How to define scales?

[richardwalter]

 
 Hello, 

    There are many different scales in music, from pentatonic scales ("oriental" sounding scales) to major scales which are more common in Western music.
I don't get it.  What does playing scales over and over gain you that simply playing real works doesn't?
I'm a beginner and I'm currently working on the graphic designing  Obviously, I can see the benefit of playing C# arpeggios over and over, but I don't understand how playing the entire C# scale up and down will help me.

I'm not trying to stir anything up.  I'm just genuinely curious about the benefits of scales over actually learning scales by playing real works in a given key.
 give some advise to Learn the Scales.
 

  thanks

[brogers70]

If you're genuinely interested in scales and their benefits perhaps you could come back and ask the question when you are not busy advertising for your business.

[vaniii]

If you're genuinely interested in scales and their benefits perhaps you could come back and ask the question when you are not busy advertising for your business.

A worthy observation.

However, in relation to the OPs implied question, it would be no different to working on how you dribble a ball, or practice throwing from different points on a court or pitch.  When you need the skill, you have it.

A number of young musicians (in age or experience) often try to simply pick up music and play it, but lack the skills needed to understand and execute it.

I will ask a counter question: did you try to read before you knew what letters, words or sentences were?

I would think you spoke first, learned what letters were, grouped them into words,  then sentences.  Eventually the principles of reading were understood, so you picked up Dickens or Roal Dahl.