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Guitar practice scales should be a standard part of your warm-up process when beginning to play the guitar for another set of tunes. I've known quite a few friends and fellow guitarists that overlook how important this part of practice is by neglecting their scales. Yes I know, practice scales are boring, but they're important for developing fast and fluent finger movements for beginning guitarists.

Before jamming on guitar tunes with a band or in my own home, I usually whip out a few guitar practice scales to get my fingers warmed up. These scales that I do are not crazy insane difficult, and you won't waste a lot of your practice time doing them.

Personally, I don't focus on major or minor scales to practice, but focus rather on what scales give me diverse finger movements. Remember to practice each scale with a steady and consistent tempo. Use a metronome if you need to.

These first two guitar scales that I'm going to show you here are best practiced together.

Scale 1
e-----------------------------------------------b-----------------------------------------------g-----------------------------------------------D--------------------------5-6-7-6-5------------
A--------3-4-5-4-5-6-5-6-7-----------7-6-5-3----
E--3-4-5-------------------------------------5--

Scale 2
e-------------------------------------------------------b--------------------------4-5-4------------------------
g--------------------5-6-7-------7-6-5------------------
D--------------5-6-7-------------------7-6-5------------
A--3-4-5-5-6-7-------------------------------7-6-5-3----
E----------------------------------------------------5--

Keep a steady tempo when practicing these two. You'll really benefit when it comes time to learn how to play guitar tunes later.

Here's a trickier guitar riff that's best tried slower, then over time, increase your playing speed and make your fingers nice and nimble.

Scale 3
e-----------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------
g----------------------------------5---5-7-5-7--
D----------------------5---5-7-5-7---7----------
A----3---3-5-3-5-7-5-7---7----------------------
E--5---5----------------------------------------

e--------------5---5--
b--5---5-8-5-8---8----
g----7----------------
D---------------------
A---------------------
E---------------------

And here's one final scale that I will show you today that is fairly simple, but can actually stir some improvements in your guitar playing style.

Scale 4
e----------------------0-1--------------------------
b------------------0-1------------------------------
g--------------0-1---------------------------0-1-2--
D----------0-1-------------------------0-1-2--------
A------0-1-----------------------0-1-2--------------
E--0-1---------------------0-1-2--------------------

e--------0-1-2--------------------------------------
b--0-1-2---------------------------------------0-1-2
g--------------------------------------0-1-2-3------
D------------------------------0-1-2-3--------------
A----------------------0-1-2-3----------------------
E--------------0-1-2-3------------------------------

e----0-1-2-3--
b--3----------
g-------------
D-------------
A-------------
E-------------

And so on. Working your way up to all four finger moving on this guitar scale is probably all the practice you'll need for this particular one.

Now, by no means am I suggesting that you HAVE to play guitar practice scales in order to improve before moving on to guitar tunes. That isn't the case. This is just what works for me however. I encourage you to discover how to improve by any means necessary. If you enjoyed these scales, there are slews of other scales that can be learned from the Jamorama Guitar program.