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Open any guitar magazine or how-to-play guitar book and you are bound to encounter the subject of scales; it's a very confusing subject as there appears to be a never-ending number of different types of scales to learn as well as an avalanche of theory to digest in order to understand how to apply the scales to specific musical situations.
One of the biggest problems is knowing where and how to get started!
Over a 30 year professional guitar playing career I've learned quite a few shortcuts and I'd like to share a couple of them with you today.
Tip #1: Only learn the scales that apply to your particular musical style. This is a very important step as there are over 3,500 different types of scales and when you multiply that be the twelve different keys you can see why 99% of newbie guitar players get frustrated and confused.
Despite the seemingly endless parade of 'new' music appearing at a dizzying rate on the radio/TV and internet there is only a very small number of scales required to play most of the music heard on commercial media.
The most common scales are: a) minor pentatonic; b) blues scale; c) major pentatonic; d) diatonic major scale
Tip #2: Practice your scales in all keys - As you learn each scale make sure you can identify the keynote; the keynote is the note that has the same name as the scale you are practising e.g., in the 'A' minor pentatonic scale the note 'A' would be the keynote; by identifying the keynote and it's position in the scale fingering pattern it makes it easy to move the scale all over the guitar fretboard confidently to play the other keys.
Tip #3: Play your scales slowly - The trick with practising scales is to remember that speed comes as a by-product of accuracy; so practice your scales s-l-o-w-l-y; it's also a great idea to play your scales over a pre-recorded background, that way you can hear how each note sounds over a particular harmony.
And now I'd like to invite you to get free access to my "How To Remember 1,000 Songs" eCourse. You can download the course for free at: http://www.guitarcoaching.com
From Mike Hayes - The Guitar Coaching Guy & the Express Guitar System
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