These are the basic fingerings for several common scales across two octaves, starting and ending on a root note. So, to play an A Major Scale, just put your second finger on an A note and play the scale as written. Please refer to the Chord Charts And Scale Patterns section of this web site for additional information on reading these diagrams.
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| 1 1 1 | 1 | | 1 1 | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
2 2 | | 2 2 2 2 | | 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 | | 2 2 2
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
| | 3 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | 2 | 3 |
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
4 4 4 4 4 | 4 4 4 4 4 | 3 3 3 4 | | | 3 3 3 | | | 3 3 3 | | 3 3 3 4 | |
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
| | | | | | | | | | | | 4 4 | | 4 | 4 | | | 4 4 4 | | 4 4 4 4 4 | | | |
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
Major Major Minor Minor Blues Harmonic
Pentatonic Pentatonic Minor
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