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conic - Posted - 07/09/2020: 09:51:22
The Blues, this could be the best free lesson in music from a living legend you can get. it explains the nuts and bolts of the blues
youtube.com/watch?v=6AC0T7zrni0
Tractor1 - Posted - 07/09/2020: 09:58:39
One good melody is worth a thousand scales -------you said a mouth full there Conic.scales are good for a little wow factor ,but then let's here some hooks for the long ride---now to follow your link I love the many trails in the blues or any of my ''go to'' music
G Edward Porgie - Posted - 07/09/2020: 11:37:52
Even if a melody jumps bewteen intervals it still relies on scales of one sort or another. You can't really make a melody without them.
Playing simple scale runs can certainly get boring (despite "Joy to the World) but there are part and parcel of western music, and are part of what makes it so different than many other cultures' idioms. Many of us in the US would be hard pressed to find scales in, for example, traditional Japanese music, and many of us do not understand that music, what with its seemingly discordant, arrhythmic , non-linear musings, because of those missing scales we are so used to..
conic - Posted - 07/09/2020: 12:08:43
yes scales are very boring, when i play i never think about scales just licks rhythm and melody
kamal - Posted - 07/09/2020: 13:58:07
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Originally posted by G Edward PorgieEven if a melody jumps bewteen intervals it still relies on scales of one sort or another. You can't really make a melody without them.
One good scale provides a thousand melodies! 
Richard Hauser - Posted - 07/24/2020: 17:42:05
Practicing scales provides ear training and fingerboard familiarization. When scales are played along with a rhythm device scales can teach someone to play at a steady tempo. There are lots of ways to practice scales. And what you learn can be used for any type of music - not just blues.
johnedallas - Posted - 07/26/2020: 12:21:07
As I see it, playing scales helps me to get familiar wih an instrument; playing tunes helps me to get familiar with a music genre.
Cheers,
John
