The Secret of the Harmonic Minor Scale
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Arch Stanton
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The thing that got me, was when he started making chord shapes out of the scale.. That sounded so fucking cool !
Techdeth
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It’s fun . Especially the major/minor 7 . It hits weird at first. I’ll watch video after I’m out of rap townThe thing that got me, was when he started making chord shapes out of the scale.. That sounded so fucking cool !
SpiderWars
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The natural 7 just begs to be resolved and sounds so good when it is resolved.
I wonder if I can use similar augmented chord shapes when playing in Phrygian Dominant? For example, notes from A harmonic minor scale but played over E major instead of A minor.
I wonder if I can use similar augmented chord shapes when playing in Phrygian Dominant? For example, notes from A harmonic minor scale but played over E major instead of A minor.
stephen sawall
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Is this you in the video ?
Arch Stanton
Dollar Store Satriani
I've been trying to learn & work with the harmonic minor scale lately.. Hungarian minor, diminished scales..
Was very interesting to see him tab it all out, and then makes chords out of the shapes !
stephen sawall
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You can make chords with all of those scales.
Some of the more exotic 7th chords come from doing this. Obviously you can go into the extensions from there.
Not sure how familiar you are with harmony but David does some of the better videos on these types of topics.
Some of the more exotic 7th chords come from doing this. Obviously you can go into the extensions from there.
Not sure how familiar you are with harmony but David does some of the better videos on these types of topics.
Arch Stanton
Dollar Store Satriani
Certain chord progressions dictate using the harmonic minor. I mean, you can slip in a few pentatonic minor runs, but you can't get away with much of that, depending on what your playing over.
stephen sawall
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I'm fairly familiar with chords and scales.
Ironically I tend to use pentatonic scales the most. Mixing in all the chromatic and microtonal stuff.
A lot of people look for short cuts. But the only way to really become familiar with this stuff is use it.
I take it you started looking at the modes based on the harmonic and melodic scales.
All these can be used to make chords also.
As you mentioned they have a unique flavor that comes from the scales and chords.
Some being more useful than others. Obviously all subjective taste.
But the only way to become familiar with them takes time.
I did this in the 70's.
Arch Stanton
Dollar Store Satriani
I sort of "backed into it" by trying to solo over chord progressions that were (unbeknownst to me at the time ) harmonic minor.
Realized, none of the "blues scale" runs I tend to gravitate towards sounded good.
I focused on just running the fretboard and finding "by ear" what intervals did sound correct.. then looked at what I had come up with and realized it was almost always the harmonic minor scale/Hungarian minor/diminished.
stephen sawall
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Yes the chord progressions have a very strong effect on what scales and melodies sound right.
Arch Stanton
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stephen sawall
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NoIs that a Randy Rhoads quote ?
It was me. But he was a master of it.
Arch Stanton
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I've been learning a bunch of his solos/riffs lately.
He did gravitate towards that sort of style.
Arch Stanton
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stephen sawall
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How long have you been teaching ?
I have been doing it 44 years. I don't do it much anymore. But was useful when I played music for a living. Live bands, studio work and lessons. I had to do all three to make enough steady income.