• From: Cardiff
  • Registered: 2006-04-26
  • Posts: 66

Topic: Scales

Is anyone able to please recommend a really great tutorial book/website that explains how to play the five pentatonic scales and their positions and all major scales in the first position?  (preferably a book as have limited access to t’internet at the mo ... despite my frequent messages on here!)


Have now gotten to the stage where I have realised that these are actually quite important.  Have tried to look online but the majority of the explanations are really confusing and make me just want to not try and learn them at all!


Oh also, does anyone have any opinions on ‘Simon & Patrick’ guitars.  Looking at possibly buying the ‘SP6 Spruce’. 


Cheers guys!

  • From: Bellevue, WA
  • Registered: 2006-06-15
  • Posts: 3,336

Re: Scales

"Practical Pentatonics"


<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Practical-Pentatonics-Guitar-Askold-Buk/dp/0825614953" target="_blank"> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Practical-Penta … ar-Askold- Buk/dp/0825614953</a>


It's light weight, has all the information you'll need, is inexpensive, and fits in your guitar case.

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  • From: Renfrewshire, Scotland
  • Registered: 2006-03-04
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Re: Scales

Check this out


<a href="http://www.all-guitar-chords.com/guitar_scales.php?qqq=5&scch=A&scchnam=Major&get2=Get" target="_blank"> http://www.all-guitar-chords.com/guitar … =5&amp ;scch=A&scchnam=Major&get2=Get</a>


This will show you any scale you need to know anywhere on the guitar neck, any key. Very handy.

Is anything really made up of zeros and ones??

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Re: Scales

alvee beat me to it.


I tihnk the site alvee gives a link to is very good, it has more than just scales. A very useful site to have in your favourites


Ken

ye get some that are cut out for the job and others just get by from pretending
  • From: Renfrewshire, Scotland
  • Registered: 2006-03-04
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Re: Scales

Get back to work you!!!


Skiver!

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Re: Scales

lol, I had finished work when i typed that. Early shift 7 to 3

even though the time here shows a cokpletely differnt time

and now i am on holiday for 5 days yip eeeeeee

ye get some that are cut out for the job and others just get by from pretending
  • Registered: 2006-08-15
  • Posts: 51

Re: Scales

Intermediate Rock Guitar by Paul Howard ---

Book i used to learn my pentatonics... teaches a lot more than scales...

i can also reccomend going to a workshop to learn them. I highly reccomend the National Guitar Workshop, which has many locations and classes to take.


(the book comes with a cd, so you can practice along)...

$20.95 USD, btw...

  • Registered: 2006-03-04
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Re: Scales

Does that site give any explanations also?

I just have had a very quick look and was pretty confused. Okay there&acute;s some tabs, I guess you&acute;re supposed to play. But I got the feeling, that it doesn&acute;t help much, if I do not understand what I would be playing there.