Hi there Rob. Great job, I'm loving the book but I'm a little confused and I Hope you can help me. In the page 10 of the book you call the Asavari Scale as Bhairavi Scale. What is the most correct name in your opinion?
Hi Rob, it's me again. Before I say something I wanna do a little disclaimer: I'm not trying point fingers ou expose you or anything o this type, please don't get me wrong man. I'm putting this on TH-cam comments just because I don't have your email or any kind of personal contact with you. In the page 7 of the book in patterns section there's is a formation error in the second pattern, the indication "III" is in the wrong place. Again dude, I'm not trying to point fingers, I'm a big fan of your materials and that's a simple formation issue.
Well that was probably a couple of months in music school's worth. I never went to music school so it's nice that it's right here in this tidy little package.
@@shamanbeartwo3819 I've been plowing through music theory content for a few months now catching up on things I should have learned 20 or more years ago. Occasionally I see a comment or reply like yours and it confirms my thoughts about our phones being the modern Library of Alexandria right in our pockets.
@@shamanbeartwo3819 By the way if your account name has as cultural and traditional reference to yourself and you don't mind me asking what is your tribe?
@@shamanbeartwo3819 Nice. Yeah I hit a lot of ancient history as well as military history channels and old saifi audiobook channels. My best friend from high school flu OH - 58 for the army for more than 20 years. He watches outboard motor repair channels and doesn't even have a boat lol.
@@shamanbeartwo3819 In addition my wife got me an ojibway flute recently at a pow while she and her family went to. I've been listening to a guy who plays one and gives tips on how to.
I knew the Asavari as the Japanese Iwato Scale.Great job bringing this scales to all of us who wants to improve their skills and expand our Scales File.
Having done the Major, Minor, Pentatonic and Modal scales to death, this has given me plenty to get my teeth into, especially exploring the modes of each scale given and the associated chords they work over. I like to carry out mental practice away from the guitar and also sing scales from memory. This lesson will keep me out of mischief for some time to come - thank you!
amazing how different something sounds just by leaving out one or two notes. add a fourth to a dom 7 and you get that indian sounding scale. You could also add the sharp 1 to that and get a kind of blend of harmonic minor and Hindu. 6 notes. Even MORE exotic. good vid!!
Thank you so much for this video. I just turned 60 and decided to get back into playing guitar after a 5 year hiatus after stopping due to health issues and the terrible depression that developed after the pandemic took away the little joy I had left in life. Music and guitar used to be my passion and hobby and this video magically appeared in my YT feed at the perfect time. I bought the Yamaha THR30 battery powered amp over 6 months ago and have not used it even once. This video motivated me to start playing again and for that I am so very grateful. The Universe works in strange ways. By any chance do you offer zoom guitar lessons? If so I would take weekly lessons. I am not a beginner and been playing for 40 years. That would help me stay motivated, set weekly goals & hold me accountable to progress every week. If so, let me know the best way to communicate with you. Depression is a killer and I need to break the cycle. Bless you my friend 🙏
Hi Bob. That must have been a tough time for you and maybe still is. Depression takes all breath away from the joy of life and yet, in rare cases it can also bring something new and good. Did you ever listen to Steve Vai's story of his depression. That's very interesting... Anyway I'm glad this video helped to find you joy in playing guitar again! I do not offer online lessons for now. Maybe in the future, but for now I'm having trouble to find enough time for theaching an the TH-cam channel. I wish you well Bob.
Very clear very thorough without any blabbering.thank you .. I'm trying to tie things together . Figure out the spatial relation. It being broke down by notes and derived from another scale dropping or adding notes.
I have no words to say how valuable your lessons are, Sir. You have the ability to squeeze an impressive amount of information into a relatively short video. Thank you and let your channel grow. More advanced players can really draw inspiration from this material. All the best from Poland!
Thank you again and again for such insane quality lessons and giving for free for poor guys like me. It would take me years to figure out some of those concepts by myself, incredible
This video is awesome. I didn't realize that I was playing some of these scales when soloing. I don't know my scale names, I just figured out these patterns and just know what notes not to hit.
Uncannily brilliant. You are a master guitarist and musician. Your approach to music and the teaching of it is very refreshing and impressive. I am happy to subscribe and spread the existence of your channel.
Thank you for framing this in such a logical and concise way. The best way to learn exotic scales and modes isn't to learn patterns right away, it's to take that scale and break it down to the simplest concepts by referencing the major scale and pentatonic and knowing which notes to alter. Doing it that way means you'll develop your own patterns and fingerings too.
So great to see these colorful scales applied to more contemporary music along with the chords than can be used. I already have tons of applications in mind. Many thanks.
This is a great lesson. The kind of stuff I need to work on. It's like when you go for a drive, you can take the main roads, or you can take the back roads, which are much more interesting.✌️
this is the best video I have found on the exotic scale for sound and for laying out the progression, that was huge for me, was able to stop and track along with nthe movement up and down the neck thank you.
That’s fantastic, wow. This is going to keep me busy. I’ve been noodling about jumping between the Hindu pentatonic and the Hirayoshi, and sometimes to the mine blues also.
It is funny, I started at the top and worked down because I loved Frampton’s jazz runs with humble pie. This lesson is wonderful, but I am always a blues rock man at heart!
Wow! I’m not even half way through, and already it’s probably the most helpful vid I’ve seen in this genre in quite a long time…..maybe forever….thanks so much….lots of work ahead!
7:47 Asavari was awesome!!! Great stuff and I love the way you have chord diagrams you show the tableture, you explain it so well and concise wow great job awesome. One minor point though: But twice you said something the scale was an A started and you can start higher on G, then you said it starts on C you can start higher on a B. It's actually lower cuz that guitar you don't consider up and down in terms of gravity but in terms of pitch so the nut is down the bridge is up. In other words to pitch is lower or higher. I don't know that's just a convention of where you're from or what.
THANKS GREETZ FROM THE NETHERLANDS !!!! I agree with the comment below. Probably several months of music classes in this one youtube video you have made. THANKS FOR SHARING. Hope you find a Patron. You are VERY GENEROUS. I am a jazz vocalist and composer, who is learning about chords and how to choose the right ones for my jazz tunes. This is VERY HELPFUL!
WOW! Know I realize Joe Satriani's use of this on " one robots dream", Sir, you are the man! Of all the teachers of music theory as applied to guitar, there are no other in your league. I will definitely spend much more of my time dedicated to your material! ( from an older student in Atlanta, Georgia, wishing you much success)
Fantastic video mate. While I’ve only been playing for a few years, I’ve always been drawn to modal tones often experimenting with blends of them. I never knew of these exotic scales. 100% enlightened! Thank you so much. 🙏
This lesson is quite wonderful, sir. You have explained the concept extremely well. I have subscribed tp your site and look forward to watching more of your unique ideas!
Another great lesson! On a different note, I run my AxeFX III into Headrush cabs also. And I also have Jem in my arsenal. Great gear that plays and sounds amazing.
Very nice presentation. I actually took notes! I've been messing around with this type of thing for a few months, mostly discovering new things on my own as there is little info out there like that's readily available. One thing that I did for myself was to map out the other modes of the "traditional" blues/pent scales. I found the Hindu/Suspended and the Yo scales on my own (although I didn't know that's what they were called). They sit inside the normal blues/pent scales. In between those two scales is some type of diminished pent scale (1 -♭3 -♭4 -♭5 -♭6) which I haven't really messed around with too much. I suppose you could play it over regular diminished chords--or "maybe" a dim7(?) but I haven't tried that yet so I don't know if that second one would work. So between the Minor, Major, Hindu/Suspended, Diminished, and the Yo, you now have all five modes of the natural blues/pent scales. Most people say, "There's just minor and major blues; ignore the the other modes." But I was never satisfied with that answer. There is so much material underneath our fingers on the fretboard to discover! I do have one thing to add for players who are just learning the pentatonic scales. If you know what your pentatonic patterns look like, try this exercise: on a blank fretboard, write out all of the whole notes. Then, using different colored pen or highlighter or black marker, mark every space that doesn't have a note written in it. If you look carefully, you'll discover that you have all of your pentatonic patterns highlighted. Again, very nice presentation. Thank you, Sir.
Rob thanks to you, music is infinite, lot of good stuff to digg in, thank you so much for your awesome job and sharing! (It is curious that I discover some of this sounds just jamming or composing)
There are rules to constructing Japanese scales: you have to pick three notes in the upper and lower tetrachord within a forth (so no augmented 4ths) and the tetrachords must contain a whole step in between. So I have my doubts about the 5th mode of the Hirayoshi scale.
Exactly! I stumbled upon the Hindu scale and couldn’t figure out why it sounded so familiar. The solo to foreclosure of a dream is a great example of this
This was awesome… I know my modes lol… and have been in that ‘stuck/bored’ place I think most of us find ourselves in from time to time… Finding interesting ways to use this has broken me out of that meh 😑 space. Thank you for that!
Holy crap.... This video nailed it for me. Video description describes the rut I'm in perfectly, and working on these seems like a good ticket out. Thanks man! Edit:Just discovered your channel. This is an amazing YT rabbit hole for me to spend my weekend in.
The Hindu scale you've mentioned is the ascending notes of the scale Abheri. The descending includes a sharp fifth and a second. Quite useful while playing the pentatonic and those extra notes fit in the scale creating magical and touching phrases.
Thank you for this very thorough discussion on exotic scales. I only know how to play Iwato as far as exotic scales are concerned. This is a great. And of course I'm subscribed now.
Quality stuff 😍, sounds like receiving and .mp3 invitation from Steve Vai. Man, your metal example was eargasmic. I found a new great channel, thx the lesson.
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Your ebook says it’s out of stock! 😢
Hi there Rob. Great job, I'm loving the book but I'm a little confused and I Hope you can help me.
In the page 10 of the book you call the Asavari Scale as Bhairavi Scale. What is the most correct name in your opinion?
Hi Rob, it's me again. Before I say something I wanna do a little disclaimer: I'm not trying point fingers ou expose you or anything o this type, please don't get me wrong man. I'm putting this on TH-cam comments just because I don't have your email or any kind of personal contact with you.
In the page 7 of the book in patterns section there's is a formation error in the second pattern, the indication "III" is in the wrong place.
Again dude, I'm not trying to point fingers, I'm a big fan of your materials and that's a simple formation issue.
@robhendricks Really? I just checked and I can't regenerate the out of stock warning. Are you sure this was with the Exotic Pentatonic Scales ebook?
@pietrobello On the contrary. I appreciate that you point this out to me. Thank you Pietro. I will take actions!
Every intermediate guitarist who wants to go to the next level needs to watch this video. Its a game changer.
Thanks Fazeel!
I agree 100% i learned more in the first 5 mins of this video than the last 5 years!
a game changer indeed.
Well that was probably a couple of months in music school's worth. I never went to music school so it's nice that it's right here in this tidy little package.
@@shamanbeartwo3819 I've been plowing through music theory content for a few months now catching up on things I should have learned 20 or more years ago. Occasionally I see a comment or reply like yours and it confirms my thoughts about our phones being the modern Library of Alexandria right in our pockets.
@@shamanbeartwo3819 By the way if your account name has as cultural and traditional reference to yourself and you don't mind me asking what is your tribe?
@@shamanbeartwo3819 Nice. Yeah I hit a lot of ancient history as well as military history channels and old saifi audiobook channels. My best friend from high school flu OH - 58 for the army for more than 20 years. He watches outboard motor repair channels and doesn't even have a boat lol.
@@shamanbeartwo3819 In addition my wife got me an ojibway flute recently at a pow while she and her family went to. I've been listening to a guy who plays one and gives tips on how to.
Right?? This needs views
That intro scale immediately made me think of Within You Without You.
I knew the Asavari as the Japanese Iwato Scale.Great job bringing this scales to all of us who wants to improve their skills and expand our Scales File.
Having done the Major, Minor, Pentatonic and Modal scales to death, this has given me plenty to get my teeth into, especially exploring the modes of each scale given and the associated chords they work over. I like to carry out mental practice away from the guitar and also sing scales from memory. This lesson will keep me out of mischief for some time to come - thank you!
Yes, singing scales is a good practice to really learn and feel the sound of a scale.
amazing how different something sounds just by leaving out one or two notes. add a fourth to a dom 7 and you get that indian sounding scale. You could also add the sharp 1 to that and get a kind of blend of harmonic minor and Hindu. 6 notes. Even MORE exotic. good vid!!
That's just priceless. All of this stuff in one place with usage examples and related chords... I mean it's just priceless. Thank you SO MUCH
Thank you so much for this video. I just turned 60 and decided to get back into playing guitar after a 5 year hiatus after stopping due to health issues and the terrible depression that developed after the pandemic took away the little joy I had left in life. Music and guitar used to be my passion and hobby and this video magically appeared in my YT feed at the perfect time. I bought the Yamaha THR30 battery powered amp over 6 months ago and have not used it even once. This video motivated me to start playing again and for that I am so very grateful. The Universe works in strange ways. By any chance do you offer zoom guitar lessons? If so I would take weekly lessons. I am not a beginner and been playing for 40 years. That would help me stay motivated, set weekly goals & hold me accountable to progress every week. If so, let me know the best way to communicate with you. Depression is a killer and I need to break the cycle. Bless you my friend 🙏
Hi Bob. That must have been a tough time for you and maybe still is. Depression takes all breath away from the joy of life and yet, in rare cases it can also bring something new and good. Did you ever listen to Steve Vai's story of his depression. That's very interesting...
Anyway I'm glad this video helped to find you joy in playing guitar again! I do not offer online lessons for now. Maybe in the future, but for now I'm having trouble to find enough time for theaching an the TH-cam channel. I wish you well Bob.
Very clear very thorough without any blabbering.thank you .. I'm trying to tie things together . Figure out the spatial relation. It being broke down by notes and derived from another scale dropping or adding notes.
I have no words to say how valuable your lessons are, Sir. You have the ability to squeeze an impressive amount of information into a relatively short video. Thank you and let your channel grow. More advanced players can really draw inspiration from this material. All the best from Poland!
Thank you Marcin!
Thank you again and again for such insane quality lessons and giving for free for poor guys like me. It would take me years to figure out some of those concepts by myself, incredible
Thank you so much, these patterns are perfect for someone like me trying to break out of “all my solos sounding the same to me” problems .
This video is awesome. I didn't realize that I was playing some of these scales when soloing. I don't know my scale names, I just figured out these patterns and just know what notes not to hit.
I'm italian guitarist...thank you for your video!!...great video!!
Uncannily brilliant. You are a master guitarist and musician. Your approach to music and the teaching of it is very refreshing and impressive. I am happy to subscribe and spread the existence of your channel.
Thank you for framing this in such a logical and concise way. The best way to learn exotic scales and modes isn't to learn patterns right away, it's to take that scale and break it down to the simplest concepts by referencing the major scale and pentatonic and knowing which notes to alter.
Doing it that way means you'll develop your own patterns and fingerings too.
Love that Hindu scale... sounds awesome.
Supercool lesson, as usual !!
Thanks Timothy!
same than mixolydian pentatonic
Your rock lick with the Hindu scale immediately reminded me of the song Atonement by Opeth
These are beautiful scales - I am seeing them as alternatives for approaching fusion and jazz
So great to see these colorful scales applied to more contemporary music along with the chords than can be used. I already have tons of applications in mind. Many thanks.
Thanks Tom!
WOW! Can’t wait for the handbook!
This is a great lesson. The kind of stuff I need to work on.
It's like when you go for a drive, you can take the main roads, or you can take the back roads, which are much more interesting.✌️
this is the best video I have found on the exotic scale for sound and for laying out the progression, that was huge for me, was able to stop and track along with nthe movement up and down the neck thank you.
This video is such a great resource. Thank you very much.
The amount of work you put into this video. damn ..
Excellent lessons and obviously a Great Teacher, many thanks.
From Costa Rica a big Pura Vida for you
That’s fantastic, wow. This is going to keep me busy. I’ve been noodling about jumping between the Hindu pentatonic and the Hirayoshi, and sometimes to the mine blues also.
Really interesting video! The Hindu scale immediately reminded me of Mahavishnu Orchestra.
Yes Paul. Same vibe :)
Yes! This scale sounds like something John McLaughlin would play.
Indeed, and Steve Hillage too.
Love from India🇮🇳❤
The best Guitar teacher ! Thank You Brother !
Great instructional video! I've been stuck in the mud with my playing but this was exactly what I needed! Thanks, thanks alot!
Excellent video. A very good lesson for somebody like me that needs to push himself beyond the basic practice routines. Thank you!
Mind blowing and fascinating! can’t wait to try these out Thank you!
It is funny, I started at the top and worked down because I loved Frampton’s jazz runs with humble pie. This lesson is wonderful, but I am always a blues rock man at heart!
Subscribed. This is the coolest educational guitar video I’ve ever found on TH-cam. Holy crap.
Wow! I’m not even half way through, and already it’s probably the most helpful vid I’ve seen in this genre in quite a long time…..maybe forever….thanks so much….lots of work ahead!
Glad to see you've been picking up a lot more subscribers. Well deserved for a lot of hard work and high quality material.
Awesome! You just opened up my world! Guess I know what I’ll be working on for the next few months. 😀👍🏼 🎸🎶
Thanks!
Thank you :)
7:47 Asavari was awesome!!! Great stuff and I love the way you have chord diagrams you show the tableture, you explain it so well and concise wow great job awesome.
One minor point though:
But twice you said something the scale was an A started and you can start higher on G, then you said it starts on C you can start higher on a B. It's actually lower cuz that guitar you don't consider up and down in terms of gravity but in terms of pitch so the nut is down the bridge is up. In other words to pitch is lower or higher. I don't know that's just a convention of where you're from or what.
True. If I said that G is higher up the neck than A, then that's a mistake...
@@QJamTracks another mistake is that the Asavari doesn't have a b2.
Just fantastic. Thanks for the lesson.
THANKS GREETZ FROM THE NETHERLANDS !!!! I agree with the comment below. Probably several months of music classes in this one youtube video you have made. THANKS FOR SHARING. Hope you find a Patron. You are VERY GENEROUS. I am a jazz vocalist and composer, who is learning about chords and how to choose the right ones for my jazz tunes. This is VERY HELPFUL!
damn the asavari scale was amazing for metal!
Sadly what he played wasn't Asavari, as Asavari doesn't have a b2.
Amazing and well explained 👍🏼
👁 👁 iv been working on songs for years utilizing these sounds... now the pressure on to finish recording! I see the inspiration in these comments.
He’s talking about pentatonic skills so much I couldn’t finish the vid-will go train my skills.😊
Amazing video👍👍 love from India. Keep up the good work.
Many thanks…. I’ve been chasing these sounds for years. You made it so simple.
Your played examples are great!
Thank you!
Absolute brilliant summary - very complex topics made stupidly simple
For me 5 note modes was a big learning point today
Thanks Rob, excellent video, excellent educative content, grettings from Chile
WOW! Know I realize Joe Satriani's use of this on " one robots dream", Sir, you are the man! Of all the teachers of music theory as applied to guitar, there are no other in your league. I will definitely spend much more of my time dedicated to your material! ( from an older student in Atlanta, Georgia, wishing you much success)
Thank you! :)
So refreshing to see this kind of a lesson. Time to brush off my dusty guitars and play guitars solos again.
Wow amazing!! Thank you so much!! 😄🙏
Interesting...very interesting. I'll have to try some if not all of these. Thank you!
Wonderful Thank you new sub from Tasmania.
Fantastic video mate. While I’ve only been playing for a few years, I’ve always been drawn to modal tones often experimenting with blends of them. I never knew of these exotic scales. 100% enlightened!
Thank you so much. 🙏
This lesson is quite wonderful, sir. You have explained the concept extremely well. I have subscribed tp your site and look forward to watching more of your unique ideas!
Thank you Brian :)
Awesome lesson! Thanks a lot Rob!
Another great lesson!
On a different note, I run my AxeFX III into Headrush cabs also. And I also have Jem in my arsenal. Great gear that plays and sounds amazing.
Absolutely! :)
Very nice presentation. I actually took notes! I've been messing around with this type of thing for a few months, mostly discovering new things on my own as there is little info out there like that's readily available. One thing that I did for myself was to map out the other modes of the "traditional" blues/pent scales. I found the Hindu/Suspended and the Yo scales on my own (although I didn't know that's what they were called). They sit inside the normal blues/pent scales. In between those two scales is some type of diminished pent scale (1 -♭3 -♭4 -♭5 -♭6) which I haven't really messed around with too much. I suppose you could play it over regular diminished chords--or "maybe" a dim7(?) but I haven't tried that yet so I don't know if that second one would work. So between the Minor, Major, Hindu/Suspended, Diminished, and the Yo, you now have all five modes of the natural blues/pent scales. Most people say, "There's just minor and major blues; ignore the the other modes." But I was never satisfied with that answer. There is so much material underneath our fingers on the fretboard to discover! I do have one thing to add for players who are just learning the pentatonic scales. If you know what your pentatonic patterns look like, try this exercise: on a blank fretboard, write out all of the whole notes. Then, using different colored pen or highlighter or black marker, mark every space that doesn't have a note written in it. If you look carefully, you'll discover that you have all of your pentatonic patterns highlighted. Again, very nice presentation. Thank you, Sir.
Rob thanks to you, music is infinite, lot of good stuff to digg in, thank you so much for your awesome job and sharing!
(It is curious that I discover some of this sounds just jamming or composing)
Thanks Rafa :)
Great. Let’s not forget the famous slendro and pelog scales for another time
Maybe in one of the next videos!
There are rules to constructing Japanese scales: you have to pick three notes in the upper and lower tetrachord within a forth (so no augmented 4ths) and the tetrachords must contain a whole step in between. So I have my doubts about the 5th mode of the Hirayoshi scale.
Fantastic Video, Eye opening, Very Useful/Educational....
You really can learn something new and every day
Best channel. We owe you ❤
This is what i was looking for very informative.
Superior! Just what the doctor ordered. Thanks!
Well Wick, then it will be a healthy summer ;)
This is fantastic! Wow! This will help me with many synth artists wanting unique me to do leads on their work. Thank you soooo much!
Fantastic!
Dominant pentatonic was used by Jeff Beck quite a bit, good stuff!
That sounds really refreshing. 😎
Wow! I'm going to be busy for a while. Thanks!
Wow one of the best videos I've seen
Great lesson! Thanks once again.
This video is such a treasure !
Marty Friedman is a master at incorporating these scales into his music.
Exactly! I stumbled upon the Hindu scale and couldn’t figure out why it sounded so familiar. The solo to foreclosure of a dream is a great example of this
thanks for a very comprehensive clip
This channel exemplifies quality over quantity. I kinda feel guilty for not paying for it. Stellar content, good sir 👍
Thank you Mike!
This was awesome… I know my modes lol… and have been in that ‘stuck/bored’ place I think most of us find ourselves in from time to time… Finding interesting ways to use this has broken me out of that meh 😑 space. Thank you for that!
An amazing lesson again! This is so cool and will give my playing so much more depth. Thanks for putting this together.
FANTASTIC instructional video! Thanks.
One more great video ! Thanks you and god bless you!!!!
Sir, thank you❤🙏🙏
Holy crap.... This video nailed it for me. Video description describes the rut I'm in perfectly, and working on these seems like a good ticket out.
Thanks man!
Edit:Just discovered your channel. This is an amazing YT rabbit hole for me to spend my weekend in.
Have fun Eric :)
The Hindu scale you've mentioned is the ascending notes of the scale Abheri. The descending includes a sharp fifth and a second. Quite useful while playing the pentatonic and those extra notes fit in the scale creating magical and touching phrases.
Thank you for this very thorough discussion on exotic scales. I only know how to play Iwato as far as exotic scales are concerned. This is a great. And of course I'm subscribed now.
Invaluable
His voice makes me think of Paul Davids.
Clear
Thanks!
Paul is my compatriot from the Netherlands :)
You're the MAN !!
Quality stuff 😍, sounds like receiving and .mp3 invitation from Steve Vai. Man, your metal example was eargasmic. I found a new great channel, thx the lesson.
Excellent break down. 🤘🤘
Best lesson
Thanks!
Beautiful sound...
THIS IS GOLD😀
Thanks my brother
Thanks for another great video!
This lesson is a great primer for anyone looking to understand more about Marty Friedman's lead style.
Excellent video!
Thank you Exotic Paul Davids 🕌🙏
I am very impressed from the content of this lesson an of cause from the beauty of the scales, Thank You