Major scale

While playing guitar there are many scales that experienced players improvise on. When you are listening to a rock song  and the solo comes along, it isn't a jumble of notes. They are playing a scale. In this case, the scale is in the key of A. The red 2's are to be played on 5th fret and the red 4 resides on 7th fret. While you play this I urge you to stay in position. Position playing is when your first finger stays on the desired root. Here, on this scale you have to use your pinky. You might not be albe to play it fast at first, the more you practice the faster you play and the easier it gets. 

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