Music Theory: Scales

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This lesson is about scales and how to construct them.

We will cover chromatic, minor, major, phrygian, pentatonic, harmonic minor, and dominant phrygian scales.

Be sure to learn these scales in other keys, and also to extend the scales all over the fretboard.

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[JediMasterFrank4]

If i solo over a riff which root note is C, shuld i use the C minor scale?

[RedSGShredder]

@JediMasterFrank4 Sure, that will work.

[greywrath]

Man I have to ask you something and please reply.

So,how can someone write a piece in the chromatic scale?I mean there must be a rulle!

For example,Muster of Puppets intro contains all the notes BUT STILL its in a specific tonallity! right? I think its Em.How can this happen?Does it follow rules or was it just 'inspiration'?

[RedSGShredder]

Sure man stuff like that doesn't necessarily follow any rules. It just sounds good so you go with it. So no it's just inspiration and creativity.

[TheMusicallyInclined]

hey bro you said that if you play the minor third from the Dminor scale which is F and you said to do the same mode and you get Fmj scale Why is that

[RedSGShredder]

Sure man it's because the D minor scale is D E F G A Bb C, and the F major scale is F G A Bb C D E. They are the same notes.

[eviltree997]

You clearly know your theory. However, this contains entirely too much information. I'd encourage you to break this down as this pace can be much too overwhelming for many. Basic pedagogy tells us that we digest information in smaller, bite-sized chunks. Also, teaching shapes without context will eventually lead to (huge) gaps in understanding of the whys of using modes and scales in various situations. With a little more planning for your lessons, they will be much more effective.

[toml71]

My theory on music theory is it is important but be sure and have fun learning and playing your fiddle. When you start getting frustrated with theory then possibly your trying to learn to much to soon. Music is a language. You weren't born talking right? You learned new words as you matured. Same goes for music theory.

[MMOa13x]

Hey, ive been playing guitar for 2 years now but just started learning music theory, you said you downtune but still treat note as if you were in standard. I downtune aswell so should i do that too or learn the actual notes for the tuning i am in?

[australiandj]

Dude you are a way better teacher! I was watching another vid about theory and scales. this is wayy better

[saint7412369]

@RedSGShredder

Yeh it will work.. but depending on your C chord progression (ie CM, Dm, Em, FM, GM, Am, Bsus)(Basic tonality chord structure) some notes may be dissonant. If you were wanting a minor sound in C you'd have more luck using and Am scale. Or play around with your modes. Keeping in mind that a mode is just shifting the starting interval of you major scale. So your first mode is Tone, Semi-tone, tone, tone, tone, semi-tone, Tone. This guy doesn't explain that particularily well.

[demolaydo23]

im just play a guitar by my self no rules.. the way you feel the notes and sounds good..

[Celarko]

@greywrath You could check out some old school stuff to see the difference. Music based on the chromatic scale is called atonal and it sounds pretty 'modern'. You could watch Pierrot Lunaire by Schönberg and compare it with Mendehlsson's piano concerto in G minor with the hot Yuja Wang. It's typical of the 'romantic' (19th century) music to modify the chords by adding off-scale notes exactly like Metallica does. This is however tonal, not 'chromatic' music.

[Celarko]

@greywrath RedSGShredder is right when it comes to inspiration and sounding good because this is what Metallica probably did. However, if you look at the tonality of Master of Puppets it's basically in E minor scale. Adding 'chromatic' notes modifies the Em chord: add D - C# - C to create Em + min7 - maj6 - min6 etc. Adding Bb - the tritone - makes it E dim (diminished).

[kenroy916]

you suck