All About The Dark Phrygian Dominant Scale

ALL ABOUT the Dark PHRYGIAN DOMINANT SCALE! - Crystal Clear Lesson
With examples and Tabs.
In this video you will nail the secrets of the multi-cultural Phrygian Dominant scale and learn how to put this dark and ominous beauty into daily playing over Phrygian Dominant chord progressions, Dominant chords and applied dominants. I’ll explain everything about this scale and why it’s such a remarkable asset to you your playing routines. You can play this profound sounding Phrygian Dominant scale in different situations over different chords. That’s what you will learn in this video by examples and well known songs in different styles with tablature on screen. Learn also someting about the origin of the scale. Although it’s loved by metal guitarists, it’s also an ethnic scale used in many different parts of the world like India, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Israel and Spain. The scale goes by different names like Spanish Phrygian or major Phrygian. In the Middle East it’s called the Hijaz-Nahawand or Hijaz maqam, In Israel it’s called the Ahava Rabbah, and in Indian Raga it’s known as the Hijaz Bhairav.
You can support me on my patreon page (also for tabs of the licks played in this video):
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Tablature for the introduction solo (100% free):
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Artwork:
(c) 2019) Rob van Hal
Photos used in the artwork are Public Domain, CCO licensed (pixabay.com).
Backing track for practising the Phrygian Dominant scale:
1001 Arabian Nights - E Phrygian Dominant Backing Track ( • BACKING TRACK - 1001 A... )
Used:
Ibanez JEM 7v (www.Ibanez.com)
Ibanez SD GR Bass (www.Ibanez.com)
Takamine GD930 (www.takamine.com)
Castilla Classical Guitars
Samson Concert 99 Wireless system
Rode Microphone
Axe FX II (www.fractalaudio.com)
Social Media/contact:
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(c)2019 Rob van Hal, Netherlands

[@QJamTracks]

Tablature for the solo in the beginning of the video (free download): www.patreon.com/posts/freebie-intro-92006321

[@liammurphy2725]

I arrived here by way of Charles Frazier's book Cold Mountain. In the story, Stobrod, a somewhat limited fiddle player is asked by a dying girl's father to 'play her out'. After playing through his short repertoire, the girl calls his playing 'pitiful' and says, 'what kind of a fiddler are you?' 'Bum and shoddy' he replies. She asks him to 'make her up a tune', he does so using the 'frightening and awful' Phrygian mode'. I had no clue what this might have sounded like, but after hearing this I do. Thank you so much. Cold Mountain Author Charles Frazier Publisher Hodder and Stoughton First edition 1997 pp 281-283

[@QJamTracks]

Thank you for this contribution!

[@lennyblandino]

Well presented, nice!

[@daisolokh8212]

Big thank for this lesson teacher 🙏🥰💝❤️🇰🇭🎆🙏

[@metislamestiza3708]

i danced flamenco for many years. speaking with a friend tonight, i just discovered the whole concept of the phrygian dominant scale. i still love the genre, along with Maghreb and middle eastern music. so hearing it in rock when i was really young as a headbanger, now i see the co-relation with why i am so enchanted with those other genres of music - it's the PHRYGIAN! thanks!

[@ronniewilliford3449]

Awesome description of applied Phrygian. Thank you so much. I've been trying to figure out how to use this mode and couldn't control it very well. Gonna go through this vid slowly now. Thx again.

[@simonthescribe]

Great level of information, I was looking for this, thank you.

[@TheDeVriesFamily]

Oh my, I can't believe I found your channel! Right now I'm studying music theory and just browsed through all your videos and it's everything I need. These videos will keep me busy for awhile. You explain stuff so well I've tried watching others since good since bad but yours are A+!! Can't wait to start tomorrow with your videos, thanks again!!!

[@QJamTracks]

So nice to hear Shawn! That's why I do this, to explain these things as clear as possible :)

[@satchrules101]

I have question to learn all these great sounding scales , is it best to stick with one scale and really learn it inside out , before learning another different sounding mode ? Thanks 🙏

[@correametal]

...and this is how a perfect video tutorial is made! Thank you so much Rob for the knowledge you share with us!!!

[@dougp2917]

Ditto that. Outstanding.

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks Jose for your nice comment!

[@BJ-fj6jw]

Encore, for sure. I'll be watching for you!

[@taylorbush5534]

Shredding right out the gate my dude! Love it!

[@tryshchenko]

Absolutely amazing content, thank you!

[@saikyawoo2416]

Now i start to lean and going creat music like that.I suscribed it.

[@josevillasenor9222]

Love it

[@georgec6639]

Well done. Just the haunting scale my fingers were looking for. I will use it often...TY for share your wisdom.

[@asmoncat5049]

Thank you so much! I learned a lot with this video.

[@thebadjett5407]

Super great tutorial. Thank you!

[@bjorncardenas7608]

Great vid, you present the information in a very clear manner. Thanks a million!

[@chrisdaviesguitar]

Your tutorials are pure gold.

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks!

[@funkyboy3326]

Thanks, chord tracking with the charts was very helpful!

[@saldifrancesca2500]

Great lesson, AWESOME backtrack to go with lessons. Perfect explanation of the phrygian dominate scales.

[@QJamTracks]

Thank you Sal!

[@christoselpidoforou7717]

Very good work, thank you!

[@robertopacchetti524]

as all other your videos... explanation fantastic. Thanks for your competence.

[@lindawang8748]

Awesome! Thanks for clearly explaining this scale!

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks!!

[@minkorrh]

So far I've learned that the Minor scale, Harmonic minor scale, and the Phrygian mode are all sort of 3 sides of the same coin. the nice thing I find is that I'm really familiar with the minor scale as that was what my ear glommed onto when I was younger so I learned it by ear all over the board. The rest is just adding more mystique to the sound via a few different notes here and there. Your videos are great with excellent examples of how the scale should be used (obviously this one is easy). As an 'ear' player this is perfect for me.

[@carlasker9285]

Wow, very good lesson!

[@PedroSilvaMusic]

Amazing content; incredibly clear, informational, and concise. Thank you!

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks Pedro!

[@erikpaterson1404]

Loved your video explanation, thank you

[@angelicamariaquezadagallar2172]

Tnku so much

[@dina-rp9sr]

this deserves more views! thank you for such a great, rich format!!

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks Dina!

[@DS-wi3bk]

the best tutorial, thanks man 🤘

[@francisphillip]

Once again, Rob wonderful, informative rich content video & format. Thank you so much Looking forward to your next video Rob😀😀 Cheers

[@QJamTracks]

Thank you Phillip!!

[@prodbyaye8751]

Perfectly explained love ur voice

[@rafa_guitar]

Thank you Rob, lot of awesome material in you channel, thanks a lot!

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks Rafeal!

[@richardhanly4446]

Excellent! Thank you very much.

[@QJamTracks]

You're very welcome Richard :)

[@Warbeast5593]

Clearly I'm going to have to review this several times before it clicks but I like this lesson

[@manuelguajardo3788]

Senior Rob, at 5:09 diminished scale in the phrygian dom scale...like gold! With your tutorial I now can fill in the dim scale with phry dom notes. Fantasticular...hehehe! Love your channel. You explain so thoroughly. You're the BEST!!! Move over, J. Larsen. HAHAHA!

[@bossmarky8957]

Thank you

[@IDVDalot]

Interesting. Thanks

[@JFRiley]

perfect timing by the algorithm, I just started learning this scale. I've been practicing it as the 5th mode of the Harmonic Minor scale.

[@SebastienZunino]

So interesting Rob ! I love this format ! Thank you 🙏

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks Sebastien!

[@NunoRomeo]

wow what a perfect approach to teach.

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks Batuhan

[@DarthFrithz]

Bravo! Just Bravo!

[@QJamTracks]

Thank you :)

[@halleyschimney9542]

This was very helpful, Thank you.

[@QJamTracks]

You're welcome Christopher.

[@Christian.Marquez]

Why doesn’t this video have 1 million views. That was awesome. Thank you.

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks Christian!

[@JoseJimenez-ob2sf]

Awesome tutorial..... Thanks excellent channel

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks Jose!

[@MF-sk8ww]

Awesome; great job. Way over my head, but still incredible. I am a Phrygian by birth. This is great. I do play two 88 key synthesizers, but I do not read music, never had a lesson.

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks M F!

[@ozkancanbay4963]

.. this is a great explanation. Thx!

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks Özkan!

[@mickcolton6147]

Great stuff

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks Mick!

[@chaocrator]

harmonic minor also has another not so well known, but very interesting mode - IV (Dorian #4)

[@QJamTracks]

Maybe something for one of the next videos.

[@adaptercrash]

No they ain't modes they divergent variations, they have a get your own they move intervals over and change formation of the harmonic scale. You can make so many sounds with just that one scale, just kidding. I went around it and made some really awesome riffs.

[@gregdemeterband]

In the Spirit, No Question!

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks man!

[@kep6386]

Was just listening I thought this was Paul davids lol nice lesson!

[@QJamTracks]

Haha, Paul is from the Netherlands just like me. Probably we have the same strange accent :). It's an honor to be compared to Paul, although he's way ahead of me with over a milion subscribers....

[@bobbydhal2199]

Very good lesson . Please I need to find a full fretboard diagram of the Phrygian dominanat scale , In lets say the key of A . Yes in the Key of A .

[@enricosenno7767]

Very thorough! Could you please cover the diminished scale? Cheers

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks! I've made a tutorial about the diminished scale and arpeggios: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5_ZYoWfaqp-i7M

[@Lizard-of-Oz]

5:19 this one is a bit hard to configured but for metal is a must

[@rogergibson7258]

Dutch? Sounds great!

[@IntoTheBass]

Does this video seems to perfectly match FretJam's ''Sound Awesome With Phrygian Dominant ?''

[@kfliegner]

Amazing video. Subscribed. Is the solo for The Police song "Bombs Away" in Phrygian Dominant?

[@QJamTracks]

Yes thats D phrygian dominant

[@kfliegner]

@@QJamTracks thanks. Joined your Patreon.

[@Jamie-js3qw]

I enjoyed this, very thorough, but I believe you could have also explained what the phyrigian is. You explained the difference but not what it is. It is the third mode of the major scale.

[@QJamTracks]

This is my video about the Phrygian mode: studio.kzbin.infoKgm8Cv4QIXM/edit

[@darkmtxdarkmtx]

The Phalanx by Trivium would be phrygian dominant?

[@cashmandrummer2917]

Jesus loves you!!!

[@Lizard-of-Oz]

4:54 charts fret VII and XII, aren't these two notes on string B chart VII, are they right? shouldn't G# and A had to be on frets VIII and IX though? I'm confused! Thanks for the lesson by the way!

[@Nic1963D]

What's going on at 2:18? The notes played are not what's written or mentioned. You start on a root note E but call it C.

[@theimaginaryboy7210]

👊 🎭

[@bertodrenth]

Goede uitleg. Ik vraag me wel af of je deze toonladder niet beter kunt zien als een vijfde trap op mineur, met een correctie op de grote terts in de dominant (harmonisch mineur van trap I dus). Voor mij onthoudt dat makkelijker.

[@QJamTracks]

Dank je Berto! Als dat voor jou beter werkt zou ik zeggen: Doen! :)

[@bertodrenth]

@@QJamTracks :)

[@bertodrenth]

Weet je toevallig hoe de toonladder heeft als je in de phrygisch dominant toonladder de zevende noot verhoogt (of: in de harmonisch mineur van trap I dan de vierde noot)? Ik vind dat wel lekker exotisch klinken.

[@QJamTracks]

Hoi Berto. Dat zou de double harmonic minor scale zijn denk ik. Een majeur toonladder met een verlaagde 2e en 6e trap: e f g# a b c d#

[@bertodrenth]

@@QJamTracks Thanks!

[@RustyMadd]

When you say that it is "actually a mode", I believe you mean to say that it is actually a "synthetic mode" or a non-Greek mode, don't you?

[@cashdenning2366]

Jesus loves you!

[@adaptercrash]

It can be hilarious

[@saikyawoo2416]

Now i start to lean and going creat music like that.I subcribed it.