Lead guitar - lesson 5

Solo in the key of C - backing track lesson 5.
This is the fifth lesson in the C Major soloing series. The diagram below shows the fourth shape of the scale. There are five different main shapes for a certain scale.

C jam track

"Sweet Pop in C alt. 5"

C Major scale diagram

Jam track info

Instruments: Bass, drums, piano and rhythm guitar
Chords: C, Cmaj7, G, Gsus, Am, F, F6, Dm, Em, Em7
Tempo: 85 BPM

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Instructions

The C Major scale can be used over the whole jam track, which includes chords in the key of C. The shape presented above is called the fifth shape of the Major scale and is, in case of the C Major, played in 5th position and spans five frets. You may recognize the shape - it's the same as the first shape of the A Minor.