"Outside" the Blues Scale... Using the Half-Whole

This video lesson will cover how to use the "Half-Whole" also known as the "Dominant Diminished" scale on the guitar neck and how to practice hearing lines around dominant seventh chord qualities over a typical 12-Bar Blues progression.

For a handout (showing all of the chord voicings) and an MP3 Jam Track please visit:
http://www.andrewwasson.com/lessons/half_whole.php

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[RDblues47]

whats with the distortion

[tserhey]

Suh-weet licks, but the tone is rather un-bluesy. I'd like to hear this stuff with a less shrill and more gritty OD tone.

[Jamsessionroom1337]

Did we come her for lessons or tone tips? you kids are really backwards huh?... i mean it's not like him having overdrive has anything of relevance to your playing... you can see and play back with whatever tone you want...

[cdomler]

Another great and useful lesson, Andrew. Thanks, man!!!!

[Modes9]

Do this long enough and you end up in that Scott Henderson, Robben Ford, Larry Carlton place...

[jfo3000]

Nice distortion/tone, nice phrasing, nice scale, cool ideas. This guy sounds pro, I'd like to walk into a club and hear him playing rather than the average hack player that seems to be in nearly every bar band. Don't understand why the complaints? Thanks for a cool lesson.

[trinoply]

@F3FisGoodforYou

Don't diss metal please. Diss the ignorant metal heads, but not metal. :(

[thirdstone3]

Andrew - one of the best "study videos" I have seen out here...your guitar playing is beyond ridiculous! Note...I grew up outside of Boston...and the word ridiculous means amazing!

[ixsetf]

@RDblues47 I think the distortion is appropriate, this is actually a very heavy metal scale, in fact Slayer's 3rd riff form Raining Blood (its actually whole-half but they sound very similar) is basically downward scale runs off this scale with some power chords, and I think its their most famous riff.

[trendkill462]

Thanks for this lesson man! This helped me so much! Keep them comin'!

[kempobrad]

@jimbang right on, ppl always have to bitch about something it seems.

[superagnitio]

@leopower7 fuck you