Importance of Guitar Scales

• Guitar scales are important in learning not only to play guitar, but they're also important to play music in general. Scales are simple, but they determine what chords and notes you'll be able to play in the future. If you learn a few scales--and can play them well--you'll be able to form chords very soon. Armed with a few chords, you can play hundreds of songs. Chord theory is the basics of learning to play most instruments so that you will be able to write your own music, it demonstrated the basics of how chords make up a song. This will make it easier to play, and it will make it easier to improvise if you wish to do so.
  
  

How to Play Scales

• Scales are simpler to learn than chords, but they're just as useful. To learn to play, a major scale is really all you need. However, the more you know, the easier it will be to play different genres of music. Blues, for example, is based on the blues scales. A few major scales are recommended for most beginners to start out on.
  
  Start out by printing off a major scale. Finger the first note and practice it until you get a clear sound. If you're having problems, trying adjusting your hand positioning. The book should show you how to properly finger the guitar. Continue on to the second note until you have played the entire scale, and then learn to play the scale backwards.
  
  

How to Learn Scales

• These easiest way to learn a scale is to practice for at least fifteen minutes a day. Start out with a major scale and practice it going first in ascending and then descending, or going up and then back down. Continue playing the scale forward and backwards two or three times, and then move on to a different major scale. Once you can play the major scales forward and backwards without pausing, continue on to the minor scales. You do not need to memorize the scales. You simply need to be able to play a few well to build chords from later. Once you have mastered a couple scales, you are ready to progress on to chords and songs.