Guitar Scales for Beginners Lesson

Guitar Scales for Beginners is a beginning guitar lesson by Peter Vogl. Get the tabs at http://www.freeguitarvideos.com/Begin... This lesson covers the first set of scales that Peter teaches students regardless of what type of music they are interested in playing. These are the open or first position scales. If the lesson seems too fast, use the tablature to practice these scales at your own pace.

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hi my name is peter vogel and in this
lesson you're going to learn the first
set of scales are typically teach to a
student regardless of what type of genre
of music they want to learn
go ahead and print out the notation
ahead of time and let's get started the
first scale we're going to learn is the
E minor pentatonic scale
it's a five note scale and it's not too
difficult
it's also widely used let's get started
it starts with open six string
then the third fret 6th string open its
strength
2nd fret
fifth strength
open fourth string second fret 4th
strength open third strength
2nd fret 3rd strength open second
strength
3rd fret second string open first string
and 3rd fret first string
let's do that together
yeah
now let's go backwards
be sure to use alternate picking let's
go ahead and play the scale once again
forwards and backwards non-stop and
don't repeat the highest note here we go
down up down up down up
down
down
up down
up down
up down
down
up
down
down
up
down
now let's learn the e blue scale the e
blue scale is very similar to E minor
pentatonic it's a six note scale we've
simply added one note to our previous
scale called the flat 5
here it is for words 03
bo one
Oh
02
30
three
Oh
three
now backwards three
Oh
30
32
Oh
02
one
Oh
three
Oh
be sure to alternate pic let's go ahead
and play this scale again
forwards and backwards non-stop ready
play
down up down up
down up
down
up
down up
down
up down
up down
up down
down up
down
down
down
up
down
now let's learn the G Major scale this
one is a seven note scale here it is for
words start with your third finger on
the sixth string 3rd fret
30 - 30
- 40 -
Oh
130
three
backwards 320
31
Oh
o 4 20
32
Oh
three
now let's play it forward and backwards
non-stop remember to alternate pic here
we go ready play
yeah
yeah
yeah
now let's learn the a minor scale a
minor starts on the open 5th string here
we go downwards
bo 2 30 to three
Oh
2013 2013 and reach out with your pinky
25
now let's go backwards 53 103-102
Oh 320
32
now forwards and backwards non-stop and
alternate pic here we go ready play
yeah
I
and
yeah
well that's our lesson for today
practice these positions these open
position scales to can play them
smoothly
my name is peter vogel and have a great
one