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Guitar Scales
October 31, 2009 by april
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Knowing the scales on the guitar is a important for anyone learning to play guitar. A lot of guitarists try to skip over in learning the scales only to get “box in” when it’s their turn to solo.
Playing “box” patterns which are often taught in beginner guitar lessons is like painting with just a couple of colors, compared to having the various scales at your disposal gives you an unlimited palate of colors to choose from at your fingertips.
With these scale studies, you will learn to play electric guitar with the entire neck of your guitar. Not only will you be able to solo from the lowest notes to the highest notes on your guitar, but you will also be able start your solo virtually anywhere on the fingerboard.
Moreover, these electric guitar lessons also cover the pentatonic scale and its various inversions, as well as the chromatic scale with its entire valuable “in between” notes.
Mastering these scales will make your solos more melodic and will have you playing comfortably anywhere on the neck of your guitar.
