| When you learn to improvise you have most
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| | highest and then back again.
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| likely come across various guitar scales.
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| | 2. Use correct left hand fingerings. That
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| But, how do you practice guitar scales in
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| | means that you play the notes on the
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| order to use them in your playing? In
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| | first fret with your left hand index
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| this lesson you will learn how to make
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| | finger, the notes on the second fret with
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| music of scales!
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| | your middle finger and the notes on the
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| What is a pentatonic scale?
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| | third fret with your ring finger.
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| A common major scale consists of seven
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| | 3. Play small sequences using only a few
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| notes. A C-major scale for example have
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| | of the notes in the scale. For example:
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| these seven notes:
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| | 05 35 04 24 04 35 05 or:
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| C D E F G A B
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| | 23 12 32 01 31 12 23
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| The note after the B is a C and the scale
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| | 4. Work on creating melodies using the
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| starts over again in another octave. A
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| | scale. This will help you understand
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| pentatonic scale consists of five notes.
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| | where the notes you hear in your head are
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| In a pentatonic C-major scale the notes F
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| | on the fretboard and also make your
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| and B are omitted. This makes for less
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| | pentatonic improvisations more musical
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| collisions between scale notes and notes
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| | and enjoyable for yourself and your
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| in the chords used. In other words, you
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| | prospective audience.
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| can use a pentatonic scale together with
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| | 5. Improvise together with chords. As you
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| more chords.
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| | work with the A-minor pentatonic scale
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| The A-minor pentatonic scale
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| | you can use chords to make the guitar
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| This scale consists of the five notes A C
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| | solo improvisations more interesting.
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| D E G
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| | Here are two chords that you can use
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| If we play these notes in the first
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| | together with the notes:
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| position on the guitar you will have the
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| | A-minor: 05 24 23 12 01
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| following sequence of notes:
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| | D-major: 04 23 32 21
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| 05 35 04 24 03 23
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| | As your probably remember, the first
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| The first number tells you which fret to
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| | number indicates the fret and the second
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| press down. The second number indicates
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| | number the string to play. When you play
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| which string to play. 05 means that you
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| | the chords you can strum them from the
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| play the open fifth string, that is,
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| | lowest sounding string to the first
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| without pressing down a fret. The first
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| | string. For example, strum the A-minor
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| string is the bottom string when you
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| | chord and improvise a few notes using the
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| play.
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| | pentatonic scale. Then play the D-major
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| We will now play the A-minor pentatonic
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| | chord and continue to improvise. Play the
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| scale in the first position of your
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| | A-minor chord again and continue in this
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| guitar. The whole scale from the sixth to
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| | way.
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| the first string will look like this:
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| | Improvisation is a form of composition
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| 06 36 05 35 04 24 03 23 12 31 01 31
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| | and the musical value depends on how well
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| In this scale sequence you will find the
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| | we know where the notes are on the fret,
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| note A in two positions. That is, on the
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| | how focused we are in the creative
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| fifth open string and on the second fret
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| | process, how well we have mastered
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| third string.
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| | patterns and licks that are building
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| What can you do with this scale?
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| | blocks that can be used to create music,
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| 1. First I suggest that you commit this
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| | our feelings and many more elements in
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| scale to memory and that you practice
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| | the musical process.
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| playing it from the lowest note to the
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