Tips and hints for practicing blues scales

1. Learn each position by heart before moving on to the next.

2. Use a strict one-finger-per-fret approach with your fretting hand.

3. This means starting positions 2,3 & 5 on your second finger.

4. Accuracy, sound quality, and fluency in practice leads to the ability to play fast.

5. Trying to play the scales too fast leads to frustration.

6. Good scale work is the foundation of spectacular lead guitar skills. Here are two important rules: