Chords for Some Fun Scales in Open D | Tom Strahle | Pro Guitar Secrets

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Hey [F#] there, I want to show you some fun [G#] scales in open D [D] tuning.
And actually [G] I could just say scales in [Dm] open D tuning and the fun is up to [G] you.
You can be the judge of whether it's fun or [D] not.
But I'm [E] going to show you five scales and I'm going to use all open strings.
I'm going to use all the open strings.
_ _ So basically I've [D] got a D chord.
The open D tuning is D, [A] A, [D] D, F sharp, A, and D.
_ And [N] there are three major scales that have a D chord in it, that have those three notes in it.
And that's obviously D major, _ and then G [C] major, and A major.
In D major it's the one chord, in G [N] major it's the five chord, and in A major it's the four chord.
And if we were to look at just a little bit of theory here, if we were to look at the
circle of fifths, and you look at where D is at two sharps, the key below it with one
sharp would be G, and the key above it with three [D] sharps would be A.
So they're adjacent keys essentially.
So we're only changing [G#] one note to go from D to G, and we're only going to change [D] one
note to go from D to A.
So if you notice that subtle change, it'll be easier to remember
some of these.
Okay?
So the first scale is going to be the D major scale. _
And I'm just going to give you the notes, names, and [E] there's going to be also a diagram
here over [D] my shoulder.
_ And so _ it's open, [E] second fret, _ [F#m] fourth fret, [G] fifth fret, _ [A] open, _ [B] second, _
[C#] fourth, [D] open, _ [E] _ _
[F#] open,
_ [G] first, _ [A] open, _
[B] second, _ _ [C#] fourth, _ [D] _
open.
And then we can continue on if we want more notes in this scale.
We can go one, or [F#] open, two, [G] four, [F#m] five. _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ Now the thing [A] I like about the open D tuning and playing [D] scales in it is [A] that you [C#] have
a lot of [G#] notes to finger [E] on these [D] two strings and on the first string.
But in the middle, on [F#] the D string, on the F sharp [A] string, and [D] the A string here, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
you
have all those things, which are [E] the [G] second, the [D] fourth, the sixth.
[F#] One, [G] two, three, [Bm] four, five, six.
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_ _ Okay?
So I really like that.
So that's the [F#m] D scale. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Okay.
[G#] So all we need to do to change the D scale into a G scale is to [C#] lower the C sharp, which
is here and here on the A string, on the two A strings, same place.
[C] We're going to go down to C.
[G] So it'll sound like this.
I'm going to start on the G note, which is here, the pinky.
So I'm going to start on five on the bottom string.
And [A] I'm going to go open, _ [B] two, [C] three, [D] open, _ [E] two, [F#] open, [G] one, _
[A] open, [B] two, [C] three, [D] open, _
[E] [G] two,
four and one.
So it sounds like this.
[B] _ [F#] _
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_ You hear the G chord?
The G chord I can play just by barring the fifth fret.
_ _ _ So that's_
And then if I want to continue down, I can go _ four_
I'm sorry, five, [F#m]
[E] four, two, [F#m] zero.
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[F#] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [G#] Okay.
So that's the scale below D in the circle of fifths.
The scale above D in the circle of fifths is A.
And so what we're going to do is that
we're going to go back to the C sharp.
[D] So we're going to play a D [E] scale.
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But _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
now we're going to raise the F sharp, or I'm sorry, the G [G#m] to G sharp.
Okay.
Because there's a G sharp in the key of A.
So that's_
We're going to [A] actually start on the A.
So we'll start on the open A string, fifth string.
And it'll be zero, [B] two, [C#] four, [D] zero, [E]
two, _ [F#] [G#] zero, two, [A] [B] zero, two, [C#] [D] four, zero, [F#] two, [G#] four, [F#m] six, seven.
Okay.
I love this one because there's a lot of twos in it. _
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_ _ _ _ [D] _ First finger [F#m] gets to get busy.
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_ You get the idea.
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Now if I want [D] to continue that down, the [F#] notes I [G#] played on the high D string, I [F#m] can also play.
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_ _ [D] _ So another scale that I want to [F] show_
So those are the three [D#] diatonic scales, three major diatonic [A] scales.
_ [F#m] D, G, and A.
Now I'm going to do a [F#] D major pentatonic scale, which I really like because it kind of gives
you that bluegrass thing [D] you can do.
_ _ _ Okay.
And this one's [N] less notes.
And it's got a moment where it's a little difficult because you're only playing the open string.
You're not playing any other notes.
So the D major [D] pentatonic would be open, [E]
two, [F#m] four, [A] open, [B] two, [D] open, [E] two, _ [F#m] open, open, [Bm] two,
open, [F#m] two, [D] four. _
_ [F#m] _ [Bm] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ Isn't that cool?
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[F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Okay.
So that's basically a_
[N] That's a D major pentatonic.
Okay.
We're going to do one more scale and it's just_
We're going to add a note to the D major pentatonic.
We're going to add an F to it.
So we're going to flat the third, but we're going to play the [D] third as well.
So it's going to be kind of a bluesier sound.
So we're going to go open, [E] two, [F] three, [F#m] four.
_ _ Love that.
[A] Then open, [B] [D] two, [E] open, [F] two, three, [F#] and then open, and then [F#m] skip, open.
There we go.
[B] Open.
I'm sorry, two, [D] [F] open, two, [F#m] three, four. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ Anyway, that's kind of a [N] fun scale.
So those are the five scales I wanted to show you in Open D.
[D] I'm going to do a video for DadGad and I'm going to do a video for Open G as well.
Scales in the key of Open G.
_ [C] With Open G tuning.
So [F] I hope you're doing well.
God bless you guys.
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I appreciate you subscribing, all [N] of that.
It's really, really cool to see it.
I can't believe how fast this channel is growing.
I love creating content.
I hope you can tell that I enjoy doing this.
It's really just_
I love sharing [Am] this.
I used to teach all the time.
I don't teach anymore.
So this is me _ [G] getting my [D] teaching on.
So I will [N] be posting more videos.
I got more stuff.
Somebody asked for me to do_
A lot of people have been asking me to do Why So Many Guitars, electric edition.
Okay, that's a whole_
That's a lot of guitars.
So I don't know how_
I'll do it, but it's going to [D] be_
I may do pairs of guitars or something like that.
But anyway, we'll _ _ be seeing each other here on YouTube.
[C#] And God bless you.
Take care.
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