C major scale, position 2

Position 2 of the C major scale runs from fret 7 to fret 10: 17 notes, 3 on the low E, 3 on the A, 3 on the D, 3 on the G, 2 on the B and 3 on the high E. The root is on the low E string, the D string and the high E string. The chord that lives here is C’s E shape — 6 of the position’s notes are the chord, haloed above; the rest are the scale around it. Tap a note to hear it; the root picker moves the position to any key, and ‹ › walk to the next position up the neck.

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