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Posted by mieke at 10 February , 2009

Learning Guitar Scales

Executive summary about Guitar Scales by Kenn Bell


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Many new guitar players are intimidated by the thought of learning guitar scales. When you first start learning guitar scales, learning some basic scales that can be played in a variety of different keys is a good idea.

Playing guitar scales will build strength in your fingers and improve your coordination.  Once you learn to play guitar scales you will be able to play more advanced guitar techniques including soloing.

Playing along with recorded music allows you to get a better sense of the rhythm required to play great sounding guitar solos.

Learn Guitar Scales - 7 Must Know Reasons to Learn Scales

By Dave Long


Guitar Scales Are Great to Use as a Warm up Exercise

Playing up and down familiar scales can be a great warm up exercise before you start playing ‘real’ tunes.

They Are Great For Exercising and Conditioning Your Fingers

Think of guitar playing as a sport.

They Will Help Your Right Hand Technique

If you use alternate picking especially, practicing scales can help your picking technique improve drastically.

They Will Help You Memorize the Fret board Layout

Learning guitar scales are a great way to get used to the notes positions on the fret board and how all the notes relate to each other.

They Will Help You Learning Guitar Chords

Guitar scales are the basis for chords. By learning scales you will have a vastly superior knowledge of  chords then the majority of guitarists.

They Help To Improve Your Pitch Recognition.

Learning guitar scales will improve your ability to pick one pitch from another.

They Improve Your Finger Movement

The more you learn the scales the faster and more fluidly you will be able to play over the entire fret board.

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