By doing them. Playing them. Writing them. Just repetition in whichever way you favor. I learned them mostly from piano, even though I primarily and originally learned guitar. Piano is like music theory laid flat. Accidentals are black, while the C scale is in white. read more
The best way is to remember firstly that there is no minor scale in music. (Throw that nonsensical pointlessly redundant idea out right now to cut memorization time in half instantly.) There is however a mode sound when the 6th note of a Major Scale is reinforced as the tonal center while the Major Scale is occurring, we call this the Aeolian mode (This is the thing people call the minor scale.. read more
This lesson teaches you how to play and memorize Major and minor guitar scales over the entire guitar neck. The bulk of today's lesson is delivered through a cool animation that shows you what fingers to use as well as the best pick motions to play the scales. read more