Creating Killer Guitar Solos with Phrygian Dominant
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In this quick video guitar lesson, I will show you how to improvise using the Phrygian Dominant mode by using your familiar harmonic minor scale forms.
By watching this quick little improvisation and talk about the Phrygian Dominant mode, you will learn that it is simply a mode of the harmonic minor scale. More specifically, it is the 5th mode of the harmonic minor scale.
Using that knowledge, I will quickly demonstrate how to locate the Phrygian Dominant mode in all keys using some simple scale theory.
After that, you will be able to improvise with this very interesting sounding scale. You have probably heard this scale many times if you are a fan of hard rock and metal music. Many famous guitarists including Kirk Hammett, Marty Friedman, Dave Mustaine, Steve Vai and Joe Satriani have used it extensively to give their soloing a very exotic and musically satisfying flavor.
Hopefully, after you watch this video lesson and review the harmonic minor lessons cited above, you will also be able to add this super cool sound to your arsenal.
Good Luck!
Carl..
weird story, I was researching the Phrygian dominant scale for a project I'm working on. I came across this and my name is also carl brown
Synchronicity
Metal Dad lmao
Metal Dad true story...
Coincidence? I think not!
Glitch in the Matrix.
Yngwie made a career out of the phrygian dominant scale
I don't know if I'd say that. True, he does use phrygian dominant, too, but I believe the harmonic minor is the quintessential Yngwie scale.
He used e phrygian dominant, a harmonic minor, and g# diminished
Philip Karovski he uses natural minor just as much. Good point though. Malmsteen isn't as versatile as other solo shredders.
Seriously People well said shredder 👍
Uses Phrygian more than he uses Phrygian Dominant
When I was in college the lecturer taught us the E Phrygian scale then immediately asked us each to improvise over him strumming chords, I hadn't taken in what he showed us but I new if I noodled licks with the E Harmonic Minor scale the effect would be exactly the same, totally blagged it and there was him thinking I was paying attention lol
I find it easier to think of Phrygian Dominant as just Phrygian mode with a major third
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Thanks that is actually helpful
Am I the only guitarist here who struggles with the theory and instead has visualized the pattern of this mode (along with other modes) in several positions and can "connect" those scale patterns? I realise this is a possibly a poor-man's way of learning music ... but it works for me.
+Daniel Verberne hahaha i feel ya bro
+Daniel Verberne Many guitarists do it the way you do. E Phrygian Dominant is the same figure than A Harmonic minor. It depends on what the rhythm section plays. Do they play in E than it is Phrygian Dominant, do the play in a, the same figure turns out in Harmonic Minor. Many guitarists see it in this way.
Nope, you are not alone, man. :) And in the end, theory is just the means to learning the sound. Like math, there's usually more than one way to get to the desired result. (in my opinion)
there is no right or wrong way to play guitar
Daniel Verberne yep I'm the same way it honestly kinda sucks!
Why is this guy talking about me?
idk man but i mean only good things
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I think because You cool too
@@bicasualtea7563 "i"? You're not in the video you lunatic
I love the exotic sound of this scale, awesome lesson, thanks!
The reason Kirk uses this mode is that he took lessons from Satriani. Joe is the man.
Steverino Arch same with Vai
If kirk uses this mode BS Pentatonic is all he comprehends the man uses 1 triad at the 14 fret his playing in a nutshell. minor
Bob Ravenscraft wherever I may roam and eye of the beholder solo?
@@charleskopievsky1245 and blackened first solo
@@charleskopievsky1245 he’s just hating to hate
This is an absolutely brilliant lesson! Thank you so much for the lesson mate!
opening part sounds alot like Metallica where ever I may roam
Juan Carlos Rojas it's because they use the same scale
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pantera domination solo 🤭
Good concise lesson, thank you.
Thanks for the great lesson like always, your videos make everything clear and easier to understand. Which IMO is not an easy thing to do.
Sounds awesome!
Thanks Carl great lesson now I know what I need to study next I just memorized the pentatonic scale to play blues rock. I just needed this info to progress in the right direction for playing metal leads in my new band everything always changes and Im just trying to keep up thanks for the guidance. You rock!
!!! NICE !!! Thanks for explaining that. So, I can play harmonic minors and mentally push it up to the fifth note and call it a Phrygian Dominant! Sweet!
Wow 😯 cool playing ! 👍
You sir are the best teacher!!!
My face melted
Note that this scale is "dominant" because of the presence of the 3/b7 tritone, similar to the Lydian Dominant scale (4th mode of Melodic Minor) which also has the tritone.
I think this is cool. I will defiantly use this.
Pantera Domination Solo
Great lesson, thanx
My fav mode i play with this all the time
Thanks!
ok i have some questions and i will be really glad if someone helps me :) ok so i plau a harmonic minor over e but do i start from the note to get the prygian dominant and must the backtrack be using the chords or power chords of the a harmonic minor but starting on e chord and finishing the progression again on e ? or it just can be in e minor and i play a
harmonic over it but thay doesnt make any sense cause of the g# note and also e minor has f# in it a harmonjc minor has f..
great ideas!
hey carl i need your help because i need give my guitar performance in a show so i want to ask what i can do there
The Dave Mustaine Mode
Dave is more blues scale guy but man he can use it...
Lars Marten Marty doesn't use scales.
Alessio Caccia Well, he does, although he claims to not know the theoretical names of them.
Christian Sagredo Nah
Sounds like the solo from Set The World on Fire
George Lynch uses this scale a lot in his solos. I like the exotic sound.
Yeah George sure made a living on Phyrigian
Thanks man I learned the phrygian minor scale was cool but not as cool as the dominant one and it works just the same over a minor chord progression really good with a flat 2nd in it.
Youre amazing
What about that backing track ? Is it played in E minor ? or E harmonic minor ?
Phrygian is fun !!! Always look to the parent or relative key good advice....
Sounds very Yngwie-esque too. Well that's probably because it's based in Harmonic Minor.
Watch yng explains same keep the E. Droning
You can really do a lot of cool stuff with the phyrgian mode. It's very cool. I use it. What's weird is that you either get a fusion player or a rocker. I do both.
its just the best sounding scale ever - no doubt.
I can't believe he didn't mention Yngwie Malmsteen
i can't believe he didn't mention Michael Angelo
Harish Pandey I read the paper while sitting on my Michael Angelo Patio
Rod Monteiro
I can't believe he didn't mention
Dave Grohl LOL
I cant believe that V neck is so low
I think yngwie is more harmonic minor
hey carl, thanks for the lesson ..it's fun to revisit the modes of the harmonic minor. cheers tweed.
I find it quite easy to play something tasty in this mode. Everything sounds just fine. It is way harder to make natural minor or pentatonic scale sound good.
YYZ bass & guitar solo ;)
best mode Imo
I'm kinda confused but is it like, if I played an F sharp, another guitar would play a B chord while I'm playing it Or something like that?
Hey man, amazing videos...Thanks so much for everything!
-I have some recommendations for the songs you can teach,and that I would like to learn
1.Judas Priest - Angel
2. Iron Maiden - Wasting Love
3.Accept - Balls to the Wall
4.Judas Priest - Electric Eye
And maybe some badass heavy metal ,Metallica maybe or something,thanks again for everything
Keep up the great work!
Angel!!!!
GUITARLESSONS365
................ which ROCK songs used Harmonic minor licks/scales, GNR's, sweet child of mine, the eagles hotel california used harmonic minor lick, any others you can think of?
Can you please do Soldier Of Fortune Whitesnake version?
What are your ideas for soloing over a rock style progression of F G Am? I see this three chord progression a lot in the style of music I play. Thank you!
Try the mixolydian mode over the major chords and then perhaps phrygian over the A minor.
Use the F, G and A minor arpeggios to pick out chord tones to target landing on during certain runs/phrases/licks. But also experiment with targeting notes outside the chord tones at times to see what kind of sound you like.
Listen to your favourite solos and pick out exact parts you really find awesome, perhaps its literally just ONE note that he lands on during a particular time during Tornado of Souls for example. Even though that may be a difficult solo in itself you can certainly try to pick out notes and "flavours" that you like. And then use your ear to try to simulate that sound in your own playing. I know transcribing intimidates a lot of people but if youre just tryna find a single note that has a particular colour over a particular chord you could definitely trial and error it. Good luck :)
And most of all after a little while you wanna just forget the framework and ditch what sounds bad and keep what sounds good. It sounds like condescending advice but i think as guitarists we forget this one crucial piece of the puzzle when we're tryna find "the answer" to our playing sometimes lol
Hi Carl why you use G note in the video in the time about00:18 because of our A minor G NOTE is kinda G#?
+chris martin spreading G# in all chords sounds bad.. usually harmonic minor harmonies alternate with natural minor chords. For example. try to play Dm7 Em7 F E7 . The first 3 chords use G, while the last one use G#, therefore, only in the last chord youll be able to use G# while shredding
tnx carl you are great man ;D
well, i'm not carl =/
but you're welcome, anyway :D
@ahuhehihause1 actually there is no G note in Dm7 and there is no g note in regular Am so you can still shred this scale if the backing track is something like Dm-Dm9-Am-Am9-F-E-F-E. This progression stresses that F to E passage with the dm chord and the C to B passage (wich is the fifth of E , so it is a strong note in the scale)
And the G note is missing from regular Am or Dm too so you can play something as basic as Am-Dm-Am-E and still be able to shred this scale.
What if I don’t know scales or modes but can play that by ear...? D:
reminds a bit of soundtrack to a game called KKND
For it to be A phrygian dominant, doesn't the chord in the background have to be A major, not A minor? Doesnt the C# in the d harmonic minor scale turn it into A major and not A minor? I'm just confused because he said A minor at 4:20.
Wait, so I understand that E Phrygian Dominant is in the key of A Harmonic minor, but can I solo in E Phrygian Dominant over A Natural Minor or E Natural Minor?
Thoth no, but you can play a pentatonic minor scale over a natural or harmonic minor scale.
WTF Carl? Do you have 12 fingers??? That was EPIC! Thanks man
Wake Up Dead solo by Dave Mustaine also. The main riff from powerslave too
I ran across this mode the other day just by chance. The quick way of describing it (so that a dolt like me can understand), is if you're playing in the key of A, just play a harmonic minor scale that starts on E, a fifth above. Ta-da.
Damn, Carl can legit shred
So if I'm playing in a key of E I just play an A harmonic minor and I'm playing an E phrygian dominant.
You'd be playing in C Harmonic Minor if you're in the key of E
I naturally "learned" the phrygian. As soon i started grabbing speed, That pattern naturally grew on me on guitar and piano until I found out it was called the phrygian. So i started learning the rest of them
Just out of curiosity, you are from India are you??
The Phrygian
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Power slave by iron maiden is in Phrygian dominant
Here is an example of phrygian mode
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Actually it is a composition of mine !
Please do as I am by dream theatre
A lot of japanese visual kei band made a career with this kind of guitar riff ^_^
Carl, do you have the guitar 🎸 Tabs for what you just played ? 😨
He's almost definitely making it up as he's going along
Lessonnya please
Trapped in a corner anyone?
brace yourself as michael keaton shreds the guitar.
Crank out the D boys
Blackmore......wasn't he the first? He also uses Hungarian minor?
See I feel like it's easier to think of Phrygian Dominant as "Mixolydian b9 b13" than "5th mode of harmonic minor" but that's just me?
call it Hitzaz ...!
Sails of Charon
Used by Alex Lifeson in YYZ
yyz?
is that really a strat tone?
With the right pickups a Fender can sound like just about anything
You've explained yngs career lol
Aka the Egyptian scale.
"just click this link"... Welcome to 2020 fool
I'm not gonna lie, but I get dissointed sometimes when it comes to this scale. Not the scale itself, but I get tired of hearing a power chord with a solo that just runs the scale. I love how melodic it can be. All those tensions aren't there for nothing, and it's a major sound. There are at least 5 modes in there from the Altered scale you can use for serious tension!
I like sequencing the notes with string skipping and you get to hear how the scale sounds when you give it a different pedal tone. I think it's a great way of taking that tension somewhere after you've already given the dirty and broken sounding stuff that you can do in this scale.
Luv formulas. I tell people Quit talkin give me the formula
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I'm just getting into modes. I thought that the Phrygian mode is the 3rd, not the fifth.
+Jeremy Martin this is a Phrygian dominant tutorial which is a different mode than Phrygian. Yes Phrygian is the 3rd mode of the major scale. Phrygian dominant is the 5th mode of the harmonic minor scale. :)
GuitarLessons365 Thanks, I thought I was missing something..
africanchina1 Yes, it makes sense now. Thanks
phrygian dominant is not the same as phrygian
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A tip: screw trying to count backwards 5 steps, just count forward 2 steps. If you're in E phrygian -> F ->G Harmonic minor. Much easier in my opinion.
Except that would be wrong. You would need to count up a 4th to E Phrygian, F, G#, to A Harmonic minor. Go down 5 or up a 4th (counting the E itself both ways).
@@johnnyh64 You're right, I was wrong 🤦♂️🤣. My apologies. But I'm a bit confused by your explanation. If there are only 7 notes in a scale how could you be going up 4 or down 5? Together that would make a 9 note scale. IMO you shouldn't count the note you're starting from (since you're already at the note, it's not considered a step of movement, if that makes sense). So, from E Phrygian, count back 4 or up 3 (4+3=7 notes = a full scale):
@@ARMYStrongHOOAH17 You can look at it that way as well. Technically it’s a 7 note scale but you usually count the note itself as it’s note #1. Example, in this example the E note is the 5th note of A Harmonic Minor, with the notes A (1st note), B (2nd), C (3rd), D (4th), E(5th), as explained in the video. Going up from the E as you are suggesting might be easier, always leaves us 4 notes (counting the E again, E (1st note), F (2nd), G#(3rd), and finally A(4th note). Note how you counted the notes themselves going both ways, you also count the A twice (going down AND up), as you are not counting the intervals but the notes themselves.
Think of a Major 3rd interval. You count the notes going up A, B, C. That’s 3 notes, not 3 steps from the root. Make sense? It’s so hard to type such seemingly confusing topics. I think you understand correctly, but you’re just counting steps (intervals), not the amount of notes. Another example is that a perfect 5th is 4 notes away (as you would count it, A>B 1 step, B>C (2), C>D# (3), and D#>E (4). That’s not how it’s done usually. You count the notes A,B,C,D#,E (5 notes, 4 steps). I hope that’s more clear. Either way, now you’ll get to the proper note but I would refer to this method as it’s the one that’s commonly communicated.
To simplify, go up from E Phrygian dominant a 4th to A Harmonic minor :). It might help to draw the notes out on a guitar neck to visualize what I’m saying.
@@johnnyh64 that's a good point, you're absolutely right. Thanks for explaining.
I learnt this mode from joe stump haha
Where is the lick?
I hear a lot of this style in megadeth
That's because Friedman (who claims not to play scales) often used scales like this
That Sounded like Vinnie Vincent
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Ha ha ha Have you talked to Yngwie??
Or, just grab a scale book and look up Phrygian dominant, learn that and you will know the harmonic minor to boot.
Sounds like Yngwie
Pretty sure E Phrygian dominant is used in parts of the day that never comes by Metallica.
I thought Hammett only uses pentatonic scale
+shinglam szeto He mainly uses that scale but he sometimes mixes the two scales
The only solo I can recall Kirk using Phrygian dominant in is "wherever I may roam", other than he usually uses minor pentatonic with some occasional natural minor
I think he also used Dorian for Fade to Black and Phrygian Dominant for the Call of Ktulu.
Well, he only used dorian scale for fade to black, and not other songs, right?
TheGrimReaper54321 I think kirk should start using more types of scales, instead of pentatonic and phrygian
1 b2 3 4 5 b6 b7
sounds like oil ocean
That's intentional. Nakamura used the scale because it has an edgy, oriental vibe which fits well with the theme of the stage
Byzantine scale
10k every day, if you know you know.
How about Mr. Lynch, he lives phrygian.
Who said black metal sounded bad on single coil
Be careful with this scale. If you get to wild with it you might accidently summon some kind of ancient god or something
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i thought that phrygian was the scale that sounds like an oriental sound
It has that "Arabian" sound to it, if that's what you mean. :) I always think of that when I hear it.
thats why i mean yeah
+Quod Erat Demonstrandum I think it's called Arabesque
Bugra Yasar arabesque lol
Just my opinion, but why mess around with harmonic minor, why not just go straight to the goods you want to play/hear.
Because it makes it a lot easier for western music. This is a fantastic scale but it is a mere replication of an eastern music mode wich has some comas in it. A coma is a note that isn't found within the western system of music , Such as a quarter flat b.
So in order to give the modes feel , you make it a mode of harmonic minor and everyone becomes happy.
+ the scale is really harmonic minor. Just like your minor scale being a mode of major scale.