Guitar Scales

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 pracitce over them.

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 forum 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 riffs, short 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 Scale

Lesson 3: Minor Scales

Lesson 4: Minor Pentatonic

Lesson 5: Minor Pentatonic Blues

Lesson 6: Major Pentatonic

Lesson 7: Harmonic Minor

Lesson 8: Melodic Minor

Lesson 9: Introduction to Modes

Lesson10: Introduction to Modes 2

Lesson11: Improvisation

Lesson12: Improvisation 2