Scale Lesson 12

E Major and C# Minor in 9th Position

So in lesson 11 we learned an A major scale had 3 sharps (F#, C#, G#). In this lesson we will learn that an E major scale has 4 sharps (F#, C#, G#, D#). We used the major scale formula:

W W H W W W H

We also learned that A majors relative minor was F#

E majors relative minor is C#

So both the key of E major and the key of C# have 4 sharps and those are:

F#, C#, G# and D#

E Major

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The 1st fretboard is showing a 2 octave E major scale.

The 2nd fretboard could be a 2 octaves C# minor scale if you start on the C#

The 3rd fretboard shows both an E major pentatonic scale and C# minor pentatonic

We make a major pentatonic scale by removing the 4th and 7th degree of the scale. An E major scale would be:

E F# G# A B C# D#

E Major

C# Minor

E/C#m Pentatonic

C# minor pentatonic scale in 9th position

Jam Track

Here is a jam track made with a part of the tripfuse25 idea above.

This chord progression plays one measure of C#m and one measure of A

C#m would be the vi chord in the key of E major and and A would be the IV chord.

Note: These two chords also belong to the key of A major so you can try that also. Everything would be the same except instead of D# you would play D. Key of A major has only 3 sharps (F#, C# and G#).