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Originally Posted by sergio serna
i am with u on that one,need to know how to apply them so i feel i'm learning more everytime
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Hi, sergio. If it's any consolation, I also learned all scales and modes years and years ago when I started playing. I never could figure out how to apply them either, nor could anyone actually teach me. All I ever heard, and still hear, is 'use this or that scale' without any other instructions.
If it's to be able to play along melodically to pieces of music, or to improvise and invent guitar parts, then remember that good strong melody loves using notes that are in the chords of the piece you're playing to ... each chord, one at a time. If that's what you're interested in doing, then I would put those scale patterns on the back burner for a while and put your time into learning how to use chord tones to build up your parts.
You do wind up using those scale, but always in context, without ever really thinking about them, and all the while you're creating melody rather than playing scales. Also, and this is a big point, this mindset allows you to play along to any piece of music, no matter how complex and 'out-of-key' it may be.
That's my advice anyway.
