HOW TO PRACTICE SCALES

[devinebass]

Hi guys, again, sorry for the delay i've been super busy with gigs. This is the new tutorial i've just posted up on my lessons website. Word of warning... Learn the major scale in the three different positions before you start to tackle the continuous scale exercise otherwise it will tie your brain in knots. Again, the concept is easy to understand but just a little hard to put into practice at first. Take your time and you will get it... and it will make a difference!

Here it is...
[url="http://www.scottsbasslessons.com/video-tutorials/how-to-practice-scales/"]http://www.scottsbasslessons.com/video-tut...ractice-scales/[/url]

Any questions, post them up on here so everyone can read them.

Take it easy,

Scott.

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Edited September 17, 2010 by devinebass

[Mike]

Thanks Scott, will get round to studying these indepth. The arpeggios lesson was great. Fancy doing one on practising and using the altered scale?

[devinebass]

Cheers Mike, glad your enjoying it. I talk a lot about the application of the altered scale (melodic minor up a semitone from the route) in my other tutorials on my lessons site. If fact every tutorial except the 'how to practice scales and arpeggio's' tutorials has it in. Maybe start with the II V I tutorials. Another good one is the 'soloing on static minor chords tutorial', plenty of altered scale action there too. The altered scale can be a bit of a pain to start with... not the actual fingering of the scale, but actually 'hearing it' when you play. If your having these sorts of issues let me know as i've got some great ways to get the ears to start excepting the altered scale as a valid option.

Easy man,

Scott.

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[ahpook]

i tried this last night steve...

certainly a stretcher on the old fingers, but i'm going to keep at it.

thanks.

[Hector]

Another great lesson Scott! I must say, I'm finding your website to be an invaluable resource at the moment, so keep up the great work. I guess there's a reason you've been so buys with gigs recently!

[devinebass]

Glad ya diggin' it hector!!

Scott.

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[Mike]

[quote name='devinebass' post='964056' date='Sep 22 2010, 07:38 AM']Cheers Mike, glad your enjoying it. I talk a lot about the application of the altered scale (melodic minor up a semitone from the route) in my other tutorials on my lessons site. If fact every tutorial except the 'how to practice scales and arpeggio's' tutorials has it in. Maybe start with the II V I tutorials. Another good one is the 'soloing on static minor chords tutorial', plenty of altered scale action there too. The altered scale can be a bit of a pain to start with... not the actual fingering of the scale, but actually 'hearing it' when you play. If your having these sorts of issues let me know as i've got some great ways to get the ears to start excepting the altered scale as a valid option.

Easy man,

Scott.

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Fantastic, thankyou!

[devinebass]

No worries Mike.

Easy,

Scott.

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