Play Your Favorite Tunes Then Change Them
Try to learn your favorite songs in terms of melody and chord structures.Try to ingraining how the song works in your head, how the chords fit together and the bass line of the song. Learn the song exactly as it is. When you have mastered the ‘real’ version of the song it is time to start mixing things up and changing bits and pieces here and there.. If something doesn’t sound right you can always go back to the original, or try something different.This is a great way to use the masters to learn about how scales and chords are used to construct songs.
Use both the chord method and the key method when playing scales
Experienced guitarists will usually play one way or another, but you should try mastering both techniques This is how it works:
1. Only play the scale of the songs key in one instance
2 When you play with chords you change scales every time there is a chord change. Playing this method requires you to land on a common scale note at each chord change.
Practice playing scales using the crabwise scales technique
This is a useful way of mastering several scales at the same time. Begin by playing the scale downwards from the lowest string to the highest pitched string. When you come to the highest pitched note you can play on that scale you can start playing a new scale.Let’s look at an example to get a better idea.
Start off by playing the C scale from the lowest pitched note to the highest pitch note possible. Once you reach the highest note change scales to the C# scale and play up the fretboard.
Try To Make Repetition Work To Your Advantage
Scott Henderson talks about this technique on a You Tube video. I won’t go into it in detail now but when you’re playing solos it’s important to have a certain amount of repetition otherwise the listener can never get a ‘feel’ for the song.
Get out of the box.
Here’s a brilliant tip from a guy called Joe Cefalu When you learn to play guitar scales in different positions along the fingerboard you tend to learn in one position, followed by another and then another. If you learn scales using the box position method your playing can begin to sound motionless and dull.
Play Scales In Terms Of Intervals And Notes
The best way to gain a full understanding of guitar scales is to learn them in terms of both intervals and notes. You have to bear in mind that a scale is defined not by the notes, but by the intervals between them. When you play scale using intervals you will have a better feel for the way a sequence should sound and what works.
Pay Attention To Bad Notes
Sometimes when you are playing a scale over a chord you will hit on a note that although theoretically correct sounds wrong. Try to keep these notes in my so you can avoid them in the future.
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