scales

[MR W,AXL ROSE]

can anyone help me with scales.aaannnyyyy info on scales WILL be appreciated.cheers

[Evolution]

Well on bass, the old G to G scale is a great warm up


G---------------------------------------
D---------------2--4--5--4--2----------------
A-------2-3-5-------------------5--3--2-------
E--3-5------------------------------------5-3


15 mins of that and you are ready to play

[conny]

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[erose]

www.cyberfret.com

thats an awsome site conny!

start with this one, the minor pentatonic aka the king daddy of all scales used for improvisation on the guitar he he.

http://www.cyberfret.com/scales/minor-pentatonic/index.php

[MR W,AXL ROSE]

cheers for the info but im still struggling to understand what a scale actually is

[Genesis]

cheers for the info but im still struggling to understand what a scale actually is

There are 12 notes or pitches in music : A, A#(Bb), B, C, C#(Db), D, D#(Eb), E, F, F#(Gb), G, G#(Ab).
# reads 'sharp' and 'b' reads 'flat'. They represent the same pitch (Just another name).
Any combination of these notes make up a scale. Songs are in a specific key and scale(s). Your key may be any of the pitches above. Each pitch has many different types of scales: major, minor, harmonic minor etc. depending on the notes that make up the scale. For eg: SCOM is in the key of D and E, with a variety of scales used including major, blues, harmonic minor and pentatonic minor. Hope this helps. 

[conny]

www.cyberfret.com

thats an awsome site conny!

Yeah, I think it's one of the best around actually. Too many ads, but the content is just great.

[Stupid Head]

For eg: SCOM is in the key of D and E, with a variety of scales used including major, blues, harmonic minor and pentatonic minor. Hope this helps.?

Actually SCOM is in the key of G - with G's relative minor being Em.?

[Genesis]

Actually SCOM is in the key of G - with G's relative minor being Em. 

Yeah, ur right SCOM starts off in G. I stand corrected. To think that all this time i thought it was in D...