Originally Posted by: TerranautI don't think I can just play scales out of context for an hour just for discippline. But if I can find a song or etude that tells me that it involves whole or part of a scale, I will play it, I will find where to play it in another octave and so forth.

This is actually how music is taught on most instruments these days. As a teacher to kids, I know exactly what you mean. I experience it all the time when I'm teaching students. I grew with a teacher who shouted out notes and scales to me and basically just told me that's the way it is. I was completely cool with that, because it made me understand it. However, now kids need something to apply it to. Everybody needs something to apply the theory too. Everybody needs some kind of way to apply the theory. We all go through our moments especially when we just lose motivation because it seems like there's so much to learn. However, there also comes a time when we are motivated because of that same exact thought. One thing that motivates me is actually singing melodies to myself, or singing melodies from songs. Kind of makes you wonder why a specific artist or band went with that melodic idea or chord progression. However, try just noodling. Any noodle idea you hear in your head, just sing it and play it. Listen to your favorite song, and try to play it with that song and see if it fits. Something like that will ultimately lead to wanting to learn WHY that specific "noodle" you just made up fits.