The BEST way To Learn SCALES On GUITAR

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In this video, you learn the best way to learn scales on guitar.
It can be daunting trying to visualise all the scale shapes on the fretboard.
While there are many systems out there for doing so, they are not all equal.
In this lesson, I sit down with Guitar Playing Breakthrough Specialist Tom Hess to discuss and demonstrate the best way to learn scales on guitar.
Whether you want to learn major scales, minor scales, pentatonic scales, modes, or any other scale, what you need is an efficient way to visualise these on the fretboard in the easiest way possible.
You learn:
- The best system hands down for learning scales on guitar
- Why the CAGED system is NOT the best way to learn scales on guitar and what to use instead
- The only pattern you will ever need to know for learning major and minor scales on guitar
Plus a whole lot more!
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[@acousticguitarlessons]

You can access the 3 Note Per String scale shapes here: acousticguitarlessonsonline.net/best-way-to-learn-scales-guitar

[@roymatoir5439]

Very clear and easy to understand and play. Thank you! I don't know what all the complainers are on about. Perhaps they want you or Tom to go round to their places and do it for them. It's free, useful advice. Stop whinging!

[@acousticguitarlessons]

@roymatoir5439, exactly! I have no problem with someone not understanding what is presented in a video, but those who want to be downright disrepsectful can go elsewhere.
There is a sense of entitlement from some, when they are actually entitled to absolutely nothing from me.
Glad you lied the video! :)

[@oceanroamer2011]

Good summary for basic pattern recognition. Thank you.

[@acousticguitarlessons]

@oceanroamer2011, you are very welcome! :)

[@julianfester3104]

Hi Simon
Useful video. Could you explain why knowing the scales is useful ie how can an acoustic player make use of it. I can see a soloist may benefit from the knowledge but how, in practical use, would you use the knowledge of scales for adding riffs or runs to your acoustic playing, or with creating a fingerstyle arrangement? I sense a new video is needed…

[@acousticguitarlessons]

@julianfester3104, it depends on your goals as a player. If you want to be able to solo all over the fretboard, then the scales are useful to learn to be able to do this. If you want to be able to play melodies, then the scales will help too, after all this is where melodies and solos come from.
It really depends on the level you want to take it to. Learning a couple of scales might be enough, again depending on what you want to be able to do.
As far as chord/melody playing is concerned, the melody will typically happen on the top 3 strings so it would be useful to at least become familiar with the scales in this area.
It is possible to do all this stuff without learning scales, however, it is much easier being able to visualise the notes available to you in any given key, which is what the scales provide :)

[@julianfester3104]

Thanks very much.

[@almyers8074]

He managed to confuse me by demonstrating the finger positions on the fret board, then drawing them out of sequence and then calling the strings by number and then calling the the higher strings the top and bottom. Simon please clarify. Thanks.

[@davidpatrick1813]

Tnx

[@acousticguitarlessons]

You are welcome! :)

[@user-ko1kf2gv5b]

please make a video on scale degree sir

[@acousticguitarlessons]

@user-ko1kf2gv5b, this video is on note function/scale degree: czcams.com/video/CC_S8_LXEhc/video.html

[@TheMightyZim]

@@acousticguitarlessonsthanks for this! 🎉

[@mramigo098]

I’ve NEVER thought of the CAGED system as a way of learning scales; have ‘you’?.

[@acousticguitarlessons]

@mramigo098, yes I have. I even tuaght it for quite some time, however IMO the 3NPS scale system is a much better way to vidsualise scales across the fretboard :)

[@John-ic6zo]

1 pattern so why 7 shapes?

[@acousticguitarlessons]

When you apply the repeating sequence to the whole fretboard (ie. all positions) that’s how it looks.
You’re just starting from a different point within the sequence for each position if that makes sense, hence creating a scale shape for that position.

[@tomm5023]

He didn’t explain why it is the best system (beyond those 3 patterns). Instead he told us dozens of times it’s really simple, it’s not hard,… Didn’t learn much tbh.

[@acousticguitarlessons]

If you take that pattern and apply it all over the fretboard, you’ll learn plenty :)

[@bandybw]

Looks like a great concept but it was very poorly presented. The diagrams are not clear about which way the fretboard is oriented and every time he demonstrated it seemed to be more about how fast he could play a major scale rather than slowing down and allowing people to actually follow what is going on. It could have been so much better...

[@acousticguitarlessons]

@@bandybw you can find the 3 note per string scale shapes here: acousticguitarlessonsonline.net/best-way-to-learn-scales-guitar

[@bandybw]

@@acousticguitarlessons I can't see the 3 note per string he was teaching - I see a bunch of shapes that look far more complicated. Just draw out the 3 shapes like they were shown in the video and maybe it will be possible to learn something.

[@tomm5023]

@@acousticguitarlessons If Tom claims it’s better vs caged than I would like to hear why. Again, shapes are meaningless without context and application. Caged has a clear concept behind it. I’m by no means a fan of it, but at least I know how it works, why people like it and what the concept is applying it. With the 3nps I clearly see the 7 modes, but that he doesn’t even bother to demonstrate. Instead he needs to repeat a dozen times it’s easy. Well, it’s not easy at all.