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The Surf Rock Exotic Scale: The BYZANTINE Scale

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musictheoryforg... Do you think that exotic scales can be used only in 'strange-sounding' music and that is really hard to write melodies with them?
Well, the scale we see today has been used in the song "Miserlou". The famous surf rock version by Dick Dale has been featured in the movie Pulp Fiction (if you don't know the song, I play it at the beginning of the video)
The scale used is called the "Byzantine scale", it's very easy to use and fun to play! Whether you know your scales well or not, you will pick up this one in just a few minutes.
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@aylbdrmadison1051 4 года назад

As noted by a few others this is also a Greek scale and an Egyptian scale. It is also an Arabian scale and even one of the Indian Ragas if I remember correctly. Regardless, it's been one of my favorite scales since I first learned it as a kid, so it's great to have this lesson on how to better harmonize with it. My favorite thing about music is how the different sounds travel around the world and are interpreted differently. Excellent lesson as always, thank you. ^-^

@shageedharan6488 2 года назад

Yes ,in carnatic music(a type of indian raaga),we learn this scale for first.this one called as Mayamalavagowla

@barefootarts737 Год назад

I think Bhairav thaat is double harmonic major mode.

@GaryShayne 10 месяцев назад

Oddly, you neglected to mention Byzantine

@theanarchistcook 5 месяцев назад

Go back far enough and all those places were under the jurisdiction of Byzantium.

@DCdabest 3 года назад

This does kinda explain why surf rock seems so familiar. It's all about that wine dark sea!

@asmallguy6124 4 года назад

sounds relatively close enough to spanish-style phrygian mode... but it's significantly spicier! love it!

@aylbdrmadison1051 4 года назад

There are plenty of places you can mix them up too.

@williambyrne5513 4 года назад

its the same scale only the seventh note on the major scale is also flattened

@pvillez 4 года назад

It is. It the Double Harmonic major very close to the Flamenco Phyrigian. Lisen to Pepe Habichuela's Soléa. It alternates between them both

@pvillez 4 года назад

@@stevestevestevesteve6466 Yes, a mode of the Harmonic Minor but also if you sharpen the 7th it becomes the Dpuble Harmonic Major, which is often used to give a deeper feel. Pepe Habicheula's "Solea" is a good example.

@mehmed6529 3 года назад

Phryigian dominant with a raised 7 so yeah that would make sense

@davi.mil-homens 4 года назад

buddy, when you played the F augmented my heart skipped a beat, really that was so sweet that I couldn't believe

@michaeljoefox 4 года назад

Wtf are all of these letters? My guitar has dots and strings.

@sirjakers1836 4 года назад

Joe Smith lmao their different types of chords, just look up a video of just the chords and memorize them before u try this

@varunsathya696 3 года назад

@@michaeljoefox k

@varunsathya696 3 года назад

@@sirjakers1836 he's just some non musician who pretends to play the guitar

@muhammadaryawicaksono4232 3 года назад

@@michaeljoefox ask Joe

@dusanvukasovic2525 5 лет назад

I'm from Balkan, so this kind of music sounds very familiar to me, and I am fan of modal scales, but the way you explain it is really great! It's like: scale, resulting chords, main chords, resulting arpeggios. Most of those I understand by ear, but when I recently tried to grab the accompanient of a Roumanian song, I had such a hard time. Thank you!

@konraddromero 2 года назад

The Byzantine scale is the "better" phrygian scale. I LOVE that raised 3rd

@konraddromero 2 года назад

And the raised 7th too!!

@vsus42 3 года назад

Muse should make a song with the Byzantine scale it fits them so well

@vsus42 3 года назад

Do you check your comments regularly? Or did I just comment at a perfect time

@ludvigbroman8799 3 года назад

Nice profile

@brycegorman2383 5 лет назад

Great explanation, and having the aural examples included takes it to the next level. Thanks Tommaso!

@markiyanhapyak349 5 лет назад

How do You know his name?

@brycegorman2383 5 лет назад

@@markiyanhapyak349 he has said it in other videos

@markiyanhapyak349 5 лет назад

I'm( quite) surprised . . . . . He would repeat it... .

@xiaomarou9890 2 года назад

If you play the song from the beginning a bit slower and with a slightly different rhythm you get the traditional Serbian song “Volela me jedna vranjanka” also known as “Lela Vranjanka”. This song was performed for example by Staniša Stošić.

@aleksandarurka8663 Год назад

"Lela Vranjanka" is written by Dragoljub Toković ~30 years ago.

@xiaomarou9890 Год назад

@@aleksandarurka8663 The song is from 1972. It is 51 years old (2023), not 30.

@maxhult830 5 лет назад

Have always liked to modulate briefly to this scale, but never knew what to call it. Great for that "mystical" vibe.

@romanvolotov Год назад

If I'm right, this scale is also called the Double Harmonic scale (for hopefully obvious reasons) and this is the scale Hans Zimmer used for his Dune soundtrack

@apurvhellstinger 3 года назад

Dude you're always educating the internet with something rare, thanks

@alixchatelain2913 5 лет назад

You’re a very straightforward, gifted and sympathetic teacher. World-class!

@JCloyd-ys1fm 2 месяца назад

I love that scale.

@lorincszabo7411 5 лет назад

this is the most underrated video of the whole music theory based all :) wow! thanks, you just made "everything click into place" in my mind (i had some music theory knowledge before, probably fitting chords on an exotic scale hammered the last nail)

@hian4m 5 лет назад

This is also called the double harmonic scale, Mayamalavagowla, Bhairav Raga, Arabic (Hijaz Kar) and Gypsy major.

@aylbdrmadison1051 4 года назад

Good call. I thought I remembered it being one of the Ragas as well.

@NunoRomeo 3 года назад

Great info.

@jockstrap8383 4 года назад

Brilliant. So clear and I recommend his diminished 7 lesson. I lost 3 hours converting CAmFG into something quite incredible.

@mihailomilovanovic1992 3 года назад

I accidentally discovered this scale today and googled what this scale is based on notes and i figured out while doodling with it that it is all the notes of Miserlou and OMFG now i searched it on youtube and you say its used in that song!?

@DarkFunk1337 5 лет назад

Wow I absolutely love this style of teaching scales. Great video!!!

@AudioMocha 3 года назад

I knew this one as the Phrygian Dominant scale, I'm glad I've got this video to show me how to use it better

@MusicTheoryForGuitar 3 года назад

This is a different scale. The Phrygian Dominant has a natural G.

@AudioMocha 3 года назад

@@MusicTheoryForGuitar Oh derp, that's right, I just tried it on my guitar and realized the difference

@avps9782 3 года назад

This is the best, most concise and well explained video on the Byzantine or Double Harmonic Major. Thanks for making it.

@Web4Panama 3 года назад

I´ve been on a trail looking for the correct name for this scale. I´m writing something that i thought was going to be a bluesy funky groove, but playing on top of the chords this is what fits best. Thanks Tommaso.

@Morgoth073 5 лет назад

Si it's the Neapolitan scale with the maj 3rd instead of the min 3rd. Great. One more scale up my sleeve. BTW Neapolitan is my favorite scale because of the sharp 7 and the flat 2 which create a series of 3 consecutive semi-tone. Dissonance is so awesome ;)

@adventureswithmarco2225 4 года назад

thank you master you you have taught me how to make music and be proud of yourself cuz you helped to make a new music genre

@brymusic1542 3 года назад

Love the way your videos are always chock full of useful and fun ideas, and are presented clearly without wasting endless minutes rambling on like so many video tutorials seem to do.

@revivalofthefittestonlythe2757 5 лет назад

Music to my ears

@apostolososfp9090 Год назад

Very very famous greek boozooki scale hijazscjar( χιτζαζσκιάρ ) my favourite one

@rondelr7626 5 лет назад

One of my favorite modes!

@BSIII 5 лет назад

I've been making music using this theory for years, before ever knowing the names and theory behind it all. Amazing

@printer_fire475 2 года назад

You have no idea how helpful this series is for a songwriter. You are an angel you beautiful soul!!

@TheBlackHelicopterRevue 9 месяцев назад

Just what I needed, thanks 😊

@firebrand9578 3 года назад

I just took a Phrygian dominant and sharpened the seventh. I’ve just been calling it Phrygian dominant harmonic minor (even though it’s not really minor, but the last 4 notes are the same). It’s cool finding out its name.

@davidryan7386 3 года назад

That was a perfect video, maybe slow the pace a touch. but brilliant. esp the half step relationships at the end. the most useful 7 min music vid ever seen. Thank you!!

@alessiod.cascone7722 5 лет назад

Great Lesson. I use to call this scale Phrygian Dominant, as a fifth degree of minor harmonic scale.

@joebermuda6452 Год назад

This is Hungarian minor I believe

@user-li5iw8bo7m 9 месяцев назад

Thanks 💟🙏

@thekout 5 лет назад

I just found your channel and its the best! A little trivia for you, this scale in Greek is called "Hidjazkiar" or smth like that, there is also the "Hidjaz" which is exactly the same, although the 7th note is a natural G! Good work.

@efe9625 4 года назад

We have the same Hicazkâr and Hicaz makams (scales) in Turkish makam music aswell.

@mehmed6529 3 года назад

If the 7th note is G that would just be Phrygian dominant which is the 5th mode of the harmonic minor scale

@franciscoaragao5398 3 года назад

In a scale, if one single note is different, then this is not "exactly the same".

@Remcore020 3 года назад

These eastern European styles of music are based on turkish maqam music. Due to this, scales are not static but built up by tetra chords. Every tetra chord has is own set of motifs and rules of usage. For example if the VII is approached from below it can be sharpened but if it is approached from the top in a cadential phrase it is always minor. Have a look for explanation of the klezmer modes, It is a real interesting way to approach music but hard for a westerner to wrap your mind around.

@konstantinossfoungaris8474 3 года назад

No hidjaz and hidjazkiar are the Arabic names. In Greek the names are pretty disputed but expect something like ‘plagal 4th enharmonic mode’. EDIT: even though the Arabic names are colloquially used among Greek folk musicians

@roberttemple2521 11 месяцев назад

I love playing around with this scale on my diaronic harmonicas. I discovered it years ago when I was first learning how to play chromatically on my diatonic harmonicas. I know this as the Phrygian Dominant scale of. I tend to think more and more in scale degrees. Paul Butterfield, Bloomfield and company made great use of this scale in Butter's "East/West" performances and recordings. Thank you for sharing this information. I don't play a note on strings, but the theory is handy to know and work with.

@MusicTheoryForGuitar 11 месяцев назад

The Phrygian Dominant is a different scale. The A Phrygian Dominant would have a natural G, not the G# of the Byzantine scale.

@BrettWMcCoy 8 месяцев назад

Ritchie Blackmore uses this scale a lot, too -- Stargazer and Gates of Babylon (Rainbow) are really good examples of this scale in use

@staratmidnight7 5 лет назад

Great video, as always! I'm glad you omitted the background music you had in earlier videos. It was distracting, and now it's easier to focus on your excellent lesson

@vspatmx7458 Год назад

Super Fab. way u SYNC SOUNDS with VISUAL cues Helps a lot. Thanksa ton... You rock

@Arsalan-Pervez 3 года назад

I have been struggling with a music I created while ringing a D drone in the background. Thanks to this lesson I might be able experiment with. Thanks a lot man!! love your channel a lot

@michaelinglis8516 5 лет назад

This is what I needed today, inspiration found!

@skygazer9475 5 лет назад

Grandissimo ottima lezione!

@GerhardAlbinus 4 года назад

Wonderful tutorial. I have always simply enjoyed this type of music with these scales. I never really knew what it was called. Thank you for this awesome explanation, it was truly an "eye opener". Kind regards.

@robseidel Год назад

Wow. A huge THANK YOU. You must be a god, such nice explanations!!

@dclipper8052 4 года назад

I've been playing Misirlou forever but it wasn't very long ago that I realized that scale contains three half steps in a row (around the root.)

@pvillez 4 года назад

Those three seps are great for candencing. The middle note or root can go up to the b2 and resolve down again or go down and up again. Win win.

@mattgilbert7347 3 года назад

I wish I could communicate like this. But none of it "sticks". Not anymore.

@davebdot6713 4 года назад

I love the darkness in this scale

@Lloyd2VD 2 года назад

I also love your examples for nice cadences

@Chimp_No_1 5 лет назад

Wonderful lesson ! Thanks.

@RonZanderful 5 лет назад

Quite interesting. I’m going to have to watch this several times! Definitely interested in the master of the modes course.

@mattgilbert7347 3 года назад

Do you understand what he's teaching? It seeems you are the only other person in the comments section who isn't saying "Oh that's also known as a whoop-de-doo-dah in the upside down position with a raised 7" And the ones who obviously understand because they say they learned something. I learned I know nothing. Not a position I'm comfortable with. Have you managed to learn this modal stuff? Makes my head hurt.

@keithcourneyea1609 5 лет назад

Excellent. Sounds so good! Really loving Master of the Modes course.

@kingorbit 4 года назад

well its been 10 months since your post. I was wondering if you kept it up and what you opinion is on the value of it compared to the price. I am thinking about their blues Cours , but it seems pricey to me.

@Deanguilberry 3 года назад

Liszt uses this scale in Hungarian Rhapsody no. 13. I'm sure he uses it elsewhere, but I have read the music and played it from there. That is the earliest instance that I have seen it.

@Ruby_The_Dog 2 года назад

I Come from Greece, what an interesting lesson! Misirlou original is also great!

@HishamKhalaf1 4 года назад

This scale is ½ - 1½ - ½ - 1 - ½ - 1½ - ½ This scale is called Sozdalar when based on A note. When transposed on C note it is called Hejaz Kar. When transposed on D it is called Shahinaz and when transposed on G it is called Shat Araban. The different names seems coming from different countries.

@theburnerband6440 Год назад

Thanks man top stuff

@composer7325 5 лет назад

Excellent, thank you.

@ShaharHarshuv 3 года назад

Thanks for educating me in topics I otherwise would never have learned! Diffinitly gonna use it somewhen

@verandi3882 5 лет назад

it is funny how youtube also recommended Byzantine chants in addition to this great lesson , awesome stuff

@blinkforme5726 5 лет назад

Hicaz - harmonik minor - phyrgian dominant

@rockzilla5150 5 лет назад

Phyrigian Dominant sounds too simple. People like to keep it complicated so it seems as though they know more theory than they really do.

@YannisFyssas 5 лет назад

Excellent !!!!

@steffenoevani9321 4 года назад

I learned something today. Thanks!

@bencollier3758 Год назад

I suddenly realised halfway through this that this is the scale used for the theme tune to the Bond Film "From Russia With Love". Now of course, that film is mostly set in Istanbul (formerly Byzantium!) so the choice makes sense!

@MusicTheoryForGuitar Год назад

Didn't realize that! I'll have to go an re-listen to it. Thanks!

@bencollier3758 Год назад

@@MusicTheoryForGuitar Listening to it now, it seems to modulate around the place, but definitely uses the Byzantine scale as a motif.

@carnage99999 Год назад

Very helpful! Thank you ❤️

@owenrox4U 2 года назад

I really liked this video. I'm going to try writing some music with the Byzatine scale, even some surf music.

@TheMarimboKing 25 дней назад

A video like this on the Anchi Hoye scale would be great!

5 лет назад

Cool 😎 cheers from Portugal 🇵🇹

@Matheussantos-bb5pl 2 года назад

great great!!!!

@methmam4247 3 года назад

Thank you so much!

@daffyduckjunior8988 3 года назад

Thank you soooo much for the video. I liked it very much!!

@LeviBulger 2 года назад

Misirlou- Greek traditional song made famous by Dick Dale, made famouser by Quentin Tarantino

@daneoduran2674 4 года назад

Brilliant, as always.

@omorganstudios 5 лет назад

awesome! yes double harmonic... I like surf exotic so I can remember :)

@nichtimmer9134 3 года назад

Man thats it!!! Sounds superb!!!

@LeonardoCastillaJibaja1908 5 лет назад

Great video! Thanks

@PaulRoseGuitar 3 года назад

Great info, great channel. Thanks.

@falak88 4 года назад

Brilliant explanation ! FYI, this scale is close the the one in Raag Bhairav in Indian Classical Music(Hindustani).

@BazColne 5 лет назад

Very enjoyable. Lovely explanations and great sounds.

@carlosclaptrix 4 года назад

Great teacher!

@mononoaware1960 4 года назад

This is by far the best music channel on RU-vid! Everything you present is instantly applicable to the guitar, it’s not just running through the theory or showing one position of the scale up and down! For months I’ve been trying to utilize some exotic scales within a jazz rock fusion context but I haven’t found any lessons that teach how to actually make music with them... which is ultimately what the goal should be. And I’m also Italian myself! I was born here in America but I’m 100% Sicilian. What part of Italy are you from?

@chrisdesign3914 3 года назад

And also instantly applicable to piano as well I ve started learning piano 2 months ago and his music theory teaching is amazing and helps me a lot to understand music Bless him to share his knowledge with so much humility

@mononoaware1960 3 года назад

@@chrisdesign3914 Agreed! I played piano for awhile and stupidly gave it up when I started guitar. Some truly great resources on YT if you’re willing to look, good luck with your musical endeavors.

@chrisdesign3914 3 года назад

@@mononoaware1960 RU-vid got amazing music teachers Here you can learn so much about music and within 2 months I can build any chords scales chords progression Exotic scales thanks him Harmony and negative harmony Chromatic medians And so And most of that is coming from his video Bless him

@mononoaware1960 3 года назад

@@chrisdesign3914 Awesome! Keep going, it only gets better from here.

@StormWolf40 5 лет назад

This video is great! I am just being technical and I really love how you explain different musical concepts in an easy to grasp quickly in all your videos! BUT this being technical is the Hungarian minor fifth mode and is known well by music theorist and many guitarist as the Double Harmonic scale. ( I am a Professor of Music at a reputable school. ) I am saying that calling it the Byzantine scale or Gypsy scale is not wrong but maybe people( guitarist or other instruments ) would know it easier by its real formula 1 b2 3 4 5 b6 7 as the Double Harmonic scale just so they don't get it mixed up with Gregorian Chant or any other form. Keep putting out your awesome videos! I really enjoy them a lot! : )

@christopherfreud5894 5 лет назад

b2 b6 Also known as Oriental Scale. Very well explained, thanks!

@carlospadinmartinez 5 лет назад

Or the double harmonic major, no?

@gabrielmahutasoit8953 2 года назад

I've found the tritone substitution of main-but-missing V7 (dominant chord) of A byzantine scale, Bb7 (actually it's like Bb Ger+6, Bb-D-F-G# ; real Bb7 is Bb-D-F-Ab). It fits perfectly as what normal dominant does. Main dom : E7 -> A (thx to the G# and D) Sub. dom (subV7) Bb7 -> A (although Bb and F are also in this scale, the tritone D-G# is resolvable to C#-A (A major)) So, we can use Bb7 if E7/b5 is very weird to use.

@gnumusic-brian 5 лет назад

Great explaination of chord substitution on an exotic scale!

@davidjensen4547 4 года назад

I, bii dim, iv, V. I think this scale is made by combining a Major 1 chord and Minor 4 chord. The #7 indicates the 5 chord is Major. The b2 indicates the 5 chord is Diminished but I call it a Diminished 2 chord in this case.

@christianjhonny3401 5 лет назад

Amazing!

@pancon5 4 года назад

Excellent vid, amazing sounds. You could make a whole series with exotic scales!

@illusionist1872 3 года назад

4:45 you know how to make a guitar _sing,_ good sir

@JohanTillgren 5 лет назад

Great explanation!

@kentkacs3140 5 лет назад

Nicely explained; well done!

@anirudhsilai5790 3 года назад

You could also do tritone substitutions from Bb7 to A

@bruhroll9460 8 месяцев назад

That’s called “hicaz makamı (makam of hejaz)” in Turkish.

@joshbezaire9708 4 года назад

I love this channel!!!

@pablov1973 3 года назад

Very close to some Shostakovich scales, he uses the two times diminished phrygian mode.

@Deanguilberry 3 года назад

Liszt uses this scale in Hungarian Rhapsody no. 13. I'm sure he uses it elsewhere, but I have read the music and played it from there. That is the earliest instance where I have seen it.

@radiozelaza 4 года назад

I guess I used Byzantine scale on a pedal note in an intro to my IDF commandos tribute song "Operation Thunderbolt". It sounded exotic enough but still not overused like the Phrygian dominant, and the semitones around the tonic really increase the tension.

@user-di4ih7ft2e 5 лет назад

Great video

@guinness4630 5 лет назад

Love it!! Thank you!!

@eternallearner8185 5 лет назад

No surprise that Dick Dale was Lebanese American and the guitarist from the Atlantics who wrote Bombora was a Greek Australian. This is the scale they have in their heads!

@lennyd4712 5 лет назад

Great video...thank you for sharing it with us!

@mr.fowler4644 4 года назад

When soloing it definitely sounds like something Santana would play😂. The scale seems rather Dorian-esk to me.

@StormWolf40 5 лет назад

This is off the topic of the video BUT Yes another post...hehe Tomasso have you heard or studied The Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization developed by George Russell. I was taught this a long time ago and forgotten about it till I went through all my college and observatory books and materials and is really fascinating and inspired me for jazz compositions I have played and still it shows up a bit in my rock guitar as well as classical pieces I played and studied. Yes I may be giving away my age a bit and this nickname I am under on RU-vid is my professional studio guitarist name I go by. Sometime I would like to email you and write you about many topics..as a theorist, teacher, composer and just a guitarist always seeking knowledge!! BTW I have tried your video courses as well. It isn't under this stage name but under my real name. Have a wonderful day!