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Best Way to Learn Guitar Scales?
Posted on 3/21/13 at 3:39 pm
Posted on 3/21/13 at 3:39 pm
Hey y'all, this is probably a noob question, but I was wondering if anyone has tips for learning scales.
I have just been learning songs I like as I go. Now I want to be able to make up my own stuff on a whim, and I feel like learning the scales would be a great place to start. Any tips would be appreciated!
Thanks
I have just been learning songs I like as I go. Now I want to be able to make up my own stuff on a whim, and I feel like learning the scales would be a great place to start. Any tips would be appreciated!
Thanks
Posted on 3/21/13 at 3:48 pm to When in Rome
Just start slow and work up to speed, learn your blues boxes up and down the fretboard. Then you can just move the boxes up or down depending on the key
Posted on 3/21/13 at 3:54 pm to When in Rome
A good place to start would be the pentatonic/blues scale, and from there, learn to play that same scale in different positions on the neck.
After that, i would start looking at the major scale and all of the modes that go with it- dorian, lydian, phrygian etc
eta: the slower the better at first
After that, i would start looking at the major scale and all of the modes that go with it- dorian, lydian, phrygian etc
eta: the slower the better at first
This post was edited on 3/21/13 at 3:55 pm
Posted on 3/21/13 at 8:01 pm to 40 yds to Freedom
40 I see you in all the guitar threads...how long you been playing?
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Posted on 3/21/13 at 8:33 pm to When in Rome
quote:
Hey y'all, this is probably a noob question, but I was wondering if anyone has tips for learning scales.
I have just been learning songs I like as I go. Now I want to be able to make up my own stuff on a whim, and I feel like learning the scales would be a great place to start. Any tips would be appreciated!
learn the major (ionian) scale over 3 octaves. never learn it in just one octave. it will suffocate your learning and keep you boxed in to 3 strings. learning the scales over 6 strings makes you understand the patterns in the 5ths and 4ths as you transition grom g to b string, and it gives you freedom on how to transition to make the last octave of the scale. do you go up a string, or do you drop to a lower string and go higher on the fretboard?
once you learn the fretboard patterns... restart the scales and speak the notes outloud. go as slow as you need until you can play 3 octaves on a metronome.
once you can do this, start understanding modes and everything will fall into place. you will understand the patterns and you wont be limited to just 7 notes on the e string.
Posted on 3/21/13 at 9:09 pm to MrBobDobalina
son i came out the womb with a 6-stringer
Posted on 3/21/13 at 9:15 pm to 40 yds to Freedom
Posted on 3/21/13 at 9:22 pm to A Mite Ee One
I have such pussy fingers. I wish I could play the guitar so bad.
Posted on 3/21/13 at 9:31 pm to When in Rome
Not to hijack your thread, but I felt this would be a good place to ask rather than starting another thread.
I just bought a learning to play guitar set. Would I be better served learning to play scales, or should I just learn tab and try to play songs I like?
What are some good sites to learn from?
I just bought a learning to play guitar set. Would I be better served learning to play scales, or should I just learn tab and try to play songs I like?
What are some good sites to learn from?
Posted on 3/21/13 at 10:04 pm to Calen50
Start out learning how to play songs you enjoy. Learning scales isn't fun for a beginner and if its not fun then you're beer going to put in the time necessary to learn. Get your feet on the ground first and then start learning your scales
Posted on 3/22/13 at 12:00 am to CottonWasKing
quote:This is what I've worked my way up to. I'm comfortable enough with my strumming and my chords to take the next step.
Start out learning how to play songs you enjoy. Learning scales isn't fun for a beginner and if its not fun then you're beer going to put in the time necessary to learn. Get your feet on the ground first and then start learning your scales
Thanks to everyone who provided tips. I will definitely take your advice
Posted on 3/22/13 at 7:04 am to When in Rome
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This is what I've worked my way up to. I'm comfortable enough with my strumming and my chords to take the next step.
Oh I know I was saying that to the guy a couple posts above you
Posted on 3/22/13 at 11:58 am to CottonWasKing
I know I was just saying.
Posted on 3/22/13 at 1:35 pm to When in Rome
I'm right here with you Rome...I've been teaching myself online for the last year.
Started with 0 knowledge and an old guitar my friend gave me...but have only really been learning songs and chords...I've been putting off the more technical/theory"part because I know it's not going to be as fun (at first at least), but this thread's decided to get me going.
I'm going to start this afternoon...I'll post if I find anything I think is useful
Started with 0 knowledge and an old guitar my friend gave me...but have only really been learning songs and chords...I've been putting off the more technical/theory"part because I know it's not going to be as fun (at first at least), but this thread's decided to get me going.
I'm going to start this afternoon...I'll post if I find anything I think is useful
This post was edited on 3/22/13 at 1:37 pm
Posted on 3/22/13 at 5:18 pm to 40 yds to Freedom
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After that, i would start looking at the major scale and all of the modes that go with it- dorian, lydian, phrygian etc
I never understood modes. isn't it just starting the scale at the next note in the scale?
Posted on 3/22/13 at 5:55 pm to aaronb023
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I never understood modes. isn't it just starting the scale at the next note in the scale?
Music theory makes my head hurt. I know my pentatonic and that's about it. Every time I try to get into modes and the like I get too frustrated to continue. I just can't wrap my mind around it and its not fun at all for me so I quit trying. I'm gonna spend a few years working on being good at what I know
Posted on 3/22/13 at 7:33 pm to aaronb023
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isn't it just starting the scale at the next note in the scale?
in short, yes.
w-w-h-w-w-w-h is ionian. just start the pattern "one up" for dorian.
w-h-w-w-w-h-w and so on.
This post was edited on 3/22/13 at 7:34 pm
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