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Hello Players,

In my early years while trying to learn guitar lessons, I used to wonder why I had to practice "scales - modes - arpeggios - chords" day in and day out.
It sounds so boring and frustrated me as I practiced the same darn things over and over, and the worst thing is. it sounds the same.
How do I apply what I have been learning and practicing for so long?

But as I am writting this post, I have a big smile on my face and knowing all that time I thought I wasted and going nowhere.
It did indeed help me as I am very happy about my playing now adays.

You need to understand and seperate the difference between "Playing and Learning the guitar".

When I learn scales, apeggios, modes, chords. I learn with the metronome on, I practice for example the C major scale.
First I set the tempo that is comfortable for me so I make less errors.
I practice position #1 for 10 or 15 minutes. I force myself to remember the shape and fingering positions, the root note for this type of scale "The Major Scale shapes - five of them".
The reason I stay with the same pattern for so long, is because I want to give my brain a chance to register the shape of the scale, fingering positions, the root and listen to the actual sound of each note played in the scale, and to train my ears as "ear training".

I practice in a room so no one can disturb me, and I can not disturb them by this anoying sound of scales....

You see, as you practice you are building strength in your forearm muscles, strength in your left hand fingers.
You train your right hand to pick in certain styles, and your left hand fingers are trained to be cordinated, stronger, and able to play longer without hurting your arms, fingers or even injury.

It sounds boring becasue you learn & study. When you learn a scale for example, you play every note in order, it sounds boring as it's a scale.

But when you get really good, and your fingers are cordinated and strong, you then play scale not in order as when you learned the scale.
You play the notes in randomly based on your feeling, mood, or the style of song you are playing.
For example: A solo or a lick is nothing but scale playing not in order but with feeling, touch, improvizing...

Another reason for keep on practice is, I trained myself to have the ability to hear and play the next note based on my mood, feel...

By practicing so long, I know where to go, up or down depending on my feel or mood again when I play. Not when I am learning or practicing.

I now have the ability as whlie I hum, I can play back what ever I hummed on the guitar, immediately after I heard the humming.
Friends were all suprised as I asked them to hum a tune, any tune and I just follow with my guitar playing right along as they hum withiout ability of knowing they will hum up scale or down scale, I just follow right along, it's a really cool thing to do.
I trained myself to do this by keep on practicing scales, arpeggios, modes, chords and listening to songs I like so I can play them back on my guitar.

Day after day, month after month I practice, play and I get better and better.

Thank You
Musically yours.