Where to go now?

Learn some repertoire!

Now that you have the G scale under your fingers it would be a good idea to learn some tunes to really solidify it in your vocabulary. Here are a few tunes that would be great to move on to next:

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  Song

  Melodic Style

  • Difficulty
    
  • Key
    G
  • Tuning
    gDGBD

  This tune is often a guitar players first flat picking song, and this version of Red Haired Boy is based on Tony Rice's playing.

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  Song

  Melodic Style

  • Difficulty
    
  • Key
    G
  • Tuning
    gDGBD

  Play like a fiddle player! A lot of melodic style banjo players listen to fiddle players for articulations and popular licks.

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  Song

  Melodic Style

  • Difficulty
    
  • Key
    G
  • Tuning
    gDGBD

  This is a classic fiddle tune and this arrangement of June Apple is based on Noam Pikelny's performance.

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And if you're itching to keep learning scales, check out the C and D scale exercises:

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  Song

  C Scales

  • Difficulty
    
  • Key
    C
  • Tuning
    gDGBD

  You'll notice that the C scales use very similar positions to the G scales. The main difference between G and C is one note. C scale...

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  Song

  D Scales

  • Difficulty
    
  • Key
    D
  • Tuning
    aDGBD

  D major is one of the more difficult keys to play melodic in because of the large stretch from the 9th fret 3rd string with your pin...

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