boy thats a loaded question. People tend to be scale junkies or chord cronies. I am a chord cronie for sure. I don't do well with scales. I play around chord tones instead. i find it takes more thought than scales since you can't let your fingers go on autopilot like scales, you don't get trapped in scale patterns either. A scale can start on any note and follows a fixed pattern of tones and semi tones. Chords are certain notes picked from that scale.
Burn this into your brain, its' a biggie. The formula for a scale is.
Tone,tone,semi-tone,tone,tone,tone
semi-tone. By tone I mean 1 whole step ie.C to D and half or semi-tone ie E to F. Apply this to the C scale to see what I mean.CDEFGABC. A major chord would be the 1,3,5 of the scale or C,E and G. I know others can answer this more technicly but , it's a start. You should be able to find lots on this subject in books and the net.
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