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Originally Posted by hifi_killer
just wondering who does solo here with little or no knowledge of scales?
i tried using scales , pentatonic ones, then the minor ones. Found it very restrictive..so in the end i didnt use them at all. As long as it sounds right together with the chords its ok?
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You should read the book: Zen Guitar. Talks about playing guitar like a martial art mediatation process. You begin as a white belt, then you progress with time into a black belt due to use, experience and dirt, then with more time, the colour fades and the belt becomes white again with age, and the cycle repeats itself all over again.
I sort of began like that. I started learning chords and trying to listen to "notes" in a scale when solos were played. I learnt simple solos and figured out the scale patterns from those. I had no clue what they were called, and I actually still don't. I just remember patterns, and note qualities... Today, I just play what I hear in my head, and I pick my notes according to what I have already played, and what comes into my head next.
I sort of began with no knowledge of scales, to knowing what they were and how to use them back to not using them again conscientiously now. I went from thinking about my solos to NOT thinking about my solos... - Zen Guitar
