Lesson of Slash Scale's PLUS TABS

[LiberalDeathMachine]

Do you know the names of these scales? I already know the second is a blues pentatonic scale and I know all of those (except for the major ones which I'm kicking myself in the ass for not learning years ago) but I wanted to find the names of the first and second so I can learn all of the scales in every position.

[skatefreak654]

YOU'RE AN IDIOT IT'S JUST HARMONIC, BLUES, AND ANOTHER HARMONIC MINOR SCALE STUPID

[ellbrek]

The third scale is from godfather theme ??

[Most95Dope]

thanks for posting !

[dokcso]

you, my man. you are a fuckin beast. it will take me 3 months to get the last one in slow speed :DD

[TopGunJAB]

whats the name of the scales??

[asharpminor]

The 3rd "Scale" is a descending in groups of 4 notes harmonic minor scale. Its the same scale as the 2nd so some people can get confused. You can apply that same motion into any scale.

[JesusNiettoTalkz]

Man, i'm not gay or anything, but.. THANKS MAN, I LOVE YOU FOR POSTING THIS SHIT! THIS IS SOME GOOD SHIT THAT'S HELPING ME OUT A LOT! Thanks man, cheers!

[takeout4]

what is the name of the third scale?

[deemellow1]

@FrenchKid1o1 the first scale is e harmonic minor, second is the blues scale(minor pentatonic with a flatted fifth) the last one sounds like a raga, hindu scale, slash is fond of those

[FrenchKid1o1]

which scales r theese

[demytje]

The first one is very helpful for the solo of American Man by VR

[santcano]

isnt the first one a harmonic scale??

[OmniSLash17100]

What's the name of the scale 1 and 3?



[akiad]

maby im blind.... but where are the tabs?

[RockerCroatia]

@akiad maybe you are...

[XRenasX]

The third scale os the best!



[techdeckin2day]

@XRenasX gotta save the best for last ;)

[XRenasX]

@techdeckin2day oh yhea! ;D

[paulopvpaulo]

AMAZING!!!

[CineOT]

It looks like the Major Hindu Scale with a semi-variation of the C minor Byzantine scale at the G string to be precise.

[petivagyoken]

great video thanks my main man

[balee94]

Standard tuning? Or half step down (like Slash)?

[harryjamesthomas]

@balee94 its says the strings are flat in the tab so they're half a step down.

[Dongerladde]

well, I think Slash use all the scales every other guitarist is using. It´s his phrasing and tone which make them sound so unique. That´s the art of playing guitar folks. But thanks for posting.

[colby7538]

whats the third scale called?

[thisistheslam]

His 2nd scale is a B Blues scale in 3rd position. It's not a B pentatonic scale as I'm seeing some people describe. If he were playing the pentatonic scale in the position shown in the video, he'd be playing a D Major Pentatonic scale in the 3rd position. What separates the two is the addition of a flatted 5th in the scale. A pentatonic scale only has 5 tones (hence the word: penta). Blues scale holds 6 tones (1, b3, 4, b5, 5, b7). Just clarifying :)

[iamblackmo]

You should probably be alternate picking when practicing scales. You don't always have to use it but for timing, practicing with AP is the tried and true method for developing as player

[techdeckin2day]

@iamblackmo watch my hand with the guitar pick.

[iamblackmo]

@techdeckin2day Yea, I did. When you play the scales very slowly you aren't alternate picking. Eh, I don't care. To each his own.

[drfeelgoodTO]

@iamblackmo

What do you mean by alternate picking?

[mrbruceypooh]

It's A phrygian.

[jimi0227311413]

Scale 2 Just Blues Scale

[SoundMaker76]

sounds like the dorian scale, or phryggin

[ruelsky69]

amazing man \m/

[NUR1317]

I think youre really good at teaching, you brake it down so people can follow plus on the bonus you have tabs so its great for beginners to lol. Good job man!

[vidmachine07]

These are :

E Harmonic Minor

B Pentatonic (with the blues scale note variation)

D Natural Minor

I think so anyway. Most blues licks and solos come from the second and third. Harmonic Minor scales made a lot of headway with the neo-calssical players in the 80's and I am sure that is where Slash picked it up. I don't think Joe Perry (Slash's mian influence) used that much, just blues and minor scales.

[starpier]

this is useless, you need to say the mode and the note key, there is no point in just copying at memory some positions and repeat, that's the last thing Slash would teach a newbie to do with a guitar.

[saciocz]

@starpier dude, everyone plays with scales. from hendrix to satch, from yngwie to santana, EVERYONE

[starpier]

@saciocz and i agree with you on that.

[fletchers4]

@starpier You're totally right. Unless he tells us what key he's playing in, the scales he is playing could be anything. Take the second scale for instance, it could either be a B Minor blues scale or a D Major blues scale.

[falcorne019]

@fletchers4 the root note is the key

[fletchers4]

@falcorne019 I'm aware of that, thanks.

[xXSlashBoiXx]

Ive heard him play the D Harmonic Minor scale loads but when he does his bends and moves more up the neck, i dnoo where to play? Do i need to learn all of the notes on the neck first or what? Thanks

[phektus]

@xXSlashBoiXx I think you are right, scales in guitar are better used if learned on the whole fretboard, or at least up to the 12th fret since it will just repeat itself anyway. Also you won't use the whole scale in a musical context, just a 'scale fragment', or better yet try to copy his licks on those scales and modify them a bit in order to 'own' them.

[cristianlugano]

last one is C# Harmonic Minor Scale

[mantomoe]

What is the name of the last scale? btw, amazing video!

[megatroll]

I never thought Slash uses any kind of scales beside a few pentatonic licks. His playing style seems so random and out of place at times, yet it always sounds great. :D

[mywill55]

@techdeckin2day.. good lookin

[bhazington]

You should make a printable version of these tabs. That would be very handy.

[GuitarDudeDan1]

THank You. Thank You and Thank you again

[cardboardLP]

You write your tabs upside down.

[lukejin]

really cool but it would be better if you gave the names of the scales, i think the first 1 is e harmonic minor, cheers

[99ClickNote]

What is the name of the last scale???

[RyleyDonkersgoed]

Great video. Thanks a lot. This will help me.

[luthfudeen]

i really needed to get out of the minor pentatonic/blues scale. And slash is my favorite guitarist. And now i have these scales, i can play half as good as slash.... maybe a quarter. anyways man, these scales really help me alot and i can feel im getting better... thank you so much!

[ddayrocks]

When would you use these kind of scale's?

[99ClickNote]

@ddayrocks You can use them to creat your own solo, or if you are practesing with a backing track or jam track to vreat licks.

[collin292]

This makes so much more sense, i was doing everything in the aoelien scale

[richens888]

Wow. i am not going to sleep until i get lick 3 down. thanks so much!

[powerofmetal666]

una sola domanda...nella prima scala la tonica dov'è??? grazie milleeeeeeee

[imad2207]

guarda che in italiano qui non ci capiscono!

[Metalany1]

I Wish I Had Enough Money For A Gibson =(

[Metalany1]

sweet Child is played in that scale

[Metalany1]

Slashes Scales Dumb ASS

[Guitarherochamp123]

Whats the name of these scales?

[guitarpro88888]

dude i can reconize some solos he made out of these scales. (like not the whole solo just some notes in the solo)

[AntiReal2010]

they also sound familiar to me but I can't quite recognize which songs....

[collin292]

@guitarpro88888 the first one is sweet child o mine, (the fast bit)

[itachi5233]

grande flaco

[rockGA12]

thanks bro (Y)

[dandemon1989]

amazing tone

[thedoctorphil]

cheers m8 top lesson!! What key do i use these scales over please??

[xSlash1995x]

the first is in E, the second is in A# i think, and the last is in F, but i think you could use it over an E also :)

[ilm9719]

thanks man. it helped a lot

[karimcool75]

gracias hernano

[leandrosantanaphilip]

ThX man

[xXSlashBoiXx]

D Harmonic Minor and B Blues Scale are the Best

[almor619]

@xXSlashBoiXx try the natural minor / aeolian mode .... and dorian and mixolydian .... but expecialy natual minor scale ....

[george2rockr]

this sounds like "obsession confession"

[carlosbarraganrules]

can someone please tab scale 3 please! i kno its on there but i cant see it because it wont show up clearly on my cellphone and my computer is messed up so i cant see it on there. ive been looking everywere for this, slash does it on the guitar world video. so please someone tab.

[TheBryan93]

lol the 3rd scale is actually a D harmonic minor scale.. searched it up..

[Cmitch94]

What is the exct name of that guitar? Not just gibson les paul, colour and everything please

[yoflamez]

@Cmitch94  it is a gibson or epiphone the color is honey sunburst of honey dew one of those

[KG739]

@Cmitch94 gibson slash V.O.S

[Trojanushi]

man it helped me alot, now i have more sacles to improvise on ! thank you.

[mikese93]

3rd one is like a pattern thing off the harmonic minor. i have a question though, anyone know that scale that sounds real bluesy and its in loads of songs, but it sounds like its a major key?i never figured that one out.

[futebalmakedonia]

2nd scale is pentatonic with blues notes added

[Rovac1]

the last scale is the best...=)

[slashrocker11]

DUH... i finally figured out all the notes that slash uses in most of his songs. Obviously the harmonic minor and natural minor are the same except the 7th and flat 7th respectively. he uses E flat tuning with E flat minor and he uses the 7th and flat 7th whenever, changing between them. Also when you see slash solo he'll play three semitones in a row which explains the D and D Flat notes like the very end of nightrain in the fade. And it is the key for Sweet Child o Mine.

[mikese93]

thought harmonic major was the key for sewwt child

[rolandomorado]

the last one sounds like the godfather solo by slash

sorry for the bad english jaja

[rolandomorado]

la ultima esta bien cabrona

[Bam2raxa]

It looks like a harmonic minor

[shadowhawk2496]

@Bam2raxa it is

[jawesome01]

Its defintley not the blues scale. Its a variation on the harmonic minor if not the harmonic minor?

[PiercingTruth]

do you think its better if we use the little finger? (as i know slash doesnt use it much as well)

[rolandomorado]

yeah it´s better if you use the little finger because you can be more fast

[miclain1995]

using your brain can make you more smarter too. haha

[maniatikmusic]

what are you talking about fucikng beatch??? do you know speak in spanish fucking idiot???

[BroWhereMyCar]

its preference, what ever is easier for you. I would recommend practicing with it because it's a good habit to get into.

[booOOmm78]

hey man nice vid do you use pull offs or hammers on the last scale i can do it but im kinda slow

[ElGhoulSoufedj]

thanx a lot

[lightbulbo2001]

Hey does any1 no the name of those scales and what key they are in? Im pretty sure the second one is blue minor in B but i dont know about the other 2 thanks

[RNRDOLL]

its just called blues scale. But the 1st one sounds like harmonic minor and the other one sounds like its phrygian

[attu89]

the first one is the harmonic minor.. second is the the pentatonic minor blues.. not sure wht the last one is though? anyone?

[RNRDOLL]

you can call it just the blues scale...pentatonic minor blues is redundant. the last one I want to say is phrygian. It could just be harmonic minor again though

[Umaiketsu]

Yeah, it's more of a scale run. =_= I wish I knew scales, more.

[VelvetFuckinRevolv3r]

that last one is just an exercise that slash does in this video interview with guitar world...it sounds pretty cool

[ThePirateGuitar]

whats your amp settings?! it sounds so awesome! :D

[MegaRatchet123]

why is this backwards !!???...still helped out

[SomeRandomVideos94]

nice vid. man! helped alot with the tabs.

[DudeXMyster]

i thought it would be better upside down then i tried it and got really confuzzed @.@

[93RSilva]

Can Anyone get me the tab for all the scales in a notepad or something to print? thanks a lot. Great Video. ;-)

[RNRYALUMNI]

why are all of the tabs upside down? that's so dumb

[TEVI1992]

esio no es la penta con el modo eolico?

[NoName01071992]

harmonic scale :D

[oldskoolmatix1]

thanks for the scales and tabs. theyre good stuff. i wish i knew what the 3rd scale was called.

[RNRYALUMNI]

yea, i thought he did too

[1994fishcake]

Why have you written the tab upside down for the first one?

[tyka2000]

what key is scale 1 in?

[LSGoCards7]

Eb Minor

[gnrfknrox]

these are really helpful. thnx for posting!

[VelvetFuckinRevolv3r]

thanks for this man, that 3rd pattern is just wat i was after, cudnt quite get it right before i found this

[Mngus1994]

Ah and the scale 2 is the blues scale...

[Mngus1994]

Btw the way the first scale is harmonic minor in a key of Eb with one note missing at te end on the eb string you have another 15note

[Mngus1994]

AHHHHH Why would we care about the scale's names?,They're useless (The names)

[gnrfknrox]

if u have read the slash biography he tells you that for a couple of months he had guitar lessons, but he felt that he learned all he could obtain of knowledge so he quit. also how can u not use scales. werll maybe if ur lucky u can find the right notes u hear in ur head. but slash mostly for soloing solos or songs in the minor pentatonic scale, the natural and enharmonic minor scales, major scale and some modes. the beginning riff in sweet child o' mine is in a minor pentatonic scales. duh.

[Chrisrocker112]

slash doesn't use scales, he's self taught

[GibsonGuitarist1022]

It would be IMPOSSIBLE for Slash to play the way he does if he doesn't use scales.

[guitarman104]

@GibsonGuitarist1022 Not true eddie van halen never learned scales and also even if you dont know scales while your playing after a while youll develope an ear for what works well in licks

[GibsonGuitarist1022]

@guitarman104 Maybe he didn't learn them right away as he started learning to play guitar, but you can rest well assured by the time Van Halen formed and started writing their own songs, he knew his scales and theory. Not only scales, but chords as well, such as triads. He definitely knew scales, chords, and theory. Same deal for him, he CANNOT play the way he does if he didn't know scales.

[vidmachine07]

@guitarman104 That is not true dude. Eddie had studied classical piano BEFORE starting to play guitar. And his father was a jazz clarinet player. Alex had piano lessons too. You can bet your ass, he knew plenty or standard theory. Eddie always bullshitted his knowledge and techniques in his interviews back then just to screw with people who were trying to copy him. Like overdriving an amp with a Variac, That would cause amps to blow up. He admitted all that stuff was lies later on.

[Pala16123z0r]

@GibsonGuitarist1022 There's no guitarist in the world who can play soloes on high levels unless he knows scales... it's just impossible :p

[NinevoltG]

he still uses scales though, i know 5 songs by him, they all use scales, people can use scales even if they are self taught.

[Rimmers93]

Thnx m8 great video

[dalle211]

Slash actually uses a lot of the blues scale and a lot of blues licks if you listen. I dont think there is a single guitarist who doesnt use the blues scale, or pentatonic te be correct, with the blues note added.

[mrelectric100]

the second scale looks kinda like a blues scale?

[FaNwlnG]

well, actually slash uses some blues licks i guess

[AlexDeMars123]

Slash's playing is based entirely off of the minor mode. Which encompasses all the notes of the blues scale.

[drone713]

What was that third scale you used. Is that Phrygian? If so I don't think slash uses that lol

[BLuEsHayZee]

sounds exactly like the harmonic scale to me.

[drone713]

No the first one is definately the harmonic minor, even though the tab is wrong for it lol.

Idk, it sounds more dissonaint/phrygian like to me. But I can't tell because the guy decided he should put the pattern up instead of the actual scale...which is what everyone is looking for...

But anyway, it could just be the harmonic minor scale again and this guy just doesn't know what he's doing lol

[AlexDeMars123]

Possibly Phrygian dominant?

[drone713]

do you actually know what you're talking about or are you guessing? lol.

[AlexDeMars123]

No well Phrygian dominant has a similar sound to harmonic minor so i guess it's like an educated guess. haha

[drone713]

haha alright. Man what kind of idiot puts up scales but won't tell you what their called.

[Jared9109]

bro don't worry about it u can so tell slash uses scales in his solo's cuz he needs them to be a rock god xD

[cubancg212]

slash doesnt play scales genius

[techdeckin2day]

genius he follows the scales patterns in his solos. if you know anything about guitar you can tell trust me im a genius

[cubancg212]

yea ur such a genius at guitar,

but u play like shit

o and fyi

he DOES NOT he plays blues guitar and even says it himself, he hears something in his head, and plays it thats how he got his style it has nothing to do with scales

its just that blues scales are the backbone of that type of music in the first place so obviously some fuckhead like u is gonna go out naming all the fucking scales and tying it to his playing cuz u think ur some kind of fucking GENIUS

[techdeckin2day]

dude ill go at you all day with this. i understand he plays blues, but listen to the solo in double talkin jive and tell me hes has never used a scale to come up with that solo. i understand he hears something in his head and plays it, thats how most songs are written but you cant just play without having a sense of what to do and what to use. Slash also says HIMSELF as a kid he had a book of scales and practiced them redundantly. And if you play so well hit me up with a video of yourself playin

[jimi131420]

The guitarists from protest the hero have never learn any theory of guitar and they are godlike.

(sorry for my english)

[guitarman9005]

look at how this video is a video response! look at that video and we'll see who is right and wrong

[cubancg212]

... WHAT?

[cubancg212]

dude in that video he clearly states he DOESNT practice scales

[gideonwfc]

dude ur a retard he does use scales otherwise he wouldnt beable to solo. in the video response when slash says he doesnt practice scales he means he doesnt sit there going throught the scale up and down major scale pentatonic minor scale harmonic minor scale whatever it may be but he just solos through thoise scales and this guy is showing u the nes he uses mainly like the first was used alot in sweetchild of mine the harmonic minor and then yeah what evr key u put it in for that case e flat

[scphuris]

the sweet child o mine intro is based on a penatonic scale

[cubancg212]

he was goofing off playing what came to him and what he thought was a circus theme im not arguing what he plays comes in the form of scales and do u know why?

because ANY kind of blues rock solo is blues scaled influenced

my argument is that he doesnt learn a scale and then makes a solo out of it this shithead ^^ techdeckkin watever says

''im teaching u three scales slash USES''

thats why i said it

[Agnuskies]

For christ sake give the guy a break, he took time out of his life to create a video to try and help people learn. Unless you're doing the same but better, you have no say. Try doing something useful like creating, instead of attempting to destroy.

I reckon you've done a good job mate, keep it up : ).

[drone713]

You have got to be the most ignorant and incredibly stupid person I've ever come across in my entire life. Of course he knows what fucking scale he's in. That's how ANY FUCKING GUITAR PLAYER KNOWS WHAT SOUND THEY WANT TO MAKE. BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE SCALE THAT MAKES THAT FUCKING SOUND. JESUS FUCKING CHRIST

[Sweetchildofhell]

yeah!

the scales are pretty good!!

im suscribed in your two channels!!

[newfiechopter]

Great lesson. Thanks a million.

[dan0608iel]

que amplificador usas????

[metalmanky306]

thanks - ive been ryin to work his scales out for ages (i knew number 2 but that was it.) now to find out dimebag's scales (wish me luck - ill need it.)

[ihavenoname93]

well how how convinient! the tabs are upside down! perfect for when im imatating bats like i always do when i play guitar!

[ManInBlack454]

this really helped!! thanks.... 5 stars

[skaterwaye]

THX x 10000 times !!!!

[AppetiteforIllusionz]

the 3rd sale tab is upside down

[fumblerer]

You are a Ledgend!!!!

[slashtastic01]

thank you so much, you have no idea how long i have tried to get the tabs for this so thank you and i will recommend you throught youtube

[redslownight]

Nice lesson! Nice Gibson to! I have one to.

[theqspider]

It isn't only harmonic minor! there are some other notes ;)