Guitar Scales

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Guitar scales form the foundation for any type of music in the world. Have you ever wondered what gives spanish songs its unique "spanish" feel or why some love songs sound sad and moody? In song writing, the type of scales used would largely determine a song’s mood and even its genre. Knowledge of scales is not only important to those who wish to write your own music but also for solo improvisations and music harmony. Being able to understand guitar music scales would also enable you to have a better knowledge of guitar solos that are played by other people and would be very useful if you are trying to learn up a solo in a song.

A guitar scale is basically a series of notes that follows a determined pattern within an octave. The scale pattern dictates the intervals between notes that are played. Now, there are tons of different guitar scales in guitar playing. Hence, GuitarPlayerWorld.com has dedicated one whole section of its lessons just to cover the different scales. In order to learn guitar scales more effectively, most of the guitar lessons in this section will have a "mini jam track" for you to practice and learn guitar scales. Be sure to download them and practice over them. This does wonders to your lead guitar playing.

The guitar lessons would touch on quite a bit of music theory and if you get confused at some point of time, it is perfectly normal. Take your time to understand and read through the lessons again. Approach the friendly guitar forum and guitar community for help if you ever get stuck.

In order to effectively learn guitar scales, you will need to PLAY them. Always put into practise what you have learnt! Simply inject some guitar riffs, short guitar solos into your everyday playing. In this way, you would also slowly get your creative juices flowing. One final piece of advice: DON"T GIVE UP.

Guitar Scales : 

Lesson  1:  Major Scales

Lesson  2:  Shapes of the Major Scales

Lesson  3:  Minor Scales

Lesson  4:  Minor Pentatonic Scales

Lesson  5:  E Minor Pentatonic And E Natural Minor Scales

Lesson  6:  Blues Minor Pentatonic Scales

Lesson  7:  Major Pentatonic Scales 

Lesson  8:  Harmonic Minor Scales 

Lesson  9:  Melodic Minor Scales

Lesson10:  Half-Whole Tone Scale Ideas (By Guest Author: Josip Pesut) 

Lesson11:  Introduction to Modes

Lesson12:  Introduction to Modes 2

Lesson13:  Guitar Solo Improvisation

Lesson14:  Guitar Solo Improvisation 2

Lesson15:  Learn Guitar Improvisation

Lesson16:  Emphasis In Lead Guitar Solo Phrases (By Guest Author: Josip Pesut)

Lesson17:  Guitar Soloing With Minor Pentatonic Scales

Lesson18:  Learning Jazz Scales on Guitar

Lesson19:  Learning Blues Scales on Guitar

Lesson20:  Funky Wah Lead and Rhythm

Lesson21:  Tips For Better Guitar Phrasing Part 1

Lesson22:  Tips For Better Guitar Phrasing Part 2

Lesson23:  Pentamodal Method (By Guest Author: Paul Tauterouff )

Lesson24:  Guitar Improvising In Complex Time Signatures