Intermediate Guitar Scales Handbook
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Guitarists with a solid grasp of the pentatonic scale tend to lose their way the moment they start on the major scale and its modes. I spent years watching it happen and couldn't work out why, so I went and looked at how players of other instruments learn scales.
The answer was uncomfortable. The way guitarists are taught scales at the start isn't just unmusical — it's counterproductive, and it's the combination of the shapes themselves and the way they force you to navigate the neck that does the damage. Running up and down CAGED shapes or 3NPS patterns builds a habit that has nothing to do with improvising musically, and the habit is what breaks when the material gets harder.
This book is what I teach instead: where to go after pentatonics, and the one thing that made the biggest difference to whether a student could actually improvise rather than recite.
Aimed at high beginner to intermediate players. If you're just starting with scales it's arguably even more useful, since you'll skip the years of practice most people waste first.
PDF. Instant download.
The answer was uncomfortable. The way guitarists are taught scales at the start isn't just unmusical — it's counterproductive, and it's the combination of the shapes themselves and the way they force you to navigate the neck that does the damage. Running up and down CAGED shapes or 3NPS patterns builds a habit that has nothing to do with improvising musically, and the habit is what breaks when the material gets harder.
This book is what I teach instead: where to go after pentatonics, and the one thing that made the biggest difference to whether a student could actually improvise rather than recite.
Aimed at high beginner to intermediate players. If you're just starting with scales it's arguably even more useful, since you'll skip the years of practice most people waste first.
PDF. Instant download.