Minor Scale - Shape 1
The dark notes on this scale are the root notes. Root notes are the fundamental note/s that give a chord or scale its name. As you can see on this scale the notes are played past the root note on the 1st or thin string. If you wanted to be scale note correct you could finish the scale on the 1st string 1st finger.
Below is an "A Minor Scale" written in TAB
|--------------------------------------------5--7--8--|
|-----------------------------------5--6--8-----------|
|--------------------------4--5--7--------------------|
|--------------------5--7-----------------------------|
|-----------5--7--8-----------------------------------|
|--5--7--8--------------------------------------------|
The MIDI below is the sound of an "A Minor Scale" starting from the 5th fret.
