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Tagged As: Lead Guitar Scale

Question:
I am interested in playing lead guitar. What I should do first? Some of my friends say that I should learn scaling and they use words like pentatonic and I am lost. Can someone guide me?

Answer:
I think you will find many opinions as to where to start based on the responders interests. Some do feel the penatonic scales (because they love blues) where as I would disagree. I guess the place to start is to find out what kind of lead you are interested in playing. I prefer modes because it's easier to understand and deals with the major scale. Since you will get many responses here about your question, it would help all of us if you told us your goal or the most famous guitarist that you look up to.