I have been playing guitar about a year. My proficiency with my fingers is incredible, I have yet to find a song or solo I cannot play. The last thing I learned was the Revelation Mother Earth solo by Ozzy(Randy Rhoads was a god by the way), it took me a total of 2 days to learn. I also have rhythm and can mark time in my head.
Enough of that, my real problem is that i know practically nothing about modes, keys, I dont know any scales outside simple pentatonics. I have scans of a book called "Scales and Modes in the beginning created especially for guitarists," its a hal leonard book. I am pretty sure all the basics I need to know are in it, but I dont know how to actually learn all this information and be able to use it at a whim. This is a huge daunting task and I realize it will take time. I would also not like to add hours of brainless practice to my schedule of playing scales, after all I like playing music
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Any and all advice would be extremely helpful.
