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.
@peteracosta7447 ай бұрын
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!
@DubyaW111 Жыл бұрын
Thank you Alex.. Love it 🙏🏻❤️💖🥰🥰
@isaiahmarquez97172 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Yes me too.. It's very interesting these diminished scales...🙏🏻❤️
@sinnertrain74056 жыл бұрын
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.
@davidriggs81966 жыл бұрын
A natural teacher. Nice clear and understandable ideas. Thank you.
@cesarederossi39037 жыл бұрын
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.
@roryoconnor8617 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Great lesson. Love the improvisation towards the end.
@xmanoffical80867 жыл бұрын
idc...if Alex plays jazz or rock or metal the dudes a beast behind the six string!!!\m/
@pronginator7 жыл бұрын
THIS is the level and delivery method ive been waiting for, for Years. ty
@gkniffen7 жыл бұрын
Cool lesson.
@zachmcgrain33907 жыл бұрын
Love the insight on this diminished lesson. I found another inspirational player/teacher with great style and technique. Thankyou.
@valuedhumanoid65746 жыл бұрын
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.
@johnedward715 жыл бұрын
Nope. He had that when he was 17. It's just a weird hair thing.
@evanmastermind5 жыл бұрын
@@johnedward71 thats what he said and this comment is 1 year old
@davekiddie44675 жыл бұрын
Ya right
@GenZ_Guitarist5 жыл бұрын
@@johnedward71 weird but cool
@CMM53004 жыл бұрын
Legend has it when he picked up an guitar as a toddler he was struck by lightning and testament was born!
@divadgnol677 жыл бұрын
Alex, you kick ass dude!
@LovePump767 жыл бұрын
Great lesson! Lots of good sauce in it!
@stavrosmaiden4 жыл бұрын
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!
@Dmunson32 жыл бұрын
Great explanation. Thanks
@douglascasey34864 жыл бұрын
Nice lesson. You make it very musical.
@djyucatec49993 жыл бұрын
GENIUS AND SO SIMPLE !THANKS MAN
@freewheelburning88344 жыл бұрын
this was the best lesson ever
@jamesabrams63217 жыл бұрын
for those not familiar...find Alex playing on an album called Thonk..with Micael manring and Steve Morse..1994
@kingnaildriver72326 жыл бұрын
James Abrams great shit.
@mikem41626 жыл бұрын
thanks man I'll have to check that out I love Steve morse
@josemolina9595 жыл бұрын
Fantastic and clearly explained!
@keffus77 жыл бұрын
Love your lessons, helps me visualize new ways to move patterns and new ways to think about things. Keep up the great work!
@DowntownHerbieBrown7 жыл бұрын
excellent lesson, thank you Alex and guitar world!
@wintertime3316 жыл бұрын
Fantastic lesson!
@boytjiejoolz2 жыл бұрын
Great 🎵 insights...if only I could...
@josemolina9594 жыл бұрын
Thank Alex, good stuff.
@eduardocarrera32454 жыл бұрын
7:35 Awesome improvisation!!
@steve1982n4 жыл бұрын
Awesome lesson you are a master
@ssmetalrulz6 жыл бұрын
Alex Skolnick thank you sir.. you’re a huge inspiration 🙏🏻
@aurelianarsene90265 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Alex!
@billmusician6 жыл бұрын
Nice video and lesson great job
@fartzerelli13854 жыл бұрын
Great teacher!
@Studio-ur2lc3 жыл бұрын
This is gold.
@CMM53004 жыл бұрын
For the record the dimbb7 comes from other scales also. Harmonic minor mode VII... for example. There's others scale also
@edh19597 жыл бұрын
Thanks that was great and so are you
@jasonpitre12497 жыл бұрын
Love those Godin guitars. I have a few electrics but I would love to have a Jazz and/or a Montreal Premiere.
@todda.20884 жыл бұрын
Great player ! Thx Alex for sharing : )
@Bricklinsv19705 жыл бұрын
Half whole diminished is so dark and cool sounding.
@oOFirefaceOo5 жыл бұрын
A really helpful lesson!!!!
@nitrokyosho4 жыл бұрын
Awesome guitar player
@dennismeredith69445 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for explaining this where it makes sense!!
@tmgasia3 жыл бұрын
Woah.... that actually made sense... thanks!
@faithbrackenhooper95507 жыл бұрын
Alex is the main man, just bought a copy of Souls of Black tablature book on ebay for my xmas pressie, yeah baby!
@johnedward715 жыл бұрын
Heh. I bought his signature ESP guitar. Smooth as silk.
@CMM53004 жыл бұрын
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.
@p.schouten65977 жыл бұрын
Very educational, thanks. Also, what was the intro __ the first 20 seconds? Sounds great!
@jamesmcswain81204 жыл бұрын
Real fun lesson, I'm still deep on the whole tone section of the melodic minor.
@vonMohl5 жыл бұрын
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.
@vonMohl5 жыл бұрын
6:19 sorry he plays an inverted D triad starting on F#.
@Lepetitecroissant694207 жыл бұрын
1:29 that's what she said
@zagan13527 жыл бұрын
Isaac Jimenez lol 😂
@mikhailardhito10246 жыл бұрын
Lmao😂
@superelite52903 жыл бұрын
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....
@oddfellowfloyd7 жыл бұрын
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.
@STRAT627 жыл бұрын
Great insight, thanks!
@bilalmalikguitarist6 жыл бұрын
please someone explain to me, isn't this the locrian mode, or somehow related?! thanks! A great video!
@aarontabuchi56935 жыл бұрын
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.
@Dolores5000 Жыл бұрын
Yes!❤
@meteor093 жыл бұрын
When does Skolnick come back to guitar world?
@bikersoncall4 жыл бұрын
Cool Guitar too.
@chrisdaniel65027 жыл бұрын
You're a master and I'm afraid I'll never be that good.
@jbasti2277 жыл бұрын
Christopher Daniel It's all about practice and dedication. You'll get there, just keep w/ it!
@rainfieldmusic2 жыл бұрын
Cool thanks 😊
@TobyBurt7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this Alex, I recall totally ignoring someone talking about this 20 years ago... dammit haha.
@Sedaa6 жыл бұрын
very helpful, thank you!
@alexthrax20314 жыл бұрын
eres uno de mis dioses?
@aschneider703 жыл бұрын
I always remember Robben Ford.
@DubyaW111 Жыл бұрын
Fridgian comes from diminished scale?
@fabriciochamaborges7 жыл бұрын
thanks, master!
@sammydjursfeldt49382 жыл бұрын
interesting from start to finish
@leeDs7187 жыл бұрын
why do people dislike this?
@megadeth-1a8857 жыл бұрын
I Fucking love Alex Skolnick. not in a gay way. I can listen to him talk music 24/7. definitely one of my heros
@rccarsandmusic26415 жыл бұрын
Nice
@wefysan587 жыл бұрын
wow that was cool
@zeynepakgol5 жыл бұрын
♡♡ very helpful for exams ! 📚📚📚📚🎶🎶
@bradyoung10526 жыл бұрын
At first I thought this was Adam Jones
@꽃무늬원피스극혐하는4 жыл бұрын
6:58
@kukka24546 жыл бұрын
put tab sir pleasw
@RainMakeR_Workshop7 жыл бұрын
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.
@CRISSFRESNO7 жыл бұрын
*Cool*
@lucasanderson73696 жыл бұрын
Thanks Alex
@michaelbutler2754 жыл бұрын
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!!!
@depshallburn7 жыл бұрын
he's higher than me
@ttww5804 жыл бұрын
แขนซ้ายผมรู้สึกไม่เหมือนเดิมครับ
@wcm51507 жыл бұрын
That's what she said...
@Swanlord053 жыл бұрын
Marshall mode 4.....nuff said
@obsidianmetalofficial7172 жыл бұрын
We use this almost exclusively on an album. I'm surprised more metal artists don't use it, its the most sinister sounding.
@thrashingpanic7 жыл бұрын
Sounds like The Ritual. I mean whole album ;)
@smaklilu904 жыл бұрын
sounds like a harmonic minor to me
@riff_junkie6 жыл бұрын
Diminished to b
@fattymcfatterson36516 жыл бұрын
Also known as the Octatonic Scale...
@wattzmonster5836 жыл бұрын
☠🤘☠
@kindnick587 жыл бұрын
chestnuts!
@HabAnagarek4 жыл бұрын
What is there to possibly downvote on this? the Internet, and people, are a stain on the cosmos.
@puertecitos68886 жыл бұрын
Metallica should have chosen this guy for lead guitarist instead of that sloppy Kirk Dammit.
@Theraldave6 жыл бұрын
Wow dude you took a simple concept, the diminished scale is alternating whole and half steps, and made it needlessly complex, stop teaching, please
@daedalusi3156 жыл бұрын
useless comment is useless. Make a better video instead of being a pretentious dick about it.
@TheLeadSled6 жыл бұрын
Daedalus I exactly, I can't play like Alex not even close but still enjoy watching his lessons.