Gecko -> RE: Can You Tell Me About Scales? (Feb. 15 2006 11:30:30)
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Lucerom: I assume you are just starting to learn guitar. If so I would not get too "wrapped around the axle" with scales at this point. However, to truly understand the music, whatever kind you end up concentrating on scales can be important, particularly if you want to do any improvisation. Here is how I would approach the matter, others will probably have other suggestions. I would learn how to construct Major, Minor, Relative Minor, Phrygian and Spanish scales. This is not rocket science and should not take you too long to learn how they are constructed. As far as scale practice goes, here is my approach (note, I play classical guitar, but am a relative new-comer to flamenco myself): First I determine the Key the music I'm going to practice that day is written in and then I write out that scale. I do this both in text, eg A, B, C, etc and then place the actual notes on blank staff paper (actually I use Finale Guitar for this). It was a great aid in helping me learn standard music notation. Normally I just use 1/4 notes in either 4/4 or 3/4 time. Then, principally as a warm up exercise, I play that scale in several different positions. I play it a couple of times using free strokes (Tirando), then a couple of times using rest strokes (Apoyando). When doing this I try to maintain proper LH and RH positions. This will also help you to learn the fret board from the open position to the 12th fret.
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