Welcome to Guitar International’s series on Mastering the Major Scale in 30 days! We’re glad you’re here, so have a look around at all 30 of these very cool, and easy to practice exercises.

The goal of this series is to give you all of the tools you will need to be able to play the major scale, in all keys, in all areas of the neck. By practicing these exercises you will not only boost your knowledge of the major scale, but you will also increase your knowledge of the guitar neck and raise your technical level at the same time.

So sit back, grab your favorite guitar and a hot drink and get ready to Master the Major Scale!

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The Exercises

Section 1 – One Octave Fingerings

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4

Section 2 – 2-Octave with Shifts

Day 5
Day 6

Section 3 – Major Scales with 6th String Roots

Day 7
Day 8
Day 9

Section 4 – Major Scales with 5th String Roots

Day 10
Day 11

Section 4 – 3 Octave and Longer Scales

Day 12

Section 5 – Scales on 1 String at a Time

Day 13
Day 14
Day 15
Day 16
Day 17
Day 18

Section 5 – 3 Octave Major Scales with a Shift

Day 19
Day 20
Day 21
Day 22
Day 23
Day 24

Section 6 – 4 Note Per String Scales with Slurs

Day 25
Day 26
Day 27
Day 28
Day 29
Day 30