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In this section, you'll notice the familiar numbers 1-7 from the previous scales page. Beneath each number, there are indications with capital W and lowercase w.
the uppercase W stands for Whole step The spacing looks like this on guitar
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the lower case w stands for half step The spacing looks like this on guitar
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Now you will also see a upper case M and lower case m section they stand for major and minor capital M is major lowercase m is minor now that will provide you the formula to know if a major or a minor is coming next in your Key ( you will see 7 is called dim that's diminished this chord is very dark and builds a lot of tension tbh at the start you won't use this it's more in metal music and jazz but I do love it but don't get hung up on it now
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The first acronym is modes I Did Pot Last Monday And Levitated Stands for all the modes which are all the scales we went through and they are. (1.Ionian, 2.Dorian, 3.Phrygian, 4.Lydian, 5.Mixolydian, 6.Aeolian, and 7.Locrian)
The second is the guitar strings Easter Bunny Gets Drunk At Easter Which is all the 6 strings on guitar starting on your top string ( the smallest thinnest one) guitar when you tune guitar into standard tuning
The third is sharps Beacon and Eggs B and E both don't have sharps, sharps look like instagram hashtags #
Note you will see sometimes notes called flats which honestly will be important way later on I'll give quick example though to not leave you in the dark. let's use the note D for the example. There is technically D, D sharp, and also D flat, but d flat is actually the same note as C sharp. Also D sharp is the exact same note as E. Sounds stupid and useless and at this stage yes it is but when you start exploring different keys later on if you didn't have flats you'd end up having letters repeated in the key instead of it being A B C D E F G it would go A B C D D# F G which isn't feasible But again that's way later on
