Learn Guitar Scales - 7 Top Tips For Playing Guyitar Scales Quickly And Easily Right Now

Try Changing Around Your Favorite Tunes

Listen to your favourite tune and try to memorize the melody and the chord structure. Get a feel for how the song works, how the bass line of the song works and how the chord progression plays. Try to play the song exactly like the priginal artist plays it. When you have mastered the original version of the song you will want to start changing it and improvising. If something doesn't sound right you can always go back to the original, or try something different.

Play Your Scales Using The Crabqise Technique

This is a great way to learn a bunch of different scales in one go. Begin by playing the scale downwards from the lowest string to the highest pitched string. When you reach the last note play the next scale in the series on the upwards movement.This is easier to explain with an example.

Let's take the C major scale. You would play the C major scale downwards then the C# major scale upwards then the D major scale downwards and so on.

Get out of the box.

This is a great tip from Joe Cefalu. When you learn to play guitar scales in different positions along the fret board you tend to learn in one position, then the next, then the next. Your playing can sound very 'boxy' and moving between each of the scale position can sound less fluid when you play like this. Joe's neat trick is to learn in string pairs instead of box positions. So, for example you would play all the notes of the scale in the first two positions, but you would only play the top two strings. You would then play the first three positions but only the top two strings. You can repeat this up the guitar neck including more and more positions but only playing one pair of strings at any one time.

Try To Make Repetition Work To Your Advantage

This is something I heard Scott Henderson discussing in one of his videos. I won't go into it in detail now but when you're playing solos it's important to have a certain amount of repetition otherwise the listener can never get a 'feel' for the song.

Play in Key and Over Chords

Most guitarists play one way or another, but you should try to play both ways.

* If you play in key you play the scale for the dominat chord in your song.
* When you play solos over chords you will transition between scales as the chord progression changes. When you do play with chord changes it's important to land on a common note as you change scales.

Master Playing Guitar Scales In Terms Of Both Notes And Intervals

A key point to understanding guitar scales is to learn them both in terms of notes and intervals. You need to keep in mind that a scale is defined not by the notes, but by the intervals between them. Learning a scale in terms of intervals will give you a greater 'feel' for the scales sound.

Pay Attention To Bad Notes

Sometimes when you are playing a scale over a chord you will hit on a note that although theoretically correct sounds wrong. Try to keep these notes in mind for when you are playing that scale in the future.

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Discover the secrets to playing lead guitar like a pro and master your favorite songs fast using these top tips - Learn Guitar Scales Dave Thomas is a guitarist and wirter for www.learnguitarblog.com

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