Comments on: How To Play Guitar Scales The Friedman Way http://www.guitartutorialsnow.com/how-to-play-guitar-scales-the-friedman-way/ Tue, 29 Mar 2011 05:13:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: admin http://www.guitartutorialsnow.com/how-to-play-guitar-scales-the-friedman-way/comment-page-1/#comment-106 admin Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:06:13 +0000 http://www.guitartutorialsnow.com/?p=556#comment-106 I wondered that too Sami. Why did he have to make up guitar scales of his own when all the possible scales have already been invented? Perhaps he couldn't afford a guitar scale book when he was a kid, who knows! I've seen this video so many years ago and I still recall it clearly because what he said really stuck with my guitar practice and got me out of the rut of 'scale playing' - where I'd end up doing improvisation that sounded more like scales than something unique and melodic. And this, is where I think most beginner guitarists can benefit. Just altering your training routine frequently and applying some of what Marty has taught in this video will really make your improvisations sound so much better. I know from experiencing the same thing. Cheers, Mark I wondered that too Sami. Why did he have to make up guitar scales of his own when all the possible scales have already been invented? Perhaps he couldn’t afford a guitar scale book when he was a kid, who knows!

I’ve seen this video so many years ago and I still recall it clearly because what he said really stuck with my guitar practice and got me out of the rut of ‘scale playing’ – where I’d end up doing improvisation that sounded more like scales than something unique and melodic. And this, is where I think most beginner guitarists can benefit.

Just altering your training routine frequently and applying some of what Marty has taught in this video will really make your improvisations sound so much better. I know from experiencing the same thing.

Cheers,

Mark

]]> By: Sami http://www.guitartutorialsnow.com/how-to-play-guitar-scales-the-friedman-way/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Sami Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:58:34 +0000 http://www.guitartutorialsnow.com/?p=556#comment-105 Interesting video. I get the impression Friedman is making things harder than they need to be, though. He says he experimented with different notes and kept removing notes he didn't like until he arrived at a sequence that sounded like a harmonic minor scale. Wouldn't it have been easier to just learn a harmonic minor scale? I also think he kind of misses the point of scales, seeing them as absolutes rather than tools, since they aren't exactly meant to be played and used only "as is". Like he says, it's good to break things up, and that applies equally well to any already existing scale. Just learn which notes a scale contains, then learn to play them in whatever order you like or need. This is exactly the same thing he did, except he reinvented the scale first. Interesting video. I get the impression Friedman is making things harder than they need to be, though. He says he experimented with different notes and kept removing notes he didn’t like until he arrived at a sequence that sounded like a harmonic minor scale. Wouldn’t it have been easier to just learn a harmonic minor scale?
I also think he kind of misses the point of scales, seeing them as absolutes rather than tools, since they aren’t exactly meant to be played and used only “as is”. Like he says, it’s good to break things up, and that applies equally well to any already existing scale. Just learn which notes a scale contains, then learn to play them in whatever order you like or need. This is exactly the same thing he did, except he reinvented the scale first.

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