@@fretjamguitar dude your videos are the best. I've been playing hours everyday and I devour so much youtube guitar content and your videos are extraordinarily well explained and are just an excellent resource. Your videos have spurred greater practice habits with visualization and tone targeting. Thank you
This is the only channel that can somehow make exotic stuff applicable for me, thank you for your work. Your Lydian Dominant and Melodic Minor videos are absolute gold. It’s great that you explain how and where to use these scales while also teaching the theory behind it. These sounds are a lot more accessible to me when given actual examples of them in action.
My solo for the Estranged second solo... th-cam.com/video/2cyIw4ilkak/w-d-xo.html Please have a look..it's good ..you won't regret spending 2 mins of yours on it..
I really like your approach to explaining scales. Also the "Hindu" sound. It's quite a refreshing break from all the diatonic stuff. I think minor really is happening since I discovered Swing.
That;s totally sick. i heard that sound before...I didnt know people were phrygian dominanting the VI...Learn something new everyday. :-p You know me...I goof...then a light bulb gose in my head...G dominant and A dominant...I can go to D melodic from there...D minor and E minor. That's like the A natural minor. That's a new way of modulating the melodic minor in.lol
When you put the phrygian dominant over the VI...it's totally cool because It's so much easier to modulate to the melodic minor because the only differnt is the b2 or maj2nd when you play the Mix b6....or you just play the C#. I find myself playing with ease using the melodic minor or I can simply play a D dorian if i want to go back the natural minor...Then modulate to A harmonic minor or E phrygain dominant...It's totally sick.lol
So the major third is what makes it a Phrygian dominant as opposed to just being Phrygian? This makes me wonder is there such thing as a dominant scale with a flat third? I don’t think so but if anyone can help clarify this. Or I’ll just have to do some googling I guess thanks
Yes the major 3rd distinguishes phrygian dominant from phrygian minor. Depending on how we are using the term "dominant", there can technically be minor dominant scales when the v (5th degree chord in a key) is minor. For example, with this progression... Cmaj7 / Dm7 / Gm7 ...we might change to G Dorian to accompany the Gm7 dominant chord, so Dorian would technically be our dominant scale. Dominant can mean two things - a dominant seventh chord or as a reference to the dominant degree in a key (the 5 or V), the latter of which can be major or minor.
Actually I just rewatched and you do say chord and show chords. But a major scales chords go 1 major, 2 minor, 3 minor, 4 major, 5 major (dominant 7 style) 6 minor, 7 diminished. I’ve really liked everything from you I have seen so far and I hadn’t really seen many videos where they talk about tension and chord function so I was extra paying attention at that part. I didn’t really get it my first time threw but did notice this mistake. Was hoping you could clear it all up! Thanks!
Basically, this is a super scale! It sounds beautiful with the chordal harmony, it's great for tension, AND it's more powerful as a 5 chord. Not many scales hold these combined qualities.
Prodigy - remix from the reggae song : I chase the devil (max Romeo and the upsetters) You find this harmony there. And the classic vibraphone kind of tune that relates to Phrygian dominant!
+Johnny Kirchens A lot of phrasing is about using bends, slides and other lead techniques. I do need to do more lessons on these techniques and I'm tempted to do my next lesson on bending to target notes.
Do the N6. i put it after the C ( b II) if you do just a Maj..it hits the leading tone of the harmonic minor. If you play augmented it goes into the Root of the relative minor. if you do dominant it hits the B ... From there..you can do Mix b2..or axis pitch between Harmonic Major and phrygian dominant...Or the Lydian b3 is over the natural/relative minor I got it going like this....G#...Then G# and F#....Then G#, F# and D#..hahahaa The b II (N6) (1,3...octive)also acts like a sort of leading into D harmonic minor. Kind of like the last mode of the harmonic minor..you can alter it into an Augment. Kind of like the Whole tone. it's totally cool all the scales work together.
first start learning the position of chords, and then fingering, after learning all that, go to scales, then pentatonic, then triads, then CAGED sistem, then the circle of 5th, and then continue on your prefer diagram
@@tfwnoyandere That's a ridiculous way to see it, the Pentatonic scale is a shell over which any preference can be imposed and it is a really useful way to get into the modes, it is well worth learning and a guitarist will use it for life.
YESSS INDEEEED!!!! LOVE THAT SOUND!!!.. Reminds me of a little bit of an Egyptian flavor!!! THANX SO MUCH!!! And to show my appreciation, I'll be sending you a lobster dinner complete with a delicious salad croutons & feta cheese topped with balsamic vinegar dressing garlic bread and Tiramisu for dessert. And for liquid refreshment? A Chardonnay, Zinfandel, or Corona your choice. Oh and by the way this will be coming to you telepathically by way of the imagination!!! "Bon appetit."🥂😎
I've learned quite a bit from these lessons in an hour or so. I will say after nearly 20 years of guitar, piano, saxophone and more. I feel like I know much less than I thought after seeing your content. Well done.
Amazing study, over my head. I am a Phrygian by birth. I have never had a music lesson, do not read music, but have created some awesome cd's on two keyboard synthesizers. I sat down to a keyboard synth, and in two hours I was amazed. Now I have two synthesizers.
Idk I just think you put all on the table, while it's sometimes hard to understand Rick. I love both channels but yours is easier for me to understand. Cheers!
Rick Beato doesn't make diagrams. He's got a different approach and I appreciate his offtopic because that way I learn about things I wouldn't look for, and he's a fun guy.
I have been playing for many years... I always ignored modes because it seemed like Greek to me.. this made it clear,... thank you... now it's just Phrygian to me!
I don't like it how sometimes the phrygian dominant scale is played as the same shape as the harmonic minor with the root note on the 5th note. Besides that small thing these videos are so good.
My solo for the Estranged second solo... th-cam.com/video/2cyIw4ilkak/w-d-xo.html Please have a look..it's good ..you won't regret spending 2 mins of yours on it..
There isn't much sonic difference between the 7th and bII of this scale, that's probably the one hang-up I've always had about this scale, being one of my favorites. It's great to solo over because you don't really have to move around much, but you basically only get one "color" out of it if you don't have a vocabulary of inversions, extensions, etc.
That's an interesting point and my ears agree! I would say that's kind of how most modes are in terms of their harmonic potential. Modes by definition are restricted to a specific harmonic colour. That said, with phrygian dominant, I find the most striking use of it is when there is an unpredictable chord or key change. It carries a lot of tension and it can completely change the mood of a piece. But I also have a weak spot for the I7 to vii (e.g. E7 to Dm) movement. You hear this a lot in movie scores and it's very powerful. Throw this into a regular major key (e.g. C becomes C7 and then Dbmaj7 or Bbm comes into play) and you get a fresher taste of that phrygian dominant sound.
Kind of lost me towards the end but this has definitely helped my understanding of scales, modes and it’s the best and easiest to understand content I’ve seen!
Very good lesson . Very well explained . where would I find a diagram of the complete phrygian dominat scale covering the whole fretboard , lets say in the key of A .
D Phrygian Dominant in an art pop song: Upstairs by a Chinese Lamp (1970) by the great New York singer-songwriter Laura Nyro. The outro improv is sublime with jazz greats Richard Davis (Out to Lunch, Astral Weeks), Alice Coltrane and Joe Farrell creating Arabic, Chinese and Japanese sounds.
Hi Thank you for Videos :) I have some question with Phrygian Dominant Scales. What scales would it be if seventh notes were not flat on this scale? " 1 b2 3 4 5 b6 7 1 " like this?
All your queries will be answered if you get guitar pro 6....all the scales...modes....and much more in that software....including for bass too......cheers...and yes.....the visuals point out to exactly whats going on.....excellent........Arabic/Egyptian Metal has a flavour of its own......and the threat ISRAEL......as Megadeth says........
isnt "dominant" indicating that this scale is meant to be played on dominant chords rather than maj7? I mean it sounds cool when you play it here ... but it has a b7 as a scale... I dont understand aaaarhh please explain
This is some of the best content I've seen on the net for guitar players. Good work.
+voskresene Thanks. The style of these videos is not for everyone but if I can help those who have struggled with other lessons then job done.
@@fretjamguitar not only for guitarists as a pianist im learning alot too!
That's exactly what I was thinking. I wanted to understand the scales but also the theory of it and the used for it. Definitely all I was looking for
@@troylow6229 exactly i learn guitar theory from piants
@@fretjamguitar dude your videos are the best. I've been playing hours everyday and I devour so much youtube guitar content and your videos are extraordinarily well explained and are just an excellent resource. Your videos have spurred greater practice habits with visualization and tone targeting. Thank you
This is the only channel that can somehow make exotic stuff applicable for me, thank you for your work. Your Lydian Dominant and Melodic Minor videos are absolute gold. It’s great that you explain how and where to use these scales while also teaching the theory behind it. These sounds are a lot more accessible to me when given actual examples of them in action.
I subscribed so fast when I realized this is probably the best video on this scale.
i feel like a fucking peasant trying to understand this
Ph,Dom is one of the best scales in my idea & ur explaining is the BEST for sure 👍 💯
Al Di Meola! I hear him playing this scale in a lot of his music.
My solo for the Estranged second solo...
th-cam.com/video/2cyIw4ilkak/w-d-xo.html
Please have a look..it's good ..you won't regret spending 2 mins of yours on it..
Wow looking for these kinda lessons for years... thank you!
This is the best explanation with example i have ever seen connecting scales with theory. I am eager to check out other modes. Subscribed!!!
Lovely, This is in one of my originals, and like you said, you got to listen to the sound. Love your work. It's really inspiring.
That last scale is what David Gilmour will use in a Floyd solo
SUN WARRIOR that was the first thing I thought of
These videos are sooooo good! Wow! The presentation is just so understandable!
I really like your approach to explaining scales. Also the "Hindu" sound. It's quite a refreshing break from all the diatonic stuff. I think minor really is happening since I discovered Swing.
Thank you for showing this lesson ❤️❤️❤️🙏
The ending solo is... soo fucking beautifull
Top tutto higher level many thanks
really nice slide show. good structure with awesome samples. this is exactly what i was searching for.
-> subscribed :)
+Richard Plohs (Lavariall) Thanks Richard. Good to have you with us!
Without a doubt, the scale I abuse above all others.
These lessons are great!
In Hindustan classical music phrygian mode is called Raga Bhairavi !!\m/ very gloomy dark sound
Very helpful video. Thank you very much good sir.
Outstanding stuff, thanks so much!
This was an excellent training video!! Thank you! \m/
Very useful! Thanks a lot!
so touching
thank you
awesome dude
That;s totally sick. i heard that sound before...I didnt know people were phrygian dominanting the VI...Learn something new everyday. :-p
You know me...I goof...then a light bulb gose in my head...G dominant and A dominant...I can go to D melodic from there...D minor and E minor. That's like
the A natural minor. That's a new way of modulating the melodic minor in.lol
When you put the phrygian dominant over the VI...it's totally cool because
It's so much easier to modulate to the melodic minor because the only differnt is the b2 or maj2nd when you play the Mix b6....or you just play the
C#. I find myself playing with ease using the melodic minor or I can simply
play a D dorian if i want to go back the natural minor...Then modulate to
A harmonic minor or E phrygain dominant...It's totally sick.lol
So the major third is what makes it a Phrygian dominant as opposed to just being Phrygian? This makes me wonder is there such thing as a dominant scale with a flat third? I don’t think so but if anyone can help clarify this. Or I’ll just have to do some googling I guess thanks
Yes the major 3rd distinguishes phrygian dominant from phrygian minor. Depending on how we are using the term "dominant", there can technically be minor dominant scales when the v (5th degree chord in a key) is minor. For example, with this progression...
Cmaj7 / Dm7 / Gm7
...we might change to G Dorian to accompany the Gm7 dominant chord, so Dorian would technically be our dominant scale. Dominant can mean two things - a dominant seventh chord or as a reference to the dominant degree in a key (the 5 or V), the latter of which can be major or minor.
Why not just start on the 4th and call it Harmonic Minor instead?
Is possible in lefty ?
Where can I find the guitar 🎸 Tabs for what is being played in this video? 😨
What do you mean at 10:55 when you say in major keys with major 6ths and then say C majors 6th is major? In the major scale the 6th is minor.
Major scale: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Phrygian dom: 1 b2 3 4 5 b6 b7
fretjam ahhhh I was thinking chord not tone. Thanks.
Sorry, I've just rewatched the part. What I was saying is "WHEN the 6 chord is major" as in when we change it to major.
Actually I just rewatched and you do say chord and show chords. But a major scales chords go 1 major, 2 minor, 3 minor, 4 major, 5 major (dominant 7 style) 6 minor, 7 diminished. I’ve really liked everything from you I have seen so far and I hadn’t really seen many videos where they talk about tension and chord function so I was extra paying attention at that part. I didn’t really get it my first time threw but did notice this mistake. Was hoping you could clear it all up! Thanks!
fretjam because we are switching to Phrygian dominant?
When a great guitarist uses this scale, you know the song will be epic.
Example is anastasia 🌝😬
When a great guitarist makes up his own and they sound way better, and only he can listen to it
Because East is the motherland of music
simply put: the best on youtube
Comment Freely Its relative
Yes! :))
theycallmejpj by far!
Basically, this is a super scale! It sounds beautiful with the chordal harmony, it's great for tension, AND it's more powerful as a 5 chord. Not many scales hold these combined qualities.
Metallica - Wherever I May Roam = Phrygian Dominant
For a while.
Prodigy - remix from the reggae song : I chase the devil (max Romeo and the upsetters)
You find this harmony there.
And the classic vibraphone kind of tune that relates to Phrygian dominant!
It is phrygian mode not phrygian dominant...... It has the g note in it's riff and solos😁
I think i found my favourite scale, this sounds magical, thank you ur work is priceless...
Now I know how to play the solo for Domination... and half the songs by Death
Yep, Chuck was fond of this one and the regular Phrygian, know those and you can write death sounding riffs if you really work at it! Cheers 🤘
Korn leans heavy on this scale as well.
Great phrasing leads and licks!! How do you do that?! You should do a lesson on proper phrasing and targeting the "right" notes of a chord :)
+Johnny Kirchens A lot of phrasing is about using bends, slides and other lead techniques. I do need to do more lessons on these techniques and I'm tempted to do my next lesson on bending to target notes.
Agree. Would be nice
+fretjam looking foward
Do the N6. i put it after the C ( b II) if you do just a Maj..it hits the leading tone
of the harmonic minor. If you play augmented it goes into the Root of the relative minor. if you do dominant it hits the B ...
From there..you can do Mix b2..or axis pitch between Harmonic Major
and phrygian dominant...Or the Lydian b3 is over the natural/relative minor
I got it going like this....G#...Then G# and F#....Then G#, F# and D#..hahahaa
The b II (N6) (1,3...octive)also acts like a sort of leading into D harmonic minor. Kind of like the last mode of the harmonic minor..you can alter it into
an Augment. Kind of like the Whole tone.
it's totally cool all the scales work together.
@@fretjamguitar is it out now? been 3 yrs now
This is all very cool. But I don’t know where to start with music theory.
first start learning the position of chords, and then fingering, after learning all that, go to scales, then pentatonic, then triads, then CAGED sistem, then the circle of 5th, and then continue on your prefer diagram
A key idea for me was that CHORDS = SCALES.
@@tfwnoyandere That's a ridiculous way to see it, the Pentatonic scale is a shell over which any preference can be imposed and it is a really useful way to get into the modes, it is well worth learning and a guitarist will use it for life.
@@tfwnoyandere You sound like a really intelligent musician...
Understanding modes is easier than you think.
So it is basically a harmonic minor scale, but starting on the 5th note. Thanks man! I love this cannel.
This is a Friggin' dominant scale
This is one of the best videos of scales I've ever seen. Thank you for this man, you deserve much more subs and views
YESSS INDEEEED!!!!
LOVE THAT SOUND!!!.. Reminds me of a little bit of an Egyptian flavor!!! THANX SO MUCH!!! And to show my appreciation, I'll be sending you a lobster dinner complete with a delicious salad croutons & feta cheese topped with balsamic vinegar dressing garlic bread and Tiramisu for dessert. And for liquid refreshment? A Chardonnay, Zinfandel, or Corona your choice.
Oh and by the way this will be coming to you telepathically by way of the imagination!!!
"Bon appetit."🥂😎
My mouth is watering in anticipation!
SLAVIC SINK MUSIC! IT TOOK ME AGES TO FIND THIS, could anyone who knows music tell me if this is what sounds in the video?
Not exactly "Slavic", but yes.
I've learned quite a bit from these lessons in an hour or so. I will say after nearly 20 years of guitar, piano, saxophone and more. I feel like I know much less than I thought after seeing your content. Well done.
"ran into" this sound just messing around with GMaj - Fm - AbMaj chords....wow....Thank you for the lesson to take it further!
his guitar solo at the end is so so good I wish there was a tab for every guitar solo at end of each lesson great work thank you.
Amazing study, over my head. I am a Phrygian by birth. I have never had a music lesson, do not read music, but have created some awesome cd's on two keyboard synthesizers. I sat down to a keyboard synth, and in two hours I was amazed. Now I have two synthesizers.
I would love to listen to your work if you've uploaded it.
Awesome this video it is very easy to understand thank you.
Much better than Rick Beato, he sometimes talks unnecessarily
+Ando Erazo Oh I have my fair share of rambling!
Idk I just think you put all on the table, while it's sometimes hard to understand Rick. I love both channels but yours is easier for me to understand. Cheers!
Agreed!
Rick Beato doesn't make diagrams. He's got a different approach and I appreciate his offtopic because that way I learn about things I wouldn't look for, and he's a fun guy.
You sometimes type unnecessarily, go take a selfie.
What about this scale with the major 7?
Wow... that Cmaj (tonic) movement to the Bbm (7th) is incredibly cinematic.
This phrygian dominant whatever is so complex and frightening --no wonder guitarists avoid this horror!
I’m only 9 minutes in, but isn’t this all very similar/the same as the Byzantine scales?
Want to hear this applied? Listen to Mick Mars' solo in 'Too Young To Fall In Love'.
I love this cannel so much! Cant believe all these information are free for us, simply the best on youtube, greetins from latin america
I have been playing for many years... I always ignored modes because it seemed like Greek to me.. this made it clear,... thank you... now it's just Phrygian to me!
I'm also here because I was watching a video about how to compose like Yngwie Malmsteen
1 doubt bro in harmonic minor in diagram see the 7th note ,it must be 1/2 step down,is it correct or as per the phrygian sound u have taken like that
can you do a video on melodic minor a how to use them in jazz for soloing?
this explains why the shit I've played over E and Am sounds good.
After I played this scale scorpions suddenly starts appearing in my bedroom
C phrygian dominant related to Fm harmonic minor related to bA maj.. correct?
“You got to keep em’ separated”
Your videos are incredible!! The best online, period!!
can anyone please tell me what if we play flat 5 instead of 4 in Phrygian dominant what scale it would make.
I do like the lesson, but is anyone else still confused? I guess I should take a music theory class 😮😅
I don't like it how sometimes the phrygian dominant scale is played as the same shape as the harmonic minor with the root note on the 5th note. Besides that small thing these videos are so good.
The best video, detailed explanation... Thnx 👍👍👏👏
ill play minor key over phyrgian dominant, and its good
This is the magic scale.🤲🏻
My solo for the Estranged second solo...
th-cam.com/video/2cyIw4ilkak/w-d-xo.html
Please have a look..it's good ..you won't regret spending 2 mins of yours on it..
Cud someone tell me what's going on. PLEASE!!
You Rock! Great Teacher and serious licks!!🎸 Thankyou🙏
what's drop should i use for phrygian scale on guitar?
Tool: “Sober” and a lot of their other songs comes to mind
There isn't much sonic difference between the 7th and bII of this scale, that's probably the one hang-up I've always had about this scale, being one of my favorites. It's great to solo over because you don't really have to move around much, but you basically only get one "color" out of it if you don't have a vocabulary of inversions, extensions, etc.
That's an interesting point and my ears agree! I would say that's kind of how most modes are in terms of their harmonic potential. Modes by definition are restricted to a specific harmonic colour.
That said, with phrygian dominant, I find the most striking use of it is when there is an unpredictable chord or key change. It carries a lot of tension and it can completely change the mood of a piece. But I also have a weak spot for the I7 to vii (e.g. E7 to Dm) movement. You hear this a lot in movie scores and it's very powerful. Throw this into a regular major key (e.g. C becomes C7 and then Dbmaj7 or Bbm comes into play) and you get a fresher taste of that phrygian dominant sound.
In C Major i never used theVI chord as a dominant 7th ...
Dream Theater’s In the Name of God brought me here.
Alhijaz Alkabir is Moroccan-Andalusian scale
11:07 If you start The Lick, end The Lick.
Net work! As a flamenco guitarist found your explanation on tension and related harmonics fantastic!
Hah! It is just harmonic minor scale =D
very middle eastern or indian sound... great lesson!!
Kind of lost me towards the end but this has definitely helped my understanding of scales, modes and it’s the best and easiest to understand content I’ve seen!
Very good lesson . Very well explained . where would I find a diagram of the complete phrygian dominat scale covering the whole fretboard , lets say in the key of A .
www.fachords.com/tools/scale-finder/
D Phrygian Dominant in an art pop song: Upstairs by a Chinese Lamp (1970) by the great New York singer-songwriter Laura Nyro. The outro improv is sublime with jazz greats Richard Davis (Out to Lunch, Astral Weeks), Alice Coltrane and Joe Farrell creating Arabic, Chinese and Japanese sounds.
Could this be used over a blues progression? Why? Thanks!
I'd fire up a blues jam track and try it out :)
now tune your guitar down to 432 hz
Quick dumb question: Is Phrygian and Dominant Phrygian have same notes?
Phrygian has a minor 3rd. Phrygian Dominant has a major 3rd.
Thank you sir!
...just subscribe!
Did he just say “vanilla” major scale? Wtf does that mean? Us whities wouldn’t understand it ? 😆
Exactly! Or, that it's the most common and over-used scale in western music. I don't know, why are you asking me?
Hi Thank you for Videos :) I have some question with Phrygian Dominant Scales.
What scales would it be if seventh notes were not flat on this scale?
" 1 b2 3 4 5 b6 7 1 "
like this?
All your queries will be answered if you get guitar pro 6....all the scales...modes....and much more in that software....including for bass too......cheers...and yes.....the visuals point out to exactly whats going on.....excellent........Arabic/Egyptian Metal has a flavour of its own......and the threat ISRAEL......as Megadeth says........
isnt "dominant" indicating that this scale is meant to be played on dominant chords rather than maj7? I mean it sounds cool when you play it here ... but it has a b7 as a scale... I dont understand aaaarhh please explain
Correct, it's a dominant scale. Not sure where I mentioned maj7 in this video, but by no means my intention to claim the scale works over maj7.
By far the best lesson about modes. Thank you my friend
Makes me want to play Diablo 2 Act 2.
"all scales on guitar are made from the TET chromatic notes" pfft what, like you don't have microtonal necks on every guitar you own?
Very useful with great examples! Thank you!.
Instantly my mind goes to the intro to Mercyful Fate- The Mad Arab Pt.2 (Kutulu)