Level 2 · Working with both hands · 15 min
C major over one and two octaves
By the end, you can return to the starting C after two octaves.
Before this lesson
Lesson steps
1 From one C to the next
Play just the first two bars of the ascending scale.
3 min 45 s · Quarter note = 48, 1 note per click
Check for · The eighth note is C on string 2, fret 1.
More detail
An octave separates two notes of the same name, one higher than the other.
2 The upper octave
Continue up to C at fret 8 on string 1.
3 min 45 s · Quarter note = 48, 1 note per click
Revisit the tablature · Step 1
Check for · Each note starts without buzzing.
More detail
The hand shifts as you go from fret 3 to 5: the index takes fret 5.
3 Turn at the top
Descend from the top C without striking it again.
3 min 45 s · Quarter note = 48, 1 note per click
Revisit the tablature · Step 1
Check for · The three fret numbers at the turn are 7, 8, 7.
More detail
The line changes direction while the i-m alternation continues.
4 Back to the starting point
Join the ascent and descent at one note per click.
3 min 45 s · Quarter note = 48, 1 note per click
Revisit the tablature · Step 1
Check for · The final C lasts four clicks after the shorter notes.
More detail
The final C is back on string 5, fret 3. If fret 5 comes late, isolate the notes leading into it.
You can move on when…
You pass when you play up and down three times, one note per click, without repeating the top C.
If a movement feels difficult
A note buzzes.
Stop on that note and move your finger closer to the fret.
The position shift leaves a gap.
Isolate the shift and alternate long-short, then short-long rhythms.