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Originally Posted by bmurnahan
This is potentially one of the ways scales get a bad rap. As has been stated, learning a bunch of scales won't neccessarily help you learn to solo.
Take one position of one scale and explore it, learn how to use it, find out where the chord tones are, break it up by playing it in intervals. Just practicing a scale up and down will teach you how to play a scale up and down, that's it.
Use what you are learning to make music right away. Don't think you have to wait until you know a bunch of stuff. Keep it fun. Try to find simple melodies in the scale you are working ( like happy birthday in the major scale). This will help train your ear. And remember it takes time. Enjoy the process.
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That is great advice bob. If your going to focus on scales, the notes around them are crucial to know if you want to make interesting melodies. Tunnel vision is not a good thing no matter how you approach solos. Explore everything.