Scales?!?!


saxrix
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saxrix
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07/19/2005 3:44 pm
hi, i have just began learning scales and i am confused my them, i know how to read them and play them, but i dont understand how to use them in music and solos!? i have been learning about them on cyberfret.com. i came across the 5 most common major keys in the scales section of that site, and i dont understand what they are for either! please help me understand scales.
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Jon Broderick
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07/19/2005 6:24 pm
The basic idea is that a song only uses some notes, and not others. The scale of a song defines which notes are "ok" for that song.

If you know you have a song in A minor, and you solo over it in A minor, you will sound like you know what you are doing.

Don't let the wide variety of scales, with all their strange names, confuse you from this basic point.

Hope that helps.
Jon Broderick
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guitarist101
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07/19/2005 8:47 pm
http://www.guitartricks.com/lesson.php?input=8991&s_id=116

I made a quick tutorial that may help you. Feel free to send me an e-mail if you need more help.

David
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07/20/2005 9:59 am
thank you! :)
that did help!
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07/20/2005 12:57 pm
Not a problem, man. If you need anything else feel free to send me an e-mail. :)
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