Riff Of The Week™ - Season 4,Ep9: E Melodic Minor over A7

[jose044]

I cant make that altered scale sound XD

[candlewick163]

@jose044 If you ever want to grab some really cool tensions and hip sounding lines that grab a lot of outside and altered tones then just grab your root and from your root play Super Locrian. Super Locrian is the 7th scale degree of melodic minor and if you use it you will can easily access the b9, #9, #11, 13, and b13. Just mess around with that and trust me, you will be sounding quite "altered" pretty soon! haha

[caseyforever]

you mean start from a note up or down from the root, right? or do you mean modulate the whole scale up or down?

[GuillermoSmyser]

He says "play the whole shape moved up and down the fret board by a whole step or 4th or 5th" or something like that.

[cingram72]

Thanks Dave!

[soundwrks]

Awesome.

[AstAMoore]

Another interesting way of looking at melodic minor (shape-wise) is as natural major #1. Sounds weird, I know, but that's what you get if you raise the root in natural major—the altered scale.

[pistache7]

By the way,how was namm ?

[pistache7]

Yes dave,Great lesson.Uh...will this help me get to see california again ?Just kidding.

[NumbNutz12000]

DAYUM that's a sweet guitar.

[Altered6Chicken]

I can't even begin to write something like that. It's so frustrating.

[booya62056]

Your playing is so smooth! Awesome! Probably the reason you are playing with Steve Vai! lol

-Blair

[satch099]

Nice one, looking forward to the new album cant wait!

[gr1moire2112]

Doesn't melodic minor go up 1,2, b3,4 5, maj6, maj7 and then come down, b7, b6, 5,4, b3,2, 1 ?

[riffoftheweek]

in classical theory yes, it goes up melodic and down aeolian. but in modern music, it's mainly used as the same scale up and back.

[gr1moire2112]

Ok thanks, probably as I did classical theory I tend to apply it even in my improvisations but mix it up with what sounds right against what I am playing. Thanks for your reply...

[Blandified]

This may be a stupid question, But say Im in the key of G. Does that mean I can play Mixolydian (5th) over a G major chord progression and it'll sound all right?

[LRMMcDonnell]

nice riff, those chords would sound nice behind it if they were open too

[joekataldo]

sometime people call it Jazz melodic minor, to specify that doesn't change, ascending or descending :D

Can't wait for your new cd :D

[iamrichlol]

Amazing as always Dave

[GuillermoSmyser]

A very clever idea. Using an easy pattern in a different context to get a new sound. Awesome.

[palgaez35]

Thanks Dave

[Afffinity]

Awesome video!