Use This Scale For Jazz and R&B 

I took a lesson from Jack back in 2022 and am still chewing on the knowledge he dropped on me, one of my absolute favorite and most tasteful guitarists of all time. Thank you for more wisdom sir!

Fascinating that the song uses a secondary dominant to return to the 2-5-1 part. I've never thought to do that before.

You're as smooth as silk Jack. You've achieved what most players strive for. Saying everything with just one note. Bang on.

that snare sample sounds great

Jack emphasizes the purposeful and intentional mindset when playing. I also appreciate that he seemingly takes the same approach in the scaffolding and explanation of this lesson: just as in his music, so too in his words. Bravo. This is excellent teaching.

Sometimes HOW is more important than WHAT. Really enjoyed watching and following the detailed explanation. Many thanks!

I’ve been playing guitar for 50 years bro, you are a fabulous teacher!!! Thanks for being excellent!!!

He's the best. Jack, you're the best.

Thanks for the education Jack.

That altered scale over that chord has a Larry Carlton vibe to it for sure.

Feel like I’m on the verge of incorporating melodic minor scales and modes into my playing. This might be the video that finally pushes me over. Great lesson!

Man, what a tone. I would love a break down of your tone if you haven't done it and if you have can you tell me the name of the video? Great stuff. Great mode

Nice job explaining the Tri tone and the Lydian dominant. It’s a great scale. It even seems to hold up on a stationary V7.

There's some magical effortlessness in his playing. I too discovered the lydian dominant through b6 dom chord in minor key Or a 2dom chord in a maj/ mixolydian blues key.

Yes, the Lydian Dominant Flatten the 9th and you have Romanian Major Scale Sharpen the 9th and you have Hungarian Major Scale

thanks jack.

Thank you

Jack is a beast on that 🎸 Pure gold one of a kind. Thanks a million for sharing . God bless you sir🎉

Excellent as always , thanks Jack .

What an amazing song to solo over. Great lesson!

You have the best tone and feel! Love it!

Top lesson Jack thank you. I love the way it makes sense and the licks sound so smooth.

Beautiful stuff Jack!

Came for the lesson , but happy also to meet another Xotic TC user!

Wonderful and inspiring lesson! Thanks!

Jack. Great lesson. Thank you for this.

Yet another great tutorial, Jack! This makes a lot of sense once you start seeing it as a tritone sub. Thanks a lot!

Awesome video have a wonderful day Jack also happy holiday season ❤😊

A half step down to the dominant. So revolutionary. /S

Abolutely love my flamed maple fretboard and roasted maple neck. Just pure butter... mmmm

I think it’s easiest to come up with the “Db lydian dominant scale” as just keeping as many notes of Eb major as possible but making sure you have all the chord tones of Db7. Eb major has Eb D F G Ab Bb C. Db7 has Db F Ab Cb. So just swap the D and C in Eb major for Db and Cb, and you get the notes of the Db lydian dominant scale (Db Eb F G Ab Bb Cb). That process works for any non-diatonic chord.

Great song, so glad you did this episode. 😎🤓

great lesson, so well explained :)

Thanks!

I was playing along a bit & found myself in E Major at first, & then I shifted to C Harmonic Minor, I guess it's a relative thing, or just how my mind organized it. Thanks for the discussion.

Thanks for another great lesson Jack! I have been spending some time this past year or two working to get this altered sound under my fingers (thanks to you!). I am ok with theory so when it is described as the 7th mode of the melodic minor or, in this case, the lydian dominant, I can follow that well enough. For those who are not so comfortable with theory it occurred to me recently that the scale can also be thought of as the "major flat everything but the root" scale. R, b2,b3,b4,b5,b6,b7. Most people know the major scale so I am hoping this alternative way of thinking can be helpful to some.

Thanks a lot for this new gem...! Your skill as a player and a teacher are just amazing... just wish i had enough of a brain to grab it all... Barely making a living off the land on a remote south pacific island, don't have a credit card and wouldn't even know how to use it but you definitely make me wish i had one... Many thanks again to so kindly share your knowledge freely with us... Wish you a Merry Xmas and the very best in all things for 2024... :)

Love it, Jack! This style always hits me straight in my core. There's just something about it. Yeah, Lydian makes sense. 👍

I love ❤️ this guy. Where were u when I was 14 asking by rocker guitar teacher why do some guys sound out, but they're in?

Watching now but had to comment first just because

You’re awesome 👏

So the melodic minor scale up a tritone starting from the altered scale is a Lydian dominant? Never thought of it like that but it’s useful for those half a step passages indeed

Lydian dominant is great for dominant chords that don't have to resolve right away

Excelente ❤

I love your tone Jack, that really smooth, mellow, jazzy sound. You're so good, you must play in a group ?.

Sweet, nice to hear this Xotic XTC-1, that neck is gorgeous. I bought one based on yours and others reviews and I love it.

Nice

Nice:)

Takk!

Great sound and lines as usual! Quite Larry Carlton-esque sounding at times. I bet he uses this scale pretty often?

Great lesson and lots of food for thought (and practice). Where is the lesson referred to at about 5:42 on the modes of the melodic minor scale please? I can't seem to find it. Cheers, keep grooving and merry Christmas!

Awesome lesson Jack. Is there any “trick “ to that hammer on pull off and index slide back to G at 9:29? I realize probably not but I’m struggling with that. You make it look so easy 😂

Lydian Dominant 0:48 Chord

Hey Jack, I have been running through some of these different scales in my head for a while and have noticed something interesting. The very first note that I was ever aware of playing that was outside of the scale the song was in was the major 3rd of a dominant going to a minor. Usually, in the key of that minor, since this is so commonly seen. Basically, I ended up just playing the minor scale and substituting that one note. I would read or hear people talk about that chord being from the harmonic minor and to use that scale there, which is basically what I was doing by changing that note without knowing it. In the past few years, I have been playing music with a lot more secondary dominants and kind of taking the same approach a lot of the time. I am thinking about what notes in the chord are not in the key and just making sure to emphasize those notes. So, to the point, if you think about every secondary dominant in a key in this way and write out the resulting scale, you get similar results. This Db lydian dominant is no different. think about the notes in Eb major as they relate to Db9 and take the notes from Db9 that are NOT in Eb major and place them in the scale, replacing the appropriate notes in the scale. Db (b7 of Eb replacing D) Eb F G Ab Bb Cb (*B* replacing C as the b7 of Db) Db So, adding the two notes from Db9 (Db and Cb *B*) that are not in Eb major and eliminating the natural note from that scale degree (7th and 6th) just gives you the Db lydian dominant scale. This seems more complicated to write out this way than it actually is. It is basically just seeing the notes of the chord Db over the parent scale Eb major and adjusting the scale to fit that chord.

Robben teaches that if you raise a tonic chord, it becomes an altered V chord. Just another way of looking at the same thing.

Doesn't matter what the lesson is - I just love listening to you play. You must be the tastiest player on the planet right now! But....I do have a tangential question. Is that wrist support on your right hand working out well? I have an extremely severe and chronic tendonitis problem (statins being the primary suspect at the moment), and I would love to find out where to get one of those babies. Thanks!

5:10 here's the scale.

❤your playing style man..! But I’m not up to all the theory… yet..😳 But I’ll dissect .. and hopefully absorb..this one.., ✌🏼

Reminds me of paul piepers version of feel like makin love

Hi Jack, do you keep on playing the Db Lydian dominant over the C7 too? I didn't get it 🫣

OK nice, Lydian b7 on Db9, but what about the C9?

I have a telecaster right and I notice your neck was maybe bought I need one bad but I'm poor how much was that

Link to your lesson pn the Modes of the Melodic Minor? ~ I don't see it

Is this backing track available?!

I am not gay but I am i love with you! Great stuff!

we need the chord diagrams up while you play them

so the Bb13 and the Ebmaj7 share 2 notes? am I doing this right? not getting that sweet V-I resolve this way as my clumsy fingers make me only hear the high G note that's present(?) in both chords

What is the name of that guitar you got?

The Backing track please ! 🙏

What is tha name of the scale you are using Jack? Db Lydian Dominant? Also what is the Melodic Minor Parent Scale? Thanks

What is that unit sitting on the amp?

Is That guitar really worth the money? I was checking out astral for $3,500 and held off on it.

audio is muddled

Too advanced for me.... I have too many questions. Unfortunately, it seems like every video is a "lesson 1".... or a " year 2". Hard to find something in between. You seem helpful though. (Just venting)

its annoying how he speaks loud enough to hear but trails off to not hearing him...