My Systematic Approach To Scales |
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My Systematic Approach To Scales |
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May 29 2014, 11:33 AM |
Wrote this for another site a while back, but after seeing Spock's post, I thought i'd post it here too; hopefully it'll be helpful for other players to "break out of the box" and move around the fretboard effortlessly.
------- Relating everything to A Minor, here is the reference sheet i'll be using throughout the post. - http://i.imgur.com/XirXCoP.jpg These 7 three note per two string patterns are the building blocks for this logical and systematic approach. Also it's a lot easier to learn this system if you already know how to find octaves. - http://www.justinguitar.com/en/IM-116-NotesOnNeck.php ------- http://i.imgur.com/TpiHzHF.jpg - The system is simple. By splitting up the A Minor scale into these 7 patterns (there's only really 6, pattern 3 and 7 are the same), you'll see that this system repeats itself; over and over again all over the guitar neck. Just learn those 7 basic patterns; and you're set. The Vertical As you go from thickest to thinnest string, you will be descending in pattern number; Pattern 1 -> 7 -> 6 etc. and vice versa for thinnest to thickest. Regardless of which pattern you start from, it will follow this system. e.g. in the first example, the E and A strings use pattern 1; meaning when you move to the next set of two strings, the D and G, you use pattern 7. Then it goes onto pattern 6 etc. The Horizontal As you go up the frets from lowest to highest, you will be ascending in pattern number; Pattern 7 -> 1 -> 2 etc. and vice versa. Hopefully that makes sense, it's hard to draw out the horizontal since they all overlap. ------- Exercise http://i.imgur.com/IiipVjN.jpg In this example, it's patterns 1 and 2 together but over different octaves. This exercise is more to do with getting the concept of moving between and visualising patterns than technical ability. Improvise, make big leaps, start from strings other than the low E; just don't play straight up and down. You can expand on this as you improve; move onto patterns 2 and 3, 3 and 4 etc. ------- Just to help with visualising, this is a set of 'vertical' examples since they're the easiest to see. Refer back to the reference sheet. - http://i.imgur.com/xouUf2d.jpg This is the mindset I have whenever I play; meaning you stop thinking in terms of boxes and are free to move in any direction you want from any note and still be in the key or scale you want to be in. Hard to explain this stuff through text, but if you have any questions lemme know. Link to every picture used. |
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May 29 2014, 03:17 PM |
Hi Socky! This is a very good post and approach. The octaves article is exactly what I was talking about at Spock's thread. Learning the octaves is a great guide for everything: scales, chords, arpeggios and triads.
Thanks for sharing it here! -------------------- My lessons
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Jun 7 2015, 05:45 PM |
Thanks Socky. Some people may miss this link at the bottom of the page where the octave video is. It's something I'm going to do daily. I struggle to remember this like this for some reason so parrot fashion is the way to go I think laugh.gif
http://www.justinguitar.com/images/IM_imag...FinderSheet.pdf 1. Choose a note (on the top left) 2. Time how long it takes to find all those notes and write them on the neck Cheers Phil -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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