I would bet money on the fact that nearly all men and some women as well have at one time in their life had the desire to learn how to play guitar.
Maybe that is because nowadays guitars would be a lot more accessible as well as the guitars have become a great deal less expensive. Guitars also can be easily taken with you much more than keyboards or some other instruments that makes it more convenient.
Learning how to play guitar in todays internet age has never been easier or more affordable. The addition of video games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band has struck up a ton of interest in many people, because of the fact theyre playing along side guitar icons gives them the itch to learn how to play a real guitar.
If youre a beginner and just starting to learn how to play guitar I would recommend you learn a few simple open chords first. Starting with scales can cause a beginner to become frustrated and give up. Why? A beginners finger tips and finger strength has not yet developed causing them to struggle making the stretch needed to plat the scale patterns.
If you insist on starting off learning scales start with the pentatonic scale.
Anything you can do when you are learning how to play guitar or any instrument for that matter will make a difference. The pentatonic scale contains only 5 notes compared to the major scale that contains 7 notes. By removing 2 notes allows the scale pattern to be 2 notes a string compared to the major scale which requires 3 notes per string.
The cool thing about learning the 1st pattern of the pentatonic scale is that the same patterns is both Major and Minor, its just a matter of shifting the pattern 3 frets. We sometimes teach this as happy finger and sad finger. If you start the patterns with say your index finger on the 5th fret E string you would be playing A minor ” Same pattern starting on the 8th fret E string would be C Major (starting with the pinky finger)
There is still so much to cover that is beyond the scope of this article. Till next time,
Tony D.
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