Breaking Melody Habits

[@roseroserosierose]

your fret markers are so fun

[@jonsible]

Note, play play play play play. Note, play play play play play. Really nice idea, I'm very habit-based and this seems like a fun exercise. gunna try this out!

[@TheDudleyReport]

Those transitions at 1:02 and 2:24 are brilliant. I love the humour in your editing. Thanks for another practical and engaging tutorial.

[@StephenChapman]

0:34 This is a great way to give pedagogical form to something I hear a lot from modern bands like Polyphia where they have a sort of chordal/scalar scaffold that they color around. Really solid lesson, Ben!

[@thesunatnight1898]

Thank u for being a free soul

[@Moonless_Future]

Thanks, Ben! Hope you've had a great time since last time.

[@JusticeCow]

Such a simple and powerful way to make playing scales more fun and interesting! You are my god!!

[@GarageGroovin]

Absolutely jam-packed 3 minute video. So many cool ideas to play with - and then an etude to learn too?! Thanks Ben!

[@moshesteyn8895]

You have a beautiful falsetto! I feel like you don't use it as much so it was a pleasure to hear

[@freds2052]

Thank you for the reminder that the goal of etude is ultimately “have fun playing an instrument”!!! these and many other revelations are why you continue to be a source of creative aspiration for lil ol me!

[@Frenkel111]

Excellent! I do the same but with the ascending scale notes at the top. You can actually incorporate that into your solos so it's the best kind of exercise. Another thing you can do is to think of a melody and use that instead of a scale. You can have the improvised parts leading to the melody or scale notes, or have them separate so it sounds like you have two things going at the same time.

[@51max50]

As always Ben gave me great inspiration in times of depression and writers block. Thank you ❤️🙏🏼

[@bldcaveman2001]

I definitely need some of this

[@faustobrusamolino6345]

Great video, thanks for sharing!

[@emilsvahn5400]

Great video and to the point! Thank you.

[@conorkruegerguitar]

Awesome video ben keep up the great work!

[@emrekulac3207]

You are my favorite musician on youtube

[@sangredonquijote]

You are really smart !

[@Pyroific]

the color of that guitar looks like a tasty orange creamsicle lol

[@6idangle]

I want to consume that guitar

[@georgeridout]

It's the same colour as a de-worming medicine I had when I was a little boy

[@6idangle]

Man I love this exercise, I got into music theory seriously over the last years after, being introduced to it by your theory from the ground up. I’m at a point of understanding intervals, modes, harmony, and the basic scales in every key. I’m trying to build a vocabulary to break rules etc so this important.

[@iversunmusic]

Love the Cave and Canary guitar!

[@meatymatmart]

Bruh, you're a godsend

[@sonijam]

Love your guitar! And playing!

[@fviannaval]

Cool ideas, thanks!

[@snowhookisgod]

What a great simple idea to try!

[@IgnitedFlamesArt]

Shout out for the legendary voice solo🔥 thanks for this video it was very helpful!

[@ryanmelvey8764]

makes a lot of sense. more sense than just playing the scale

[@jsa3rdbb]

awesome video!

[@jakehughes5155]

Appreciate your vids so much :)

[@djuengst2000]

Nice Ben, I love this one😊

[@jackmerucci2398]

This is a great bass trick I’m putting that in the tool box

[@ElliottKleinguitar]

This is such a great lesson!

[@Mr.Ryan-ElectronicMusic]

In a world of carbon copy music production videos, Ben Levin always delivers something unexpected, challenging, and fun.

[@brujua7]

Thanks!

[@jackturpitt4275]

Such a musical way to get scales in your ear hole 🥲🥲

[@--uday]

Ben Levin!

[@amj.composer]

I needed just this!

[@samuelbanya]

Cool idea

[@daldacup2123]

I love u Ben..also Jessica too❤

[@zachrowe1511]

Could you teach me how to go from one mode to another? I just can’t wrap my head around it

[@fireandwater345]

i like the inlays on that fingerboard

[@avielp]

I've had this problem after practicing scales for two weeks. I put down the guitar in disgust and every time I'd play it for two years after-the same scale patterns when I tried to improvise. DIsgusting. Thanks for the idea!

[@marting1]

I noticed i wasnt subbed to you. This has now changed.

[@benclemas8605]

I see that cave and canary guitar 👀

[@jokmenen_]

Seems like a great exercise, gonna try it my next practice sesh. Can you explain a bit about the reasoning behind why this helps break out of habits?

[@retrobotjr]

damn Ben shreds

[@otucanal-wv2rt]

Nice

[@jokmenen_]

Seems like a great exercise, gonna try it next practice session. Can you explain the reasoning behind how this helps with breaking habits?

[@BenLevin]

Yes! It breaks habits because generally we just play long streams of melodic ideas and stop thinking, but the interruption of the scale notes forces you to be mindful of the phrasing in a fresh way!

[@volatileskies5573]

So... Play bachata? 😂 Awesome video as always!

[@jdea419]

What kind of guitar is that? It looks beautiful.

[@randomroughneck1030]

0:45 backstreet boys

[@Slitter_the_Dubstep]

How do you think could i apply something like you suggested to drum playing?

[@LikeTheBirb]

Practice fills every 4 or 8 repeats A well timed fill leads you into the next section with gusto, especially if it gives a little taste of whats coming up

[@jackmerucci2398]

I’m Levin it (ba da ba ba ba)

[@macios124]

Yo, what kind of an offset guitar is this?

[@whatilearnttoday5295]

Good to see one of your videos recommended. There are SO MANY TERRIBLE guitar and bass teacher on youtube currently. Really bad advice getting taught. Half of them selling entirely worthless scale dictionaries.

[@markgreen2170]

is that the 'fake dr. levin?' ...hope all is well, merry xmas!

[@derek9437]

You say any instrument - how do I apply something like this to drums? Not being facetious; this would be genuinely really useful for me!

[@BananaManPL]

Take a groove you're familiar with, split it at every n-th quarter/eighth/sixteenth note and insert a rudiment there. A five stroke roll here, flam accent there, double paradiddle somewhere else and soon enough you'll find new cool patterns. Give it a spin!

[@wetmath2512]

I want to eat ice cream that is the same flavor as your guitar.

[@GuyOttawa]

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