Advice For Learning Every Scale And Key Options

[Spenser]

a long time goal for me has been to know how to use any scale in any key on the guitar, any advice on where to start?

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[Kristofer Dahl]

Hey Spenser,

This is a very cool topic!

Learning how to use *any* is pretty much impossible since there so many.

But learning the most common ones, ie the major (and its seven modes), as well as maybe harmonic minor and melodic minor scales. Is not only doable but a cool long term goal.

Since the scales have seven modes each, and there are twelve keys - we are already talking about:

(7 * 12) * 3 = 252 scales / keys

Before giving you more specific advice- would you like to tell me what music you are into and if you know any scales yet? 🤗

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[Spenser]

Hey Spenser,

This is a very cool topic!

Learning how to use *any* is pretty much impossible since there so many.

But learning the most common ones, ie the major (and its seven modes), as well as maybe harmonic minor and melodic minor scales. Is not only doable but a cool long term goal.

Since the scales have seven modes each, and there are twelve keys - we are already talking about:

(7 * 12) * 3 = 252 scales / keys

Before giving you more specific advice- would you like to tell me what music you are into and if you know any scales yet? 🤗

i don't know any scales yet but i know all the notes on the guitar if that's useful, i really love progressive metal and groove metal like mastadon, gojira, machine head and pantera

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[Kristofer Dahl]

i don't know any scales yet but i know all the notes on the guitar if that's useful, i really love progressive metal and groove metal like mastadon, gojira, machine head and pantera

It's awesome that you know all the note names on the guitar Spenser!

If you don't know any scales yet, I would advise you first get familiar with the pentatonic scale. It is the most important scale in rock (almost any genre of rock btw!):



Once you master it - you can easily make it sound brutal by adding a few notes, for example a personal favorite of mine is what I like to call the Dorian b5:



ALso Monica, gave you some killer advice as to how you can approach starting to learn scales.

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