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Horizontal Scale Practice - Minor Pentatonic

10/2/2012

 
In this video tutorial I demonstrate and describe how to practice scales horizontally - so you can master moving along the length of the guitar.
People commonly practice the minor pentatonic scale using what's called 'box' patterns.  This type of practice is what we would call 'vertical' movement since you travel up and down.

There is another way to practice scales which is called 'horizontal' scale practice.  This involves moving on the same string all the way up the scale, or in this case, up a pair of adjacent strings.

In the video below I demonstrate horizontal scale practice for two string sets - strings 1&2, and strings 2&3, for the A minor pentatonic.  

You can also practice your scales diagonally, which involves combining vertical and horizontal music. These types of scale are used widely by blues players as they allow you to cover great distances smoothly.
This is one of the exercises from the Blues Technique training course, which is a much more comprehensive month-long course designed to vastly improve your technical proficiency in a short space of time.
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