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Efficient Scale Practicing. Part 1author: daniel.kPL date: 08/23/2013 category: scales
Practicingscalesisoneofthemostpowerfulexercises,butonlywhendoneproperly.So,whatcanyoudotoachievethebestresults?Inthisseriesoflessons,Iwilltrymybesttoshowyouallthewaysofpracticingscalesthatshouldaidyourmusicaldevelopment.Startingfromthesimplestones,tothemostcomplexandtechnicallytough.Let'sgo!
GoodoldAMinorScalewillbeagreatreference.HereisthetabthatshowstheAMinorScaleinthefifthposition.
E|578B|568G|457D|57A|578E|578ABCDEFGABCDEFGABC
1.TheoryFirst
Scale(fromlatinscala,ladder)isaprogressionofnotesinaspecificorder.Tomakeitclearhowthescalesareconstructed,youhavetounderstandthesetwobasicmethodsofbuildingthem.
1.1.IntervalFormula
LookatourexampleAminorscale.Now,startthinkinginintervalsscalestartsatAnote,andtherefore,everyothernotecanbedescribedasanintervalfromA.So,thescaleformulainthiscasewilllooklikethis:
formula:12b345b6b78result:ABCDEFGA
Easyasitis.
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(ifyoudon'tfeelfullycomfortablewiththeintervals,readmy3lessonsonintervals,startingfromthisone)
1.2.StepPattern
Thispatternheretellsyouhowmanystepstomovefromonescaletonetothenext.AbbreviationsWandHareforWholeandHalfsteps.Allyouhavetodoistostartonanynoteandmoveupasthepatterntellsyou.Rememberthatthewholestepequalstwofrets,andhalfstepequalsonefret.
formula:WHWWHWWresult:ABCDEFGA
Easyasitis,justlikeanythingthatneedssomepractice.Sofromnow,everytimewhenyouplayascale,trytofigureoutallthethreethingsthatdescribethescalesteppattern,formula,andthenoteswithin.Gotit?Let'scontinue.
2.Let'sStartwithaWarmUpFirstWayofUsingScaleShapes
Scalesaregoodforbuildingchopsaswellaswarmingup.Juststartwiththebasicscalepositionandwarmupyourfingers.Remembertousethemetronomeandstayintime.Thetempoismoreimportantthantiming!Usealternativepicking,andbesuretomakeeveryfingerofyourlefthandwork,bystayinginpositionasoftenaspossible.Goupanddown,easyandslow.Dothisfortwotothreeminutes.Now.
Tab:
E|57875|B|568865|G|457754|D|5775|A|578875|E|578875|ABCDEFGABCDEFGABCetc...
Repeatfor23mins.
3.LegatoPlaying
Howconfidentareyouwithyourlegato?Usescaleshapestobuildupyourstrengthandaccuracy,onestringatatime.Besuretoplaytheclearestwaypossible.Keeptherhythm,don'tmindthespeed.AndstickONLYtothescaletones!
Here'sanexample.
E|5h7h8p7p5|B|5h6h8p6p5|G|4h5h7p5p4|D|5h7p5|A|5h7h8p7p5|E|5h7h8p7p5|
Contunuedownwards,orplaytheshapesseparately,especiallytheoneswhichcauseyourtrouble.Ifsomethinggoeswrong,slowdown.
4.StringSkipping
Skippingstringsisalwaysanissue,especiallyforthebegginers,especiallyathighspeeds.Thisishowyoucanuseascaleshapeforastringskippingexercise.Tryalsobiggerjumpsskip2,3,4or5strings...Everythingspossiblewithgoodamountofpatientpractice.
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Example.
E|578|B|568|G|457|D|57|A|578|E|578|ABCDEFGABCDEFGABC
Continuedown,altertheskiprange.
5.ImprovisingOveraBassNote
Putonavamp,thatconsistsofagrooveandonlyonebassnoteA,inthisexample.Now,improviseusingthisscale,andlistenforthesoundthateverydifferentnotecreates.Thismayseemkindaboring,butkeepforcingyourearstofindandidentifyallthescalequalitiesthatarethere,andenjoytheresults.
And...
Thisisallfortoday'slesson.Goaheadandpracticeinmorepositions,trynewandoldscales,andexperimentwiththeexercisesgiven.Learn,butmainlyhavefun!Seeyouatthenextpart,whereIwillshowyoumorecomplexwaysofpracticingscales.Don'tforgettolikemyFacebookprofile.Peace!
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commentspolicy14 commentsposted
Decentarticle.Butsurelythat'sanAminorintheFIRSTposition?(intro)
postedonAug23,201309:50am#Maeblade
Positionreferstothelowestfretonewouldusei.e.startingonthe5thfret,lowEstring,wouldmakethis5thpositionstartingwithanopen5thstringwouldmakeitopenposition,etc.Anotherdefinitioniswhereonewouldplacetheirindexfingersameconcept.
But,I'mgladyoubroughtyouthisup,becausetheBonthe3rdstringisplayedonthe4thfretwhichisn'texactlya"true"5thposition(eventhoughIthinkthatishowmostplayerslearnthescaleinthispattern).Atrue5thpositionwouldmovethatBtothe9thfret,Dstring(stretchthatpinkyupthere!)soastokeepthe5thfretthelowestfretonewouldgo.
Hopethishelps.Daniel
postedonAug23,201310:57am# +4Voodooman79
Agreewitheverythingyousay.Butusingtheterm"position"ismisleadingatbest.It'sthefirstpositionoftheAminorscale.Startingonthe5thfretofthelowE.The5thpositionwouldeffectivelybeaphrygianmode.Foundatthe12thfret.
Hopethishelps.
postedonAug23,201311:35am#Maeblade
noitwouldn't
mpostedonAug24,201305:13am# +1stevenseagull
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Howexactlywoulditbethephrygianmodeagain,especiallysincewe'renoteventouchingontheintervalsofthephrygianscale?
postedonAug24,201312:37pm#crazysam23_Atax
Maeblade
Ithinkyouareconfusingscale"DEGREE"withposition.Yes,ifwestartedwithan"E",thefifthDEGREEofanAminorscaleonthe12thfretasyousaid,thenwewouldhaveaphyrgianmode.Ifwestartedonthe2ndfret,Dstring,wewouldalsobestartingonthe5thdegree,butinthe2ndpositionbecausePOSITIONreferstothelowestfretonewoulduse.
Trustmebud.Beenplayingalmost30yearsandteachmusic(highschool)fulltime.
Hopethishelps!Letmeknowifyouneedmoreclarification.Allthisnumbertalkcangetconfusing!
Daniel
postedonAug25,201305:42pm# +1Voodooman79
Iwasalsotaughtthatfirstpositionwouldbestartingonthefirstdegreeofthescale,secondpositiononthesecond,etc,whenIwaslearningpentatonics.Backthen,itwasjustboxshapestome,though.Iwillkeepthisinmind,though,thatitcouldmeanthelowestfretyouwouldstartwith.Maybecallingitpositionhelpspeoplewhoarefirstlearningscales,whichatthetimeIwas.
postedonAug27,201309:40pm#spdonalds311
Ineverplaylessthan3notesperstring.
postedonAug23,201307:03pm# +2Poopoonachos
Nicearticle,buttherearefarmoreefficientwaystoplayaminorscale(forexample,exchangingthefourthfretonthegstringforthe9thfretonthedstringsoyoudon'thavetoshiftyourhand)
postedonAug23,201309:52pm#Wintersentinel
Decentarticle,andthecommentshavebeenequallyhelpful!
postedonAug27,201311:33pm#florence007
ivideowouldhavebeenniceiliketowatchhowtheguitaristwouldshifthisfingersectect
postedonSep28,201305:05pm#6strngsdown86
awesomeinfo!
postedonMar10,201406:28pm#puremusic84
hicouldyouclarifywhatb3,b5meansinthisformula?formula:12b345b6b78,couldntfinditinyourpreviouslessons.Thankyouforthegreatinfothought.
postedonApr08,201411:52am#chalupa13
Thisisnotforbeginners!AndWTFisaPhrygianmode?
postedonSep15,201403:21pm#jimi23hendrix
B I U :)