Guitar scales – the magic ingredient which every guitarist should know

 

It is amazing to think of all the people who, whether playing the guitar or not, don’t know what the guitar scales actually are. I can think of very few disciplines in which a sequence of pre-determined notes pave the way for the “right sound”. And this is precisely what the guitar scales are – a collection of notes that have been put together through time, which determine a certain sound or genre.

The guitar scales have therefore made playing simpler, shifting the emphasis away from innovation (creating the music) to execution. In other words, provided you learn the sequence of notes you will be, in effect, given a short cut to performing a good sound.

Like any discipline there are a few tips to give here which you will be well advised to [Content protected for Bronze members only. Please register now to gain access to this content.]