Dean Brown: Minor II-V-I and the Melodic Minor Scale

[jazzgtrplayer]

@NathanMantle Not sure it works that way... I don't know if eyesight improves as technique improves. I've been playing for a long time and I wouldn't mind the fret markers.

[thedking94]

i understand this probably because im NOT a guitar player

[Macktones]

The Am7b5 chord can be built from the 6th of the C melodic minor scale, C,D,Eb,F,G,A,B (notes as they are in third intervals; C-Eb-G-B-D-F-A), so starting from the 6th of melodic minor (A) and building a chord we have A C and Eb or a minor chord with a flat 5.

One of the choices for building dominant chords is building a V chord from the 7th note of a melodic minor scale. In this example he uses the D7 built from the 7th note of the Eb melodic minor scale. D7#4,b6,b9,#9 alterations or D7alt

[pizzagoing]

could anyone explain that why can play Cm melody minor over Amb5 and play Eb over D7? what's the theory? thank u

[teatown]

ego no....

style and substance, YES

Dean, you are the BEST!!

thanks for the schoolin.

[TheSeeker133]

i first looked at that guitar and i thought metal :p

[mannijimenez]

God, I wish I could study guitar with this guy. He's teaching what I want to master. Great Professor. I just can't afford MI.

[mannijimenez]

God, I wish I could study guitar with this guy. He's teaching what I want to master.

[yngvaibucketrucci]

is it just the light reflecting or is he using like 0.15s or some shit? those strings look massive

[bluesyboypete1]

@yngvaibucketrucci nope, 0.10 DR tite-fit

[funkymonkey6string]

Amin7b5 is the 2 chord of Gminor. so, A lochrian is the mode when playing A to A in the key of Gminor.  C mel.min. scale is "A" lochrian with a B for the 2nd note. "A" lochrian usually has a Bb for this. hence the name "Lochrian #2" for the 6th mode of mel.min. the 7th mode of mel.min. is the "altered" scale. playing D to D over D7#9 with Eb mel.min. gives the scale 1, b9, #9, 3, b5, #5, b7, 8. this introduces tension and a stronger auditory desire to resolve to the G minor 6 chord. :)

[BuMbLeBeeLY]

i like how he goes "OBVIOUSLY" it's this chord/scale

lol 1:47 - 1:50 - "you use G melodic minor"

[raoni04]

No pain no gain. YOU MUST WOK YOUR FINGERS TO THE BONE, this is the only way mate...The problem is, here in my country its really hard to get well payed as a musician, it is quite sad. Nowadays I'm using one single scale for everything, LOL, with some chomatic notes to add some colour...

[stickkguitar]

beautiful stuff Dean :)

[superskwrl]

What a terrible tone.

[Chaz6993X]

Ugly ass guitar.

[Yimmery]

So C minor triad over A minor is because C minor is the iv of the G minor key centre and the substitution of A minor. E flat minor triad over D7 because E flat minor is the vi of G minor key centre but the tonicized i chord as if in a harmonic minor key, meaning that E flat minor is the subsitution of BANG

...head exploded

[simobubba]

@Yimmery XD in few words,every degree of the melodic minor scale gives origin to a type of chord.The sixht degree is a m7b5 so you have to find out which scale has A as its sixht degree(C melodic minor).The seventh degree is an altered dominant so you have to find out which scale has D as its seventh degree( Eb melodic minor).Gm6 is a minor tonic chord so you use the first degree of which scale? G melodic minor ^^. Every chord has its own color so he needs to be played with the appropriate scale

[pointers90]

So much thankss!!!

[kar98ksniper]

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[dittotl]

beautiful :) this guys awesome and sporting the lingo of real musicians :)

[JeffKnight]

Very interesting.

[GuitarsOfArp]

Just what i was looking for

[senSedative112]

doh phreddy

[colliss1]

Hey using a guitar that has fret markers on it would be a good idea when making these vids.

[ferbicus]

@colliss1 Or you could just learn your fretboard so you know what he's talking about

[rockrock3090]

@colliss1 you got ears? don´t you?

[tomwilliams1983]

@colliss1 alternatively you could use your ears

[ynot69her]

@colliss1 if thats the case then this might be a little above your level

[DrLokrian]

what's the difference?

[travelinpicker]

@colliss1 this lesson isn't really for beginners.

[G7flat5]

What program are you using for the backround music?

[G7flat5]

This is great! Your videos are excellent for teaching material. Many YouTube "teaching" vids are just a stage for showing off chops but never really actually teach the subject at hand. Because it is too fast without an example. This stuff is so hip .Thank you for this.

[ManosRK]

that's a good looking guitar!, what is it ? his tone is sloppy

[Ibik]

@ManosRK Parker

[rpgavan]

@ManosRK The guitar is a Parker Fly.

[thatisstupid1212]

"lets change the groove up, cause i'm gettin' a little bored of this one"

extremely unpractical lesson...

[biglou250]

Needs more distortion... xD

[varulv234]

@biglou250 *SLAP*

[tokyosan1]

black fingerboard, no dots, black backround, no lights,,,, yeah.... we can see everything... sure...

[ReVVVern]

@tokyosan1 yeah no kidding. even though if they were there it would still make no sense to me

[pablodepolonia]

@tokyosan1 you dont need that lesson if you need fret markers. Sincerely and no offence intended mate.

[Lokar92]

What guitar is that?? THAT'S WOW.... o.o

[tjsr21]

@Lokar92 Parker fly.

[amirhe6]

why is the e scale plaied on the d chord ???

[Killer9299]

Thumbs up for jazz

[FallingForInsanityx7]

i think it would help the player if they had a camera from the players point of view.

[dropless2002]

This is guy is good. But you cant explain guitar like this. it goes over peoples heads like crazy. You gota through in words like 3rd fret and 5th fret. LOL . Great sound and player. Props on his theory .

[superagnitio]

@dropless2002 this is meant for people who know their notes and scales

[AraGuitar]

Jeremy Irons plays jazz?

[kaynek00l]

holy donkey tits what gauge is that?

[hiitsmcjosh]

@kaynek00l Probably .012's or .013's, for clarity in clean settings.

[NoTrespassing2]

i like the tone of these guitars but really dont like how they look

[XxSconeManxX]

@NoTrespassing2

I personally don't really like them (to play at least) because that damn upper cutaway always goes right into my chest while I'm playing sitting down.

[bengrockson]

what guitar is that

[aarona493]

@bengrockson parker fly

[Ghostman7777]

@guitarplayer7133

I just hate the way they look.

[gooney0]

This would be much better if the guitar had dots or big inlays in the neck.

[alapunk13]

@gooney0 some people like me like it without inlays...though for teaching purposes yeah it would've been better if they used a guitar with inlays

[Craydon]

@alapunk13 Looks cool but I have no idea where his fingers are.

[piccicacca]

great video!

[NeckPickup]

that C minor meloodic minor at 1:25 was so minor it made me puke in my mouth a little.

[jahenx94]

@NeckPickup those b5's can be real ear twisters

[leopower7]

I can't understand shit.............

[simobubba]

@leopower7 if you harmonize the melodic minor scale you'll get a m7b5 chord on the sixht degree (Am7b5 is the sixht degree of C melodic minor scale, which he uses over it) and you get an altered chord on the seventh degree (D7#9 is the seventh degree of Eb melodic minor which he uses over it). Gm6 is the tonic minor chord and he uses G melodic minor. Let me know if this is helpful ^__^ if not ask again i'll try to be more complete in the explanation.

Peace

[pablodepolonia]

@leopower7 well, that might be because his approach is meant for advanced jazz guitarists. In the basic approach you would play this as 2nd. 5th and 1st mode of melodic minor (sharp 6) or harmonic minor (sharp 7) but he goes further using substitutes for chords (Cm#6 for Am7b5 and Ebm#6 for Dm7#9) and uses appropriate scales for that. Still if you do not go as far as that in understanding jazz theory it is enough to hear how good it sounds :)

[guitardude1230]

Why put him in front of a full band rig and make him use the computer as the backing band?

[Agnes135]

Don't like his tone at all...

[mullen2105]

@Agnes135 Because it's the tone a jazz player has? Pretty much any jazz guitarist on a solidbody guitar will sound like this..

[varulv234]

Why and how does D connect with Eb?

[mullen2105]

@varulv234 Because it's a D7#9 and that's from melodic minor. so it's using different notes from that scales to create more tension for the resolution to the I chord

[Ghostman7777]

@varulv234

WTF? They are literally right next to each other on the musical alphabet!

[Cainer666]

@varulv234 The D7 is altered. The 7th mode of Eb melodic minor is the D altered scale (also called Superlocrian), so it fits. Hope that helps.

[varulv234]

@Cainer666 Oh, okay, i understand, although i obviously need some lessons on this stuff. Thanks :-)

[bluenote71]

@varulv234 If you start a melodic minor from its seventh step, it's a diminished whole tone scale, which can be used as the five chord in a minor two five one, so from the Eb melodic minor scale, the D - the 7th of the Eb scale - diminished whole tone scale would be: D-Eb-F-Gb-Ab-Bb-C-D.

[varulv234]

@bluenote71 Thanks, but i don't really understand explanations like that, i'm sorry.

[bluenote71]

@varulv234 Within any scale, there are several others, but simply put, he's using the Eb melodic minor scale: Eb-F-Gb-Ab-Bb-C-D-Eb. However, in his chord progression, even though he's using the same notes from the Eb scale, it's applied from D to D, not Eb to Eb.

[varulv234]

@bluenote71 Oh, so using the D note in the scale, which is Eb, to D? 

[bluenote71]

@varulv234 Harmonically, yes. In the video at about 1:30, he says you can use the Eb mel. minor scale, which is what he plays. The chord, or what the bassist is playing, is a D altered dominant (dim whole tone in this case), which is contained in that Eb scale. It doens't matter which note in that Eb scale he starts on, the notes that matter harmonically are from the D scale, which are D-Gb-C-Bb-F.

[varulv234]

@bluenote71 Oh, i understand, it's a matter of which SCALE, not which exact note. Correct?

[bluenote71]

@varulv234 It's both. Easier example: If a song has a G7 chord, the scale is G A B C D E F G. This scale is taken from a C Major scale, which contains the same note, but from C to C: C D E F G A B C. Technically, I could just play the C scale, but since it's a G7 chord, there are certain notes I want to reflect, harmonized in thirds from G: G B D F. Good luck. Theory really isn't that hard. You can learn this stuff online, with a book, but it's a must that you apply it to your guitar!

[varulv234]

@bluenote71 So there's some notes that'd fit better with the G7 chord, even if you chose to play the C Major, in other words?

[bluenote71]

@varulv234 The harmony of a chord are the notes stacked in thirds (every other note) from the root of chord, so yes. However, artistic freedom allows you to do whatever you want. I just don't see the point of choosing a tune with a chord progression if you're not going to address them.

[varulv234]

@bluenote71 So one wouldn't harmonize with for example an octave, because it's ''every other note''?

[bluenote71]

@varulv234 I recommend you learn the basic harmonies: major,. minor, and dominant.

[rockandrollforever23]

i like it how gw outs videos out like these

i alwayslearn alot

[Yowzow]

fret buzz i thinks?

[triviumgibson]

@Yowzow i´m not sure, either fret buzz, or shitty tone, OR cause it´s recently added. They quality is crappier then

[xdivinebladex]

@Yowzow I think it's just amp breakup

[jacka94]

@Yowzow Not fret buzz, its just his tone.