Confused about how to complete E shape G major scale

camoflamingo

To finish the scale do I play (fingers) 412 to finish on the root note as Justin says? He seems to play only 2 notes to end the scale in his video demonstration, so I'm totally confused and want to be sure I'm playing it right.

https://www.justinguitar.com/en/IM-113-MajorScalePos1.php

neilg

The note under your second finger is the root which is why he's finishing on that.

camoflamingo

Sorry I haven't been as clear as I could have been. He seems to play only 2 notes on the low E to finish. Is it 3 notes and are they fingers 4 1 2 ? 

neilg

All three notes are in the scale but when learning scales you want to end on the root note.  I woudn't worry about it, you could play it either way as long as you end on the root.

EricTheWeary

As it says the red notes are the root notes, so to play whole scales you'll start and end on those. So it's two notes on the low E with fingers 4 and 2. Just two notes on the high E too, fingers 1 and 2.

camoflamingo

I found another of his vids for the same scale. 
He ends with fingers 4 2 1 2 on low e. 

Roland

4 2 finishes the scale. The 1 2 which follow are a final flourish to make it sound good.

TheBlueWolf

Yeah, it's 4 2 to finish.

thomasross20

Just checked out Justin's actual website, as opposed to his YouTube channel - some interesting-looking masterclasses I'll check out!

close2u

thomasross20 said:

Just checked out Justin's actual website, as opposed to his YouTube channel - some interesting-looking masterclasses I'll check out!

The website is amazing. If all you have ever known is YouTube then you're going to find so much more. There's a website revamp and much much more coming along in the near future too.

Phil_aka_Pip

IMO there's a difference between playing the scale from its lowest root to its highest root (and back down again), and playing all the notes out of that scale which are reachable in this position. So the G maj scale in strictly 3 notes per string goes (in shape 1)

(6) GAB 1-2-4 stretch fingering
(5) CDE 1-2-4 stretch fingering
(4) F#GA 1-2-4
(3) BCD 1-2-4
(2) EF#G 1-3-4
(1) ABC 1-3-4

You should do both of

low G to high G and down again to train your ears (and to comply with Rockschool exam rules)
low G as far as you can get to the high C to train your fingers