Advanced Guitar Player

These lesson notes correspond to the Guitar Pro Tab, PDF and Audio files for Lesson 1 - Degrees I and III of the Major Scale from Sight Singing Major Scales Part One of Perfect Your Pitch - Ear Training And Sight Reading For Guitar Players.

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If you've read the introduction to the Perfect Your Pitch Course, you'll know that the way to practice these exercises is by singing Do for the C notes and Mi for the E notes.

The best way to work with the tabs - particularly if you've never done any sight singing before is to simply to listen to the first example.

If you're using Guitar Pro 6, you can set a loop simply by selecting the section of music you want to loop using the right mouse button.

Once you're familiar with how the two notes sound, sing along with the tab.

The first example would go: ||:Doh Mi Doh Mi | Mi Doh Mi Mi | Doh Mi Mi Mi | Doh Mi Doh Doh :||

What you're practicing here are the first and third degrees of the C Major Scale. At the same time, you're practicing the Interval that is known as a Major Third.

As you work your way through the course I'll mention the intervals involved in the exercises you're doing but I personally believe (mainly because that was how I was taught) that it's much more productive to think of scale degrees first.

Once you have the C Major scale degrees firmly embedded in your mind, it's very easy to apply them to other keys by beginning with a different root note

Guitar Ear Training Programs And Links

The accompanying Guitar Tab Files for this Ear Training Course are available in Guitar Pro 6 format from the Advanced Guitar Player Downloads section.

If you haven't got a copy of Guitar Pro, Click here to visit the Guitar Pro download page.

Although they often don't provide progressive Aural Skills development for beginners, ear training software programs can be very useful. I personally use EarMaster Pro - Click here to download a Trial Version of EarMaster Essential, Pro or School.