How to Master Scales in 4 steps

[@RotemSivanGuitar]

What's the best scale exercise you ever did?

[@CosmicHippopotamus]

Playing a drop 2 chord voicing. Then play the scale from that position, follow it up with the arpeggio into the next voicing.

[@ethereal_pallete]

Practicing basic chords tones as chord shaped arpeggios, and understanding the effects of more colourful notes like 2,#4,b6 notes over the sound . And also stayin on the same tension based melodies and shifting the underlying chords . Diatonic/ non- diatonic way

[@Gregorypeckory]

Mapping them out either on paper or mentally, (paper for sure when I was young and had no other scales in my mind as reference points), but either way, over the entire fretboard, then really taking time to explore it in detail, getting comfortable so that every area is just as comfortable as any other. I try to learn all the intervals from 2nds through 13ths, and play all kinds of diads within the scale, with each interval all over the neck in a given key. Another great one is stacking various intervals to get harmony, not just 3rds like most of us are used to, but different groupings, and moving them from as low to as high as possible. It's pretty fun and musical, and a great way of really getting comfortable with a scale. Certain things are going to be too hard, like some chord of stacks of close intervals, but then you just find a way to adapt, like leaving out a voice, or changing the order of notes until it's more playable. Exploring a new scale (or deeper into an old one) is a fantastic way to keep engaged and getting great new ideas!

[@eliotmiranda]

The Hannon exercises

[@vizzo7]

One good excercise is the Tim Miller Method. You play a chord and start the scale from each note of the chord. say for "example CMaj7" in drop 2. you play it and sing the the notes from the C before you play. Then you start from the G, B and E. go first up and down only on the string trying to sing it before you play it afterwards you can make jumps. Other good excercise is the kurt rosenwinkel (at least I saw from it first) Play a scale for the bars you want in one position and change to another one while you are playing . Start with with 2 random scales. The idea is that where you are in the position you can switch without changing the position and play the next note from the other scale

[@jjjinihji]

I've been playing the guitar and taught myself for more than 10 years, and I've had so much questions about scale. It helped me a lot!!

[@PhillySoccerGuy]

Incredible I started getting consistent with my guitar playing this year. A goal of 3 hours per week turned into a couple hours per day, and these videos inspire creativity! Thanks for sharing. Not at level 3 yet, but one day soon

[@RotemSivanGuitar]

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[@uberjam-sam8512]

Love the attention to detai, the focus on attention, whilst staying musical throughout. Really beautiful and inspiring.

[@RotemSivanGuitar]

thank you!!

[@tej288]

I feel i am meditating while watching your video. So detailed information. No one tells. I have been playing guitar for 20 years. I understand the value of your knowledge. Really appreciate. Thanks a lot Rotem. 🙏

[@joaomarcellomacedoleme]

Amazing class, many thanks!!

[@ethereal_pallete]

15:17 *W-W-W-H, you said an extra whole , it's not a problem for int-adv player , but beginners may get confused so I wrote it, As always Awesome video, I just love your teaching so much ❤️ Have a great day ,cheers🥂

[@simonduncan3738]

Love it!! Best exercise for me was a major breakthrough in understanding music theory - spread triads.

[@meg7617]

Absolutely brilliant!

[@maximejerjise276]

What a great lesson, thanks so much Rotem

[@wilacuna4342]

Thanks! Great class.

[@faisletoismeme]

I started learning scales through a learning video made by Jimmy Bruno where he teached some patterns connecting from one position to the next more or less on the CAGED system of positions. It helped me a lot.

[@srisidvicious]

Very instructive lesson!

[@tahelroyve4534]

I really love your channel and the way how you discuss everything so good👌

[@Henrii10]

Most underrated guitar channel on this site

[@RotemSivanGuitar]

❤️🙏

[@wasteyelo1]

Another excellent video. A great scale exercise that has proved invaluable for me was from Jazzduets channel on Soul Scales. The lesson was for Sax but the lines translate great to guitar.

[@RotemSivanGuitar]

Oh cool!!

[@thijsjansenjazz]

thanks im now following one of your lessons per week like fully and its very great thanks!!

[@RotemSivanGuitar]

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[@VitalBigras]

This is great ! It is always nice to hear that we need to go slow! My best exercise is 1-3-5 (triads in the scale) learned it from Jazz guitar with Andy

[@BurnleyNuts]

Definitely learn all scales very very slowly and then once they are under your fingers with a metronome to build speed. The slow muscle memory has to come first otherwise you just constantly make errors.

[@RotemSivanGuitar]

👌

[@gtrplyrgrl512]

Another wonderful lesson that I will be practicing. Thank you! What looper pedal are you using?

[@fran6b]

With time, I kinda built a modal approach to learn scales, while I quit learning the positions system as you show it, which is a too big mouth full, for me I precise. In short, I start with the tonic as the reference point. I learned to recognize quickly every F, every Bb, every notes on the fretboard. Then, from every single note, let's say F, I reference every other note by their number relative to that note. I pay a particular attention to associate a flat third with dorian/aeolian/phrygian minor, which will be precise by a flat second (phrygian) or a flat 6 (aeolian), or a natural 6 (dorian). Than a sharp 4 with Lydian, but a flat 5 with locrian... and so on. Basically, I don't refer anymore on positions because from any notes, I can go in any direction. This approach is really great for me, but I'm not a good student (yet), so I can't show how I master scales and modes. You are the real master Rotem! Great content, hence me liking and commenting regularly!

[@RotemSivanGuitar]

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[@ryanwalker3015]

Man, you're like a young Guitar Yoda. So wise, and calming, but can kill it if needed. Ha. Thanks again for a great lesson man.

[@RotemSivanGuitar]

❤️❤️🙏

[@evadahlgren6389]

Hej! What guitar are you using? Looks great

[@Arthur_My_Dear]

I love your emphasis doing it this way - really hearing and experiencing each interval. It’s all usually taught with the emphasis on sight/patterns and muscle memory, theory and technique. Not wrong, but what you’re doing here is so fundamental to *music* Also, what the heck is going on with the electronics in that guitar? Can’t quite make out the name? Thanks so much for these lessons

[@林加一-i8w]

freeze pedal，，omg always want one，amazing tutorial thank you!

[@RotemSivanGuitar]

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[@VitoGaarin]

Always inspiring 👍👍👍👍

[@RotemSivanGuitar]

🙏🙏🙏

[@gtrplyrgrl512]

What can I do to help my little finger on pull offs? I can’t get it to sound as loud as the other fingers on pull offs.

[@chrissguitarshow206]

Love you man, when are you coming back to New York

[@RotemSivanGuitar]

Im back!

[@VirgilioMaro]

Hi Rottem! i love your channel and the way you explain everything, i really like your videos without music, in this kind of topics you have to pay lots of attention and i find the music a bit annoying and distractive, the silence in your videos makes me feel peace. i really appreciate what you do so i hope my oppinion helps.

[@pyschointellectual]

Im convinced Rotem gets hight before he shoots his video. 😊 Or maybe music is his meditation, its one or the other for sure.

[@RotemSivanGuitar]

Lol :)

[@udo1483]

hello Rotem, I find it a bit annoying when the music is playing in the background while you are explaining something at the same time. anyway thanks a lot udo

[@ludovicbernot]

Stunning lesson Guy! Are you French?

[@ruicruz8641]

How do you sustain the original note? I use a looper, but it doesn't provide this effect, which I love btw. So drone-like, raga-like.

[@RotemSivanGuitar]

w freeze

[@chrisegonmusic]

@@RotemSivanGuitar Quite excited about the new TC Electronics sustain pedal.

[@simonduncan3738]

Check out the game changer pedal sustain can't remember what it's called.

[@linus6705]

How would you recommand dealing with modes?

[@RotemSivanGuitar]

Slow

[@ClintonFerrara]

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[@tizianodipronio6159]

👊👍👍👍

[@dogantuncali6117]

I have a big problem with Movable Do and Fixed Do. Because we in Turkey we also have Do-Re-Mi-Fa etc... Not C-D-E-F. I understand that you have the same problem... Please help about this problem...

[@RotemSivanGuitar]

For me the note is the note - 12 names and that's it

[@BurnleyNuts]

I don't want to answer on behalf of Rotem but he definitely doesn't have a problem with this issue and uses fixed Do to the C note. So in this example he's using the F Maj scale so the F note is not Do it's Fa. He starts on Fa and continues.... Fa, Sol, La, Si etc. Fixed Do note on the C.

[@Jeff_H_the_Guitarist]

What pedal do you use to hold that sustaining chord?

[@RotemSivanGuitar]

Freeze

[@michaelvarney.]

Fixed do?

[@RotemSivanGuitar]

do is do

[@sleepyd1231]

shouldn't it be "do re me ...."?

[@Zura_Lanch]

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[@Zura_Lanch]

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[@Zura_Lanch]

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[@Zura_Lanch]

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