Alex Skolnick Jazz Lesson - The Diminished Scale

[@Yupppi]

I freaking loved Skolnick's diminished and chromatic bits with blues solos in Testament. It was so interesting to hear those rather rare hooks. The intro to Eerie Inhabitants has been drilled in the back of my head for decades.

[@peteracosta744]

Alex Skolnick has a unique interpretation of everything. Amazing player and so innovative… not repetitive at all. Monstrous speed incredible chops. Thank you, Mr. Skolnick!

[@isaiahmarquez9717]

If you were a teenage guitarist in the 80’s, you know damn well that’s a Yngwie diminished arpeggio run at :43. 😆 Trying to pick up on this jazz thing. My respect for Alex just keeps going up.

[@DubyaW111]

Yes me too.. It's very interesting these diminished scales...🙏🏻❤️

[@cesarederossi3903]

Fantastic lesson, thank you ! You make this scale sound so natural and musical, very inspiring. I'd like to mention Robben Ford is another great guitarist that makes a very cool use of the diminuished scale inside his blues music.

[@sinnertrain7405]

I love the fact that Skolnick plays in a jazz trio and metal in Testament. I actually prefer his jazz playing. He did seem to use the diminished scale a lot of Testament's first album.

[@DubyaW111]

Thank you Alex.. Love it 🙏🏻❤️💖🥰🥰

[@davidriggs8196]

A natural teacher. Nice clear and understandable ideas. Thank you.

[@pronginator]

THIS is the level and delivery method ive been waiting for, for Years. ty

[@xmanoffical8086]

idc...if Alex plays jazz or rock or metal the dudes a beast behind the six string!!!\m/

[@roryoconnor861]

Thanks. Great lesson. Love the improvisation towards the end.

[@zachmcgrain3390]

Love the insight on this diminished lesson. I found another inspirational player/teacher with great style and technique. Thankyou.

[@gkniffen]

Cool lesson.

[@divadgnol67]

Alex, you kick ass dude!

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

I had always assumed that the silver streak in his hair was artificial, like something he added. I recently found out that it's 100% natural and he has no idea why or how it came about. Very cool. I know that is a trivial and shallow observation during a music lesson, but hey, sometimes you just gotta let it happen. I love this guy and his skill.

[@johnedward71]

Nope. He had that when he was 17. It's just a weird hair thing.

[@evanmastermind]

@@johnedward71 thats what he said and this comment is 1 year old

[@davekiddie4467]

Ya right

[@GenZ_Guitarist]

@@johnedward71 weird but cool

[@CMM5300]

Legend has it when he picked up an guitar as a toddler he was struck by lightning and testament was born!

[@LovePump76]

Great lesson! Lots of good sauce in it!

[@keffus7]

Love your lessons, helps me visualize new ways to move patterns and new ways to think about things. Keep up the great work!

[@stavrosmaiden]

He is a brilliant guitar player and what a wonderful and down-to-Earth person for a rock star who has sold over 10 million records!

[@eduardocarrera3245]

7:35 Awesome improvisation!!

[@DowntownHerbieBrown]

excellent lesson, thank you Alex and guitar world!

[@jamesabrams6321]

for those not familiar...find Alex playing on an album called Thonk..with Micael manring and Steve Morse..1994

[@kingnaildriver7232]

James Abrams great shit.

[@mikem4162]

thanks man I'll have to check that out I love Steve morse

[@douglascasey3486]

Nice lesson. You make it very musical.

[@freewheelburning8834]

this was the best lesson ever

[@ssmetalrulz]

Alex Skolnick thank you sir.. you’re a huge inspiration 🙏🏻

[@oddfellowfloyd]

What tasty ideas (7:00 - onward)! That 7#9 jam was swanky as hell...reminded me of some Pat Metheny's "Vampira." ;) I would love to take lessons with Alex, pick his brain, and just jam with him. He'd help me raise my level of playing for sure.

[@faithbrackenhooper9550]

Alex is the main man, just bought a copy of Souls of Black tablature book on ebay for my xmas pressie, yeah baby!

[@johnedward71]

Heh. I bought his signature ESP guitar. Smooth as silk.

[@jasonpitre1249]

Love those Godin guitars. I have a few electrics but I would love to have a Jazz and/or a Montreal Premiere.

[@Bricklinsv1970]

Half whole diminished is so dark and cool sounding.

[@josemolina959]

Fantastic and clearly explained!

[@djyucatec4999]

GENIUS AND SO SIMPLE !THANKS MAN

[@wintertime331]

Fantastic lesson!

[@Dmunson3]

Great explanation. Thanks

[@boytjiejoolz]

Great 🎵 insights...if only I could...

[@jamesmcswain8120]

Real fun lesson, I'm still deep on the whole tone section of the melodic minor.

[@vonMohl]

6:19 this triad is a F# dim triad (F# A C), so in this diminished scale you will have 4 major triads B,D,F, Ab and 4 dim Chords Fdim,Abdim,Ddim,Bdim to plays along with. Kind of funny to have major and diminished chords on the same root in the same scale.

[@vonMohl]

6:19 sorry he plays an inverted D triad starting on F#.

[@steve1982n]

Awesome lesson you are a master

[@billmusician]

Nice video and lesson great job

[@josemolina959]

Thank Alex, good stuff.

[@superelite5290]

im just learning and trying to write some music in drop d. I noticed playing d sharp notes sound good with d minor. now im trying to fit d and dsharp minor together to get the dissonant sounding d minor. i think what you said about it being two halfs of a minor scale is what im running into here. im just a noob but any comments would help....

[@fartzerelli1385]

Great teacher!

[@p.schouten6597]

Very educational, thanks. Also, what was the intro __ the first 20 seconds? Sounds great!

[@CMM5300]

For the record the dimbb7 comes from other scales also. Harmonic minor mode VII... for example. There's others scale also

[@dennismeredith6944]

Thank you so much for explaining this where it makes sense!!

[@Lepetitecroissant69420]

1:29 that's what she said

[@zagan1352]

Isaac Jimenez lol 😂

[@mikhailardhito1024]

Lmao😂

[@aurelianarsene9026]

Thank you, Alex!

[@bilalmalikguitarist]

please someone explain to me, isn't this the locrian mode, or somehow related?! thanks! A great video!

[@aarontabuchi5693]

eroticblack locrian is the seventh mode or degree of the major scale. So in C major, playing from b up to b on the next octave, that’s locrian . The diminished scale is a completely different thing and an entirely different scale pattern as described in the video. It may sound somewhat similar to locrian because they both have a minor third and diminished 5.

[@Studio-ur2lc]

This is gold.

[@CMM5300]

I think the h/w can be used more in metal... the rest is really jazz based. There are a lot of "hidden" chords in both diminished scales. It is a great places to practice and Get a good workout all over the fretboard. A place that will make you crazy. An altered world where it's easy to loose track of key centers.

[@nitrokyosho]

Awesome guitar player

[@todda.2088]

Great player ! Thx Alex for sharing : )

[@tmgasia]

Woah.... that actually made sense... thanks!

[@meteor09]

When does Skolnick come back to guitar world?

[@oOFirefaceOo]

A really helpful lesson!!!!

[@chrisdaniel6502]

You're a master and I'm afraid I'll never be that good.

[@jbasti227]

Christopher Daniel It's all about practice and dedication. You'll get there, just keep w/ it!

[@edh1959]

Thanks that was great and so are you

[@DubyaW111]

Fridgian comes from diminished scale?

[@TobyBurt]

Thank you for this Alex, I recall totally ignoring someone talking about this 20 years ago... dammit haha.

[@STRAT62]

Great insight, thanks!

[@bikersoncall]

Cool Guitar too.

[@Dolores5000]

Yes!❤

[@rainfieldmusic]

Cool thanks 😊

[@aschneider70]

I always remember Robben Ford.

[@Sedaa]

very helpful, thank you!

[@zeynepakgol]

♡♡ very helpful for exams ! 📚📚📚📚🎶🎶

[@leeDs718]

why do people dislike this?

[@fabriciochamaborges]

thanks, master!

[@megadeth-1a885]

I Fucking love Alex Skolnick. not in a gay way. I can listen to him talk music 24/7. definitely one of my heros

[@sammydjursfeldt4938]

interesting from start to finish

[@wefysan58]

wow that was cool

[@bradyoung1052]

At first I thought this was Adam Jones

[@michaelbutler275]

What kind of guitar is skolNick playing in this video!?!?. It is a different company that has made a birdland style guitar. Let me tell you now, the Gibson birdland Is the one Ted Nugent plays. Ted nugent's guitar is priced at thousands of dollars. I wonder what this birdland style is priced at that skolnik is playing? Please help to find the company who is the maker of this guitar In this video!!!

[@kukka2454]

put tab sir pleasw

[@alexthrax2031]

eres uno de mis dioses?

[@RainMakeR_Workshop]

huh... never knew that was a diminished scale. I always thought the arp was the scale. I actually use that scale all the time. never knew it's name.

[@rccarsandmusic2641]

Nice

[@꽃무늬원피스극혐하는]

6:58

[@CRISSFRESNO]

*Cool*

[@depshallburn]

he's higher than me

[@ttww580]

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[@thrashingpanic]

Sounds like The Ritual. I mean whole album ;)

[@wcm5150]

That's what she said...

[@smaklilu90]

sounds like a harmonic minor to me

[@Swanlord05]

Marshall mode 4.....nuff said

[@obsidianmetalofficial717]

We use this almost exclusively on an album. I'm surprised more metal artists don't use it, its the most sinister sounding.

[@riff_junkie]

Diminished to b

[@lucasanderson7369]

Thanks Alex

[@fattymcfatterson3651]

Also known as the Octatonic Scale...

[@wattzmonster583]

☠🤘☠

[@kindnick58]

chestnuts!

[@HabAnagarek]

What is there to possibly downvote on this? the Internet, and people, are a stain on the cosmos.

[@puertecitos6888]

Metallica should have chosen this guy for lead guitarist instead of that sloppy Kirk Dammit.

[@Turtle1948]

Wow dude you took a simple concept, the diminished scale is alternating whole and half steps, and made it needlessly complex, stop teaching, please

[@daedalusi315]

useless comment is useless. Make a better video instead of being a pretentious dick about it.

[@TheLeadSled]

Daedalus I exactly, I can't play like Alex not even close but still enjoy watching his lessons.

[@StuartwasDrinkell]

Thanks Alex