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 RU-vid 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.
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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!
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 RU-vid channel. I wish you well Bob.
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!!
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!
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.
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 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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.✌️
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.
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!
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.
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!
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!
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 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. 🙏
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.
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 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!
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)
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)
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!
Hello, thanks for the good work! Would like to ask some Questions on topic: a) why we call pentatonic a scale, not a five-note-arpeggio? c) do you use all the modes of the standard pentatonics and of the exotics? #d) did you made up the names? e) when you take the standard Ionian, aeolian, or any seven-note diatonic or triatonic, can you create four pentatonics out of every by scipping two notes, but not all are good, some of them sound like something and some dont? g) what about the arpeggios for the seventh-chord, those with 1-3-5-7, plain four-note-arpeggios. Is it good to study the before going into the five-note pentatonic things? Used to call this 1-b3-#4-5-b7 arpeggio a tuned pentatonic, derived from the diatonic scale dorian#4, how do you call this arp/pent? If youd have time to answer would be very nice and appreciated. Feels like learning someting on vids here, thanks dude and keep up the goods!
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.
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.
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.
