| Learning guitar scales can be a very frustrating | | | | learn for jazz guitar! |
| experience for many guitarists. It's very easy to feel | | | | Tip #2: Learn one guitar scale at a time. |
| totally overwhelmed with just how much needs to be | | | | I can't stress this tip enough. A major reason why |
| learnt. To learn and master every possible guitar scale | | | | many guitarists never master guitar scales is that they |
| out there would take many lifetimes. Because of this, | | | | try to learn too many at once. This usually causes |
| many guitarists find it hard even knowing where to | | | | them to learn scales on a very superficial level. They |
| start! | | | | may know lots of scales, but they definitely haven't |
| In this article I'll reveal three powerful tips to help you in | | | | mastered any. This causes them to sound very |
| your quest for guitar scale mastery. They are | | | | unmusical when they improvise. They just sound like |
| designed to help reduce any feelings of overwhelm | | | | they are running up-and-down scales. |
| that you may currently have. Let's take a look at the | | | | Tip #3: Don't worry about trying to learn guitar scales |
| tips now... | | | | in all 12 keys. |
| Tip #1: Develop a written plan for learning guitar scales. | | | | This advice goes against what a lot of guitar tutors |
| This is really important. It is vital to introduce some | | | | and guitar books say. The reason why I say it is |
| structure into your scale learning process. Rather than | | | | simple... |
| aimlessly practicing guitar scales, you want to become | | | | Trying to learn all scales in all 12 keys leads to a feeling |
| laser-focused. This is achieved by writing down things | | | | of overwhelm for most guitarists! It can take months |
| such as... | | | | to learn a scale to mastery in one key. Especially if |
| -How much time each day you will devote to scale | | | | you want to know that scale over the entire fretboard |
| practice. | | | | AND be able to improvise fluently with it. For some |
| -What guitar scales you need to learn, in order to play | | | | guitarists, just thinking that they need to do this in all 12 |
| the style of music that you love. | | | | keys is too much. They just give up! Here is a much |
| -What keys are the most common to the style of | | | | better approach... |
| music that you play. | | | | 1. Find out what the most common keys are for the |
| -What specific guitar scale exercises you will learn. | | | | style of music that you play. |
| -What books, DVDs and other resources you will use | | | | 2. List the keys in order. You will put the most common |
| to learn scales. | | | | key at the top, and the leastcommon key at the |
| -The specific things that you don't understand yet | | | | bottom. |
| about guitar scales. | | | | 3. Master the key that is at the top of the list. |
| If you don't know how to work out the stuff above, | | | | 4. Master, (one at a time), the rest of the keys on your |
| then I recommend booking some lessons with a | | | | list. |
| professional guitar tutor. Make sure that they can play | | | | There we have it! Implement these three tips and |
| the style of music that you love. It's not much point | | | | turbo-charge your ability to learn guitar scales! |
| asking a classical guitar tutor what scales you need to | | | | |