C Major Ionian Scale Sequence Exercise Tab

For clearance, this contribution is not a meant as a tab, but as a visual representation of the fretboard.
Though all the horizontal lines in this article correspont with the following principle:
 
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Now lets's start:
 
 
 
First let's start of with a anatomical overview of the C Major (Ionian) scale on the fretboard:
 
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C Major Scale note-pattern
-E-||-F-|---|-G-|---|-A-|---|-B-|-C-|---|-D-|---|-E-|-F-|---|-G-|---|-A-|---|-B-|-C-|---|-D-|---|-E-|
-B-||-C-|---|-D-|---|-E-|-F-|---|-G-|---|-A-|---|-B-|-C-|---|-D-|---|-E-|-F-|---|-G-|---|-A-|---|-B-|
-G-||---|-A-|---|-B-|-C-|---|-D-|---|-E-|-F-|---|-G-|---|-A-|---|-B-|-C-|---|-D-|---|-E-|-F-|---|-G-|
-D-||---|-E-|-F-|---|-G-|---|-A-|---|-B-|-C-|---|-D-|---|-E-|-F-|---|-G-|---|-A-|---|-B-|-C-|---|-D-|
-A-||---|-B-|-C-|---|-D-|---|-E-|-F-|---|-G-|---|-A-|---|-B-|-C-|---|-D-|---|-E-|-F-|---|-G-|---|-A-|
-E-||-F-|---|-G-|---|-A-|---|-B-|-C-|---|-D-|---|-E-|-F-|---|-G-|---|-A-|---|-B-|-C-|---|-D-|---|-E-|
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C Major Scale interval pattern
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-7-||-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-|---|-7-|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-|---|-7-|
-5-||---|-6-|---|-7-|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-|---|-7-|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|-4-|---|-5-|
-2-||---|-3-|-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-|---|-7-|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-|---|-7-|-1-|---|-2-|
-6-||---|-7-|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-|---|-7-|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-|
-3-||-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-|---|-7-|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-|---|-7-|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|
 0    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24
 
C Major Scale box-pattern (root on 8th fret of the low E-string)
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Now let's begin with the exercises:
 
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EXERCISE 1 - Going up and down the scale pattern (keep a steady slow beat)
 
C Major (Ionian) Scale interval pattern, up and down, this is how it looks like in tabs:
e|--------------------------------7-8-10--10-8-7---------------------------------
B|---------------------------8-10----------------10-8----------------------------
G|--------------------7-9-10--------------------------10-9-7---------------------
D|-------------7-9-10----------------------------------------10-9-7--------------
A|------7-8-10------------------------------------------------------10-8-7-------
E|-8-10--------------------------------------------------------------------10-8--
 
C Major (Ionian) Scale interval pattern, up and down, this is how it looks like in note names:
e|----------------------------B-C-D--D-C-B---------------------------
B|------------------------G-A--------------A-G-----------------------
G|------------------D-E-F----------------------F-E-D-----------------
D|------------A-B-C----------------------------------C-B-A-----------
A|------E-F-G----------------------------------------------G-F-E-----
E|--C-D----------------------------------------------------------D-C-
 
C Major (Ionian) Scale interval pattern, up and down, this is how it looks like in interval sequence:
e|---------------------------7-1-2--2-1-7---------------------------
B|-----------------------5-6--------------6-5-----------------------
G|-----------------2-3-4----------------------4-3-2-----------------
D|-----------6-7-1----------------------------------1-7-6-----------
A|-----3-4-5----------------------------------------------5-4-3-----
E|-1-2----------------------------------------------------------2-1-
 
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EXERCISE 2 - In groups of 3 (keep a steady slow beat)
 
This is how 'up' looks like in interval sequence: 1 2 3, 2 3 4, 3 4 5, 4 5 6, 5 6 7, 6 7 1, and so on
This is how 'down' looks like in interval sequence: 1 7 6, 7 6 5, 6 5 4, 5 4 3, 4 3 2, 3 2 1, and so on
 
C Major Scale interval pattern (root on 8th fret of the low E-string)
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---||---|---|---|---|---|---|-6-|---|-7-|-1-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 0    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24
 
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EXERCISE 3 - In groups of 4 (keep a steady slow beat)
 
This is how 'up' looks like in interval sequence: 1 2 3 4, 2 3 4 5, 3 4 5 6, 4 5 6 7, 5 6 7 1, and so on
This is how 'down' looks like in interval sequence: 1 7 6 5, 7 6 5 4, 6 5 4 3, 5 4 3 2, 4 3 2 1, and so on
 
C Major Scale interval pattern (root on 8th fret of the low E-string)
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---||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-5-|---|-6-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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---||---|---|---|---|---|---|-6-|---|-7-|-1-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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EXERCISE 4 - 'Hopping' or 'Skipping' (keep a steady slow beat)
 
This is how 'up' looks like in interval sequence: 1 3, 2 4, 3 5, 4 6, 5 7, 6 1, 7 2, and so on
This is how 'down' looks like in interval sequence: 1 6, 7 5, 6 4, 5 3, 4 2, 3 1, 2 7, and so on
 
C Major Scale interval pattern (root on 8th fret of the low E-string)
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---||---|---|---|---|---|---|-6-|---|-7-|-1-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Note: you can apply these 4 principles (straight up and down, groups of 3, groups of 4, hopping/skipping)
to any scale pattern you like. As long as you keep the interval pattern correct. But I would strongly
suggest you start mastering the basics first, that is: the C Major (Ionian) figure like shown
above and then only explore more complex Major fretboard patterns when you first are able to survive
a descent improvasation session by using only the figure shown above.
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