what scale is this?

ok I know this is super silly...but what sacle is this...

starting from the Low E 6th string all the way down to the high E 1st string using open and freted notes

open-1 - 3
open 2-3
open 2-3
open 2
open 1-3
open 1-3

is that an E major because it starts on the open E?

E major would be

Fourth String 1-2
Fifth String Open 2-4
Sixth String Open 2-4

Which follows the major scale formula W-W-H-W-W-W-H
http://go.guitartricks.com/lesson.php?input=10664&c_id=2&ch_id=10&s_id=363

so was that even a scale then?
just not an E major?
or was it just a bunch of notes?

Originally Posted by: Itsmesilly
open-1 - 3
open 2-3
open 2-3
open 2
open 1-3
open 1-3
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If this is what you are playing:

E |-------------------------------0-1-3-|
B |-------------------------0-1-3-------|
G |--------------------0-2--------------|
D |-------------0-2-3-------------------|
A |-------0-2-3-------------------------|
E |-0-1-3-------------------------------|

Then you are playing these notes:

E - F - G - A - B - C - D, etc.

Essentially all the natural notes without accidentals (sharps or flats). Therefore it is a C major scale. But you would be starting it on it's 3rd scale degree (E):

C - D - E - F - G - A - B - C
[QUOTE=Itsmesilly]
... is that an E major because it starts on the open E?

No. The interval relationships (distances between the notes) determine what scale any given group of notes forms. You can start playing a scale on any one of it's notes, doesn't have to the root note.

Look at the Guitar Fundamentals 2 course for lessons on intervals and scales.

Hope this helps!

that was totally what I was looking for
thankkkkkkkkk youuuuuuuuuuuu

wanna know something funny....I listen to music theory on my ipod ( MANY guitar pod casts for free out there ) when I go to sleep....and I am listening to a lesson on intervals...well its 4o min long and I have to say I never make it to the end...lolol...works like a charm for insomnia....hehehehe

so anyone having trouble sleeping...try a little music theory on the ipod

thanks again

a while ago I was trying to learn the order of sharps and flats ...while trying to teach myself theory
when I was at work and have down time ( not being able to play a guitar but wanting to do something ) I would sit and write them out ...and read my beginner jazz book...write questions etc
but how soon I forgot them...sad...but im back on track
practice practice practice

Hi itsmesilly,

I can totally help you nail the order of sharps and flats with a system I have devised using pictures such as a fighter plane, batteries and a sheet of paper etc. It sounds unconventional because it is!! but it works. drop me a line if you wanna suss it out, I am getting a few people to try it out.

jason.

[email]jason.vearing@yahoo.com.au[/email]

I would say that it is just a bunch of notes - in my view what determines the scale is what chord you are playing the notes over!!

For example if you are playing those notes over an E minor chord - you would be playing an E Phrygian.

If you were to play that scale over a C Major chord then it would be a C Major scale or Ionian mode.

If you were to play it over nothing, then its just a bunch of notes - that happen to be in the key of C.

Thats my 2 cents.