The Best Way to Practice Scales - Part 1

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Troy Stetina explains the best way to practice guitar scales. Part 1 of 4. Covers what scales are, why people generally get confused and fail to complete the mission, the benefits of starting with positional patterns, and how to quickly and easily memorize positional scales. Also, what NOT to do! 0:00 Intro 1:04 Scales are NOT patterns! 2:47 What’s a scale, then? 3:29 Root as tonal center 5:20 The biggest obstacle 5:58 Learn Positional First 7:35 Do no harm! 9:13 Memorize by string pairs 10:15 Fingering issues 11:17 Combine string pairs 11:51 2nd Key to Memorization 12:56 Even flow 13:44 3rd a...pproach: Adding notes 14:42 Doubling for reliability 16:06 From the top 16:33 What’s next? 18:34 Why players lose their way 19:00 A step by step plan 19:17 Outro

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