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Restricting my scales to only using my pointer finger or just restricting in other ways has been tremendously helpful. Just wanted to say thank you so much Justin. Youāre an inspiration 
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This lesson is gold, Iāve been avoiding learning scales for literally 3 decades and though it doesnāt feel easy its sooo worth the time and brain strain that I have been working through for the last few weeks. Thank you for this amazing resource!!!
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Hi there,
Iāve been playing for some time now (2014) and thoroughly enjoying this Course.
Through the years Iāve worked myself through Beginners Course, Intermediate, Music Theory, Blues solo, Blues Rythm and the Funk courseā¦ and now finally hitting the Major scale.
Tbh, this course a really sinking in. Itās like completing the circle.
I really like the active listening exercise which makes linking the notes to the chords super. Also knowing or finding the chords in a key and then making up a chord progression is awesome and just fits right in.
Anyway this is my first go at linking the 2 patterns togetherā¦
Enjoy,
de_conne
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Really enjoyed this lesson a lot 
I noticed that when Justin is improvising, he doesnāt really use his pinky much, even though in the scale lesson the position was taught using all four fingers.
Up until now, when I improvise Iāve been very strict about using the exact fingerings that were taught for each fret of the scale. My question is: when improvising, should I be trying to copy how Justin actually plays and use whatever fingers feel natural, or should I still be sticking closely to the ācorrectā scale fingering?
Just trying to understand how strict I should be once I move from learning the scale to actually making music with it.
Hi, is there a place where I could purchase backing tracks and do you have specific recommendations ration related to major scale? Thanks so much.
Welcome to the forum Michael
If your looking for Justinās Jam tracks you can get them here
I am only just reaching this level too, so Iām not an expert, but I enjoyed your solo. Improvising is really hard, and itās not easy for us beginners, but you sounded good to me. I think repeating a certain part is a good thing. Iāve been working on that too. I think it sounds good to repeat a certain key part, play some more random stuff and then go back to that key part. I tend to play randomly in the beginning and then I find a key part I like, and I repeat that part. Also, pausing is something I am working on. Itās so easy to go crazy and play contantly, but Iāve been recording myself and it tends to sound quite poor when Iām constantly playing up and down the scale. I feel like a guitar god at the time, but when I play it back I think āwhat an idiotā. Iām trying to play a few notes at a time and then pause between them. Playing slowly is often a lot better than playing fast. Just choose notes wisely and make it sounds melodic, and that tends to work. That is what I am focussing on anyway. When I was young I was a big fan of Mark Knopfler, from Dire Straits. I thought his guitar solos were amazing. Iām still a big fan BTW. But, when I listen to his solos now, a lot of what he plays is quite intuitive and quite simple and his choice of notes are very natural, based on the key of the song and the scale he is playing. I really enjoy listening to his solos even more now, because I can appreciate his choice of notes.
I know there are a lot of ppl on here who know what they are talking about, so any comments appreciated.
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