Do you hate scales?
Do you love ‘em?
…Or are you like me and have a love/hate relationship with them?
Two Reader Thoughts (Leather Pants and a Useful Scale Tip)
Here are two more interesting emails I have got lately.
I hope you find the emails and my thoughts useful…
3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Movie Soundtracks, Minefields, and Making Scales Fun)
Here is an early bird edition of my three random thoughts. For those who are new here, each Monday I share a post with 3 random thoughts on guitar, music, and life, this time including thoughts about movie soundtracks, making scales fun, and more.
Anyway, tomorrow I will be away on holiday for a four-day break so here it is, one day early.
3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Getting Organised, the Hirajoshi Scale, and Adding Emotion)
Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including the Hirajoshi scale, getting organised, and more.
The ultimate guide on how to practice scales (in just 4 minutes)
Scale practice often gets a bad reputation in the musical world. In this blog post you will learn 9 ways scale practice can be awesome for your guitar playing. I’ll explain why they are massively beneficial for your guitar playing, exactly how you should practice them and why four minutes is the magic number. [Read more…]
The Minor Pentatonic Scale – The Essential Pattern For Guitar
Eric Clapton; There’s One In Every Crowd Tour, on 15 August, 1975 by Matt Gibbons, licensed under (CC BY-SA 2.0)
For this week’s blog post, we are looking at lead guitar, and more specifically the minor pentatonic scale. Everyone including acoustic guitarists will benefit from learning the minor pentatonic scale – it’s so useful.