Mini-Course Bonus Lesson: Putting It All Into
Practice
 Welcome to this Bonus Lesson!
In the previous lessons we looked at some essential information to help move you closer towards guitar scale
mastery. Let's quickly recap…
- In Lesson 1 we took a look at exactly how to practice the ear training exercises in the
special report you downloaded. We also took a look at the many benefits to be gained by doing ear
training.
- In Lesson 2 we took a look at the musical alphabet. This is a vital thing to understand
because all scales are made up of notes. So if you don't understand the theory behind the notes, then
everything else is really hard to understand.
- In the third lesson we covered the major scale. This is probably THE most important scale
to understand, so this lesson is worthy of some serious study.
- In Lesson 4 we took a detailed look at scale degrees. We looked at the scale degrees of
the major scale, and also looked at scale degrees that aren't part of the major scale.
- Lesson 5 was a really important one. We looked at three essential scales that I feel
should be mastered by almost any guitarist. The three scales that we covered were the major scale, major
pentatonic scale, and the minor pentatonic scale.
Phew…that's quite a list. :-)
A lot of what we've covered has been theory intensive. And I certainly don't apologise for that. It's all
important and essential stuff. But I want to do something different for this lesson…
Let's Put It Into Practice!
Learning scales without applying them to real-life playing situations is next to useless. Scales can be used to
solo over chord progressions. So that is exactly what we will do now. We'll take a look at four different
progressions for you to solo over. You will need to use the scales we covered in the last lesson. If you haven't
learned them yet, then please go back to Lesson 5 and do that now…
Chord Progression #1:
To solo over this progression, you can use the following essential scales that we looked at in Lesson 5…
- A Major Scale.
- A Major Pentatonic Scale.
Chord Progression #2:
Here's another progression where you can use the A major scale, and A major pentatonic scale…
Chord Progression #3:
For this progression you will need to use the A minor pentatonic scale…
Chord Progression #4:
Here is a 12-bar blues progression in the key of A. To solo over this, use the A minor pentatonic scale…
And here are downloadable versions of the above backing tracks…
Some Final Thoughts...
Congratulations, you've just completed the Guitar Scale Mastery Mini-course! Awesome work. :-)
So what's next? Here are a few action steps that I recommend doing…
- Go through the lessons again. Repetition is the mother of memory and skill. The more times
you go over the stuff, the more deeply you will learn it.
- Set aside 5-10 minutes a day for ear training. If you aren't doing this now, please start.
Developing your ears is important…really important. Music is a hearing art, so the more you develop your ears
the better!
- Find an organized and structured way of internalizing scales. I cringe at how many hours I
wasted when I first started learning scales. I had no plan. If you want to find out more about my system of
learning scales, then go to Guitar
Scale Mastery. I'm very proud of it, and feel it's one of the most comprehensive and effective systems out
there. If you don't want to use my system, then PLEASE find another one that you feel could work. I don't
really care what system you use…just find one and use it. Otherwise you could waste many hours trying to learn
scales by trial-and-error.
- If you can afford it, book some lessons with a professional guitar tutor. A tutor can give
you valuable guidance and feedback on your playing that is just not possible with online guitar lessons. For
example, they will be able to notice any flaws in your technique and correct them.
Oh well, that's all from me for now. Keep an eye on your email inbox. I'll be sending you some more cool stuff
fairly soon. :-)
All the best,
Craig Bassett.
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