Learn Guitar Scales To Increase Musicianship
Guitar solos appear in many kinds of music. Classical, jazz, folk, blues, and rock music all feature solo guitar performances. Sometimes these are recreations of previously conceived musical phrases, and sometimes they are improvised. Regardless of what you prefer, performing either of these types of solos is made easier after you learn guitar scales.
Some guitarists learn solos by memorizing finger patterns on the fretboard without realizing the relationships between the many solos they are familiar with. Some guitarists, and other musicians as well, have the ability to sight read music; that is, they can play a piece of written music the first time they see it. But some of these musicians never gain an understanding of how to create original music.
Guitarists may find they want to experience the inspiration that comes with improvisation and composition. The first step in achieving this is learning scales. Learning to play, transpose, and substitute scales gives insight into the inner mechanisms that make Western music work.
Fortunately, the guitar is one of the easier instruments on which to master this. By learning a single finger pattern on the fretboard for playing a major scale, one can easily play a lot of other scales. It is best to learn more than one pattern, however. Some patterns may be more comfortable to different people because of the various shapes of fingers out there.
Playing the pattern at different positions on the neck transposes to every other major key. The relative minor key to each major can also be played using the same pattern by simply starting on a different note. Once one has learned to play several patterns and transpose to major and minor keys, it is easy to learn to play different musical styles. The pentatonic scale, for example, is simply a subset of the notes from the major scale. This pattern is used a lot in blues, rock and jazz.
As one experiments with patterns and songs, the musical ear begins to develop a relationship with the fingers. One can then express musical ideas more easily. This facilitates the processes of composition and improvisation.
Some guitarists learn solos by memorizing finger patterns on the fretboard without realizing the relationships between the many solos they are familiar with. Some guitarists, and other musicians as well, have the ability to sight read music; that is, they can play a piece of written music the first time they see it. But some of these musicians never gain an understanding of how to create original music.
Guitarists may find they want to experience the inspiration that comes with improvisation and composition. The first step in achieving this is learning scales. Learning to play, transpose, and substitute scales gives insight into the inner mechanisms that make Western music work.
Fortunately, the guitar is one of the easier instruments on which to master this. By learning a single finger pattern on the fretboard for playing a major scale, one can easily play a lot of other scales. It is best to learn more than one pattern, however. Some patterns may be more comfortable to different people because of the various shapes of fingers out there.
Playing the pattern at different positions on the neck transposes to every other major key. The relative minor key to each major can also be played using the same pattern by simply starting on a different note. Once one has learned to play several patterns and transpose to major and minor keys, it is easy to learn to play different musical styles. The pentatonic scale, for example, is simply a subset of the notes from the major scale. This pattern is used a lot in blues, rock and jazz.
As one experiments with patterns and songs, the musical ear begins to develop a relationship with the fingers. One can then express musical ideas more easily. This facilitates the processes of composition and improvisation.
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