Brad's 3 tasks assigned by his music professor

[Brad Baugh]

1. You must instantly know ALL the note names on the

grand staff without hesitation.

2. You must know by heart ALL the major key signatures,

and be able to write any major scale. Practice the

major scales on your guitar until you can play ANY

major scale from memory and without thinking about it!

3. Once you've done #2, then you can go to work on the

minor scales/keys. Practice your minor scales on your

guitar.

[Steve Krenz]

That's good advice! 

I practice....

Major Scales in One Position

Major Scales: Three Note on a String - Playing normally ascending and descending, then in 3rds with hammer-ons and Pull-offs.

Pentatonic Scales: Up and Down in Each Form, Up 4 Pattern, 3 pairs of Strings, then connecting the forms up and down the neck.

Pentatonic Scales with Added Blues Note: Up and Down in Each Form

When I change keys I like to go in a circle of Fifths rotation: C - G - D - A -- E - B - F# - Db - Ab - Eb - Bb - F or a circle of fourths rotation: C - F - Bb - Eb - Ab - Db - Gb - B - E - A - D -G

Hope this helps!

- Steve

 

[tjmeyers]

I also do all of the scales patterns and pentatonic scale patterns in one position to help stop me from linking a pattern to a certain position. Ex: G - F - D etc. all in the 3rd position.

[Steve Krenz]

10 hours ago, tjmeyers said:

I also do all of the scales patterns and pentatonic scale patterns in one position to help stop me from linking a pattern to a certain position. Ex: G - F - D etc. all in the 3rd position.

Yes, great idea.

- Steve