The BEST Way To Learn and Practice Scales on Guitar!

Hey kids, its your good buddy Uncle Ben Eller! One of the questions i get asked the most is "what is the best way to learn and practice scales and modes on the guitar?"; the answer is easy: you gotta take em to the DRONE ZONE!!!
Practicing scales to a drone with help you understand and hear the harmony of that particular scale, plus free you from the obligation of keeping up with a metronome or jam track while you're still wrapping your fingers around it. It also helped me immensely cut down on "joyriding", aimlessly playing through patterns, and really help me with note targeting for SUPER melodic playing! Plus its definitely a lot more fun than just playing by yourself.
Over the major chord drones, you can practice:
-ionian
-lydian
-mixolydian
-phrygian dominant
-lydian dominant
-major pentatonic
-altered scale
-half/whole diminished
and more!
and over the minor chord drones, try:
-minor/natural minor/aeolian
-minor pentatonic
-dorian
-phyrgian
-melodic minor
-harmonic minor
In this video i'm gonna show you just how effective drone practicing is, so grab that guitar and hang on!
Gear:
Suhr Modern T with Woodshed pickups
Mosky Obsessive overdrive (OCD clone)
Fractal Audio Axe FX 3

[BenEller]

Thanks for taking a trip to the DRONE ZONE with Uncle Ben and learning the best way to learn any scale! What do you want to learn next?

[JoaoVitor-nqbu]

Your way of teaching is so fun that I didn't even notice 20 minutes passed. You rule, man!

[maxflow]

You were playing that c lydian and I thought you were about to break into the simpsons theme

[rontharper]

This may show my age, but many years ago, before you tube and the internet, I took a casio keyboard and taped down a key so it would hold the note. Worked great!

[olafburgermann]

Playing to a drone like this always sounds a bit Gilmour. What a great idea.

[seanmetal]

You're HANDS DOWN the best guitar teacher I've ever seen or heard. Everything just makes sense with your approach!

[El_duderino]

This lesson gave me a rock hard Droner...

[sole__doubt]

I said I would never use Patreon again after they kicked a few of my favorite creators off but your content is just too good to miss. Your the only guitar channel I watch and truly learn something.

[wolfganghumboldt]

Playing lydian stuff in the drone zone makes me feel so much better at guitar than I really am

[spindillio]

I’m gonna say this may have been the most meaningful guitar video I have ever seen. So many lightbulbs went off. You have a real gift for teaching!!!!

[bobravenscraft]

Best on the internet Tighten up Ben's gonna show ya what's up. Rock on Ben. !!!

[d.monksworkshop]

This is the most help vid I've seen as a beginner. I've heard you should practice musically, this helps.

[PTGuitars-Music]

Why didn't I watch that a year ago?!! Lol That made so much sense. Thank you!!

[bobravenscraft]

Thank you Ben about the melodic minor. I thought I was losing it. Kept saying. I CANT HEAR IT lol. My ear cried BS it's the Major scale NOW I get it much appreciated. Now I and the melodic minor are copacetic PEACE

[canman]

These backing tracks are PERFECT for this purpose. Thanks for putting in all the work to provide those for our own use! I've actually spent some time scouring YouTube for stuff like this, to various degrees of success over the years. Having all of this consolidated in ONE download is definitely the biological dad move.

[joebarr]

Another reason the Patreon membership is so valuable! Thanks Uncle Ben.

[buffmay]

The A Minor Gin and Tonic scale is now my favorite Friday scale. Thank you sir, this was very helpful lesson. My ears now hear what my fingers were missing.

[shawroon]

Thank you so much for this. What a great thing...I don't have words to say. I've watched a lot of your guitar videos. You are legend!

[robertominozzi]

OT that little green 6 stringer is WAAYYY more better sounding that any of your other guitars.. it just shines thru.

[royalmarine]

I really appreciate what you give to the community
No matter what the concept you are teaching even if its something someone already knows you always have a fun take on the concept and help see "outside the box" there is always something to enjoy on your channel from new players to advanced . Keep up the Good work and keep it 100