How do you use scales over chords?
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Did you try this??\n\nhttp://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLR,GGLR:2006-09,GGLR:en&q=Learning+how+to+improvise+on+guitar
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One good way is to follow the bass line and match it up with the chord.  There's a good chance that either the bassline will reflect the root note or be closely related to it.  However, the best way to discover the root note of a chord is to look at what the scale pattern is doing and use your common sense to suss out the progression.  Another thing to look for is a dual relationship by way of 5ths and 4ths to a note or a note and an octave.  In the final anlysis it will become meaningless because once you play with a degree of dexterity and fluidity you will no longer think of the notes theoretically but experience them with a kind of other sense.  For now you probably should pick up a copy of The Mel Bay Chord Book and learn every chord in it. Good luck and keep playing!
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You can use a piano. Just play a note, and tune your guitar using the little twisting notches on the top. (twisting tighter makes it higher)
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I mostly taught myself with the Hal Leonard Guitar Method.  By the time I got through book two, I didn't really use the method books anymore because I could then play other music that I wanted to learn.  Now if I want to learn a new song, I can find chords for that song on the Internet and learn it that way.  If it happens to contain a chord or a section that I can't play, I can practice that and get better.\n\nOver the years, Internet users have figured out chords or close approximations thereof to thousands of songs.  Searching for them with google.com or tabcrawler.com should turn up some songs you want to play, after you get the basics from a good guitar method book or teacher.
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e-chords.com or olga.net
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The Helion guy had it right.  It depends on what type of musician you want to be.  Do you want to write your own stuff or play with a band?  Then scales give you a view of what notes fit along with what progressions...If you just want to be a rhythm guitarist who just plays other peoples stuff then don't bother with them...
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Well, why not?  It's just part of the instrument's range.  The open notes for every string are determined by ease of playing scales, making E the logical candidate after B (on the guitar, anyway.)
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You mean like do-re-mi?? \nApart from in little kids song books, nowhere I think. \n\nIf you're searching for chords ( C, D, G...) then just go on google or yahoo, type the title of a song and "chords" and press search
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I can email it to you.  Email me at fungusbrains1@yahoo.com.  You will need to download some software to read it (http://www.noteworthysoftware.com/player/index.htm), but it won't be something that will hurt your computer.  I am a music teacher and I have it in my computer.  Also, I need to know what key you need it in.  Can you play over the break yet?  In the most common key (Bb concert, or C for you), it goes from C below the staff to high G on top of the staff.
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Learn some basic moveable jazz chord voicings, the CAGED system of major scales and modes, and practice sight-reading with the Charlie Parker Omnibook. Pick up a copy of the original 6th edition Real Book so you can start momorizing some standard tunes. This will allow you to apply the new chord voicings you're learning, give you a head-start on improvising solos and learning scales, while also giving you a thorough understanding of the fretboard.
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Tabs aren't really necessary.  If you learn the pentatonic scale, you'll be able to improvise like a pro.\n\nI'm not kidding, it really is that easy.  I played my first gig on lead guitar just five weeks after I picked it up for the first time!\n\nYou can find the pentatonic scales at www.all-guitar-chords.com.  The beautiful thing is that you just slide the same pattern up and down the neck to change keys!\n\nI know you must think I'm lying, but I swear this is what most of the big name guitarists use.
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The Roman numerals represent the scale step that the chords are built on. The numerals can also show the tonal character of the chords. A large numeral indicates a major chord, small indicates a minor chord. A superscript "o" indicates a diminished chord and a 7 indicates a 7th chord. \n\nThus, the chords in a C major scale (C,D,E,F,G,A,B,C) would be:\n\n  I , ii , iii , IV , V , vi , vii^o (the o raised up) , I .\n\nAlso chord inversions (a chord note in the bass other than the note the chord is built on, eg. an E in the bass instead of the C in a C,E,G chord) use different markings.\n\nYou would do well to get a music theory book that would explain in more detail.  Essentials of Music Theory published by Alfred Music Publishers or The Bradley Book of Chords, Scales and Modes by Bradley Publishing (if it is still available) would cover all of this material.\n\nAlso you can type Music Theory in your search bar and get a number of sites that will help with music study. If the site Dolmetsch Online-Music Theory shows up click on that and scroll down to Lesson 18 and then click on "Naming Chords with Roman Numerals".
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It depends, if you're only writing(playing) a one octave scale then your chromatic should include 13 half step tones. For Example: C,C#,D,D#,E,F,F#,G,G#,A,A#,B,C
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if you have learned piano chords, you can expand by listening to CD's and trying to play what you hear.  I play in a praise team at church and play primarily from Lead Sheets (chord sheets) which expands my knowledge.  If you have chord knowledge, you need to hear what you can do with the chords in order to expand your knowledge.  The more you listen and attempt to imitate, the more knowledge you will receive.  It will be frustrating at first, but you will get better as time goes on.  Good Luck!!!\nPS - I also try and play leads from the radio.  Songs that come to mind are Bless the Broken Road (Rascal Flatts) and A Thousand Miles (Vanessa Carleton).  Those leads come directly from chords and listen to them over and over and over to find out how the leads are depicted from the leads.
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The best way to do so is to memorize what each line and space is. On the treble clef, the lines are (from bottom to top):\nE,G,B,D,F\nThe spaces are (from bottom to top):\nF, A, C, E\nMany people use a little word association with the letters of the lines. One of the most common I know is Every Good Boy Does Fine, and the spaces spell FACE.\nFor the bass clef, the lines are (from bottom to top):\nG, B, D, F, A\nThe spaces are (from bottom to top):\nA, C, E, G\nThe word association I know are:\nGradma Brown Dances Friday Afternoon\nand\nGood Boys Do Fine Always\nOther than ACE G I never learned any trick to the spaces.\nAs for guitar tabulature, I don't know any tricks to learning what note is which spot on the neck of the guitar as I don't play it. Send me an email and I might be able to find some resources to help you learn all of this better.
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Try these below-\nhttp://www.qualitysheetmusic.com\nhttp://mrpiano.bestmusicpages.com\nhttp://www.fullscores.com/\nhttp://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=piano+chord+\nhttp://www.musicnotes.com\nhttp://www.looknohands.com/chordhouse/pi.\nhttp://www.chordpiano.com/piano-chords\nhttp://www.lofthouse.com/music/piano/tip\nhttp://musiced.about.com/od/freestuff/a/freesheets.htm\n\nhttp://www.sheetmusicfox.com\nhttp://www.music-scores.com/piano/composer.php\nhttp://www.freshsheetmusic.net\nhttp://www.8notes.com \nhttp://www.freehandmusic.com
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if you know what a scale is then this is what you can do, it helps. start from any medium pitched note and sing it straight, as straight as possible and for as long as possible, then sing the next LOWER note the same way, then the next LOWER and the next and the next till you voice cant go any lower. then go back up to the note from where you started. So it will be like singing do ti la so fa mi... and then back up. do it for a month and see the difference. this works like hell.