Guitar solos appear in many kinds of music. Classical, jazz, folk, blues, and rock music all feature solo guitar performances. Sometimes these are recreations of previously conceived musical phrases, and sometimes they are improvised. Regardless of what you prefer, performing either of these types of solos is made easier after you learn guitar scales.
Some guitarists learn to play musical phrases from memory or sight reading, the process of playing written music the first time one sees it. Many kinds of musicians may have the ability to sight read without gaining an understanding of how the phrases they play relate to one another. This makes it hard for them to create original music.
Many people want to experience the act of creation through composition or improvisation. Acquiring knowledge of the scales is the first step in doing this. Playing, transposing and substituting scales allows one to gain insight into how Western music works.
It is really very easy to get started on this with the guitar. For example, one can learn to play a major scale using a finger pattern that can be played at any position on the neck. There are several ways to do this, and one should learn more than one. Some patterns may be more comfortable to you depending the shape of your hand and fingers.
Playing the pattern at different positions on the neck transposes to every other major key. The relative minor key to each major can also be played using the same pattern by simply starting on a different note. Once one has learned to play several patterns and transpose to major and minor keys, it is easy to learn to play different musical styles. The pentatonic scale, for example, is simply a subset of the notes from the major scale. This pattern is used a lot in blues, rock and jazz.
Using the ear while playing allows development of musicianship. Composing and improvising will follow from knowledge of scales and a developed ear. This increases the enjoyment of music.
Some guitarists learn to play musical phrases from memory or sight reading, the process of playing written music the first time one sees it. Many kinds of musicians may have the ability to sight read without gaining an understanding of how the phrases they play relate to one another. This makes it hard for them to create original music.
Many people want to experience the act of creation through composition or improvisation. Acquiring knowledge of the scales is the first step in doing this. Playing, transposing and substituting scales allows one to gain insight into how Western music works.
It is really very easy to get started on this with the guitar. For example, one can learn to play a major scale using a finger pattern that can be played at any position on the neck. There are several ways to do this, and one should learn more than one. Some patterns may be more comfortable to you depending the shape of your hand and fingers.
Playing the pattern at different positions on the neck transposes to every other major key. The relative minor key to each major can also be played using the same pattern by simply starting on a different note. Once one has learned to play several patterns and transpose to major and minor keys, it is easy to learn to play different musical styles. The pentatonic scale, for example, is simply a subset of the notes from the major scale. This pattern is used a lot in blues, rock and jazz.
Using the ear while playing allows development of musicianship. Composing and improvising will follow from knowledge of scales and a developed ear. This increases the enjoyment of music.
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