How does this teach you scales?

[Darryl Hattenhauer]

How am I supposed to learn scales with this? What is the pattern behind the arrangement of the black stickers and the white?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqbK49KNP18

 

[adorshki]

At the risk of sounding incredibly sophomoric, I suspect they're just laid on the frets in the patterns normally given in scale pattern diagrams and that way they're on the fretboard itself? You don't have to keep looking from a book to the fretboard and back? Probably "repositionable" so you can map out your "scale of choice" for the day? (the "black dots")
Seems incredibly cumbersome to me though, and possibly a big PITA to play on.
But maybe half the "battle" is that while you're actually laying 'em out you're reinforcing your memory of what the patterns are for given scales anyway?
Don't wanna knock it, could be just the ticket for some folks.
:wink:

 

[Darryl Hattenhauer]

I guess I had the wrong idea. I thought these little labels would get you around having to look at a book for the scale patterns. I thought there would be something in the black-white schema that would show you what the scale is.

So what the heck is the function of some black and some white?

 

[12 string]

The white stickers are for notes played on white piano keys and the black sticker notes are black keys on the piano.

I don't see any particular use for doing this. How many pianists label every key with its note name?

' Strang

 

[fronobulax]

Black and white refer to the key colors on a piano.

The markers convey similar information to what is in the image below. If you are trying to sight read traditional notation they might be useful as a teaching aid. Scales, not so much, because scales are about the same pattern and moving it on the fretboard. If you can play a scale in one key then you can move things and play in another key.

 

[walrus]

I think the answer to your question is: "It doesn't...".

walrus

 

[Bikerdoc]

Not the best ergonomic way to learn I'd say. LOL

 

[griehund]

If you want to learn scales in order to play blues solos there are plenty of charts that lay out the 5 blues boxes. If you learn just one box and become proficient in it, the other five are easier to add on and then link together and then move up and down the fretboard. Some charts start in the G position and others Start in the A position.

And here they are linked together

This way you can learn the patterns without being bogged down with note names. Great fun. :smile:

 

[adorshki]

And here they are linked together

So is that where all the blue notes are!
:biggrin-new:

 

[griehund]

So is that where all the blue notes are!
:biggrin-new:

TA DA. :highly_amused:

 

[bluesypicky]

So is that where all the blue notes are!
:biggrin-new:

That's it.
You put one finger between any of these dots and I'll have you cuffed. And the guitar confiscated too.
Ah you want scales.... I'm gonna give you scales!