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Guitar - Understanding Scales
Guitar - Understanding Scales
Most guitarists, when in their formative years of learning and
playing, tend to focus on learning chords. Lead guitar is often
something that comes later on, as you need to understand how harmonies
work over the existing backing chords.
Now, within lead guitar there are two main types of learning - the
physical techniques (such as hammer ons, bends, vibratos etc.) and the
theory. The first step with the theory side of lead guitar should be
to get a basic understanding of scales.
Think of scales as pots of "flavours" - each scale has its own unique
flavour because of the different notes it uses. Different notes act as
different tensions over a particular chord, and eventually guitarists
learn which tensions compliment particular chords. Of course, it's a
matter of personal taste what goes with what. That's where your
creativity takes over.
Technically, a scale is merely a sequence of notes - that's it!
However, it is the intervals between each note in the sequence that
defines its structure and flavour. For example, we have the natural
major scale (also the 1st mode called Ionian). The numerical notes of
the major scale are:...
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Most guitarists, when in their formative years of learning and
playing, tend to focus on learning chords. Lead guitar is often
something that comes later on, as you need to understand how harmonies
work over the existing backing chords.
Now, within lead guitar there are two main types of learning - the
physical techniques (such as hammer ons, bends, vibratos etc.) and the
theory. The first step with the theory side of lead guitar should be
to get a basic understanding of scales.
Think of scales as pots of "flavours" - each scale has its own unique
flavour because of the different notes it uses. Different notes act as
different tensions over a particular chord, and eventually guitarists
learn which tensions compliment particular chords. Of course, it's a
matter of personal taste what goes with what. That's where your
creativity takes over.
Technically, a scale is merely a sequence of notes - that's it!
However, it is the intervals between each note in the sequence that
defines its structure and flavour. For example, we have the natural
major scale (also the 1st mode called Ionian). The numerical notes of
the major scale are:...
http :// groups.google,com /group/learnguitarjamor
Re: Guitar - Understanding Scales
How does this apply to a 50,000 year old bass bear bone flute?
If it doesn't take your spam elsewhere.
--- Derek
--
Derek Tearne - derek@url.co.nz
Many Hands - Trans Cultural Music from Aotearoa/New Zealand
http :// www .manyhands.co.nz/
How does this apply to a 50,000 year old bass bear bone flute?
If it doesn't take your spam elsewhere.
--- Derek
--
Derek Tearne - derek@url.co.nz
Many Hands - Trans Cultural Music from Aotearoa/New Zealand
http :// www .manyhands.co.nz/
Re: Guitar - Understanding Scales
Derek Tearne wrote:
> How does this apply to a 50,000 year old bass bear bone flute?
>
> If it doesn't take your spam elsewhere.
Be prepared to further clarify....a spammer's idea of "bone flute" as it
relates to the guitar may be different from your's.
Derek Tearne wrote:
> How does this apply to a 50,000 year old bass bear bone flute?
>
> If it doesn't take your spam elsewhere.
Be prepared to further clarify....a spammer's idea of "bone flute" as it
relates to the guitar may be different from your's.
Re: Guitar - Understanding Scales
jeffb wrote:
> Derek Tearne wrote:
>> How does this apply to a 50,000 year old bass bear bone flute?
>>
>> If it doesn't take your spam elsewhere.
>
> Be prepared to further clarify....a spammer's idea of "bone flute" as it
> relates to the guitar may be different from your's.
Bone flute - that sounds naughty.
--
Write a wise saying and your name will live forever.
- Anonymous
jeffb wrote:
> Derek Tearne wrote:
>> How does this apply to a 50,000 year old bass bear bone flute?
>>
>> If it doesn't take your spam elsewhere.
>
> Be prepared to further clarify....a spammer's idea of "bone flute" as it
> relates to the guitar may be different from your's.
Bone flute - that sounds naughty.
--
Write a wise saying and your name will live forever.
- Anonymous
