move out and we don't have to look at our hands as much.
Learning scale fingerings will help us to
navigate on the instrument much easier and more legato.
Legato meaning smooth sound as opposed to staccato.