When Should Beginners Start Learning Scales? |
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Strumming patterns are optional, I've never learned them. Then start playing the pentatonic scale, and work your way there |
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May 2 2011, 10:02 PM
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If you learn a couple of boxes of the minor pentatonic scale and if you try to improvise over a 12-bar blues progression.. well, nothing's wrong, in my opinion
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May 2 2011, 10:10 PM
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I would say that once you learn your basic chords and most important - intervals, you should go ahead and learn your first scale (Major scale). You should start early with it as theory is scales so you can't learn intermediate theory and do not know your basic scales.
Thing with scales is that you don't relay on them as shapes or something rather learn them in contest with the chords and improvisation. That is where solo lessons on GMC come into place. They often revolve around one scale and you want to learn how those scale notes were fitted together to make a cool sounding solo. So start learning shapes and scale formulas and then apply them immediately over some backing tracks (chords). This post has been edited by Bogdan Radovic: May 2 2011, 10:12 PM -------------------- For GMC support please email support (at) guitarmasterclass.net
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May 6 2011, 11:31 PM
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QUOTE (Bear Rose @ May 6 2011, 10:12 PM)  All these responses are great ones.....Only thing I have to add to this is: If you want to learn them, go for it! Whatever you are motivated to do is what you should work at. For example, lets say that I am really amped up to learn the guitar solo in a difficult song, but it seems I should learn an easier solo first and gradually work up to it, I may tend to lose my motivation because what I really want to do is work on that 1 solo. Hope that example makes sense. You are absolutely correct. Motivation is keeps us improving ourselves. Dogukan, --------------------  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPOTIFY PAGE YOUTUBE CHANNEL |
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Sep 26 2011, 09:28 PM
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QUOTE (bill95 @ May 11 2011, 11:04 AM) Hello there m8, im also a begginer like you (been playing for something more than 3 months), i started learning scales on my very first days, scales are 1 of the most important things to learn on the guitar,cause u can understand the guitar better and when you learn how to play a bit u'll be able to improvise.Something that can also help u understand the connection between scales is the circle of fifths, check it out, it will help u understand how scales are related together. Very good advice Bill, this is true, and I support the idea of learning theory in parallel, so there is clear awareness why scales exist and how they are structured together. -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE
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