Mastering Harmonic Minor

[@lenin_party]

David I am such a huge fan of the way you make some of the most boring parts of learning scales exciting by merging it with legato, tapping, and those little 'lick ideas' that immediately go into every viewers back pocket - makes the teaching stick right away. absolute gold

[@CraigSmith-c6i]

Can't wait for the add on material for this lesson....... I'm eagerly awaiting!!!!!!!

[@MisterPoppy-sc1sj]

Thanks David

[@curtvona4891]

Your are a fantastic instructor. Thanks

[@CRP2426]

Thanks for the lesson. Love your Tone.

[@StevenPD]

Great post. Harmonic minor never gets old. Cheers!

[@Krullmatic]

I would just like to have that tone you have! You've got one of the best tones I've ever heard.

[@mikeivey8471]

These are the videos i live for !! You make these lessons so interesting and easier to understand!! Keep em coming !! Love it !! Thanks Dave !!!

[@greg77hot]

Thanks David,... we always love the Harmonic Minor scale lessons you give !

[@Jackie_Rosewood]

Soooo excited for this lesson!!🎸🎸🎸🤘🏻🤘🏻😎😎

[@jaredclark9188]

Wow! Fantastic lesson! What a great way to explain this concept. thank you!

[@vicmorrison8128]

Gosh...love all of your videos. They're all so great! I love listening to you as you have a fantastic gift as a teacher! Best of KZbin for sure!

[@DanDDirges]

Excellent lesson! What a mood this scale creates! I bet the theme to, The Musters used this scale. Also just about every song, Black Sabbath recorded. Brilliant lesson and guitar playing!

[@Viper_555]

I really liked your previous Harmonic Minor tutorial. This is an outstanding follow-up👍. THANKS!!

[@suzannecoholic1467]

Thanks Dave!

[@johnbrodsky5374]

Excellent lesson. Really appreciate your manner of instructing. Respect. 👍🤘🏼

[@nates2]

Would love to see what you do with harmonic major scale aka major with b6.

[@listonsssurfer]

Thank you David for another very logical way of finding the Harmonic Minor notes across the fretboard.

[@deus_ex_felis]

rising force in your now playing frame was a nice touch, thanks dave!

[@MeTeddyCa]

The one-string version looks very impressing 😍

[@ewan_ou182]

David… there are so many guys doing tutorials, and I have attempted to watch quite a few however, NONE of them come close to you. I enjoy your enthusiasm, your knowledge, and communication skills. While i can only speak for myself, everyone’s comments are similar. On another note, thanks to you I’ve been listening to Saxon. I love so many of their songs. thanks again David.

[@hoganut]

Fantastic lesson. Thank you.

[@mysticcynic9718]

Dude, i gotta tell you, I've been watching your channel for a while now and your technique is like butter. Right hand, left hand, so smooth, as is your demeanor and delivery. Those first five fret stretches that you made look so easy just about kill my half sized hands though. Lol. Thanks for all that you do, David.

[@mr.mckinnon5680]

One of the phrases that sticks out the most to me Is, you can do. As opposed to some of the other guitar teachers who say.... You can't do. If things start getting tough, or intimidating. Remember why you picked up this instrument in the first place. Primarily, it was to have fun right? Take a few minutes to find, the flexibility, inside all of the rigidity of the scales. Bends, slides, tapping, was a nice touch. Remember, this is all based on theory. You, turn it into your own, reality. Thanks David.

[@michaelbratton472]

Great lesson, I've been watching for quite awhile finally want to show my appreciation for your sharing of your knowledge and wisdom.

[@frankiedonofrio5438]

Really enjoyed this one!

[@gregorytoddsmith9744]

I like to try using backing tracks with these lessons. It helps with timing etc. and makes the exercise musical. Thanks David 🎸👍

[@khalilhabib9607]

Awesome lesson. Love when you cover theory

[@MarkEdward-bl6cr]

Great lesson David the octave linking is super cool figures Paul Gilbert was on to that thanks much 👏👍🤘

[@danriley5848]

Great lesson Dave, I learned this scale the same way that you are explaining and I was comfortable with it in no time. For whatever reason this scale just seemed to come really naturally for me maybe I just loved the sound of it. Keep up the great work. ✌🏻

[@masterbuilder3166]

Great exercise and lessonDavid thanks. I’ve been wondering how to approach this and you nailed it 💯💪

[@KeithFine10]

Great lesson David.

[@NS-no1li]

The first guitarist I heard use the Harmonic Minor scale in rock was Jan Akkerman in the 60’s.. One very underrated guitar player. In the days of early Cream, the one guitarist that Clapton said he would never play guitar on stage was Jan Akkerman..

[@BillLarkinmusic]

Cool. Thank you for these great music vids!!

[@lasyngwieeeiiilarsen7510]

❤😊

[@fabianpaicefan157]

Ulrich Roth Master of the Harmonic Minor!

[@glennlittle7955]

Yeah. There should be more about him. Virtually every guitarist that everyone talks about from the late 70s onwards was heavily influenced by him.

[@gordobot24]

Very helpful indeed.

[@dougstubbs4351]

Hey can't wait to check this out I was at rehearsal with one of my bands and got home too late to watch it. I will tonight though. Nice shirt. I'm going to see Brit Floyd tomorrow night. I'm excited for that. Check them out if you haven't they do a great job covering Floyd. Anyways thanks for cranking out the material you have been rolling lately. Congratulations 👏👏. Hey Chords of Prince if that can be possible???

[@jimkon1479]

3:00 PURPLE HAZE! IN MY BRAIN!

[@russbeard3665]

Cool, thx

[@ledflaplin2001]

Thanks for the videos as usual, David!! Any possibility we could get a chord play of Elliot Easton of the Cars, Mick Ronson of David Bowie, Jerry Cantrell of Alice In Chains, John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dave Navarro of Jane’s Addiction. Thanks for all you do!!

[@supernothing77]

Lame question, but what string gauge do you use? Thanks for the lessons! You're an incredible player

[@DonTheGuitarGuy]

Awesome lesson as always, man, the tone. what is that amp?

[@malan43]

lol , sometimes just looking at my guitar I get confused.

[@danidcr]

Great! 😎👌... but David... the guitar sound is too loud,,, or your voice too low. It is a bit uncomfortable to listen to the video through headphones. I love your youtube channel!

[@gonicjon]

great lesson...still a beginner

[@waynegram8907]

LATE NIGHT, it would be nice if you went over which chord progressions yngwie and Blackmore uses when playing phrygian dominant and harmonic minor because Its not always played over the V chord. You would have to listen to a lot of Deep Purple & Rainbow Live concerts JAMS sections when Richie Blackmore is improv Harmonic minoor and phrygian dominant mode. Another food for thought was Hendrix and Blackmore went to the whiskey a go go in 1969 to see Harvey Mandel and that is when both of them saw finger tapping and using modes and scales like harmonic minor and phrygian dominant. This inspired Hendrix to create the woodstock band gyspy suns and rainbows rehearsal tapes which there is a lot in the vault that Hendrix is using "Gyspy scales" and Playing Octave Unions based on the Gyspy Scale with the univibe. Hendrix thought the harmonic minor scale wasn't rock tonality so he used the Gyspy scales instead. The woodstock Rehearsal tapes have new songs that aren't on any album which you would have to dig to find them but hendrix was trying to lean towards adding in those Gyspy tonalities. Junior Marvin was the lead guitarist for Bob Marley which he had his own group called HANSON which was influenced by Hendrix tonalities. Bob Marley hired Junior Marvin to take his next album to the next level which became Bob Marleys crossover album that sold worldwide.

[@johnp.johnson1541]

*Is it really that hard though? Really?* 1. It has a m3, the same all minor scales. 2. It is Melodic minor with a flat 6 Melodic minor is merely Ionian with a flat 3. All the guitarist is doing is adding a flat 6. Looked at it another way, it is Aeolian (natural minor) with a raised 7, i.e., the flat 7 back to M7.

[@LateNightLessons]

For someone that knows it, then yeah - it's not hard. But to someone that has never learned it or is struggling to understand what it is and how to use harmonic minor -then yes, it is hard. That's who this lesson/episode is for. Cheers and it sounds like you have a good grip on this subject - nice work! ROCK ON!

[@johnp.johnson1541]

@@LateNightLessons It is always hardest to know how to use it or any scale even for pros.

[@supernothing77]

It's one thing to know it on paper and the intervals. It's a whole different thing to be able to be confident utilizing it, make it musical and create interesting licks in your playing

[@johnp.johnson1541]

@@supernothing77 Agreed.

[@TeddScheckler]

Ok, Copernicus. 🤓 🎸

[@user-wv1eu1wj2y]

Omg this guy's talks FOREVER! Just droans on and on. Ugh