Banjo tablatures for G Melodic Scale Workout
Exercises
Recomended level: Intermediate
These exercises are carefully designed to help players develop fluency and agility in navigating the G melodic scale across the fretboard. With a focus on finger dexterity and precise note placement, the workouts gradually build up in complexity, allowing learners to gain confidence in playing ascending and descending sequences smoothly.
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One Octave Scale
- G
- 90 bpm
- gDGBD
This tab features both the one octave scale and the 1.5 octave scale, which goes all the way up to the 12th fret, first string.
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Scale Pattern #1
- G
- 90 bpm
- gDGBD
This scale pattern is also known as the 1231 2342 pattern, which refers to the scale degrees. If you were to name the notes it would be GABG ABCA and so on. Before applying this to y...
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3rds Pattern
- G
- 90 bpm
- gDGBD
This is a 3rds pattern scale, which looks like this - 132435. The pattern is up a third, down a second, up a third, down a second. Make sure you check out the right hand fingering fo...
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The Diatonic Modes
- G
- 90 bpm
- gDGBD
Learning the modes is a great way to develop a comprehensive understanding of the banjo's fretboard. These modes are just the G major scale starting on notes other than G. They are c...