Working With New Scales - Part 1: The Hindu Scale

[pentacleofvenus]

okay...is that an acoustic version of some clapton song? Is that the end of layla unplugged>

[ChaosBurnsWithin]

sounds like it would go great with the harmonic minor scale... modulate thru harmonic minor and aeolian dominant to give it REAL middle eastern tone... would make for one hell of a song or solo. i think ill try it :)

[fmsad]

hi - does the hindu scale come from India ? is it the scale they use in Indian music ? - your guitar doesn't sound very Indian.

thanks for answer

[MegaTallicaCovers]

what song were you playing in the beginning of the vid?

[BOGZASV8MA]

sounds something from the beatles

[1900ash]

good lesson bro

[xOnimpulsex]

Question. Ok. Im assuming this progression is in the key of F melodic minor. But it sounds like your using chords from a regular diationic key. My question is, When youre in a melodic minor key and you use chords that sound diatonic, is that still in the melodic minor key and youre just omitting certain tones or only playing a few notes out of the chord? Is that why it sounds like a major key? thanks.

[scaban84]

What is the chord progression that you are playing? It doesnt seem to take advantage of those characteristic scale degrees. I would expect it to sound more eastern than that.

[rynaylor]

Sounds a lot like the outro to Layla

[Forgotenmemories]

Learn some tunes, then you'll learn how it all works :) :)

[AirHendrix91]

Wouldn't it be easier to learn the Hindu scale shape offa AllGuitarChords instead of learning the root positions all over?

Quick question when can you play a minor scale over a Major chord? Aka if I play a c major chord, what minor scale shape can I use over it? E minor pentatonic? Does this idea have to deal with the relative minor concept?

[qba5775]

@AirHendrix91 Try a minor blues pentatonic, 3 steps down from the root of the major chord.

[UnOwInGeD]

Why is it called the Hindu scale?

[gaikwadakshay]

@UnOwInGeD Like seriously. I live in India, I've never heart this.

[UnOwInGeD]

@gaikwadakshay I NEVER HEART OF IT ASWELL.

EL OH EL, KEM CHO SARUCHEI.

SALMUBARAK CURRY MUNCHER.

[JusteunMusicien]

Something tells me Mastodon uses the Hindu scale...

[moondog50002000]

ten years gone by Led Zepplin is a good example of this melodic minor scale using different degrees

[slashy04]

reminds me of a dream theather song

[robban97swe]

Hey, I just learned the minor/major scales with all the seven modes. But there's one thing I don't get. It's for example if I take the a minor scale and start on the 5th note (myxoligian) then it's a minor myxologian, but isn't that an e minor scale just one octave higher? I don't get why I should have all the seven modes if they are the same just another root note. I don't think the music theory has something strange like that. I think I've got it wrong, right?

[qba5775]

@robban97swe right. wrong :P

[EstevanMusic]

@robban97swe Some modes may have the same notes, but the roots make the relationships between the notes change.

E in relationship to C as the root note is a major third. But in relation to A as the root, it's a perfect 5th, to F it's a major 7th, to G it's a natural 6th. One note can mean a million different things.

Try playing the modes but, have them all share a root note instead of a parent scale.

Play an open E then play the E Ionian mode, then try E Lydian, then E Phrygian. :)

[robban97swe]

@EstevanMusic Thanks!!!

[EstevanMusic]

@robban97swe You're welcome.

You can also modulate to keys with the same parent major scale, the basic thing when playing modes is to establish your root note and your color tones.

Frank Gambale has some good lessons on this as well as Joe Satriani and many others including Andrew :)

[SirChelsea86]

Reminds me of something you'd expect from those water levels of super mario 64 or something

[njskate4death]

@SirChelsea86 Good times.. Gooood times B)

[rgt4all]

wow man nice lesson i subbed;)

[KidaReborn]

That's funny how i always applied this kind of approach instinctively.

Of course i have learnt a more "systematic" approach too, but when it comes to internalizing new things, i always come back to this approach by simply using my ears and musical taste.

Thanks for all of your nice lessons :)

[steveo27545]

Wow, really like the Ab and F notes. with the C chord.

Theory can be hard, you very talented in making this something not that hard to understand.

Steveo

[JHMartinsen]

Your lessons really are something to themselves, Andrew.

[yougotmikelopez]

Andrew, you're the man!! Keep up the great work my friend!!

[psychoactivepaper]

Hey Andrew, can you do the same thing as the major and minor scales to find chords in these new scales by skipping every note (like with C-E-G etc...)

[MrVoid77]

Nice sound you got going there :)

[ianmcgeachy]

Very good to show the general approach of modifying typical chords with scale tones to design harmonies according to a scale type.

[ianmcgeachy]

V good to show the general approach of modifying typical chords with scale tones to design harmonies according to a scale type.

[BlikeNave]

Hella excited for the next vid

[ryankuisti]

play this on a sitar haha

[MrFluffay]

I know nothing about theory but I think this is the scale in which "Wake up"´s main riff by three days grace is based on :p Does anyone know if im right? that would make my musical self esteem so much bigger lol

[FlyingVification]

I just call this scale MixoB6, cause its the 5th mode and the fourth mode is called lydian dominant.

Thanks for your lessons, Andrew!

[ibanezxiphos700]

@FlyingVification

i think mixo b6 is a better name than hindu :P main cause i doubt the fact that hindus actually use it. i could be wrong though

[BlikeNave]

@FlyingVification Ye, that's what I call it. But lydian dominant is also called the overtone scale, so like some scales can be called a few things ya know

[BlikeNave]

@FlyingVification And dude whenever I play lydian dominant, the sound reminds me of Satriani

[codyclarke]

That was probably your most beautiful intro piece!

[Ropenius]

So there IS a name for this scale. A funny thing actually happened to me with this scale; I was playing the electric guitar, trying to make up a motif or a sort of melodic phrase for a song. Then I sort of found this scale, and thought that it sounded quite cool. When I asked my music theory teacher about it, he said it's the 5th mode of melodic minor. So it seems there is an actual name for the scale, it did feel like such a cool-sounding scale that other people have to be using it too. :D

[steveo27545]

Really great lesson

[Seagerash]

Great sounding chorus effect, posted a new guitar vid last night, check it out when you've got a chance

[marduv]

nice chorus

[amirhe6]

as always, the best vids!!!

[joesimmons90]

Awesome.

[sircharliesavior]

what does he mean by fifth mode of melodic minor

[ialvarez357]

@sircharliesavior

if you start the melodic minor scale on the 5th note, it would be the 5th mode.

[FingerstyleTV]

@sircharliesavior mixolydian of melodic minor..

[ibanezxiphos700]

@sircharliesavior

start on the fifth note of melodic minor...

[gamergeek3000]

@sircharliesavior It would be like playing all the notes in the melodic minor between the fifth note and its octave.

[jackrabb33]

Namaste!

[smithyy01]

Lol only up for 10 mins!