After getting by on just playing chords I then skipped right up to pentatonic scales, got those firmly panted in my brain but then, began to get frustrated by not fully understanding things such as knowing every note of the pentatonic scale I was playing, not fully understanding the structure of chords etc.
So I've gone right back to step one, I am logging every note of the fretboard in my brain, mastering all scales and fully understanding chords to the point where I can form chords from my knowledge of scales.
I guess many get by on picking parts that fit what they want to do at any given time (how I used to do it)
For me and I dare say many others it's maybe better in the long run to start from scratch and learn everything there is to know on the instrument of your choice to enable you to master it.
And the begining for me at least is to know every note on my fretboard, that is the foundation for everything you will ever want to learn.
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