Guitar Rote Exercises - Gliss - Slide - Major Root Octave Shape

This exercise is similar to previous exercises, in that we are practicing sliding a certain chord shape up and down the strings.

This exercise is different in that we use the middle finger for the root, and the pinky finger for the octave.

This shape sets you up, and puts your fingers in a good position to play the notes of the major scale.

Earlier lessons also worked on using the pointer finger for the root note, which sets you up, and puts your fingers in position to play the notes of the minor key.

So we are playing the exact same notes (Root and Octave),

but because we are playing them with different fingers, and different hand shapes, it enables us to play either minor or major scale, between the root and octave.