What is a Learning Path, and how will it help me?
Don’t know where to start? Our Learning Paths take the most common guitar goals, themes and playing styles and provide a handpicked path of lessons, from our library, to put you on track.
Week 1
Pentatonic Scales
The foundations of scale confidence begin here, with the most widely used scale in Rock. Learn each position in various keys and become confident delivering these scales in a musical context with Sam’s guidance and selected Licklibrary lessons.
8 LESSONS, RUN TIME – 1:15:16
Lessons Include:
All 5 Minor Pentatonic Positions
The Major Pentatonic Scale
Connecting Scales Across the Neck
Breaking Down & Visualising the Pentatonic Scale
Week 2
Blues Scales, Major & Minor Scales
Now it’s time to add some colour to your scales! The major and minor blues scales form the basis of countless legendary riffs and solos from the world of Rock & Metal (not just the Blues!).
Get to grips with the basis for all music theory – the major scale. Expand your musical horizons with the full natural minor scale; it’s positions, plus how to apply and recognise it in musical examples.
10 LESSONS, RUN TIME – 1:46:39
Lessons Include:
The Blues Scale
Major & Minor Blues Scale Positions
Using Major Scale Theory to Learn Songs
Major and Minor Scale Positions, Patterns & Sequences
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Other Guitar Learning Paths you might like
From improvisation, licks, famous solos and even those first steps on the lead guitar journey.
Riffs Which Use The Pentatonic Scale
Don’t just learn your pentatonic scales, put them to in to practice and begin to recognise them on the fretboard through actual songs! This collection of guitar riff lessons shows you how the greats used this most important and versatile guitar scale to write some of the best riffs of all time. If you are tired of playing your scales as exercises then this Learning Path is for you! All these famous riffs use the pentatonic scale (mainly E minor) and will help you memorise these shapes in new ways. Have fun!
Start This Learning Path10 Day Music Theory Crash Course
Learning music theory can be a daunting task. Where do you start? How much theory should you learn? And which areas will actually help your guitar playing and repertoire? In this Learning Path, Sam Bell presents a 10 lesson program to give you the fundamentals to set you on the right path. This path is broken into two core parts to make it even more digestible too.
Start This Learning Path