C Melodic Scale Workout Banjo Tabs
Exercises
C Melodic Scale Workout Banjo Tablature: One Song, Many Styles
Recomended level: Intermediate
This banjo exercise is a great way to practice the C major scale in multiple different arrangements. It includes one octave scale practice, a scale pattern #1, a 3rds pattern, and the 7 major modes. This banjo song is a great way to strengthen melodic knowledge and technique by exploring different scales.
Learn how to play C Melodic Scale Workout on Banjo with this selection of tablatures:
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One Octave Scale
- Difficulty
- Key C
- Tempo 60 bpm
- Tuning gDGBD
Here's the one octave C major scale, played in melodic style. You can use your thumb or ring finger to get the 10th fret note on the 5th string.
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Scale Pattern - 1234
- Difficulty
- Key C
- Tempo 60 bpm
- Tuning gDGBD
This Scale pattern moves ascends or descends through the scale 4 notes at a time. The movement goes 1234, 2345, etc. The actual notes being played end up being CDEF, DEFG, etc.
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Scale Pattern - 1231
- Difficulty
- Key C
- Tempo 60 bpm
- Tuning 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 CDEC DEFD and so on. Before applying this to y...
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3rds Pattern
- Difficulty
- Key C
- Tempo 60 bpm
- Tuning 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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