[header] How to practice guitar scales [title] Start every practice session with 10-15 minutes of scales. [step] Scales are an incredible way to warm up, and they are essential to becoming a good guitarist. You need to make scales a priority in your practice time, so put aside a set amount of time to practice them each day. 
Turn on a timer and work through every scale you know, playing them each on multiple sections of the guitar. [substeps] Baseball players hit batting practice every day on a variety of pitches, artists doodle in a sketchbook, and writers free-write.