GCH Guitar Academy, how to play guitar scales

how to play guitar scales

 

Guitar scales are essential for learning to improvise, play guitar solos, understanding guitar theory and for writing guitar music and none guitar music. You might have noticed that there are 2 main sets of scales, the modal scales or classical scales and the Blues scales. The names of the scales are a bit missleading in that both sets of scales are used in all styles of music and quite often are used together and therefore it is a good idea to learn both sets of guitar scales if you want to fully understand guitar music.

 

All the positions of A bues scales

 

How to play the blues scales

 

Blues scale positions practice videos

 

classical scales or modes

 

How to play the modal scales (classical scales)

 

Modal scale practice videos

 

How to improvise on the modes

 

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