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

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In this video, Dean Brown gives a lesson on "Minor II-V-I and the Melodic Minor Scale."

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• Guitar World
• Guitar Lesson
• Musicians Institute
• Dean
• Brown
• Melodic
• Minor
• Scale

[colliss1]

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

[teatown]

ego no....

style and substance, YES

Dean, you are the BEST!!

thanks for the schoolin.

[travelinpicker]

@colliss1 this lesson isn't really for beginners.

[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.

[DrLokrian]

what's the difference?



[thedking94]

i understand this probably because im NOT a guitar player

[ynot69her]

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

[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

[bluesyboypete1]

@yngvaibucketrucci nope, 0.10 DR tite-fit

[pablodepolonia]

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

[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 :)

[TheSeeker133]

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

[tomwilliams1983]

@colliss1 alternatively you could use your ears

[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.

[rockrock3090]

@colliss1 you got ears? don´t you?

[yngvaibucketrucci]

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

[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. :)

[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

[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

[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.