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December 20th, 2007
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My first Scale...
So I finally learned my first scale. Its the G Major scale but its a start.
where should I go from here if I want to keep learning scales...
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Next step is usually minor pentatonic scale and the blues scale. Make sure you know the degree of each note in the scale. Also make sure you practise them up and back down the strings.
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If you know the G major scale... you might find you know a lot of other major scales as well 
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Knowing one scale is like knowing one barre chord. If you know one, you can easily make it into something else. It's more important to know how that scale works than to know that particular scale.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Calvin08
So I finally learned my first scale. Its the G Major scale but its a start.
where should I go from here if I want to keep learning scales...
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Build on what you know right now. If you know how to read tabs, go there, if you can read music, go there. Use whatever background you have to expedite your learning. If you know nothing, go to some of Kirks' beginner's lessons and try to build on that. I picked up a guitar hardly knowing which end to pluck and have learned probably 95% of everything I know relating to the guitar from this site, so just dig in and don't give up. It's been a fantastic journey that I have enjoyed. If you have the passion, it will prevail. Which reminds me again to say, thanks again Kirk.
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If you know the G Major scale, starting at the low E string, 3rd fret, then that shape is applicable all the way up the neck.... the starting fret is the 1st/root note of the scale....
Depending on how long you have been playing.... Try having a go at learning the theory behind the major scale.... Theres plenty of posts on this forum about that... Try thinking about a keyboard with the 2 groups of black keys (sharps/flats) this shows the major scale visually quite easily (for me it does anyway).
As the others have said, you can try the blues scale shape, and teh minor pentatonic....
Always try to play scales with a metronome, and try playing 8th notes, (play each note twice) and triplets.
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