SCALES: THEY’RE NOT JUST FOR MIND-NUMBING PRACTISE

One of the most important guitar lessons I ever had was the time my teacher introduced me to Frank Gambale’s three-note-per-string major scale pattern. There are so, so, somany reasons it’s important to learn the major scale.

For example, it’s the basis of the modes. Once you know the major scale, you can begin to experiment with the modes which