Let me start off by saying i love to play guitar. It's got so many different worlds of thought around it. I picked up a guitar when i first heard Purple Haze, i thought it was the coolest thing ever, i wanted to learn to play that. Two years later i never thought i would have come this far, i can play it and almost anything i wanted beside shredding, etc. But now that i can play fairly well, i want to take it to the next level and i want to know why Purple Haze sounds so good, what makes it a good song. So, ive been looking things up on the internet and so far im just really confused as to scales and modes and keys and so on. I know mostly all the notes on the fret board, but i dont understand scales and what key there in. I take lessons and he teaches me scales and i memorize them and can play them but i dont understand the theory behind them. He keeps telling me remember 1,4,5 in the scale position, it will all make sense one day. So if anyone could tell me where to start and give me some basic info i would be much grateful. Plus, tell me how long youve been playing so i can see where i am. Was everyone else this confused, it just seems like so much info, but i enjoy learning it very much.