The document provides instructions on playing the basic G major scale on the banjo by going up and down the strings in different patterns. It notes that the scale forms the foundation of all melodies and includes tablature and notes on playing the scale across open strings and closed strings as well as melodically ascending and descending. The tablature demonstrates how to play the G major scale using different fingerpicking patterns on the banjo.

1. G Basic Major Scale (Ionian)
Remember these notes are the founation of all of you rmelodies
Leo Crossfield
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G Single up String G Single down String
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D
B
Banjo G
D
0 2 4 5 7 9 11 12 12 11 9 7 5 4 2 0
G
T I T I T I T etc...
6 G across the strings open
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0 2 4 5 5 4 2 0
0 1 1 0
Ban. 0 2 2 0
4 2 0 2
0
T I T I etc...
11 G across the strings closed
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
2 4 5 5 4 2
1 3 3 1
Ban. 4
0
5
2 4 4 2
5
0
T I T I etc ...
16 G Melodic up
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0 4
0 5
Ban. 4 2 0 2 4
0 0
7
5
0
I T M I M I M T
20 G Melodic down
  
4 0
5 0
Ban. 5
7
0
0
T M I M T I T I