Riff Of The Week™ - Season 3: Developing Scale Sequences

[Wallimann]

Love your videos! :-)

[devvilboyy676767]

this is pretty useful, I do the same thing with my riffs write 12 tones on a paper and randomly choose 2 notes, 3 , 5, etc, find which frets are that same note and just play around :P (sorry for my bad english)

[thecableviking]

this is an awesome way of creation. I will definitely try this one!

[jimbang]

greta idea!

[haruko958]

very nice lesson dave, i dig the concept a lot.

[6XstringXsamurai]

wow that was a really helpful video dave!

i'm gonna call you ambidextrous dave since you wrote with your left hand, cut with your right, and play right handed.

[jakerowguitar]

Hey Dave, EXCELLENT Material!!! Thanks for sharing!

[jman2077]

thats coooooool

[GerrysJamSession]

Excellent idea!!!

[lloydire]

great idea man!

[dpeaver3951]

Thanks dave. This was very helpful. I've been using scale sequencing for warming up or the occasional quick scale run but as you said it can be quite predictable or boring. I never thought of using the sequences to jumble them up like that.

[stratobanez]

Hey Dave! I am very pleased with your videos, I have learned a lot in the last couple of months. Your method of teaching is very helpful and logical. My question is: will there be any lessons about the modes of the melodic minor scale? Best wishes: a virtual student :)

[joekataldo]

Nice Topic, Well Explained...Cool Lesson :D

[Jeremy099]

Wow great stuff bro. I learn a tons from you all the time. Keep it up

[rossfr]

I think it would be cool you post a video about the home studio hardware that you use to record. Is it a Digidesign 002 I can see on the rack behind? thanks!

[mexilla79]

thanks dave!

[Orangeblud21]

thanks bro your lessons always help.

[ItsCall911]

Awesome ROTW.

Keep posting Dave, you're extremely helpful.

Great stuff.

[thisisjustjeff]

Upgraded from a mechanical pencil to a marker. Nice :)

[solidliqs]

You rock! Your videos have been filling the gaps in my knowledge, after taking years of guitar lessons. I recently got back into playing guitar, and your videos have been providing me with the inspiration I need to feel like I'll finally be able to create music I'll be happy with. Getting back into playing now was perfect timing, as the videos of this season are what I've needed. Could you please expand more on this and rhythm? I'd love to learn more about creating nice solo & rhythm parts.

[mastariffa]

i love that distortion.

what is it?

you said it was some pedal?

[riffoftheweek]

That's some horrid patch I made in Guitar Rig

[Seganiba]

very helpful!!

thanks a lot Dave

[nitinlkoin1984]

Hi dave...........ur vids are very informative and i absolutly love them...........I have a request....... can u do a video on how to play fast and how to setup ur guitar to play fast.............also u can also do a video on different guitar effects.

Thanks

Nitin

do visit my channel

[junka22]

very cool, this is exactly what I need to work on. Your lessons are always spot on, creative and have a really unique and effective approach. I'll keep promoting you 'cause I believe a lot players that haven't seen you yet might benefit from watching RotW, take care Dave!

[ScreamingSolo]

Awesome ROTW!

Dave, I noticed you write lefty but play guitar right handed as well. I'm the same exact way. Did you find you had to work extra hard on your picking when you were learning to play? I'm getting faster with more control then i used to have with my picking, but i learned how to play legato much easier.

[Kmh5494]

Very helpful. Nice.

[toothbrush3996]

Wow! That's a very cool idea - why didn't I think of that?

[PetrucciLifeson12]

This week's ROTW was very helpful!

[RONDOC68]

Great vid as always.............You write left handed.....but you play the geetar right handed....hmmmmmm..wieird.

[tc0nk]

Yeah I noticed that myself.

[phileasfoggpl]

Hi Dave, I've got one off topic question - i have never seen you using Floyd Rose, so why do you have it in every guitar?

[HugoDesMusic]

Aewsome ROTW !!!

Keep em' comin' !!!

See ya

Hugo

[Esparoba1]

Thanks Dave! so you play guitar right handed and write left handed so actually you're 2 handed LOL =D

[epikoh]

really great Dave, I have one question friend hehe, Should we write any sequence that we make to remember it and to make our own sound? Thx you, your videos are really interesting. (Sorry for my english hehe). Bye! :)

[fawkyermum]

thanx Dave. Ya know, even though these concepts seem like "common sense" to some of us, many people would never consider them. It seems to me that the single most important element of writing one's own material is having the courage to 'just do it'. I think the hardest thing for many of us is to learn to "just go for it". If you wouldn't mind, I think we'd all like to hear your thoughts on being original, while at the same time keeping true to your influences. Thanx again.

[riffoftheweek]

Thx, not sure if this answers your originality question, but I did a ROTW on originality a while back. Just check the archive (link found in the "more info" box.) ---->

[Altered6Chicken]

This is a very interesting approach to writing riffs. I like how you are able to take any sequence of random notes and rhythmically make it sound awesome! The main thing standing between me and playing something like that though is "knowing the notes on the guitar COLD". I really admire your playing man. More so than the lightning fast shred guitar players. You make it much more interesting and...well, musical. Thanks!

[riffoftheweek]

Thx. Yep get those notes down cold and then when you're playing, keep rhythm as priority #1.

[bmwm3cs]

This is a really cool idea. I have been looking for a way to inspire some new licks in my arsenal.

[13thorderbass]

awesome vid dave!