Guitar Scales

Learn the basic guitar scales you need to play guitar solos.

Learning and Playing Blues Guitar Scales

Part of learning to play blues guitar involves learning small slices of music called riffs and licks. A riff is number of notes or chords that are repeated throughout a song. Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple, Crossroads by Eric Clapton and Stroll On by The Yardbirds are classic examples of riff-based songs. A lick is simply a sequence of notes that can be used as a basis for improvisation or composing solos. The process of learning licks from other guitarists gives you a collection of musical ideas plus the experience gained from the hours you spend finding and…

If your ambition is to become a bass player, it is a good idea to learn to play the guitar first. Bass guitar is not hard to learn for a guitarist with a little experience. There are several types of bass but the most common has four strings tuned to E A D G. Your transition from guitar to bass could begin with learning the bass lines of your favorite songs but for a solid understanding of bass playing, it is best to learn some bass guitar scales. The four-string bass has just seven notes in four octaves. Here are…

If you want to learn guitar scales, you will need to get aquainted with some basic facts. Scales are elements of the language of music. They are the components of chords, which are the basic units of playing music. Once you have some understanding of chord playing, understanding how the chords relate to scales will add depth to your playing. You will know which notes of the scale will sound well played over your chords. In order to create your own chords you will need to know how the notes relate to each other in scales. When explaining to beginners…

Blues guitar can be tricky because, for a simple style of music, blues generates a lot of heated debate on how to listen to it, how to play it, and who is any good at it. There is even argument about the blues guitar scale. The starting point for playing blues is a scale containing “blue notes”. An example is the E minor pentatonic scale with a flattened fifth. Using the I IV V progression, the chords would be E A B. There are many ways to approach blues guitar soloing, and one alternative to the minor pentatonic is the…