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Guitar Scale Lesson - Top 3 Secrets to Learning Guitar Scales Fast
Whether you love playing scales on guitar or despise them the truth is that every aspiring lead guitar player needs to know them. It is not enough to just make a guitar scale lesson out of playing them straight out of a book.
To truly understand guitar scales and get an idea of how they can work in your lead playing you need to dissect the components and think outside the box.
This article is no ordinary guitar scale lesson. Below are three easy things you can do to expand your knowledge of all guitar scales.
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Guitar Scale Lesson Tip #1
Sing the Scale
Singing a scale as you play it will do two things for you.#1. You are playing it so you are working on your muscle memory.
#2. By singing it you are helping develop your ear to recognize the sound of that particular scale.
Just think how easy it will be to improvise when you can hear it in your head and instantly now that you can play the scale that is going to give you the same sound. truly a remarkable feet for any guitar player.
Guitar Scale Lesson Tip #2
Play it on One String
Instead of just learning guitar scales in the standard box positions most books and teachers show you try playing the scale up and down each and every string.
*C major scale on the first string*
This guitar scale excercise will not only speed up your understanding of the way the scale works but it will help you open up other ways of linking it to your favorite licks up and down the neck.
*C major scale on the first string*
This guitar scale excercise will not only speed up your understanding of the way the scale works but it will help you open up other ways of linking it to your favorite licks up and down the neck.
Guitar Scale Lesson Tip #3
Sequence Patterns
A sequence pattern is a way of grouping notes in a scale together so that they have a distinct sequential sound when played.
A popular guitar scale pattern is to play the notes of a scale in groups of four. For example starting on the root note play the first four notes in the scale. Then do the same thing but this time start on the second note of the scale. Repeat the sequence up the scale each time starting it on the next scale tone.
You can do the same thing back down the scale.
Now that you know what a sequence pattern is you can make different guitar scale exercises using your own creative sequence patterns.
Get more great tips on mastering guitar scales
A popular guitar scale pattern is to play the notes of a scale in groups of four. For example starting on the root note play the first four notes in the scale. Then do the same thing but this time start on the second note of the scale. Repeat the sequence up the scale each time starting it on the next scale tone.
You can do the same thing back down the scale.
Now that you know what a sequence pattern is you can make different guitar scale exercises using your own creative sequence patterns.
Get more great tips on mastering guitar scales
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Free Guitar Scale Lesson
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Guitar lessons aren't cheap now-a-days.
A guitar scale lesson with an instructor might cost you $20 - 40 an hour, and he/she probably wouldn't go over the four basic guitar scales I'm going to share with you in just one lesson.
So let's say each scale is its own lesson and your paying between $20 and $40 per lesson. That's:
$80 at $20/hour
$160 at $40/hour
It hardly seems fair that I'm giving this guitar scale lesson away for free, after all I could charge $20 a pop and it would still be more valuable than those other guys.
But, it just doesn't seem right to me to charge for something that you could essentially discover on your own.
And guess what! You have.
So, now I present to you the Basic Guitar Scales Lesson.
It's yours to keep. Hell, e-mail to your friends if you like I don't care. Just make sure you put it to good use.
*To make the most out the Basic Guitar Scales Lesson apply the guitar scale excercises discussed above*
A guitar scale lesson with an instructor might cost you $20 - 40 an hour, and he/she probably wouldn't go over the four basic guitar scales I'm going to share with you in just one lesson.
So let's say each scale is its own lesson and your paying between $20 and $40 per lesson. That's:
$80 at $20/hour
$160 at $40/hour
It hardly seems fair that I'm giving this guitar scale lesson away for free, after all I could charge $20 a pop and it would still be more valuable than those other guys.
But, it just doesn't seem right to me to charge for something that you could essentially discover on your own.
And guess what! You have.
So, now I present to you the Basic Guitar Scales Lesson.
It's yours to keep. Hell, e-mail to your friends if you like I don't care. Just make sure you put it to good use.
*To make the most out the Basic Guitar Scales Lesson apply the guitar scale excercises discussed above*
How Can I Become a Master of Guitar Scales?
Use the tips in this guitar scale lesson and watch your lead playing take a whole new direction.
You'll be able to quickly identify the guitar scales and modes you want to play, have a whole new arsenal of sequential licks at your finger tips and a strong foundation for how to connect them all up and down the neck.
Don't let learning guitar scales be just another boring, meaningless part of your practice time.
Discover how you can improvise solos with the fluidity, skill and musicality of the greats by visiting GuitarScaleMastery.com
You'll be able to quickly identify the guitar scales and modes you want to play, have a whole new arsenal of sequential licks at your finger tips and a strong foundation for how to connect them all up and down the neck.
Don't let learning guitar scales be just another boring, meaningless part of your practice time.
Discover how you can improvise solos with the fluidity, skill and musicality of the greats by visiting GuitarScaleMastery.com
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