i kno this may sound dumb  but heres the thing im learning scales right now well that what im practicing mostly but whats the point of them say if im playing a blues song do i just use that scale and keep playing it over ? idk this might sound dumb but yea idk lol

Hello Lupin, welcome to chordbook....I'll ask if you know the scales you mention forwards and backwards...if so then you've pretty much answered your question when you ask if you keep playing it over...yes, you kinda do, only you don't just go up and down the scale...watch some vids where the guitar player is obviously playing mostly notes from a scale and you'll see that a combination of timing and skipping around the scale is used to create the riff/melody/run etc. Hope this helps....but if yer not clear, ask more and someone will help.

GuitarZen

so is it kinda like what gives a certain song  that certain tune. like uhm say blues when you hear it you know its blues because of the scales? or like say idk  love songs like have that certain same  sound? (i hope my typing makes sense lol)

Good question Lupin and i'd have to say you're right. In blues the relationship of the notes gives it that 'bluesy' sound and in love songs you might have notes that sound sad, then some that sound happy and when put together they set the mood for telling the story. Have you tried the pentatonic scales here in chordbook?

Cheers,

GuitarZen

...minor 3rd and 6th = blues tones.

...pentatonic scale has only 5 notes: R, 2, 4, 5, 6, R'

...which, in key of C, would be: C, D, F, G, A, C'

Old Tele man wrote:

...minor 3rd and 6th = blues tones.

i've never heard of blues 'tones'
i've heard of blue 'notes' however.

these being the flattened third (essentially a minor 3rd) a flattened 5th and a flattened 7th all of a major scale

so when playing do i have to play that scale or do i just use whats inside the scale?

Lupin, where you ask.... ''so when playing do i have to play that scale'', which scale do you mean...also in...''or do i just use whats inside the scale?''.....do you mean other notes besides those in the scale but that are close to the notes shown for a particular scale?

GuitarZen

lupinthe3rd1 wrote:

so when playing do i have to play that scale or do i just use whats inside the scale?

use the notes of a scale to create a melody/riff

thanks alot guys