Jazz Guitar Scales : Practicing Intervals

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Here's how to REALLY learn scales in-and-out : play the intervals that exist inside of the scales!

This is a great tool. To me, it's better than licks, patterns or simply running scales up and down.

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[TheBonneMaman]

Mark, you are absolutely right. This is the most easiest way how to learn positions. I'd add that it's really necessarry to internalize it - you need to sing it while you play, which is probably the most important aspect of this excercise (try to sing major 7th from the spot).

For begginers,what helped me when I could not memorize those shapes was playing the intervals simultaneously - e.g. CE, DF - good for memorizing the place where to put your fingers when you start to play it as Mark did

[jazzguitarlessonsnet]

@TheBonneMaman (-: Thanks. I'm glad you "get it" and you like it. Doesn`t appeal to everybody it seems. I don't know why...

[thehside]

Very simple yet educational exercise!

Thanks for posting! ;D

[jazzguitarlessonsnet]

@thehside Thank you for watching!

[xCSSARTx]

Hey Marc, thanks for the lesson. I got a problem. When i am playing a scale and get to the G and B string (going up) when i raise my fingers (especially the pinky) The string rings (not to loud)as if i played the open string. My guitar teacher told me it was totally normal, but with time it fixes by 'itself' with more practice... he also said i don't need to mute the string. Is this right Marc? because it keeps annoying me that the string sounds when i lift my finger! Thanks!

[jazzguitarlessonsnet]

@xCSSARTx Hello. I would really need to hear and see you play ... but in the end I think you'll get more "control" over the instrument with time, practice and patience. If you keep practicing and it still is an issue in a year or two, you might want to take a closer look at it (muting for instance). But for now, just let it go somehow, and it may well "fix itself" like you teacher said.

[lanceation]

Amazing... Thanks for sharing knowledge with me.

[raultejedor]

@TheBonneMaman Totally right, imo. This exercise is great, but not 100% perfect until you ¨sing¨ the notes as you play them.

[jazzguitarlessonsnet]

@IIJamesII Thank you for watching. Have fun practicing. M-A