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Guitar Techniques

JUSTIN SANDERCOE

Using scales to make music is more than just choosing the right one. But how does one go about practising scales, and should you bother?

Using my favourite analogy, if music is a language then scales are alphabets. With our English alphabet we can make words from many languages, though each will have quirks particular to its dialect. Other languages are narrower in use, the Mkhedruli language of Georgia for instance, which can be understood in much more limited areas.

In music, the Major scale can be used in many different styles

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