by Logan Young
When learning to play jazz guitar, you'll have to master learning the scales. Most jazz guitar players are led to believe that all they need to do is learn how to finger the scale and that's where their learning ends. When it comes time to play solos and improvs, they get frustrated because they find it hard to just play. The real problem is not that playing an improvisation is hard or beyond their skill. The real problem is that they haven't learned to master the scales as they thought they had.
Basically, there are five skills that need to be mastered because they set the foundation for your improvisation and solo play. If you don't master all five skills in your jazz guitar lessons, then you will have a difficult time doing the improvisation because you don't truly know the scale and as a result won't have a feel for the scale. The five skills are: ears, eyes, intellect, fingers and application. Let's see how they can work for us.
How-to #1: Learn to hear the sound of the scale so that when you hear a tune, you know what notes they are. This is an amazing skill that most people don't develop because they rely on music sheets, fakebooks and their teachers.
How-to #2: Learn to see the scale on the fretboard. Your eyes will help you develop technically correct hand and finger positioning technique when playing the scale.
How-to #3: Learn to play scales from any position on the fretboard. Know your gypsy jazz guitar inside and out. Once you learn the finger positions for a scale, practice playing the scale starting from the different notes.
How-to #4: Learn the music theory behind the scale. Know the notes, the tones and where the scale can be played in an improv.
How-to #5: Learn to use the scale in a musical way. Many jazz guitar players don't know where a tune might fit into a short improvisation. Mastering this area definitely will take some work, finding out what works and what doesn't.
Jazz Guitar Lesson: Chord/Scale
People can play music, but there are many people who don't know how to feel their way around a fretboard. They get lost without a music sheet and you and I both know that these players can't perform a solo at all. Instead of focusing on which jazz guitar amp to buy, work on honing your craft and working more closely with mastering the scales. Once you've thoroughly learned this technique, you'll be playing improvisations and solos like you've always dreamed of doing!
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Learning the Jazz Guitar Scales
by Logan Young
When learning to play jazz guitar, you'll have to master learning the scales. Most jazz guitar players are led to believe that all they need to do is learn how to finger the scale and that's where their learning ends. When it comes time to play solos and improvs, they get frustrated because they find it hard to just play. The real problem is not that playing an improvisation is hard or beyond their skill. The real problem is that they haven't learned to master the scales as they thought they had.
Basically, there are five skills that need to be mastered because they set the foundation for your improvisation and solo play. If you don't master all five skills in your jazz guitar lessons, then you will have a difficult time doing the improvisation because you don't truly know the scale and as a result won't have a feel for the scale. The five skills are: ears, eyes, intellect, fingers and application. Let's see how they can work for us.
How-to #1: Learn to hear the sound of the scale so that when you hear a tune, you know what notes they are. This is an amazing skill that most people don't develop because they rely on music sheets, fakebooks and their teachers.
How-to #2: Learn to see the scale on the fretboard. Your eyes will help you develop technically correct hand and finger positioning technique when playing the scale.
How-to #3: Learn to play scales from any position on the fretboard. Know your gypsy jazz guitar inside and out. Once you learn the finger positions for a scale, practice playing the scale starting from the different notes.
How-to #4: Learn the music theory behind the scale. Know the notes, the tones and where the scale can be played in an improv.
How-to #5: Learn to use the scale in a musical way. Many jazz guitar players don't know where a tune might fit into a short improvisation. Mastering this area definitely will take some work, finding out what works and what doesn't.
Jazz Guitar Lesson: Chord/Scale
People can play music, but there are many people who don't know how to feel their way around a fretboard. They get lost without a music sheet and you and I both know that these players can't perform a solo at all. Instead of focusing on which jazz guitar amp to buy, work on honing your craft and working more closely with mastering the scales. Once you've thoroughly learned this technique, you'll be playing improvisations and solos like you've always dreamed of doing!
When learning to play jazz guitar, you'll have to master learning the scales. Most jazz guitar players are led to believe that all they need to do is learn how to finger the scale and that's where their learning ends. When it comes time to play solos and improvs, they get frustrated because they find it hard to just play. The real problem is not that playing an improvisation is hard or beyond their skill. The real problem is that they haven't learned to master the scales as they thought they had.
Basically, there are five skills that need to be mastered because they set the foundation for your improvisation and solo play. If you don't master all five skills in your jazz guitar lessons, then you will have a difficult time doing the improvisation because you don't truly know the scale and as a result won't have a feel for the scale. The five skills are: ears, eyes, intellect, fingers and application. Let's see how they can work for us.
How-to #1: Learn to hear the sound of the scale so that when you hear a tune, you know what notes they are. This is an amazing skill that most people don't develop because they rely on music sheets, fakebooks and their teachers.
How-to #2: Learn to see the scale on the fretboard. Your eyes will help you develop technically correct hand and finger positioning technique when playing the scale.
How-to #3: Learn to play scales from any position on the fretboard. Know your gypsy jazz guitar inside and out. Once you learn the finger positions for a scale, practice playing the scale starting from the different notes.
How-to #4: Learn the music theory behind the scale. Know the notes, the tones and where the scale can be played in an improv.
How-to #5: Learn to use the scale in a musical way. Many jazz guitar players don't know where a tune might fit into a short improvisation. Mastering this area definitely will take some work, finding out what works and what doesn't.
Jazz Guitar Lesson: Chord/Scale
People can play music, but there are many people who don't know how to feel their way around a fretboard. They get lost without a music sheet and you and I both know that these players can't perform a solo at all. Instead of focusing on which jazz guitar amp to buy, work on honing your craft and working more closely with mastering the scales. Once you've thoroughly learned this technique, you'll be playing improvisations and solos like you've always dreamed of doing!
Other Scales
The next table shows the correspondence between the root of the scale and the fret on the guitar where a certain scale should be played. For instance, if you want to play in the root of A, you should start (n=) at the 5th or 17th fret, for the root of C, you should start at the 8th or 20th fret, for the root of Eb, you should start at the 11th fret:
Other Scales
The next table shows the correspondence between the root of the scale and the fret on the guitar where a certain scale should be played. For instance, if you want to play in the root of A, you should start (n=) at the 5th or 17th fret, for the root of C, you should start at the 8th or 20th fret, for the root of Eb, you should start at the 11th fret:
Toward Harmonic and Melodic
The following chart helps you go from minor scales to harmonic-minor and then to melodic-minor ones or from major scales to melodic-minor and then to harmonic-minor ones (the red bullets show the difference between the new scale and the previous one):
The next table shows the correspondence between the root of the scale and the fret on the guitar where a certain scale should be played. For instance, if you want to play in the root of A, you should start at the 5th or 17th fret, for the root of C, you should start at the 8th or 20th fret, for the root of Eb, you should start at the 11th fret:
The next table shows the correspondence between the root of the scale and the fret on the guitar where a certain scale should be played. For instance, if you want to play in the root of A, you should start at the 5th or 17th fret, for the root of C, you should start at the 8th or 20th fret, for the root of Eb, you should start at the 11th fret:
Toward Harmonic and Melodic
The following chart helps you go from minor scales to harmonic-minor and then to melodic-minor ones or from major scales to melodic-minor and then to harmonic-minor ones (the red bullets show the difference between the new scale and the previous one):
The next table shows the correspondence between the root of the scale and the fret on the guitar where a certain scale should be played. For instance, if you want to play in the root of A, you should start at the 5th or 17th fret, for the root of C, you should start at the 8th or 20th fret, for the root of Eb, you should start at the 11th fret:
The next table shows the correspondence between the root of the scale and the fret on the guitar where a certain scale should be played. For instance, if you want to play in the root of A, you should start at the 5th or 17th fret, for the root of C, you should start at the 8th or 20th fret, for the root of Eb, you should start at the 11th fret:
Symmetric Scales
The next table shows the correspondence between the root of the scale and the fret on the guitar where a certain scale should be played. For instance, if you want to play in the root of A, you should start (n=) at the 5th or 17th fret, for the root of C, you should start at the 8th or 20th fret, for the root of Eb, you should start at the 11th fret:
Symmetric Scales
The next table shows the correspondence between the root of the scale and the fret on the guitar where a certain scale should be played. For instance, if you want to play in the root of A, you should start (n=) at the 5th or 17th fret, for the root of C, you should start at the 8th or 20th fret, for the root of Eb, you should start at the 11th fret:
Melodic Modes
3 by 3 Melodic Modes
In the following chart you will find another method to play Melodic Modes. For many guitarists, it's more comfortable to play three notes/string. Another advantage of this method is that it allows fast crossing from position to position.
The next table shows the correspondence between the root of the scale and the fret on the guitar where a certain scale should be played. For instance, if you want to play in the root of A, you should start at the 5th or 17th fret, for the root of C, you should start at the 8th or 20th fret, for the root of Eb, you should start at the 11th fret:
In the following chart you will find another method to play Melodic Modes. For many guitarists, it's more comfortable to play three notes/string. Another advantage of this method is that it allows fast crossing from position to position.
The next table shows the correspondence between the root of the scale and the fret on the guitar where a certain scale should be played. For instance, if you want to play in the root of A, you should start at the 5th or 17th fret, for the root of C, you should start at the 8th or 20th fret, for the root of Eb, you should start at the 11th fret:
Melodic Modes
3 by 3 Melodic Modes
In the following chart you will find another method to play Melodic Modes. For many guitarists, it's more comfortable to play three notes/string. Another advantage of this method is that it allows fast crossing from position to position.
The next table shows the correspondence between the root of the scale and the fret on the guitar where a certain scale should be played. For instance, if you want to play in the root of A, you should start at the 5th or 17th fret, for the root of C, you should start at the 8th or 20th fret, for the root of Eb, you should start at the 11th fret:
In the following chart you will find another method to play Melodic Modes. For many guitarists, it's more comfortable to play three notes/string. Another advantage of this method is that it allows fast crossing from position to position.
The next table shows the correspondence between the root of the scale and the fret on the guitar where a certain scale should be played. For instance, if you want to play in the root of A, you should start at the 5th or 17th fret, for the root of C, you should start at the 8th or 20th fret, for the root of Eb, you should start at the 11th fret:
Bebop
The bebop scales differ by only one note with 7-notes scales. The difference is shown by the red bullets:
The next table shows the correspondence between the root of the scale and the fret on the guitar where a certain scale should be played. For instance, if you want to play in the root of A, you should start (n=) at the 5th or 17th fret, for the root of C, you should start at the 8th or 20th fret, for the root of Eb, you should start at the 11th fret:
The next table shows the correspondence between the root of the scale and the fret on the guitar where a certain scale should be played. For instance, if you want to play in the root of A, you should start (n=) at the 5th or 17th fret, for the root of C, you should start at the 8th or 20th fret, for the root of Eb, you should start at the 11th fret:
Bebop
The bebop scales differ by only one note with 7-notes scales. The difference is shown by the red bullets:
The next table shows the correspondence between the root of the scale and the fret on the guitar where a certain scale should be played. For instance, if you want to play in the root of A, you should start (n=) at the 5th or 17th fret, for the root of C, you should start at the 8th or 20th fret, for the root of Eb, you should start at the 11th fret:
The next table shows the correspondence between the root of the scale and the fret on the guitar where a certain scale should be played. For instance, if you want to play in the root of A, you should start (n=) at the 5th or 17th fret, for the root of C, you should start at the 8th or 20th fret, for the root of Eb, you should start at the 11th fret:
The Harmonic-Minor Scale
The Harmonic-Minor Scale
The next table shows the correspondence between the root of the scale and the fret on the guitar where a certain scale should be played. For instance, if you want to play in the root of A, you should start at the 5th or 17th fret, for the root of C, you should start at the 8th or 20th fret, for the root of Eb, you should start at the 11th fret:
The next table shows the correspondence between the root of the scale and the fret on the guitar where a certain scale should be played. For instance, if you want to play in the root of A, you should start at the 5th or 17th fret, for the root of C, you should start at the 8th or 20th fret, for the root of Eb, you should start at the 11th fret:
The Harmonic-Minor Scale
The Harmonic-Minor Scale
The next table shows the correspondence between the root of the scale and the fret on the guitar where a certain scale should be played. For instance, if you want to play in the root of A, you should start at the 5th or 17th fret, for the root of C, you should start at the 8th or 20th fret, for the root of Eb, you should start at the 11th fret:
The next table shows the correspondence between the root of the scale and the fret on the guitar where a certain scale should be played. For instance, if you want to play in the root of A, you should start at the 5th or 17th fret, for the root of C, you should start at the 8th or 20th fret, for the root of Eb, you should start at the 11th fret:
Pentatonic
Pentatonic and Blues Scales
The simplest scales are the pentatonic ones - they have only 5 notes. The blues scales have 6 notes. "m" stands for minor and "M" stands for major (the difference between a minor scale and its major correspondent - containing the same notes - is three frets. For example, the major correspondent of F#-minor is A-major, the major correspondent of A-minor is C-major). The blue bullets show the note to be added in order to transform a pentatonic scale to a blues one:
The next table shows the correspondence between the root of the scale and the fret on the guitar where a certain scale should be played. For instance, if you want to play in the root of A, you should start at the 5th or 17th fret, for the root of C, you should start at the 8th or 20th fret, for the root of Eb, you should start at the 11th fret:
The simplest scales are the pentatonic ones - they have only 5 notes. The blues scales have 6 notes. "m" stands for minor and "M" stands for major (the difference between a minor scale and its major correspondent - containing the same notes - is three frets. For example, the major correspondent of F#-minor is A-major, the major correspondent of A-minor is C-major). The blue bullets show the note to be added in order to transform a pentatonic scale to a blues one:
The next table shows the correspondence between the root of the scale and the fret on the guitar where a certain scale should be played. For instance, if you want to play in the root of A, you should start at the 5th or 17th fret, for the root of C, you should start at the 8th or 20th fret, for the root of Eb, you should start at the 11th fret:
Pentatonic
Pentatonic and Blues Scales
The simplest scales are the pentatonic ones - they have only 5 notes. The blues scales have 6 notes. "m" stands for minor and "M" stands for major (the difference between a minor scale and its major correspondent - containing the same notes - is three frets. For example, the major correspondent of F#-minor is A-major, the major correspondent of A-minor is C-major). The blue bullets show the note to be added in order to transform a pentatonic scale to a blues one:
The next table shows the correspondence between the root of the scale and the fret on the guitar where a certain scale should be played. For instance, if you want to play in the root of A, you should start at the 5th or 17th fret, for the root of C, you should start at the 8th or 20th fret, for the root of Eb, you should start at the 11th fret:
The simplest scales are the pentatonic ones - they have only 5 notes. The blues scales have 6 notes. "m" stands for minor and "M" stands for major (the difference between a minor scale and its major correspondent - containing the same notes - is three frets. For example, the major correspondent of F#-minor is A-major, the major correspondent of A-minor is C-major). The blue bullets show the note to be added in order to transform a pentatonic scale to a blues one:
The next table shows the correspondence between the root of the scale and the fret on the guitar where a certain scale should be played. For instance, if you want to play in the root of A, you should start at the 5th or 17th fret, for the root of C, you should start at the 8th or 20th fret, for the root of Eb, you should start at the 11th fret:
Guitar Scales
The following is the only way that allows players to memorize scales. You shouldn't learn a particular scale but the general configuration or, in other words, patterns. There is a table that shows the frets (n) where the root of the scales should be placed.
Try first the "Box Position" for a quick learning of the scales. After you master the pentatonic/blues, major and minor scales, try "Toward Harmonic and Melodic" to step gradually from scale to scale.
Thank you to myguitarsolo.com
Try first the "Box Position" for a quick learning of the scales. After you master the pentatonic/blues, major and minor scales, try "Toward Harmonic and Melodic" to step gradually from scale to scale.
Thank you to myguitarsolo.com
Guitar Scales
The following is the only way that allows players to memorize scales. You shouldn't learn a particular scale but the general configuration or, in other words, patterns. There is a table that shows the frets (n) where the root of the scales should be placed.
Try first the "Box Position" for a quick learning of the scales. After you master the pentatonic/blues, major and minor scales, try "Toward Harmonic and Melodic" to step gradually from scale to scale.
Thank you to myguitarsolo.com
Try first the "Box Position" for a quick learning of the scales. After you master the pentatonic/blues, major and minor scales, try "Toward Harmonic and Melodic" to step gradually from scale to scale.
Thank you to myguitarsolo.com
The Box Position
Move from scale to scale in the same root following the arrows (the red bullets show the changes comparing to the previous scale):
The next table shows the correspondence between the root of the scale and the fret on the guitar where a certain scale should be played. For instance, if you want to play in the root of A, you should start at the 5th or 17th fret, for the root of C, you should start at the 8th or 20th fret, for the root of Eb, you should start at the 11th fret:
Thank you to myguitarsolo.com
The next table shows the correspondence between the root of the scale and the fret on the guitar where a certain scale should be played. For instance, if you want to play in the root of A, you should start at the 5th or 17th fret, for the root of C, you should start at the 8th or 20th fret, for the root of Eb, you should start at the 11th fret:
Thank you to myguitarsolo.com
The Box Position
Move from scale to scale in the same root following the arrows (the red bullets show the changes comparing to the previous scale):
The next table shows the correspondence between the root of the scale and the fret on the guitar where a certain scale should be played. For instance, if you want to play in the root of A, you should start at the 5th or 17th fret, for the root of C, you should start at the 8th or 20th fret, for the root of Eb, you should start at the 11th fret:
Thank you to myguitarsolo.com
The next table shows the correspondence between the root of the scale and the fret on the guitar where a certain scale should be played. For instance, if you want to play in the root of A, you should start at the 5th or 17th fret, for the root of C, you should start at the 8th or 20th fret, for the root of Eb, you should start at the 11th fret:
Thank you to myguitarsolo.com
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