Improve Fretboard, Theory & Scale Knowledge with 1 Drill

Improve Your Fretboard, Theory and Scale Knowledge with One Exercise

Today’s blog is going to be short and sweet but will do a lot for your playing and fretboard knowledge.

Pick a string

Starting from the lowest note you can plan on that string, walk up and down a C major scale.

Then walk up and down an F major scale.

Then a Bb major scale

Keep going up through all 12 keys in 4ths.

If too easy: do it with a metronome at a reasonably fast speed. Play two 8th notes per beat, or faster metronome speed quarter notes.
To raise the ante: avoid leaving a space between the keys, seamlessly moving from one key into the next without missing a beat.

Do this on every string.

When you master this exercise with the major scale, you could do the same drill with a melodic minor scale in all 12 keys, whole tone scale, harmonic minor, or any scale you want to practice.

If you have never done this before:
You might be surprised at how challenging this seemingly easy drill is.

If you do know your fretboard pretty well already:
you’ll be surprised at how quickly and strongly this linear way of practicing scales will improve your ability to move more effortlessly between positions.

Conclusion

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That is why people take lessons: way better results and progress, much more complete information, exposed to way more creative ideas than you can get from a blog or YouTube video.
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