Augmented Scale

[@JensLarsen]

*The Augmented Scale* Some more outside sounds in this weeks lesson, the scale that you can use even when it doesn't really fit! This lesson will shortly describe the augmented scale, how it is constructed. Some of the arpeggios it contains. I'll also give a few basic exercises and some melodic ideas that I might use when I use the scale in an improvisation. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYXceJylbMunisU The examples are available here with some explanations and also a pdf download: bit.ly/AugScale Hope you can use it! #guitar #youtube #guitarlesson #jazzguitar #PDF

[@SkilsawDoctor]

Can't wait to get into this.I rarely see this scale.Thanks man!

[@StefanLeipziger]

Hi, Lars, this is really cool and exactly what I have been looking for! Thank you for your expertise, musicianship and generosity. Jazzy greetings from Germany, Stefan

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you Stefan Leipziger​! Great to hear that you can use it!

[@mariojorgeferreirapinto167]

I have studied all your lessons thank grandmaster has helped me a lot .Grande hug

[@JensLarsen]

+Mário Jorge Ferreira Pinto Wow that's a lot of videos! Good work!

[@brad724p]

Fantastic, usable lessons. Learning a lot. Thanks!

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you Brad! I am glad you like them!!

[@olegisguitar]

Outstanding overview of the scale, Jens!

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you Oleg! I am glad you like it!

[@NavidKhan84]

I use a lot of it with Phrygian diminished scale..great lesson!

[@MrJimzovich]

Excellent lesson, Jens. I'm going to experiment with the triad pair.

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you! Good luck with it! The triad pair is a triad triplet isn't it?

[@MrJimzovich]

Yes, the patterns naturally fall that way, but I'm trying to change the phrasing to make it more interesting, and mixing augmented ideas with the whole tone and diminished scales. Thanks for the superb lessons!

[@JensLarsen]

Sure! Good luck with that! ☺️

[@JozaKroner]

thanks for another great lesson jens! ;)

[@brokenrobot2276]

Great!! Thank you

[@rmsmarr]

Great lesson! Not seeing the link for the PDF Dl on you page.

[@JensLarsen]

Roy Michael Smarr Sorry, I did indeed forget to upload the pdf. Now it should be there :)

[@MarcoEscalante1]

awesome lesson man, i love the major triad concept, really creative things could come out of that. Is there a use for augmented chords in progressions? is there a song that has a min maj7 chord as a tonic?

[@JensLarsen]

+marco escalante (enlo) Thank you Marco! There are lot's of songs with a minor tonic, which also makes the chord a minMaj7. Try to check out Solar or You don't know what love is. Also Chelsea Bridge has chords in the beginning where this coukd ben used

[@jonasvalfridsson]

Very popular scale among contemporary composers such as Messien, Bartok and Dutilleux.

[@JensLarsen]

Yes, it is also a subset of one of the messiaen modes though I forgot which number. The one with 9 notes :)

[@JensLarsen]

No 9. First three notes of a minor scale from each note of an augmented triad, C D Eb - E F# G - Ab Bb B

[@roanmccormick4036]

Great stuff bro :)

[@JensLarsen]

+Roan McCormick Thank you Roan!

[@AntiquatedApe]

This scale sounds very much like harmonic minor mixed with melodic minor

[@JensLarsen]

Ok, I don't really hear that 🙂

[@AntiquatedApe]

@@JensLarsen listen to Nuestra Cobardía by Los Tres Ases. Listen to the intro where he subs the V with a iv minor and plays f melodic minor. He leads into C major 7 to tie up the intro,that's the feeling I'm getting from this scale

[@AntiquatedApe]

@@JensLarsen i have done some meditation on why I hear the sounds I mentioned in my comment. Upon further inspection I don't hear harmonic minor,but the reason I think I'm hearing melodic minor is because I'm thinking of the context of G major where the V is substituted with iv. So iv of G is C minor and I believe C melodic minor over D7 gives an altered sound? I'm not really well versed in theory,I just know it sounds really good in the songs I've heard in context

[@codycopland4866]

Can you play this over any Maj7 chord to get the Maj7#5 sound?

[@JensLarsen]

You can use this on any Maj7 chord, but it will always sound funny. Actually you can always play anything over anything, it will be up to you and the listeners taste whether it sounds good...

[@codycopland4866]

thanks, Jens!!

[@stefdcilsd597]

can i use this scale on major chord or minor 7 ?

[@JensLarsen]

Both! Write out the notes. See what chords you can construct and experiment from there!

[@stefdcilsd597]

Jens Larsen is very strange scale but very nice, also i can use this scale on ab major e minor and e minor / and major? right?

[@JensLarsen]

Yes, it is symmetrical in major thirds

[@stefdcilsd597]

Jens Larsen can you do for me an example please?

[@JensLarsen]

Stef Ciksd maybe later on Instagram or if I revisit the lesson 😊

[@elgabytrastornado5993]

Whole tone scale?

[@JensLarsen]

No, not really? :)

[@Leiria65]

Reminds me of Black Flag instrumentals

[@JensLarsen]

Ok. I never heard any of those

[@Leiria65]

+Jens Larsen I know it sounds contradictory but they're a mixture of 80s Hardcore Punk and Classic Jazz. I like them a lot but opinions vary... a lot

[@JensLarsen]

Leiria65 That's with Henry Rollins right? I wanted to check them out but never got around to it.

[@Leiria65]

+Jens Larsen Its from that era. If you ask me the stuff they put from 84 and onward is really great and musically interesting. You can tell Greg Ginn was into jazz. He's actually called the Albert Ayler of guitar

[@JensLarsen]

Ok. I'll have to check it out what albums? or songs?

[@damilarekomolafe2857]

I really do not understand 😥

[@JensLarsen]

What don't you understand? Maybe I can explain it?

[@abedmurwanashyaka7569]

Go slowly and explain the finger patterns slowly

[@JensLarsen]

If you need that and can't read the tabs then this is not the scale you need to be checking out.

[@abedmurwanashyaka7569]

@@JensLarsen I really need to see how you are moving fingers. You can use numbers.

[@JensLarsen]

@@abedmurwanashyaka7569 Slow down the video to 50%? I think you are making it much more important than it is, especially since that will differ from person to person.

[@abedmurwanashyaka7569]

@@JensLarsen that's great

[@abedmurwanashyaka7569]

@@JensLarsen the lesson is for intermediate and advanced guitar players and I am beginner guitar player.