Beginner Guitar Lesson: Beginning Scales

Get the tabs at http://www.freeguitarvideos.com/youtube/begscales.html This lesson covers the first set of scales that Peter teaches students regardless of what type of music they are interested in playing. These are the open or first position scales. If the lesson seems to fast, use the tablature to practice these scales at your own pace.

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[MirroRMimi]

this is guy is such a good teacher o_o, really, I thought this would be one of those ehow vids where you learn NOTHING AT ALL

[BlackMist301]

@Digiemperor6 Its a good warm up. Before you practice songs or anything do a couple scales.

[smedly7]

I just started to try to play.I'm 65 years old.I hope that saying you can't teach dog new ticks is not true.I have a program to help.I think I'm going to stay with you to learn.I'm going to practice E miner pantaconick tell I'm blue in the face.Thanks Chuck P.S I don't have spell check



[sooner91]

How do you take a scale and make a song out of it? (sorry that this is such a NOOB question) I'm just a little lost and confused...could use some help please.

[Aepullo68]

@ThePustr117 Sorry, I forgot to tell you. Basically, a minor scale contains minor intervals (minor 3rd, minor 7th, etc.), whereas a major scale contains major intervals (major 3rd, major 7th, etc.). Once you're good with all this theory, i'll try to explain you why u need the scales :D lol

[Aepullo68]

@ThePustr117 It sounds far more difficult than it really is :) don't hesitate to contact me if you have other questions, or if you want the equation of the scales, etc.

[Aepullo68]

@ThePustr117 I hope you folow me so far. So, now, a scale is a sequence of notes, and each scale (minor pentatonic, major pentatonic, blues, etc.) has its own definition. For example, the definition of a minor pentatonic scale is: root, minor 3rd, perfect 4th, perfect 5th and minor 7th. If you know where to find these notes on the fretboard of your guitar, then you know the scale.

[Aepullo68]

@ThePustr117 Now, I arrive to your question. A minor scale takes its name from the root note it starts with. For example, if I start my scale on A, then it will be a A scale, on B a B scale, etc.

[Aepullo68]

@ThePustr117 Now, a short word on the perfect 4th: if A is the root, the perfect 4th is D, if E is the root the perfect 4th is A. Look at your hand, your thumb is the root, if you count up to your ring finger then you have the perfect 4th. Also, realise that in normal tuning (EADGBE), EADG are in perfect 4 tuning, B is the major 3rd of G but then again the higher E is the perfect 4th of B. Just a small remark.

[Aepullo68]

@ThePustr117 if you take A as your starting point (root note), half-step is A# (also called minor second); next half-step (whole-step from A) is B (called major second); next half-step is C (called minor third), next, h-s is C# (major third), h-s is D (perfect fourth), h-s is D# (tritone), h-s is E (perfect fifth), h-s is F (minor sixth), F# (major sixth), G (minor seventh) and G# (major seventh).

[Aepullo68]

@ThePustr117 You know the basic note progression: A, A#, B, C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G# (and then back to A). The transition from one note to the next is called an interval. The two easiest intervals are: a half-step (one note to the next, e.g. A to A#, A# to B, etc.) and whole-step (one note to the second next, e.g. A to B, B to C#, etc.). That was easy, but now u need to know the proper names of the intervals - you'll understand the importance of it at the end of the explanation.

[Aepullo68]

@ThePustr117 I'll try to answer your questions in a logical order, but you're asking questions that requires quite a deep knowledge in music theory. So, I'll try to make it easy.