Talk:Guitar/Scales

Thanks to whoever corrected my grammer and spelling etc as well as making the page look prety. Looks alot better now, any ideas what scales or theory should go on this bit now?

This page could use an introduction, like : what is a scale? Thanks! --kenden 3:09 30/05/2006

Something I would like to see is an explanation as to why it is important to learn to play scales and how knowing them contributes to playing. -- MoonBrain 29/03/2009

Replacing old template diagrams
Hello Poo face. I've been replacing the older style tab with a "scale manual" exercise type of image. If you wish to revert back to the earlier style, please do. All the images I've placed in Wikimedia Commons under the public domain license; so feel free to use them for any purpose you see fit. They can be found under the categories: Chords on guitar or Scales on guitar --Sluffs (talk) 02:14, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Scales Up The Neck
It would be nice to see diagrams showing how to play each given scale up the whole neck. Often you will see the different boxes of the pentatonic scales so that people can learn how to play using the whole length of the neck. However I haven't seen anything like this for the major or minor scales. As I understand it, modes can be learned using boxes of the major scales similar to the boxes we learn about the pentatonic scale. e.g. We often see the major scale box starting at the root (say G), and go up two frets on the sixth string, then two more on the sixth string for the fist three notes (so that you understand the box I'm talking about). Now start the same scale but start on A say. Wouldn't that be an A Dorian or something? But it is also the G but starting out different. And do that starting from the B, then C, and so on up the neck. Then people get to see how to play the scale up the neck, but if I'm right, also shows them how the different modes relate to the scale. My knowledge of modes isn't so hot, so I would defer to someone with better knowledge. Theshowmecanuck (discuss • contribs) 21:37, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

Editing and capitalization
I'm using Donald Jay Grout's "A History Of Western Music" (1962 UK First Edition) as a guide for correct terminology amd presentation. So "major-minor" system rather than "Major-Minor" system.

Sluffs (discuss • contribs) 12:39, 22 August 2012 (UTC)