What Scales To Practise ? Options

[aerohit]

Hiya. In order to freely flirt with my guitar, I learned A major and all its modes all over the guitar. But I somehow am not able to produce the kind of noises that would please me. One of the probable reason is because I have not chosen the right scale. Can someone suggest what scale should I choose to begin with, to create some really tasty riffs and licks rock style.

To give a little hint, I like Led Zep, Metallica, Slash and all those rock and roll bands of the 70-80's. So probably some lightning on what scales they worked with would help.

Also, A minor pentatonic box seems to be a pretty popular box. May I know from which major scale,if at all, is it derived from?

[sb81]

Thanks Ben & Andrew... so for rock, playing a similar pattern X amount of times maybe followed by a more unique ending will give a more rock'ish sound?

I always end up doing bluesy sounding bends... guess I need to break that habit.

[Ben Howell]

Thanks Ben & Andrew... so for rock, playing a similar pattern X amount of times maybe followed by a more unique ending will give a more rock'ish sound?

I always end up doing bluesy sounding bends... guess I need to break that habit.

No probs.

I wouldnt say you need to 'break' that habit for bending, you just need to know when to apply it, and certain rules for genres.

Take E minor pentatonic, and make some scalic patterns (patterns based on the scale) to get you from one area of the fretboard to the other.

check out this link for pattern playing:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=z9rAn6lzOxw


Im not an advocate of 'pattern playing' but it has its uses. Notice the pattern repeated.

-Ben

[Leviathan]

Can you guys show me all the pentatonic scales i should learn?