How To CHEAT The HARMONIC MINOR SCALE on Guitar!

[@treyxaviermusic]

My songwriting course is finally HERE: bit.ly/SONGWRITINGCOURSE

[@JacobKoopman]

love how the guitar matches the shirt!

[@CaptnShred]

I've always resorted to these patterns to avoid the stretch, and now I got a fancy name for them! "Harmonic minor hexatonic" > "stretchless harmonic minor thingy"

[@treyxaviermusic]

Harmoxotonic

[@russellzauner]

@@treyxaviermusic what about Dave Mustaine's "reverse spider" technique?

[@CarcPazu]

@@treyxaviermusic Harmorexatonic sounds a little better if you ask me. Nevertheless, me likes cheats. Cheats good!

[@RoachySilence]

@@CarcPazu Sounds like you'd need a prescription

[@TheUnwritersOfficialChannel]

@@treyxaviermusic haha excellent!

[@MofosRealReviews]

I cheated and now I’m stuck with two guitars I don’t want Thanks a lot.

[@russellzauner]

I cheated but since I did it with sexy twins I like both the guitars I got (1991 Starfield SJ Custom, Red and Green models)

[@kdoody5712]

I have 7 but I love them all ❤

[@9999blackops]

This is by far thd best vid on this scale.

[@Imfreehowaboutu]

Even though I know my scale modes in single positions I use this same method when playing any fast picking run to avoid pick slanting issues. Works great for arpeggios as well. Nice work Trey. Less thinkin’ more pickin’.

[@Dennizka]

You matched your guitar and shirt!

[@whynotthe]

Great lesson! Well explained & executed.

[@russellzauner]

Trey: Harmonic Minor Scale Cheats Me: *hears "sound evil without even trying"*

[@closedeyesopenmind]

wow in just 8 minutes you've blown the doors off the whole concept with pure practicality!

[@medievalknievel]

Bro, I noticed you have a grocers thumb. It’s double jointed like YJM, you can get away with a lot with that thumb It’s awesome bro you shred.

[@klerin2732]

Thank you so much ❤.... next video pls make harmonic minor on the entire fretboard and also for melodic minor scales...

[@TommyGunzzz]

the crunch on that B string shakes my soul

[@jessedondero1885]

I'm a blues player who was raised on metal...I love anything cheat minded for guitar. I'm getting into the shred game late

[@Silas-lc9op]

That run sounds nice. I always play it off root on E or A string and go between positions, for the most part.. But that flows way better. Very cool

[@adancein]

Trey spilling industry secrets

[@cameronnorman680]

As a fellow guitarist I approve this message

[@Rj-jm8vm]

Great lesson ! Well explained and easy to understand even for an intermediate player like me who doesn't know theory .

[@goatyachty1762]

do you know what you can play it over and how you can apply this shape.

[@Xteus]

man you are great!! thank you !! I have ordered this fantastic guitar from Cort!

[@redpanada]

SUPER great lesson！you’ve saved me from so much pain my friend

[@GeorgePatmas]

Very helpful! Never would’ve thought of that! Thanks Trey!

[@wilhelmsimmonds3611]

Finally someone that names intervals and thinks and teaches like a real musician ❤

[@NeiloNeil]

There's only one thing worse than cheating your way through this scale on guitar....playing it on bass...like I will be doing this weekend. Good stuff!

[@riffsfromtheabyss666]

Liking the color matching scheme between the geetur and shert

[@reneraymond7807]

Fantastic!

[@toemasmeems]

I love these. Also my favorite scale that I probably go to way too often

[@DaronMacke]

Guh....thank you! It finally sounds like harmonic minor when I play the notes now.

[@petemcq_]

The Rivers shirt with the green guitar is on point

[@treyxaviermusic]

It worked out pretty good haha, legit didn’t plan it

[@PooNinja]

Love that scale 🤘🏽dragon scale 🤘🏽

[@WarframeCrunch]

0:55 OMG Thanks for tabs, now I can learn that stuff, I was just doing Chromatic ones xD

[@simonescaravati7218]

this trick is so amazing! thanksss

[@veiga7658]

Damn. Great video. Thanks man. This is why other channels get boring (that’s you Ola)

[@tatupapu1]

Actually quite funny, I was doing this "cheated" way already when playing this scale. I discovered it by just noodling :D Great video!

[@robbieasaldo2090]

Thanks trey, im getting tired of playing on just the inside box type of scales, im gonna try those scale shapes now🤘

[@Web4Panama]

Thanks, that's very useful. Tim

[@MyGuitarLair]

Amazing video!! Mindblowing

[@manuelrivarola3393]

You brought balance to the force mate

[@aviolentpurple9925]

Wow dude most excellent video! I learned something cool

[@kerbyarienda2284]

Nice thanks man !!

[@DisruptedSinner]

Man... this was awesome instruction. Thank you!

[@LeeJoRo]

Listening to a lot of River s of Nihil, especially the Monarch album. Soooo good..also, thanks for the lesson

[@BradFriday]

Saved a bit of stretchyness, great video!

[@DavRuiz]

Great video!

[@oceusMMXII]

Ohh I see you hiding in there, diminished run I learned from The Leper Affinity 20 years ago ❤️..

[@rpproductions4445]

Wrote down these modes and was practicing them all afternoon haha, the harmonic minor hexatonic scale slaps 🤘💯🔥

[@matthewporter2287]

I love how the color of the guitar matches with the color of your shirt!

[@treyxaviermusic]

I noticed that after haha, totally not planned but it's like, EXACTLY perfect hahaha

[@barkeater9606]

If you take out the middle notes, you have diminished. Very cool! I am going to use this in my next blues set in. This will make the cork sniffers so happy. 😏

[@jeremywhitesr]

This is awesome!!

[@treyxaviermusic]

NOTIFICATION SQUAD WHERE YOU AT? MASH THAT MF THUMBS UP LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOO

[@metal_helm]

nobody selects the notification button. it's why only a fraction of a fraction of subs come to watch creator's videos -_-

[@master8hippyfi188]

Much thanks!

[@rama813rama7]

thank you for learning guitar technique

[@scottbronder]

---- MIND BLOWN ----

[@NightWalker5123]

Thank you!

[@charlesrocks]

Cort makes some fine guitars.

[@TheUnwritersOfficialChannel]

I'm sure JS Bach would enjoy your video.. ;). Cheers! Zep

[@Spliffmauler]

Please do moar cheating videos! I cheat because I suck and I suck because I cheat, but I still love it!

[@ToneD5150]

Tried this scale form and it works well...!!! 😉 Not a cheat, A good idea...✌️

[@toemasmeems]

That’s a sick Cort guitar although I feel in 5 years it’ll be what the “EC-1000” did to metalcore

[@alixwillis6756]

Damn, gonna just roll out a guitar cheat code and call it a hexatonic. Im in

[@KiltedTupiniquin]

T-Shirt matching the guitar.... What a coincidence 🧐 😁

[@lordimpaler3899]

This is what ive been looking for...YOU, sir, have earned a like and a subscription, and im saving this in my helpful videos playlist. Edit: Btw, I was the 666th like 🤘

[@the_indelible_onion]

Very helpful

[@artwdeetoo]

Hi Trey, where did the 7th string was placed, at the top or the bottom? Seems like a very useful note to play and one that have to be memorized. Joe.

[@prototype9904]

MIND = BLOWN \m/

[@Bardish]

3:15 man... 200 iq plays 🤣🤣🤣 BTW this is exactly what Petrucci does in Home.

[@antsonc]

I do that a lot, thanks to make me feel just part of the club

[@Z_playsgames0117]

It’s funny cause for me major scale was harder to master while harmonic minor I got it in about a week maybe cause it’s my favorite scale and I adore it and study it on my free time lol

[@reeverguitar]

Sir, do you have any cheats for sweep picking? I f'ing suck at it....

[@JeighNeither]

Practice. Seriously. Find a good video that teaches sweeping mechanics step-by-step and then just use the top three strings of the 4th pentatonic box (the C minor shape) & grind the fuck out of that thing until you can do it flawlessly, and then apply that to literally just about anything. Once you get it, you'll start figuring out what can and can't be swept, although what can't be swept is usually only limited by your imagination. Good luck!

[@GojiraProgeny2]

What's up gear mortals! Stevic from Twelve Foot Ninja here!

[@SattickDas2001]

I have the 8 strinf version of the same guitar

[@joshmcguff]

Oh genius!

[@metal_helm]

Godzilla's Theme is in A harmonic minor. that's a tip from your uncle larry

[@treyxaviermusic]

there goes Tokyo

[@joshua.merrill]

I was playing it by ear the other day and thinking, what the heck scale is this, and why does this symphonic song sound heavier than most modern metal?

[@metal_helm]

​@@joshua.merrill hey Joshua, on my channel, I dedicated a whole video on why Akira Ifukube is the first metal musician. Check it out, I think it's pretty easy to see why \m/ \m/

[@joshua.merrill]

@@metal_helm That'll be the next video i watch! Looks like you're a fan of the Godzilla kaiju; are you excited about GvK?

[@joshua.merrill]

I very much enjoyed the video. You've got yourself a new subscriber.

[@JeremyPrado]

i will definitely try this...

[@edwincrain986]

Cool !!

[@leprosillohotmail]

Great!

[@hasbullmuntahar6861]

Amazing

[@GoudVis56667]

Love it! Please do a japanese scale if possible

[@treyxaviermusic]

I don't think those could get any simpler though haha, they're already pentatonic scales

[@GoudVis56667]

@@treyxaviermusic true but how to work with them the Trey way would be cool

[@dadecountyboos]

Now do one for *Double Harmonic Major*

[@cyskinsteinmonster9708]

More! More! More!

[@davidwootton8731]

Bro please do a review on that Cort Kx507ms & compare it to the kx500ms u reviewed a ways back...... I'm not saying use both guitars but u can demo this new updated kx507ms & let us all mo if it is worth the extra $100 bucks.... since both of these guitars are still on the market ( Kx500ms $750 & Kx507ms $850 ) its not just different pickups in the kx507ms that is different it has a mahogany body not ash like the Kx500ms & as u mentioned the parallel fret is in a different spot now & they moved the switches around. Please do a video review man I am looking to buy 1 & unless I see a video with good reasons not to get the Kx507ms ( example- just buy the Kx500ms & swap in the fishman pick ups ... see 1 has a Ash body & 1 has a mahogany body ) I would be the type of viewer that would greatly benefit from the opinion of u being a expert.... also did they slim down the neck? I remember in the last review ( Kx500ms) that the neck was a bit thick?

[@osteoporosis9024]

Just found you, i think youre funny. Gained a sub for sure

[@ThePanraper]

Hej panowie powiedzcie mi co to jest za zespół grający w tle 0,22 od tego momentu

[@michaelj.anderson1116]

Watch me fuck around & learn this. SHED GOD status. Lol Trey, I'm gonna write a song with this in it & tag you once I get it down. If I become a shred God from this I will buy your relationshapes course. 😁😁😁😁

[@still6511]

What a great time to be a guitarist

[@lukeytac]

T-shirt and guitar match

[@artwdeetoo]

OH, "THE EQUALIZER" Seems like it, you are possessed. Joe.

[@riffsfromtheabyss666]

3:09 🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😭☠️☠️☠️

[@soonermax]

Is there such a pattern like this for the harmonic major scale?

[@josephbrozyniak5458]

Wow!

[@kangaroo7783]

How would this run in drop c ?

[@bigcheeseman6570]

When playing in drop tunings do you still call the notes what they would be in standard? This is an E scale but in reality that's E in standard but if your in drop G then it wouldn't be. Just curious.

[@treyxaviermusic]

So there's something called "concert pitch" which is the actual note you're hearing, and then there's how you as the player is thinking of it, which is called "written pitch" even if it's not written per se. This is so musicians who play a transposing instrument, like Bb clarinet, don't have to do any mental transposition while sight reading. When you tune the guitar differently, you're transposing the pitches, but you can still think of them as the same notes (written pitch) so you don't have to re-learn them all in every different tuning. The challenge comes when you're communicating with other instruments, like a pianist, who always plays concert pitch - you'll have to ALSO use concert pitch when you're talking, otherwise everything will be off.

[@bigcheeseman6570]

@treyxaviermusic thanks for the reply that makes tons of sense. After about 13 years of playing metal music and quite honestly just wondering forward I'm starting to learn some music theory. I'm sure it's a pain for everyone but man is it a pain when it's geared towards beginners. I'm no shred master but still the slog is real

[@treyxaviermusic]

check out my music theory videos, they're REAL simple: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYOxfaVod7t8bas

[@braytonross9082]

Love that rivers of nihil shirt

[@robbyolinski1450]

U just happen to be playing my current axe of desire

[@corm1000]

It sounds more med eastern when played slowly.

[@StuartWarren]

this kinda reminds me of whole tone, aka Symphony X scale

[@goatyachty1762]

so the first shape is harmonic minor the second shape is phrygian dominant because you're starting on the 5th note of the harmonic minor scale? I feel like just saying that explains a bit better of what you can do with it rather than just only play that

[@treyxaviermusic]

It's all the same notes, it's the context that will determine the mode

[@romanbrandle319]

I like cheating but my missus doesn't .

[@scottrichgolf]

Great video and sick guitar! Too bad it's like pulling teeth to try and find a dealer. I've been at this for 30 minutes and haven't been able to even find the price!

[@failuretocommunicate4976]

So no mini shape 1,4 or 5. This may strain some relationshapes with friends.

[@treyxaviermusic]

Those are all hidden behind the RelationPaywall

[@kurenan4564]

the bee killed me