In this lesson I’ll return to the topic of scale degrees and explain how this is a helpful concept in the world of lead guitar. Scale degrees allow us to refer to any note, or series notes, within a scale context. This frees us up from always having to use string & fret numbers, and likewise from using note names — all of which can change as we move around the fretboard or between keys.
Over in my Practical Music Theory course I touch on some related topics that may help with this overall subject. Specifically, I recommend my lesson on Scale Degrees & Intervals if you’re interested in ways we refer to each note in any given scale. You might also want to see my Reading Music for Guitarists course, when it comes to reading fretboard diagrams — which is a way scales are often written up.
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