If you’ve already mastered your current training routine, it’s time to break out of the rut and push yourself out of your comfort zone – you won’t get any better without a variety of different exercises.

One DVD I constantly use till this day is Frank Gambale’s Chop Builder. It’s like a workout/training video that gets you practicing a moutain of licks and scales over and over. Each lick is played an average of 7 times then it switches to the next one.

The DVD is a “play-along” format, and the feeling you get is like working out along to an aerobics video, difference is you’re doing it with a guitar instead. It runs through quite a few customized licks and all the scales like the Major, Minors, Dorians etc..

I find it really good in my practice routines ’cause focuses plenty on repition and building stamina. The whole workout session runs for about 1 hour and by the end of it, you’ll definitely feel fatigued in your picking hand. I definitely feel the “strength” in my picking when I do this workout 3 times a week.

For you absolute beginners, you might want to skip this guitar DVD as it’s a bit too advanced. I think Amazon.com still stocks this title, it’s a bit old but there’s nothing else like it on the market.

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One of the keys to playing good lead guitar is knowing your scales back to front. You should know the major and minor scales by heart and every other scale in between. The only way to become proficient with scales is massive repetition, till it becomes second nature and your muscle memory takes over.

After you’ve done enough practice, you will naturally start to remember the sounds of each of the notes that belong to a certain scale, and you will start to develop the ability to visualize the scales across your guitar fretboard.

When I first started practicing my scale runs, it seemed to me almost like an impossible task to memorize the entire set of scales in every key across the guitar neck, and I wondered if I would ever be able to do it. But remember, most of us are able to memorize the entire times table, through repetition at school, so this is no different. It will happen!

What I found helped me with my scale practice was to picture the notes of each scale as dots across the fretboard, and I would do this on a daily basis. Just a little visualization practice each day is sufficient.

As you develop the ability to visualize, you must also have your fingers develop the muscle memory to play the scales. How I did it was to sit in front of my television and play the scales up and down whilst watching my favorite tv program, so I wouldn’t get bored.

Try not to think about it too much whilst doing this and let your mind wander while your fingers do the moving.

Finally, you will want to practice scales in an improvisation situation as well. Start with something easy like a G major guitar scale and play along to a song in the same key, trying to add some of your own personal style to the song the best you can.

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Slash is one of the biggest users of pentatonic minor scales

Why Is the Pentatonic Minor So Important?

The pentatonic minor scale is so frequently used in Blues, Rock, Metal and Folk music. As a beginner to playing lead guitar and improvisation,  it is best you start by learning the pentatonic scales first as opposed to learning the regular major or minor scales. The pentatonic scale only has 5 notes and it is much easier to visualise, remember, as well as play..when compared to the major scales.

The best thing about pentatonic minor is that it will sound great on almost all your rock songs, and there will rarely ever be an off note.

Just a thing to note – The Blues scale is actually the same as the pentatonic but with only 1 note difference between them. The Blues scale  will be covered in a different section.

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The Major guitar scale is essential for you to learn if you want to play lead guitar and it’s also the foundation that all the other scales ( like the pentatonic, minor scales, blues scales ) are built upon.

Musical notes are made up of seven letters, A to G.  Between each note we have what is called an ” interval “, and between each interval we have a ” semitone “.

For this guitar tutorial, we will look at the C major scale which is the most simple and common scale in western music. By studying this major scale, we will be able to apply this knowledge to all the other major scales.

Sharps And Flat – What Is The Difference?

Look at the notes on a piano, there are black and white keys. Each black key represents a semitone. These keys are commonly known as either sharps or flats. For example the note between F and G keys can be denoted as F# or Gb.
Using The C major Scale to form the major guitar scales

• Starting on C
• The next note of the scale is D. The distance between C and D is two half tones or one full tone.
• The next note of the scale is E. The distance between D and E is two half tones or one full tone.
• The next note of the scale is F. The distance between E and F is one half tone. There is no black key on the piano between E and F.
• The next note of the scale is G. The distance between F and G is two half tones or one full tone.
• The next note of the scale is A. The distance between G and A is two half tones or one full tone.
• The next note of the scale is B. The distance between A and B is two half tones or one full tone.
• The next note of the scale is C. The distance between B and C is one half tone.

The Intervals of the C major Scale are:

Full Tone – Full Tone – Half Tone – Full Tone – Full Tone – Full Tone – Half Tone

Using this pattern we can now form the other major scales. Let’s have a look at the G major scale.

• Starting on G
• From G we move 1 full tone to find the next note of the scale – A
• From A we move 1 full tone to find the next note – B
• From B we move 1 half tone to find the next note – C
• From C we move 1 full tone to find the next note – D
• From D we move 1 full note to find the next note – E
• From E we move 1 full note to find the next note – F#
• From F# we move 1 half tone to find the next note – G

The G major Scale looks like this – G A B C D E F# G

We can use the same pattern as above to form the remaining major scales. Some of the more common one are listed below

• D Major Scale: D E F# G A B C#
• B Major Scale: B C# D# E F# G# A#
• E Major Scale: E F# G# A B C# D#
• A Major Scale: A B C# D E F# G#
• F Major Scale: F G A Bb C D E
• F# Major Scale: F# G# A# B C# D# E#
• Bb Major Scale: Bb C D Eb F G A

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In addition to that, I will be adding more information-packed articles that will cover guitar tips, guitar accessories that you might like, and guitar software that  will help you take the shortest learning curve possible.

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Why?

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