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- The Major Scale - Base Topic

Fretboard Overview - Note Names
The C major scale as it occurs on the guitar in standard tuning, presented with the note names displayed.
Fretboard Overview - Tone Functions
The C major scale as it occurs on the guitar in standard tuning, presented with the note intervals displayed for the ionian mode.
Mode #2: D Dorian
Formula: 1 - 2 - b3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - b7
An interesting observation
When you look at the 'clock' representation of this scale (the circle of notes), this scale is perfectly symmetrical.
For the musical genius and guitarist Allan Holdsworth, this inspired him to essentially base his theoretical concept around this scale as a vantage point. This simplification is one example of how luminous his perception and way of thinking was and how he must have been naturally able to reduce concepts to the bare basics.

Mode #6: A Aeolian
Formula: 1 - 2 - b3 - 4 - 5 - b6 - b7
This mode is also known as the Natural Minor scale. Observe that this scale is where the western musical alphabet comes from: A - B - C - D - E - F - G.
