Originally Posted by: Itsmesilly ... ( is there a way to search only the forum? ) ...
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[QUOTE=Itsmesilly]
where do you start if you want to learn scales?

The diatonic major scale is the foundation of all Western Music (from Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romanticism, to Jazz, Pop, Rock, etc.). From there this is the standard order:

1. Diatonic Major scale
2. Diatonic Minor scale
3. Pentatonic Major scale
4. Pentatonic Minor scale

See these lessons:
http://www.guitartricks.com/course.php?input=2
Chapter one shows how to understand, play and practice scales.
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=453

http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=296
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=185


And these threads:
http://www.guitartricks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28128
http://www.guitartricks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28415
http://www.guitartricks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28057
http://www.guitartricks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28087

Hope this helps. Please ask more specific questions as they occur to you!