4 Reasons Why Practicing your Scales and Technical Concepts are Important

Every riff you play, every tune you hear in a song has a technique behind it and it sounds the way it does because of the use of different concepts that allows a certain tune to have a distinct character. To sound good you have to follow certain rules, thus it is important that you put an effort in understanding your theory properly. Here, we will give you some of the reasons why it is so important to know your theory.

1. Strong Foundation

As you must have heard from numerous source, it is crucial to have your basics strong to be able to get the best out of yourself in higher stages. The best way to have a strong foundation is to practice scales and work on the techniques that you have been taught in the beginning stages. It will get your limbs playing or your vocal chords accustomed to your instrument and develop an instinctive memory in your muscles which will help you long way. As you build up your basics with scales, you will be able to experiment different variations which will make you more skilled musically.

2. Accuracy and Speed

For any instrumentalist it is very important to play your notes cleanly which basically requires accuracy in your playing. Since scales are the most basic sequence you can play on an instrument, it gives you the platform to give feedback to yourself and even evaluate yourself as you will know exactly how it should sound on your instrument. Due to this easily understandable sequence it is also the best tool to improve your speed on your instrument. Different scales require different shifts and alteration of your fingers, thus your muscle will respond to the memory you have developed with practice and will help you to execute in faster tempos. However, you should slowly increase the speed in your playing so that you don’t do any basics wrong.

3. To play in a band

Let’s say you have formed a band which has  a keyboardist, a vocalist, guitars and drums. To start at a common point, everyone has to know the scale on which you are trying to play a song in or else it will sound like a mess. Similarly you have to be able to play along the beat so that you don’t sound like you are all over the place. To have a chemistry within the band and to be tight in your playing, you have to know your scales and other basic concepts. More you are accustomed to your theory, there will be more scope for your band to play more genres, styles and advanced music.

4. Sound Unique

Techniques are used to make a certain note sound a little different which adds dynamic to the song. Dynamic plays a very important role in songs as it make it sound more whole and make it much less monotonous. So if you want to sound like your idols or want to stand out from the crowd, you have to work on your dynamic which are basically your techniques. Take references from your idol or from your mentor on how to best use the techniques to sound technically and musically correct while also adding a lot of character to the sound of your instrument. Work on the technical concepts very consciously as it is of utmost important that you get the basic of each and every technique right in order to sound the best.

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