Beginner guitar scales
Pentatonic Scale pattern 1

Pentatonic Scale Patterns
Five simple note patterns to help you sound good quicker than anything else could.

Which scales do you need to learn first?

Beginner guitar scales. Wow, where do you start? There is a ton of scales that you can learn on a guitar.

Can I clue you in? It's not that hard. Pentatonic scale patterns.

You only need 5 simple patterns to start really ripping up and down the guitar neck in no time. Well, it might take a couple of weeks.

Consider this - Most guitar players don't sound good at anything for about a year or so. Longer most of the time.

Take my advice start here. You will be glad when you see smiles instead of those faces people usually make when a beginner plays anything.

Here are the links to all of the lessons on the beginner scales

Beginner Scales one

Beginner Scales Two

Beginner Scales Three

Beginner Scales Four

Beginner Scales Five

Alright, are you ready?
Beginner Guitar Scales worth learning. Pentatonic Scale Pattern 1

Get this guitar pentatonic scale pattern box 1 under your fingers

Practice it until you can play it while your sleeping. Really.

|---------------------------5--8-8--5--------------------------|
|----------------------5--8-----------8--5---------------------|
|-----------------5--7---------------------7--5----------------|
|------------5--7-------------------------------7--5-----------|
|-------5--7-----------------------------------------7--5------|
|--5--8---------------------------------------------------5--8-|

OK, now I can hear you saying,"What the heck do I do with that?"

Well, Now its time to get out the metronome.

If you don't have a metronome don't worry, Here is a free one you can use.

Metronome by BestMetronome.com

Beginner guitar scales - Pentatonic scale pattern 1 - How to make it sound good.

How to make a boring scale into a master piece.

A scale when played one note after another sounds like - you guessed it. A scale. Boring........ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.

You, yes, you have to add your guts, gristle and attitude, along with some simple guitar techniques to the mix to make, Wahla... music.

How do you do that?

My best advice is to listen to some serious blues players like BB King or Buddy Guy. Right before going to bed so it soaks into your subconscious.

Add some simple guitar techniques to your scales along with some attitude.

What kind of techniques? Blend in the following techniques and you'll have folks thinking your a genius at guitar in a short period of time.

All of these techniques are well worth your time to practice until they become second nature.

1. Bends

2. Vibrato

3. Hammer-ons

4. Pull offs

More to come soon.

You can find out about each one of these techniques - Here.

Links to useful websites

Gosk - Guitar scales

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