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If you're working with a scale to learn the fingerboard (saying each note name and visualizing it), then jump around at random.

If you're working with a scale to improve your technique, then practice up and down, and patterns (like 1-2-3-4-2-3-4-5-3-4-5-6 etc), because the idea is to be fluent with scale fragments. Don't just play at random.

Most good solos are composed of 'sections' of scales and arpeggios. You probably won't rip through two octaves scalewise, but you will amost certainly go through 3, 4, or 5 note segements of a scale in the course of a solo. Practicing those segments will make your playing fluid.]]> Guitar Players Discussion NoteBoat https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-should-i-practice-scales/#post-65813 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-should-i-practice-scales/#post-3219 Sat, 21 Aug 2004 08:45:45 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion odie https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-should-i-practice-scales/#post-3219