PMT Live #18 with Justin | Understanding The Five Minor Scales

:musical_notes: Hello, guitar and theory enthusiasts! :guitar:

Join Justin to help unlock the right minor scale for improvisation, dive into different minor tonalities, and level up your theory skills โ€” all in a fun, interactive session. Get real-time answers, clear guidance, and practical tips you can use immediately on your guitar.

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Thank you for the lesson and the slides :slight_smile:

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Very interesting Justin. Iโ€™m heading towards the end of your Justinguitar.com Beginners Course and will probably be starting on the intermediate level of your course in the spring. I have to say that Iโ€™m definitely interested in the blues but funnily enough it was not my favourite genre. Things are changing for me in that direction! Just a quick unrelated question. Do you think itโ€™s better to practice on acoustic or electric? For me itโ€™s acoustic generally but electric for power chords and rock stuff. By the way, I liked the Roo at the back! All the best, William

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Tagging @Richard_close2u who can be more helpful than me on this.

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@wbd1955

You have already learned some cales in the beginner course.

E minor pentatonic in open position - E-shape, pattern 1.
C major pentatonic in open position - C-shape, pattern 3.
A minor pentatonic - E-shape pattern 1.

Plus you have hopefully spent time making music with them, melodies, lead lines, even improvisation.
The 5 minor scales are some way off ahead of you and Justin has sage advice on when / when not to learn scales. https://www.justinguitar.com/guitar-lessons/when-not-to-learn-scales-sc-104

That said - you can learn, practice and play scales on either type of guitar. The big decision comes when you want to begin to play with string bending - that is largely an electric technique.

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