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Fun and Easy Ways to Build Chops and Open Up the Guitar Fretboard
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Practice Guide
So, how do you go about practicing these scales in order to get the most out of each exercise? Here are some of the ways that I like to practice scale patterns in order to build chops and develop my creative playing. 1. Practice in 12 keys at various tempos 2. Practice using different scales and modes 3. Improvise over a static chord or key center using only one of the 5 scale techniques 4. Write a melody or solo using a specific scale technique as the melodic basis for each line 5. Sing along with all of the above to build the connection between your ears and fingers If you are new to learning scales on the guitar you can still get a lot out of these techniques. Just visit my Scale Fingerings for Jazz Guitar Page to find information and notation for Major, Melodic Minor, Harmonic Minor, Harmonic Major, Symmetrical and Pentatonic scales for guitar. Now lets dig in and have some fun with 5 Essential Scale Techniques for Jazz Guitar!
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These four permutations are important to work through as they will provide you improvisational material, and prepare you to transcribe jazz lines as you will hear a lot of great players using these four approaches in their solos. I have written out all four approaches for the first interval, 3rds, but have only written one for each of the intervals after that, 4ths, 5ths, 6ths and 7ths. This way you can get the idea on how these four approaches work with 3rds, then work it out yourself with the other intervals to really ingrain these ideas into your hands, ears and minds as you work through them in the practice room. 3rds Ascending G Major Scale
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This will help you learn the neck at the same time as you are working on your chops. And if you are really adventurous, you can practice playing the first note of each triad, the root, and then singing the next two notes, the 3rd and 5th. So if you played a C major triad you would play the first note, C, then sing the next two, E and G. You can try singing along with yourself as you play through the exercises first in order to ease into this exercise, then you can take off the water wings, dive into the deep end and see if you can sing the 3rd and 5th of each chord after playing the root. Not easy, but a great way to take your ears to the next level.
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Further Study
If you liked the above exercises and want to learn more, you can check out the following series of articles on my website. Happy practicing!
30 Days to Better Jazz Guitar Bebop Guitar Vocabulary Essential Jazz Guitar Scales Modern Jazz Guitar Techniques Practicing Jazz Guitar
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