Comments on: The Complete One-Octave Major Scales Guitar Series

By: jim

jim — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 17:41:04 +0000

Really great post. In my experience, limiting “what I am looking” by using smaller chunks, like one octave scales, is really helpful when improvising. It makes it easy to shift modes, and actually makes it easier to string together march larger lines.

Which would be my suggestion as a follow up :)

How to rotate through modalities based on the one octave major scales to be more dynamic on the fly.

Good stuff – Thank you for sharing it!

By: Klaus Crow

Klaus Crow — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 11:28:03 +0000

In reply to Michael Crooks.

Hi Michael,
Wow, It’s really great to hear you’ve leveled up your skills and been persistent in your pursuit of learning the guitar, despite the moments of torture ;)
I’ve been there, and still am now and then. Those challenging moments come and go along with moments of euphoria.
I can’t deny that it flatters me to hear Guitarhabits as been a help in your journey of improving your guitar playing.
This is what keeps me motivated to create new lessons and write new material again and again.

Thank you so much.
Keep picking, memorizing and improving!

Best,
Klaus Crow

By: Michael Crooks

Michael Crooks — Fri, 04 Dec 2020 16:30:19 +0000

Good Morning Klaus

Just wanted to thank you for all the work you have done putting this together.

6 years ago, I bought myself an acoustic for my 55 birthday. I told myself I was going to learn how to play.
Now here I am, 6 years later, with a repertoire of about 40 songs that I can play pretty much from memory.
Along my adventure (sometimes I call it a torture trip) in learning the guitar, I came to the understanding that in order to really know the guitar, I must learn music theory.
That is where you have helped me excel. After learning my scales, I hit a road block that was hard to get over. Your simple explanations of how to use the scales in a improv setting has taken me to a new level.
While I have zero interest in play in a band, my ability to sit around with a few guys in a pickers circle has made me not regret my decision to learn how to play.
Its been a long hard road that demands time and patience but it was worth every minute

Thanks again
Michael

By: Klaus Crow

Klaus Crow — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 13:12:51 +0000

In reply to Norman Angemi.

Hi Norman,
I see what you mean. That’s a great way to explain and visualize the modes compared to the major scale.
Thanks for reaching out. I appreciate it.

Best,
Klaus Crow

By: Norman Angemi

Norman Angemi — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 15:26:35 +0000

Hey Klaus,
Looks great. Once you can find the root notes relatively easily, I teach a lesson called the ‘Magic Box’ based on your shapes 3, 6, 9, and 12 above, because of its basic uniformity of shape across the strings (with the B sting moving things around :( ). Plus, the positions of the notes allows the easiest jump into visualizing 4 widely used Modal patterns with really easy moves in the base shape (Ionian, Mixolydian (flat7), Dorian (flat7&3), and Aeolian (flat7&3&6)). Anyway, wanted to say “good on ya” for the content and the site. Carry on.

By: Klaus Crow

Klaus Crow — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 14:20:08 +0000

In reply to Mark E Freemantle.

Hi Mark,
(1) If you look closely you can see the fret numbers right next to the scale diagrams. I admit they are a bit small, but the neck diagrams are actually there to show you the shape and the fingering of each scale pattern rather than the frets.
(2) You mean to notate the sharp or flats at the beginning of the measure. That’s a good idea to recognize the key signature. I’ll take that into account for the next post.

Thanks for your comment. Love it!

Best,
Klaus Crow

By: Mark E Freemantle

Mark E Freemantle — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 13:49:46 +0000

I like this approach. I don’t always practice all these scale patterns; I normally only practice on strings 6 & 5.
That said, two suggestions:
1) Since I know you are using Neck Diagrams, the option for showing the Fret number would be helpful, and
2) Since we are learning a Scale, why not write the scale notation with the correct sharps and flats rather than the accidentals?

By: Klaus Crow

Klaus Crow — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 12:27:25 +0000

Hi Adam,
It’s a great lesson to come back to everyday.
Keep up the practice and don’t forget the assignments at the end of the post.

Best,
Klaus Crow

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 12:15:23 +0000

hey Klaus
I appreciate you putting all these lessons together. I will be coming back to this post again and again.

Cheers! Adam