Guitar Scales Mystery

Every one of us guitar players ran into this dilemma sooner or later: Do I really have to learn music theory to play guitar properly?  Isn’t rock guitar and rock music itself all about freedom and rebellion against constricting norms?
Well, of course it is!  But, you still wanna sound good and in tune, don’t you?

Learning guitar theory is usually perceived as painful and arduous process that takes years to master, and it requires taking music classes with music teacher that you find hard to relate to actual rock songs you want to play.
Another snag is that most of the music theory classes are made by piano teachers for piano students, and that don’t quite translates to guitar theory.

 Don’t get me wrong - pentatonic scales can go a long way for any beginner guitar player, but soon you discover that it’s not quite just five notes that your guitar hero plays, but some tasty passing notes that sound ‘sooo gooood’ even though they do not belong to pentatonic scale at hand.

If you really want to be the expert guitar player, and take your guitar playing skills to the next level, you should never be stumped by questions like:  Is that Dorian mode scale?  What’s the difference between major and minor scales?  What is that exotic sounding scale that Mr/Ms so-and-so plays in that tune?
See what I’m getting at?
The real truth is that learning music theory along with proper ear training will make you so much more complete player and musician… It can make you one of those people who can listen to the song for the very first time and say: “That is interesting tonal twist in that solo, or in that chord progression…”  Or maybe picking up your guitar and play along right away, without guessing tonality or the chords used in the song…This is what we call perfect pitch.  Very few people are born with this gift.
Only 10% of all musicians have this ability, and that would translate into very tiny fraction of general population.  So, if you become one of them – you will be exception to the rule and anomaly in the system.  Did I mention that you don’t have to be born with perfect pitch, but you can attain it through proper training and exercises.

Keep learning and practicing, and you will be playing the guitar on that elusive next level in no time.

Peace and love and guitars for all

Your  pal



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