Originally Posted by: CSchlegel
A great way to look at scales is that every other scale, from simple & widely used to complex & special purpose, is just some recombination of those basic scales. So you don't have to learn a billion scales. Just a few will take you very, very far!
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This is exactly what I was hoping to hear! lol
[QUOTE=CSchlegel]
If you already know how to name barre chords, then you've got a great start. Just use that knowledge to start working across to the other strings.
Is that because of the placement of the root note?