Originally Posted by: haghj500If all you ever want to do is play chords to song, you do not need to learn scales, but if ever want to play lead to someone else playing chords, you will need scales.

When learning music you cannot always chase what is easiest, there can be huge rewards working on something for weeks, then one day it just works. That is every bit as inspiring as throwing 3 or 4 chords together and saying I Learned A New Song. You are learning something that takes years, kick back and enjoy the ride.

Good point. And im sure you are gonna want to play your own chord progression. Well you will find the chords you need within a scale. Example c. Mj scale , u want a simple chord progression. Start with the 1-3-5 / of the scale c-e-g .now you have a cmj chord. So even if you just want to be a solid rhythm player,your gonna need to learn mj-min scales to construct your chords. Make any sence.