Open Am – 2 Octave Ascending
Getting up the guitar fretboard with the second octave of the A minor scale opens up a whole lot of new opportunities for lead. Take this lesson then go find a song in A minor to solo over. Mix the soloing with some solid practice to a metronome and you will be using this scale as a standard go to for everything. It also helps track the notes on the higher stings as A minor is a straight A, B, C, D, E, F, G – no sharps or flats. So say you need to find a Db you can run up the Am scale and find your D, then drop back one to the D flat. Checkout the support material and backing track found at https://7minutemusic.com/scale/level-2/open-am-2-octave-ascending/ and move straight into the ascending and descending https://7minutemusic.com/scale/level-2/open-am-ascending-and-descending/ or the 2 octave descending https://7minutemusic.com/scale/level-3/am-scale-2-octave-descending/.
Backing Track – Am7-CM7-Dm7-E-Dom-7 90bpm
Use the tips of your fingers
Practice with a metronome
Push down hard
Level 2 Progress
Play through scale 5 times correctly at 60, 90 and 120 BPM (1/4 Notes)
Play through scale at 100 BPM in 8th notes 3 times in a row with no mistakes
Come up with a melody from the scale while the backing track is playing
Play through at 140 BPM in 8th notes with no mistakes
Find a song in A minor and play the scale over it creating melodies