Ben Levin "Recently as a fake doctor, I got fake tenure. And now I have more reliable fake income." Dude I laughed out loud at this comment. I love what a goofball you are.
ever listen to ethiopian music (particularly mulatu astatke)? this is exact concept is implemented all the time. i could never put my finger on how it was achieved, you blew my mind.
C-F-Ab(the tonic chord) is an Fm, Db-G-C(the second chord) is a Csusb2, F-Ab-Db(the third chord) is a Dbsus4, G-C-F(the fourth chord) is Csus4, and Ab-Db-G(the fifth chord) is a Dbsus#4. Hope that helps.
I am so thrilled with the response to this video! Here is one great pentatonic scale based on A dorian: A B C E F# Try it and see how it goes! I haven't made chords with it yet.
Woah. That was some seriously cool stuff. Not only useful for creating awesome chords, but seems like it could help me break out of the "box" a little. You are the best!!
You should have been my guitar teacher when I first started, I probably would have stuck with it instead of taking a huge break from playing. Great video, helped me a lot.
My pleasure Ben. Your videos are excellent, a blast to watch, and very informative. Watch for this guy folks, Ben's the real deal!:) Ben I will shoot you an email this week so we can catch up:)
I never laugh when I'm alone. Except now. This is the first time I've watched something by you, and after 1 minute and 26 seconds i both laughed, subscribed and had learned something.
I love your approach to music. I've watched a lot of your videos now... Any aspiring or pro musician should subscribe to this channel. You're awesome man.
Double-Harmonic without the 3rd and 4th sounds cool too! The 4th found it's way back into the bassline in a part where I stop mostly pedaling the bass in favor of stronger cadences though, but it seems to create a cool contrast
I found this scale in a book years and years ago, and it was called Japanese. Rightly so, in my opinion, but harmonizing it never crossed my mind. Thank you, kind sir.
It's perfect 4th shifted (same notes but played from F) of "Hirajoshi" scale which is also a Ethiopian "Tezeta minor" scale. You can hear it in Mulatu Astatke's Ethio jazz music a lot. It's so aweome. Thank you fake Dr Levin from 2013 !
This guy is ridiculous! I saw the Steve Vai solo video, clearly he can play mental shred stuff, but normally he makes these really deep, emotional this. It’s fascinating!
I use that scale a lot. Got the idea from go off with Marty Friedman's run. I have a video I did on exotic pentatonic scales anew how I constructed them by omitting the 2nd and 6th note of 3 modes, Mixolydian, Lydian, ans Ionian.. Check it out. I think you will like it. I like the chord application you do here. Great lesson! ·
Wow, that was REALLY cool. Thank you for all this great lessons. I just stumbled over your channel a few days ago, but all the videos I watched of you so far were a) really inspiring b) very helpful and, last but not least, c) very funny. Don't worry, I won't sue you for musical malpractice, I'll subscribe instead.
awesome thank you im gonna apply this to all the church modes. just kinda difficult picking out which 5 notes to keep. For example E phridgian E F G A B C D which 5? and should i add the G#/Aflat cos to me in power chords this sounds out of this world scary demonised type of music. itd be great if you could share a thought on this for me. thanks
Hey this was really awesome. So the scale you used seemed a little like a pentatonic Phrygian scale, what are some other pentatonic scales we could use that aren't the major and minor? Thanks again
Thank you , dear Ben. Actually I don't play the guitar, but this doesn't matter. Those treasures you teach here are of course very usefull for ALL instruments (I play piano). I subscribed now. I love your Videos.
Have you ever thought of doing an instrumental type CD? (I briefly check out your other pages, so I missed something, my bad.) I love your style of playing. It would be sweet if you did. I'd definitely buy it!!!
Andrew R Thanks Andrew! Yes I have tons of instrumental music. I recommend Pulse of a Nation, Invisible Paradise, We May Be Human, or Departure. Those 4 albums are mostly instrumental. My favorite out of those 4 is Invisible Paradise. You can find them all at www.Benlevingroup.Bandcamp.com
To me it sounds more like a F aeolian pentatonic scale (same notes but different root) because to me the first triad is not a C suspended b6 but a reversed F minor. So this scale is 1 2 b3 5 b6. It's like the 1 2 3 5 6 of the known major pentatonic over the aeolian mode. Try these scheme over all modes and pick the pentatonic scales you like. Then try this with the minor pentatonic scheme (1 3 4 5 7) over all the modes and again choose the pentatonic scales you like. I guaranty you'll find some exotic scales you'll never let down ! This was an advice given to me from a professional guitarist maybe 15 years ago and it paid off for me. Of course try the triads harmonization as explain by Mr Levin with those new pentatonic scales (and the old ones). Ex : pick your classic minor pentatonic and raise the minor third to a major, bingo it's an indian mixolydian pentatonic. One of my favorite ;)
Ginger Jam you need more flamenco in your life in order to feel the phrygian; Just kidding (sort of), my first instinct was to her F as the tonic but as soon as he started playing over the progression, it was an unmistakably phrygian vibe just because of the pentatonic scale and how it fit within those chords
tonal center is everything. from the phrygian center, that b2 makes all the difference. if you don't drill that center, it'll wind up sounding aeolian like ginger says.
You could generalise this and use it with any scale! Vary the size of the leap between your traid tones! Control the leap using other idomatic measures. Maths! Bleep! Bloop! Cheers!
How do these 'flow' together? They don't seem to resolve back to C, they actually seem to pull toward F (I assume thats because CFAb our first chord is just Fmajor)?
Thank you so much! I am glad you found my channel and that it is helping you. I will make many more videos for many more years!
Ben Levin "Recently as a fake doctor, I got fake tenure. And now I have more reliable fake income." Dude I laughed out loud at this comment. I love what a goofball you are.
Following your word. Respect
I laughed SO hard at that part.
I see that you ended a video about pentatonic scales on 5:55. Classy.
Wow simple yet really effective way of finding new sounds. So few guitarists break out of the minor/major pentatonic mentality. YOU ROCK
ever listen to ethiopian music (particularly mulatu astatke)? this is exact concept is implemented all the time. i could never put my finger on how it was achieved, you blew my mind.
In addition to your sharing of music, knowledge, and goodwill, your new budget cracks me up!
Thanks, Doc!
C-F-Ab(the tonic chord) is an Fm, Db-G-C(the second chord) is a Csusb2, F-Ab-Db(the third chord) is a Dbsus4, G-C-F(the fourth chord) is Csus4, and Ab-Db-G(the fifth chord) is a Dbsus#4. Hope that helps.
Thanks a ton Don! I am honored that you liked the video! I'd love to see you dude!
I am very glad that this inspired you, I hope you never quit music, it's the best.
I am so glad to hear that! I hope you enjoy lot's more music and lessons on my channel in the future!
Interesting, when I hear those chords it sounds to me like F is the root. F G Ab C Db is sort of a reduction of F Aeolian. Cool!
Thank you, I am glad you liked it!
Thanks a lot! Both Ben Levin Group and Bent Knee have albums on iTunes if you search for the band names.
Man, your videos are the best. Not only are they incredibly informative, but they're entertaining and a blast to watch. Keep up the good work!
I am so thrilled with the response to this video! Here is one great pentatonic scale based on A dorian: A B C E F#
Try it and see how it goes! I haven't made chords with it yet.
That's cool Brad! Pentatonics are really open and if you try putting different roots underneath these triads you get way different sounds.
Thanks I am so glad you are enjoying them! I work hard on these :)
Thanks a lot, I am thrilled with the response I've been getting to this video!
Woah. That was some seriously cool stuff. Not only useful for creating awesome chords, but seems like it could help me break out of the "box" a little. You are the best!!
You, sir, are a constant source of inspiration and joy! Thanks for the videos and I'll be checking out your music.
You should have been my guitar teacher when I first started, I probably would have stuck with it instead of taking a huge break from playing. Great video, helped me a lot.
That's a great idea!
Thank you so much!
Thanks a lot!
Nice! I look forward to offering you lot's of music and lessons!
Thank you so much! I am glad it can help you, I hope you have many amazing music experiences ahead of you!
Best thing about you being a 'fake' doctor is that you are a real doctor. Best teacher online by a country mile.
My pleasure Ben. Your videos are excellent, a blast to watch, and very informative. Watch for this guy folks, Ben's the real deal!:)
Ben I will shoot you an email this week so we can catch up:)
very nice lesson. simple and powerful concepts. thanks.
Well played, I'll try this out.
Thanks a lot! It was fun to make!
That's awesome, what an amazing review, you made my day!
3:42 I love how happy Ben gets when he hears the chords the first time.
Nice, thanks man!
Ben Levin!!!!:) Awesome lesson! It's been a long time. We should catch up soon:) VERY cool video!
Love these videos, Ben. Keep'em coming.
nice scale and chords, thanks for sharing
Stellar lesson, Love Age of Adz, too. I'm a huge fan of your lessons and style.
I love your lessons. Thanks.
THANKS BEN FOR YOUR SERIES!
Excellent work
I never laugh when I'm alone. Except now. This is the first time I've watched something by you, and after 1 minute and 26 seconds i both laughed, subscribed and had learned something.
very cool sound!!
great sound
this has just blown my mind! i know what i'm going to do with my day off work tomorrow for sure! thank you for the amazing video!
This is awesome I've been looking for this for a while I can't you're the first person I've seen to even try about it
I love your approach to music. I've watched a lot of your videos now... Any aspiring or pro musician should subscribe to this channel.
You're awesome man.
Your videos are so rad bro! Very entertaining
this is great, can't wait to get home and try it out!
That's awesome! Thank you!
dude...you are simply amazing...
This was an awesome lesson, thanks man!
Double-Harmonic without the 3rd and 4th sounds cool too! The 4th found it's way back into the bassline in a part where I stop mostly pedaling the bass in favor of stronger cadences though, but it seems to create a cool contrast
nice! thanks for the lesson
Killer jam dude! Also great lesson, thanks!
Awesome as always. You are one musical medic my man
Awesome way for make those chord progression whit japanese scales! i'll try that with all the japanese scales as well. Thanks again.
Wicked. Love your videos! thanks for being so awesome!
That was nutzz!! So brilliant bro! Thank you for sharing!!!
I found this scale in a book years and years ago, and it was called Japanese. Rightly so, in my opinion, but harmonizing it never crossed my mind. Thank you, kind sir.
really cool video, inspiring and entertaining!
It's perfect 4th shifted (same notes but played from F) of "Hirajoshi" scale which is also a Ethiopian "Tezeta minor" scale. You can hear it in Mulatu Astatke's Ethio jazz music a lot. It's so aweome.
Thank you fake Dr Levin from 2013 !
This guy is ridiculous! I saw the Steve Vai solo video, clearly he can play mental shred stuff, but normally he makes these really deep, emotional this. It’s fascinating!
Man, you can teach! Great! So well put, thanks
Love this content
You're doing modal analysis of a pentatonic scale. You should come up with names for the modes you've discovered...
Cool stuff.
Awesome dude... mind blown.
dude buzzin! i wasnt aware that i could create a pentatonic scale from the modes. cheers pal
Fuggin groovy!!!!! You're awesome!
Refreshingly creative. Love it, please do this for other scales and modes. And please lower the drum volume. Greaaaaaaat :D
DUDE C phrygian pentatonic....YES. seriously you are so inspiring :) thanks! that chord progression is epic.
awesome man...insightful and hilarious, i love it!
Awesome!
Very nice.
This video should have at least two million more views.
I listened to your music group, and its really impressive! Is it available on iTunes or just from the website?
I'd love to know which guitar you are using. Seems like one hell of a beauty with a strong sound.
I use that scale a lot. Got the idea from go off with Marty Friedman's run. I have a video I did on exotic pentatonic scales anew how I constructed them by omitting the 2nd and 6th note of 3 modes, Mixolydian, Lydian, ans Ionian.. Check it out. I think you will like it. I like the chord application you do here. Great lesson!
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Wow, that was REALLY cool. Thank you for all this great lessons. I just stumbled over your channel a few days ago, but all the videos I watched of you so far were a) really inspiring b) very helpful and, last but not least, c) very funny. Don't worry, I won't sue you for musical malpractice, I'll subscribe instead.
i just learned more about music theory in the past 5 min, then in my whole chord strumming life
awesome thank you im gonna apply this to all the church modes. just kinda difficult picking out which 5 notes to keep. For example E phridgian E F G A B C D which 5? and should i add the G#/Aflat cos to me in power chords this sounds out of this world scary demonised type of music. itd be great if you could share a thought on this for me. thanks
Hey this was really awesome. So the scale you used seemed a little like a pentatonic Phrygian scale, what are some other pentatonic scales we could use that aren't the major and minor? Thanks again
You're awesome!
Thank you , dear Ben. Actually I don't play the guitar, but this doesn't matter. Those treasures you teach here are of course very usefull for ALL instruments (I play piano). I subscribed now. I love your Videos.
for a fake DR your skills are quite impressive. imagine what you could do had you stayed at a holiday inn express
Egyptian pentatonic :) Ben's so awesome!
Do you have a complete download version of the song at the end? I could listen this this all day. So freakin' awesome!
No unfortunately, I just played it that one time. Thank you very much though!
Have you ever thought of doing an instrumental type CD? (I briefly check out your other pages, so I missed something, my bad.) I love your style of playing. It would be sweet if you did. I'd definitely buy it!!!
Andrew R Thanks Andrew! Yes I have tons of instrumental music. I recommend Pulse of a Nation, Invisible Paradise, We May Be Human, or Departure. Those 4 albums are mostly instrumental. My favorite out of those 4 is Invisible Paradise. You can find them all at www.Benlevingroup.Bandcamp.com
Age of Adz!
To me it sounds more like a F aeolian pentatonic scale (same notes but different root) because to me the first triad is not a C suspended b6 but a reversed F minor. So this scale is 1 2 b3 5 b6. It's like the 1 2 3 5 6 of the known major pentatonic over the aeolian mode. Try these scheme over all modes and pick the pentatonic scales you like. Then try this with the minor pentatonic scheme (1 3 4 5 7) over all the modes and again choose the pentatonic scales you like. I guaranty you'll find some exotic scales you'll never let down ! This was an advice given to me from a professional guitarist maybe 15 years ago and it paid off for me.
Of course try the triads harmonization as explain by Mr Levin with those new pentatonic scales (and the old ones).
Ex : pick your classic minor pentatonic and raise the minor third to a major, bingo it's an indian mixolydian pentatonic. One of my favorite ;)
Ginger Jam you need more flamenco in your life in order to feel the phrygian;
Just kidding (sort of), my first instinct was to her F as the tonic but as soon as he started playing over the progression, it was an unmistakably phrygian vibe just because of the pentatonic scale and how it fit within those chords
Ginger Jam very interesting ideas though :)
tonal center is everything. from the phrygian center, that b2 makes all the difference. if you don't drill that center, it'll wind up sounding aeolian like ginger says.
Haha, thanks man! My parents love me, so that's good enough :)
you are awesome
That solo was sick
I'm so glad you noticed!
(I got lucky...)
this might be the deepest five minute comp video i've ever seeeeeen
Very nice & pretty! Question: Can you still use chord tones to guide your soloing or do you mostly rely on the scale and your ears?
still good advice
This is a fantastic lesson! Thanks fake Dr. Levin!
For some reason this reminds me of traditional Japanese music
me too
Mhm.
very inspiring, very funny. what a guy
You could generalise this and use it with any scale! Vary the size of the leap between your traid tones! Control the leap using other idomatic measures. Maths! Bleep! Bloop! Cheers!
How do these 'flow' together? They don't seem to resolve back to C, they actually seem to pull toward F (I assume thats because CFAb our first chord is just Fmajor)?