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BM View Member Profile	Aug 13 2008, 03:39 AM
Aug 13 2008, 03:39 AM	GMC:er Posts: 67 Joined: 9-October 06 From: Dover Delaware	Ok now this is an important question for me. I know most people here are very musically talented so I know I will get a ton of great answers to this somewhat embarassing problem of mine. I can play a song if I get a tab and practice it a few times. I can even learn the solos. My only problem is writing songs and improvising solos because...I don't know anything about Keys or Scales. Can someone please help me find a technique to learn these things effectively so I can improvise better? Thanks Connor You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- "Baptized in a firefight. Hot blood running cold as ice. 44 minutes of target practice. All hell's breaking loose. Outgunned. Watching the force come to a firefight with a pocket knife. Getting schooled until they shot Achilles' heel and brought down the beast."

Déjà vu View Member Profile	Aug 13 2008, 06:39 AM
Aug 13 2008, 06:39 AM	GMC:er Posts: 188 Joined: 10-July 08 From: Napa, CA... U.S.	I am pretty much in the same position as you are. My main advice (from others, and my own experience so far) is to play the scale in as many different ways as you possibly can. Whether that be descending, running across each string (individually), coming up with your own runs, or playing "diagonally" (If you can guess what that means). Exploring in all sorts of different patterns trying not to think of the standard positions you would find. But, trying more to think of intervals and how to get from one note to the next..... Now if only I would incorporate my own advice into my own playing . You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

Daniel Robinson View Member Profile	Aug 13 2008, 06:49 AM
Aug 13 2008, 06:49 AM	Instructor Posts: 560 Joined: 22-March 08 From: Normal, Illinois	Of course another place to start is to read thru, and ask questions on Andrew Cockburns theory board if you have a question about a particular key or scale. The other advice i give quite often is "Know thy fretboard". Learn the names of all the notes on the fretboard, if you do this applying even a little bit of theory will go a long way because you will be able to construct phrases easier if you know what note is being played on any given fret. Daniel You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Check out my video lessons!

Ivan Milenkovic View Member Profile	Aug 13 2008, 10:37 AM
Aug 13 2008, 10:37 AM	Instructor Posts: 25.396 Joined: 20-November 07 From: Belgrade, Serbia	If you lack some theory knowledge, it is best to check out the Theory Board. There you will find Andrew's theory lessons and can ask any questions if you don't understand anything, and we will answer immediately. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE - Check out my GMC Profile and Lessons - (Please subscribe to my) YouTube Official Channel - Let's be connected through ! Facebook! :)

fatb0t View Member Profile	Aug 13 2008, 08:18 PM
Aug 13 2008, 08:18 PM	GMC:er Posts: 1.202 Joined: 25-November 07	Here is what you need to do. Learn the minor pentatonic in all keys and boxes. Then learn the major scale. After you learn these two scales you will know 90% of the theory every modern song uses. It will take years. Good luck! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

DeepRoots View Member Profile	Aug 13 2008, 08:23 PM
Aug 13 2008, 08:23 PM	Get to da Chopper! Posts: 2.700 Joined: 18-March 07 From: South Wales, UK	I agree- start learning from the theory board- it will open doors i promise! Whenever you come across a new scale in the theory board, commit yourself to learn the scale in all of its boxes and know how to move each one so that it is in a different key. Start from the beginning and ask the relevant questions as you progress- you'll be a theory guru in no time You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

jacmoe View Member Profile	Aug 14 2008, 09:19 PM
Aug 14 2008, 09:19 PM	GMC:er Posts: 562 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Denmark	QUOTE (fatb0t @ Aug 13 2008, 09:18 PM) It will take years. Indeed. But you will get far in a six months time! With hard work and GMC! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- QUOTE ("Steve Vai") Start by playing something - a bend, a riff, a scale, a song - very slowly; if you make a mistake, start over; do this over and over, until you can play it flawlessly - and I do mean flawlessly - many times in a row. Next, gradually increase the tempo. Eventually you'll be flailing like a madman.

jdriver View Member Profile	Aug 17 2008, 11:59 PM
Aug 17 2008, 11:59 PM	GMC:er Posts: 484 Joined: 25-May 08 From: Southwest USA	For something you can work with offline, check out the Fretboard Logic package by Bill Edwards. His book is the gold standard for learning the logic of the fretboard. It helped me greatly to understand the CAGED system and strategies for using it. You can read about it at his website, http://www.billedwards.com and they are available at virtually all music stores. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- "I dreamed a lot when I was younger.. I'm older now but still I hunger For some understanding. There's no understanding, now. Was there ever? ...Joe Puerta (Ambrosia)... Finally got a YouTube page going.

Juan M. Valero View Member Profile	Aug 18 2008, 08:03 AM
Aug 18 2008, 08:03 AM	Instructor Posts: 4.270 Joined: 6-August 07 From: Girona - Spain	You should take a look to Andrew's lessons. You can write a song having no idea of theory but theory will give you a solid ground where develop your ideas. Keep learning You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Visit : www.myspace.com/juanmvalero Video lessons ; Instructor board ; Recording lessons

Ramiro Delforte View Member Profile	Aug 18 2008, 08:38 AM
Aug 18 2008, 08:38 AM	Instructor Posts: 2.279 Joined: 4-August 08 From: Argentina, Buenos Aires	You can check Andrew's lessons and wait for some lessons of mine that are going to be uploaded soon. My first lesson start with some simple chord progression and one scale but the upcomming lessons are more complex and I use more scales uppon a single chord. Your question is also a matter of style. In heavy metal you use some scales and in jazz others. For example, in Blues you can use the pentatonic with blue note and in heavy metal is more common the pentatonic without the add of the blue note. Try listening to solos and figure out the scales by ear. In that way you get used to listen the scales and it's not only theoretical. I hope it was usefull. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Check out my Instructor Profile and Board LIVE VIDEO CHATS EVERY MONDAY AROUND 22PM (GMC HOUR)

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