SC-010 • Scale Practice Routine

[Quark]

http://www.justinguitar.com/en/SC-022-MajMelPat.php

This might be what you are looking for.

W

[licksnkicks]

Been practicing the first position for learning the major scales and with the fingering that is recommended I'm getting so frustrated just trying to getting the baby finger to play as it is so weak compared to my other fingers.  Playing the 2 and 4 position the rest of my fingers coming flying off the neck and just hover prolly about 2" up in the air.  This is so slowing down my already turtle pace in learning this position.  I did studied Jasons miminal finger movement but it seems that my index and my 1st finger come to life and won't lay close to the neck.  How can I get them to do what I want them to do.  They certainly don't listen to me!  lol

Licksnkicks

[buzzfly]

Hi all,first post so here goes. Am currently working on A minor pentatonic,got up to 16ths at 92bpm so far, in first position straight up and down. Was wondering should I be working on random changes,thirds ,four in a row etc at the same time so they all build up speed together? So many thanks for this site Justin, wish I had found it years ago, its all so clear and your style /presentation is great too.

[Sl8sh]

You mean chromatically?  If so, it wouldn't hurt or if you're bored go for it or if you need a challange. 

[buzzfly]

Hi sl8sh,thanks for reply.Not sure I understand what you mean by chromatically.I was referring  to the scale practice routine,but having re-read it,it says master one before moving on to the next. Thanks again

[Sl8sh]

Your welcome.  I was thinking of finger motion vs intervals so, sorry for the confusion.

[jborzilleri]

Can anyone tell me where the mp3 backing tracks are located on the site. I am using the DVD for the Major Scales and want to practice with it. Justin said were on the site, but I cannot find it. Many thanks, John

[Quark]

About half way down the page is the G maj backing track and a Blues Backing track in A.

http://www.justinguitar.com/en/PR-022-RUPAT.php

W

[Sl8sh]

I didn't know there were backing tracks.  Oh well.  Now I know.

[Mkkl]

I would like to know if there is a cetain method how to strum one snare lower while practicing the scale in alternating mode? Because if you strum down and then go one string lower, should you strum down or up at that one?

[Sl8sh]

Ummmm.......

Are you refering to modulation?  Change in key signature in a particular position? 

[Natey]

Hi, I'm currently practicing two scales. G major and G minor pentatonic in position 1 and 2, for 5 months now along with other things. So far I have been playing them at random, thirds, four in a line, up and down at random. I am at 60 bpm sixteenth notes single position only. I am able to comfortably blend all over the 2 positions at 50 bpm sixteenth notes. Playing level wise, I am able to play Ac Dc you shook me all night long start to finish with solo at the songs tempo. Which I learned from this site. I figured it out fairly quickly, of course my technique lacks still. I'm thinking I figured out the solo fairly quick because when I started guitar seriously,about 10 months ago, I learned the five positions of the minor pentatonic scale. But I didn't spend a hugh amount of time on them all. I have spent alot of time,I think anyhow, on the first 2 positions of the above mentioned scales. I had seen that you should get your scales to 120 bpm sixteenth notes before moving on to another position. My question is should I do that and be able to blend the 2 positions well in all the melodic patterns at that speed or should I add position 3.   Thanks for any tips.

[Michaly]

Hi,

I am interested if you have any information on keeping the time with scales, and working with different timings. Whenever I see people solo it is not always quarter notes throughout the solo.  I used the scale practice routine ie. the 'five stage' process and it was extremely helpful.  Do you have something similar if I want to work on my timing.  For example, use whole notes then half notes... and so on...  I am just having a hard time figuring out how to incorporate 'cool' sounds with timings with my solos - as sometimes they seem a little predictable and boring.

Thanks for the great site!

[VariousThings]

http://www.justinguitar.com/en/SC-022-MajMelPat.php

IMO it would be useful to have the above video embedded on the SC-010 lesson page. There's already a link to it near the top of the page, but an embedded video would be much more prominent.

That video lesson is given the title "Major Scale Melodic Pattern Basics", and in the index of scales-related lessons (SC-000) it's listed alongside the major scale lessons. So it's not immediately clear from the title alone that the information in the video applies directly to the generalised practice routine for learning any scale. (It misled me at it first - as someone who's currently just focussing on learning minor pentatonic position 1, I ignored that video lesson at first purely because its title and place in the index implied that I shouldn't look at it until I get onto learning the major scale.)

So I think that this video should be directly embedded in the SC-010 lesson page. Also, perhaps on the scale index it should be listed under the first section "Important or Interesting Scale Information", rather than under the section "The Major Scale"? Minor changes, but I think they'd help clarify the navigation in this section of the site!

[lalallala]

Hi I would like to know when I should be moving up the stage because so far I've been only in stage 1 for about a week and it's getting boring?