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  • DO ARRPEGIOS, sweeps, harmonic minors, classical patterns, really work with rock/blues? They do not/ Some evidence-- these shapes do not penetrate the band like the blues scale, ergo, Hendrix, SRV, Page, etc, do not use them. Conversely, they are more often appreciated as a solo presentation, see, e.g., Malmsttems solo at end of "Crossroads the movie" (its also short as these patterns are wearisome), also note most classical guitar players play ALONE= THESE PATTERNS are nice, but not lead guitar

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  • lol i was taking a lesson elsewhere and saw that it said 'Middle eastern sound'?? Then I played the tab and got it

  • I like this guy's energy.. you can tell that he's very passionate about what he does.. really cool.. make me in the mood to play.

  • Whoa!! This dudes just like a walking guitar encyclopaedia ! AWESOME !

  • This just gotta be my favorite scale, thnx for the great lesson man!!

  • thxs man

  • You're one of the Best Man. forget all the negative comments. Godbless!! thanks for the inspiring Lesson !!!

  • David Taub Rocks!! Excellent teacher. "You Can Do It!"

  • The fingerings:

    e:1-2-4

    b:2-3

    g:1-2-4

    d:3-4

    a:2-4-5

    E:2-4-5

    Pretty cool stuff! 

  • @TristanXOGuitar I love you!

  • what's the name of this guy ? is an awsome teacher....

  • dirk nowitski is a guitarist!

  • Show us the fingerings :))

  • this guy won;t rock for 10 more uploads if ya know what I mean

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  • and i also think hitting a G note from the A minor pent over the E7 is going to clash against the G# note of the E7 mainly because it is the note that gives the minor or major quality of the E7 chord...baaadd notes to go 2gether right?

  • he said you can use A minor pent over both chords...how? The E7 chord is a borrowed chord from A major and contains a G# and the A minor pent has a G....is he wrong??

  • @EvaSlash The thing is, for some reason, Minor pentatonic sounds good over dominant 7th chords, perhaps our ears have gotten used to it.

  • Anyone who thinks theory isn't important needs to watch that Fat Albert episode where the high school girl gets one big hit but all the rest of her songs sound the same because she doesn't know enough theory to give variety to her songs

  • You are a poor teacher, also incorrect. Vibrato changes a sound instantly. Plus, music is not in "shapes". It is music, soul, not learning someones sound. Write!!!

  • @JimmyLeeVanDePutte bell-end

  • learning theory can be exciting, and it definately won't hurt your playing

  • Sounds really classical. I dont know my classical music, but it reminds of of something like Bach? Well, one of those famous composers!

  • i always thought middle eastern stuff sounded like "BOOM!!!" im a bit confused now...

  • this guy just took me to the level below the one i was at before watching this video.

  • @emixolydian you make no sense how can you go below a level after learning something new where the fuck is your logic up ur ass i would think after making that comment

  • @proegerman1 Because of how erroneous and misguided the material was. It actually made me worse.

  • Love Yngwie, but the absolute PERFECT song to hear the E harmonic minor in practice is Maiden's The Evil That Men Do.

  • i really like how he includes the modes, like how he mentioned how u can use a dorian over his prog. dorian is often used as a bridge between a pentatonic and an unatural minor signature. good teachin..

  • @MMAxRideTheLightning in english?

  • Awesome teacher... Best I've seen on Youtube and I've been watching these for years! This guys is awesome. Most guitarists can't teach for shit. This guy is a born teacher. Awesome job.

  • This dude looks like a rabbit! Which is awesome cuz rabbits kick-ass! Great lesson!

  • AWSOME THANKYOU SOOOO MUCH . You've opened many doors my my playing

  • VERY NICE LESSON PAL! helps me alot.. cause most of the tym, i only concentrate in shapes of scale and not learning the notes..thats y some of my solos r bad... now i know what to do.. thanks!!!! as for harmonic monir scale, very nice lesson..

  • I really like this guy. He teaches like I think. Very easy to understand. Many "teachers" just run through the scale and say " practice that, and when you've got it, go to the next video..." Not cool. I now understand the harmonic minor scale! Can't wait till I get this cast off my left hand...

  • Reason i'm saying this, is because Yngwie showed the different between harmonic minor/phrygian dominant, and he said its the same scale, but they both begins and different notes of the same scale.

    So this is for sure Phrygian dominant and not harmonic minor, cause that scale sounds different more "classical" versus phrygian dominant sounds more evil/satan, rocks hard, haha.

  • Aint that Phrygian Dominant? Harmonic minor is more "classical" sounding right? As i understand it, if you play that same scale but beginning and ending on a different note you get "harmonic minor" but at the moment that sounds like Phrygian Dominant.

  • Fantastic lesson!

  • Watch my lesson on harmonic minor scale n tell me if u liked it :)

  • This guy seems like a great teacher. Even though I already knew the harmonic minor scale, I still got some new ideas from him.

  • sweet guitar why do you chose the HSS over the HH?

  • @jjiikler lol yer fucked

  • @jjiikler you'll never rock like yngwie without learning theory and learning your instrument you moron

  • @MrApocalyte - I think jeff waters is a fine example of how awesome you can be without learning any theory.. he is a technical expert and he doesn't know shit!

  • @pelsmann Actually, Jeff Waters is from my hometown of Ottawa, Canada, and he is known for having studied classical theory when he was young. Irregardless, I'm not saying you have to know every shred of theory to be good, that's totally not right. But you have to know your instrument. And learning theory can you help you learn your instrument a lot faster. And yeah, Jeff Waters totally knows theory; listen to his phrasing; it's classic theory examples.

  • @MrApocalyte agreeable statements at most points, but still.. listen to some of Jeffs interviews, he says that theres no point in following scales, and that you should just play what sounds right.. but I totally get you, it might be useful to actually know the name of the instrument you're playing ;)

  • @pelsmann We can agree to disagree. I don't believe Jeff (or any legit guitarist) would actually say "there's no point to following scales". That couldn't be further from the truth lol. Obviously you need to follow your ear and learn what sounds good. But scales and modes serve as a guide, so you know your options. Without knowing all of your options, your ideas will get old quick. Metal bands like Annihilator use riffs that just require an ear and a beat; boring, plain metal riffs.

  • @MrApocalyte indeed

  • @MrApocalyte i can rock like yngwie?? i cant read music, or know much about theory, but im not against it. If it helps ppl learn then i dont have anything against it, and i think a majority of people need it if they want to meet peoples expectations for being an excellent guitarist

  • @temporaryfailure4444 i honestly think some ppl try and be to complex with these kind of playing styles. take Kurt Cobain for example. he had some epic stuff, and put those power chords in patterns no one else could of thought of. i dont beleive in expectations. if you can play thre basic chords. boom theres a song. lol

  • @rockersbymyside dude you bring up a great point!!!! that sometimes the best music is put into a few well timed power chords... i find that the heaviest riffs or ones that are most enjoyable are the slow rythmmic ones.. but still i love fast playing too hahaha

  • @temporaryfailure4444 yea forsure! i mean it does take really epic talent to put scales together and make great songs, with great epic solos lol and its very impresive watching people shred like this, thats why i am here. i have been doing these for about a couple weeks now and i am not getting any faster and not remembering where to place my fingrers even when i am lookin tho =/ is there a chance that power chords is just my style, and i should continue to stick with that and peak off that??

  • @rockersbymyside just stick with it and it will become easier with some time. I love power chords bt i feell thiers a time for everything so dont be afraid to evolve!! haha nah you should deffenitely keep learning different techniques

  • @MrApocalyte shit im rockin right now, and ive known nothing about my guitar for 2 years now lol. that is cuz i base my music and song writing off of power chrods and basic chords, that is why i am hear tho, too expand with it! =D even though, i must say i have found many ways to evolve my playing style with those power chords, and its kind of distinctive. is it possible for me too have reached my peak with my shredding level by now? if not it will def take me a long time to get this stuff down.

  • My dear friend, my style is close to rock music as well.

    Yngwie J. Malmsteen.

  • Finally! Someone who teaches the intervals and the notes throughout the lesson!

    All my friends who play guitar don't have a clue of what is an interval, they only know numbers of frets and shapes of fingers, etc, that makes me crazy! How the hell are they supposed to play music if they don't know what they're playing?!

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  • You can go by the key signature? dah!!

  • Very true : )

  • 777 likes lol

  • the only improvement i would make to this video is to have the tab appearing on the screen as you play the notes. its a pain in the arse having to try and work out which note is being played just by looking at what your hand is doing.

  • Is that the new fender with Sienna sunburst? This guitar SQUEALS! Now i'm sure that's the one i want!

  • thanx explained well.

  • This guy is good. Very easy to observe and learn. Friendly, and explains really well.

  • @neurocosm So true! I can't beleive all the negative crap I read about this guy. He is very talented, and it's easy to learn from him. Good post!

  • i like dave & Marty as coolest guitar teachers

  • you know the scales, you know the intervals, you know the notes, now learn to phrase. Great lesson!

    But you really need to work on the phrasing.

  • great man, you really help me a lot today :). Thanks

  • He looks like NIcholas Cage

  • @Ilya093 a kinda.. creepy version lol

  • I dont get it, i play this scale all over the neck but when i bend certain notes on certain strings it sounds bad, do u have to know the notes on the neck to know what notes to bend and not to bend? Please help me

  • @xXSlashBoiXx It helps to know the notes on the neck of course. To answer your question, you should be bending notes into chordal tones for the most part. Then your bending will sound better. Also you should train your ear so that your bends are in tune.

  • wouldnt this just be the c major with a raised 5th?

  • @juliofrausto89 Raised 7th, actually

  • @sXe170 The raised 7th of the minor equivalent of C (which is A) is A harmonic minor, but raised 5th of the C major is also A harmonic minor.

    Just a clarification :)

  • @juliofrausto89 Yes, any note's major scale is the same as its 6th note's minor scale. By raising the 6m scale's 7th note, OR by raising the root major's 5th note, you get the 6th note's harmonic minor. So:

    A minor = C major (and) A harmonic minor = A minor (sharp 7) = C major (sharp 5)

    Hopefully not too confusing..

  • Is this the type of solos I can get laid with?... =D

  • Hey Dude liked your video, im just really struggling on soloing with the scale, PLS HELP ME!!

  • Wouldn't be playing E Phrygian Dominant if you play A Harmonic Minor over an E7 (And emphasize the E notes)?

  • You have been by far the most easy to understand, thorough, informative teacher I have seen so far on YouTube.

  • yngwie malmsteen my ass

  • 7th major is not the "sound" of the minor harmonic. The major scale has 7th major, and the lydian mode too. It's the mix of 3rd minor, 6th minor and 7th major

  • HAHAHA totally thought you started rapping at 5:22, but sadly nope.

  • You said over the E play the A harmonic minor. Though couldnt you also play the E harmonic minor also?

  • @shaqdaddy11 You could but the sharp 7th will discord (sound bad) like crazy. But if you like that whole tension thing, it would work nicely.

  • @shaqdaddy11 You could, but when you play it of the major 5th, it sounds very exotic. The E harmonic minor played over the E major will work, but he's going for that super, standout exotic sound.

  • Hey man, you really suck!! Im better than you and Ive played for a year!!

  • @partlyshady how can you say that he suck when he just teach a scale in this vid? he is not actually playing anything. anyways, who cares if you THINK your better than him...

  • @partlyshady hahah omfg what a retard, you need to watch his videos. im sure he would smoke your ass, and let me guess your some 11 year old arent you?

  • that guy is borring ass shit....

  • if you want exotic sound, try oriental scale.

  • heheh he said fingering

  • @UberNoob33 he was fingering a minor

    and he made good use of his g-string

    xD

  • i need help. i have been playing guitar for almost 3 years, but im stuck in the blues box and im really bad at music theory. if anyone could send me a msg with some tips itd be very appreciated

  • @EndyChaves dude im in the exact same situation but im starting to break outta that box because for some reason if you learn how to play classical music itl change up ur whole style i suggest you try it

  • @EndyChaves Try playing new scales in new ways over new chords. That will force you to try things you haven't done before and in doing so helps you escape the dreaded blues box.. This happened to me not so long ago. Another word of advise, LEARN MUSICAL THEORY. Even if it is just a basic knowledge it will help you. Shred on bro

  • i'll show you a fingering you douche

  • thank god there is rockongoodpeople, it let me forget the shit that expertvillage left behind, (rockongoodpeople rocks!!)

  • Legend.......think this guy did a jimmy page video a few years back..was great also

  • God such a good teacher. . .thanks . .do you have any released song that i may listen to?

  • you look gangster

  • you can combine harmonic and natural minor scales pretty well too for songs, especially for like folk influenced songs.

  • Shit man, you have taught me and thousands of others so much for free on here. Every time I watch one of your vids, I find myself learning more. You've basically an entire library of your knowledge on here. It's incredible.

  • A more simple explanation for Harmonic Minor is a Flat 1 or Raised 7th in the Natural Minor scale. 

  • even simpler a minor scale with a flat 6th note

  • u're a great man too D Bless you, Great Lesson!!!

  • This lesson was so good, Cheers mate!

  • Great lesson!  I love the chords to practice over. Thanks!

  • oh my, is that a futura I see in the background?

  • this is absolutely gobbledygook

  • that was such a good lesson

  • You're one heck of a good teacher.

  • Thanks for this.

  • one note

    and so omg functions

    thx)

  • i just dunno how to get the rest of the scale on the fretboard .. ??

  • @freezyfiz As he said; learn the notes and intervals. If you know what notes to play and where they are on the fretboard... well, obvious solution is obvious! :)

  • @freezyfiz It's easy. U look for that notes all over the fret and note it in a book or some piece of peaper and practise it every day until you die

  • excellent.. this really helped me a lot...  thank you !!

  • One word... AWESOME!

  • the great thing about scales is you can memorize a sound pattern and then just type it on your fret board in endless orders and emotions. I learned this one.. i think beethoven invented it..

  • Hello can anyone please link me a backingtrack metal in A or E. I cant find them. I want in minor harmonic mode

  • tabs for the scale plz! LOl i dont get al the f sharp and b sharp stuff

  • You are a good teacher. Thank you.

  • so kirk hamme t plays a harmonic scale at the end of "creeping death"?

  • @dorfenix the solo too

  • You are a very good teacher and it is true that many guitarist just learn the shapes. You have brought harmonic guitar into my life :)

  • GREAT VID!!

  • holy crap this guy read my mind! this is exactly what i was looking for thanks

  • I like when he describe things but doesn't speak, the guitar speaks for him lol

  • dude ur awesome, thank you! :)

  • Thanks

  • then just play it in phrygian dominant and it sounds way more legit!!!

  • tnx a lot..

  • that was helpful thank you

  • very informative, 5 stars.

  • lol at 4:05 he totally sounded like larry david.

    Very helpful and strait forward!

  • bye the way, great video been looking for this everywhere

  • cheers man, you always make everything really easy to understand... keep it up!

  • David Taub is awesome.

  • By the way the proper chord progression would be any progression using A minor B diminished C augmented D minor E major or  fmajor. or G diminished. He takes a simple 1,5 harmonic minor chord progression, Aminor and E major and adds sevenths to them.

  • Yngwie uses that scale in Far beyond the sun quite a lot.

  • nice video again guys

  • if you had tabs to back up your lesson it would be a lot more help[full i couldn't follow some of it ,you didn't tell us all the frets the notes and chords where to fast for me to follow.

  • Does anyone know a harmonizer which recognizes the Harmonic minor scale? Not just minor, thats almost every harmonizer.

  • @christiancoker1 correct

  • dude u need to work on yor time.....u are shooting youself in the foot

  • Go find something you like. Don't whine about it when somebody does something for you for free.

  • Agree. And with the one below this post, its free, you have a freedom to be elsewhere.

  • thanks dude that helped , yeah google had it all

  • this guys fucking annoying

  • Anyone know what mode this corresponds with? Is it Phyrigian?

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  • @Hydrophish its a hole new scale and it has its own modes

  • Why ask questions if you aren't even willing to watch the video? He spells it out explicitly.

  • A harmonic minor corresponds with C ionian #5 and E phrygian dominant. as well as D dorian #3(romainian minor) He really doesnt do a good job of explaining the scales counterpart modes

  • ok this sounds dumb but can someone show me chart of root notes and the basic harmonic scales n such,

  • Im sorry if this sounds dumb, but are intervals in relation to the major scale? Because i was trying to figure this out and i decided to play the major scale and made the 3rd and 6th note come down a fret to bring it down half a note and it worked, so i assume this applys to all scales? In otherwords can i figure out any scale by knowing what notes to flat in the major scale?

  • Yes,this is the right idea:-)

  • When it comes down to it...

    the root of all scales is the major.

    Guess that answers your question. :-)

  • ya thanks for the help :)

  • you can play any mode

  • I love using the harmonic minor plz check my improvisation and give your opinion but dont listen to others instruments lol just my guitar plz I want to know thks.

  • i just watched it. pretty good but the drummer was kinda of annoying overdoing the cymbals.

  • i have that exact same damn guitar, pickups and all... love it!

  • 0:10 allahahahaallullall middle eastern WTF?

  • ya douchebag

  • yngwie malmsten

  • Phrygian Dominant is way cooler and exotic!

  • its the same scale.....technically

  • are you retarded¿

  • I do the same exact thing but I start the the 7 and go down instead of up :)