Three Must-Know Blues Scales

[@aatreybhatt1999]

I love how you go through minor pentatonic and major pentatonic scales the simplest scales out there and then jumped straight into altered dominant

[@FootballAgenda]

Ballsack

[@ethanolhaines4139]

@@FootballAgenda tf are you on?

[@drewbrees22]

@@FootballAgenda I was thinking the same thing but I wasn't quite sure how to word it. Thanks

[@jacobatkinson8076]

@@ethanolhaines4139 Ballsacks

[@MrJoeyBoombotz]

The altered dominant scale, a scale that uses a form of the melodic minor scale with a different root, is only meant to be used over the V chord (thus the name altered DOMINANT scale) when the next chord is the I chord. It is particularly meant to be used when b5,#5, b9, #9 dominant chords are used like E7#9 WHEN FOLLOWED by an Am, A7 or A major chord. . The E altered dominant scale notes are E-root F-b9, G-#9, G#-major 3rd, Bb- b5, C-#5, D-minor7, E -root. All the 'out' notes can be used on the V chord because the next change is going back the strong I or tonic chord for resolution. The unaltered melodic minor scale can be used to solo over dominant chords in a blues like A7, D7, and E7. But you have to use the melodic minor scale a fifth up from the chord you are playing, e.g. an E melodic minor scale over the A7.The E melodic minor notes when played over an A7 are E-major 5, F# -major 6, G - dominant7, A- root, B - major 9th, C# major 3d and D# major7 , all the notes sympathetic to the dominant 7 ( major/minor7th) and it's extensions. The major 7th is only meant to be used as a passing tone used slurred into the root but since the dominant 7 chord also contains a major chord in it's base the major7 is a legitimate note. The A altered dominant scale and the D altered dominant scale are not meant to be used over the A7 and D7 in an A7, D7, E7 blues. You can hear what happens when you do on your own video, extremely discordant. The E altered dominant scale can be used over the E7, E7b5, E7#5, E7b9 and E7#9 in a blued . E,F, G, G#, A#/Bb, C, D and E but it gives a jazzy kind of sound that many times would sound out of place, yet consonant. Altered dominant scales work best with 'smooth jazz' and bebop genres, generally.

[@thanosthemadtitan1519]

All that effort for 20 likes

[@zilefn9212]

Huh?

[@ivanvidovic92]

ok nerd

[@TGeeRecordz]

And why the fuck you feel the need to say this stupid shit

[@zeyy84]

@@ivanvidovic92 get your negative vibe outta here

[@notpanda_prod]

When you played the dominant, it sounded like a kid who forgot his scales hahahaha

[@rileyjelinek3235]

what if my guitar doesn't have strings

[@rileyjelinek3235]

or tuning pegs

[@rileyjelinek3235]

or volume knobs

[@rileyjelinek3235]

or pickups

[@rileyjelinek3235]

or a guitar itself

[@warningchimes24]

what if my strings doesn't have a guitar?

[@adamherrick5123]

Absolutely useful. Finally a "just learn this" video with instant and appreciated practical application. Nicely done brother.

[@kevokettnor5485]

Perhaps some breakdown and in depth examples of scales next time, instead of just showing off.

[@mikemcpoil5923]

Kevo Kettnor you hit it right on the head!

[@DDK247]

He’s just getting straight to the point and showing some people what scale sounds like which is fine wit me

[@CAPTVATINGPNY]

the titles says it, hes teaching must know scales, he don't give a fuck what you do with it, learn it yourself you don't need someone to tell you

[@slapamother]

Waaa give everything to me in the way I want it. Dude is just showcasing the scales AFTER he shows you the notes. Cry baby

[@ivoryrick7734]

You really know a lot of guitar stuff.

[@AzizAMuin]

Juanjorator And then you try to make the X-step blues version.. lul

[@guitarman3396]

Why?

[@Midbooze]

Never clicked so fast on any youtube video

[@VladPGuitar]

I relate to this 1000000%

[@DoctorLincoln]

Георгий Котов relatable

[@vinnycrivello688]

i accidentally backclicked from the last video and right before it refreshed the page i clicked on this very very fast. relatable lol

[@aleksandarmirchev5792]

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[@matthew9004]

Has Tyler had a huge explosion of popularity recently? Seems like just yesterday he celebrated hitting 100,000, now he's 144,000?!?

[@thatguy5779]

Psychedelic Mcmuffins he deserves it.

[@szczerzo]

NAMM. His videos were probably a lot in the suggested sessions. And when you've seen the PRS jokes you want to seen more of it.

[@andrewjackson829]

Psychedelic Mcmuffins yea somethings changed. I think all the new gear is fun to look at. He does know his theory and he’s a good player but he did say he’s arrogant. But yea what guitarist isn’t? 😉just kidding. He said it not me. See he says it right here. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXmafamjbsaYf5I

[@jimmyjimmy7240]

Never knew the third one, thanks so much. A cool trick is to move the minor scale shape down three frets and the same shape becomes the major.

[@MrMorde]

"Blues is one of the best genres ever..." Amen brother amen

[@hailhydrazine4938]

please do a lesson on classical scales

[@musishoon7950]

ganyuy uil harmonic minour

[@fatalexception1269]

harmonic minor just raises the 7th scale tone a half step (of the natural minor scale) - this is both while ascending and descending. Another one you may hear of is the melodic minor - this raises the 6th and 7th scale tone a half step, but only while ascending - a natural minor scale is played while descending.

[@Deac0n_Blues]

Take the major scale, but start on a different not in the scale. Now you know your modes.

[@enriqueg3144]

Melodic minor Flat the 3rd a half step on the major scale Harmonic Minor Sharp the 7th on the minor scale Phrygian Dominant 5th mode of the harmonic minor, turn the b3 on the phrygian scale into a major 3rd

[@jrsguitars4579]

These types of videos are my favorite, short, but you learn so much. You have really inspired me to get into music theory as well!

[@silverfoot6079]

I learned Black Magic Woman from Santana and from that learned the minor Blues scale and wrote some awesome solos

[@onewheelisbetterthan2]

I literally just started playing and honestly the only reason that I even picked up guitar like last week was because I wanted to play old school delta blues or Mississippi blues. I want to learn to play with a slide and play like my grandpa did on the porch when I was a kid....i am determined to learn it.

[@fritzcapp2061]

ahhhhh the blues .... the most feeling and soul bearing genre on guitar

[@richardchase4019]

Best scale lesson ever bro......you put me on a new path

[@ArcsMX]

Dude all of you PRS' are stuning, great video as always :D

[@Redoubt1989]

To create some Allman Brothers/Marshall Tucker Band type blues ideas you can also mix the diatonic scale that goes with each pentatonic.

[@boochescustomguitars7996]

Not quite sold on that 3rd scale. Thought for sure you'd throw in the Mixolydian.

[@timothyclay3668]

or the mixolydian pentatonic. 1345 b7 very tasty.

[@jessechalif2428]

@@timothyclay3668 that's literally just minor pentatonic

[@timothyclay3668]

@@jessechalif2428 minor pentatonic would be 1 b3 4 5 b7 so just raise the minor 3rd a half tone.

[@jessechalif2428]

@@timothyclay3668 oh i didn't know you meant major third, i got it

[@MikefromAlabama]

The third scale is beyond me. Thank you for a great lesson.

[@rockonileva]

I really love to use the Mixolidian pentatonic... sounds AWESOME with blues!

[@ethanbates5267]

Still here 3 years later

[@thedrewids7]

If my guitar is Mexican, am I allowed in America?

[@yeeshimtired]

It sucks that I know the scales but have no idea how to make them sound good at all.. guess I got no soul

[@luiscirca2002]

same lol

[@dakotajohnson5009]

Do what all the greats did: listen to shit tons of old 50s blues then copy all of them

[@lukeshawmusic]

James you’ve still got your soul that the problem! You need to go down to the crossroads..and well....you know how it goes.😈

[@joaosal8891]

You got no soul, I got no funk... It sucks

[@DeathsTacoIsHere]

i’d imagine if you’ve got no soul then you’d be playing the blues like a pro

[@ludweeg_frfr]

When I improvise out of tune unintentionally during a solo Lead singer: wth man!! What were you playing? That sucks!! Me: its the altered dominant scale. You know nothing about music!!!

[@stevenjahn5956]

the third scale sounded like System of a down sometimes

[@sloanguitar4862]

Many guitarists use Blues scales in hard rock and metal because blues scales sound incredibly good no matter what genre it is. It's just varying levels of overdrive/distortion.

[@bariscyilmaz]

Because the first three notes are the same as the SOAD song "Nüguns"

[@bluezzz6775]

Sloan Guitar aye that's why I'm here

[@27milesunderwater]

I love you as musician and a person you're a good guy

[@saturdayshanks3753]

I love the sound the altered dominant adds

[@mr.altz0534]

Man i love the simplicity on your solos but still so bluessy ang tasty.

[@prasinosmeouro]

killing vibratoo my friend

[@knazmuelhossain2140]

That's one of the nicest looking PRS guitars out there. Absolutely stunning. I think I've probably seen Mikael Akerfeldt play one of these during the Ghost Reveries album era before he got his own signature PRS.

[@gangpardos3833]

Maj penta can go on anywhere but is perfect for the I7 Min penta can also go anywhere but is perfect for the IV7 especially because that b7 in IV is a b3 in the key and so minor sounds right at home here Altered Dom is great for the V7 both at bar 9 but even better at bar 12. The outside sound is great as a leading tone for anything into maj penta. Altered dom can also be used to move from IV7 -> I7 because of shared notes in min penta and altered dom that fit under IV7

[@2kevinthecool]

nice

[@tomstevelt9641]

The only guitar players who can get anything out of this video are players who already know this.

[@puddinpop1835]

the dominent scale sounds very jazzy but stills work very well with the blues

[@Floweringnick]

this guy!! I love him. thank you.

[@davidschmidt6013]

This is the second of your vids that I've watched. Gotta DL some of them onto a flash drive and take it home to practice. Your style is very effective, keep it up.

[@Levibro22]

Oh man that major improv is awesome. Love it!

[@TrillBill]

That last one sounded a little 'Jazzy'. I dig it 🔥

[@garrettholden7784]

that altered dominate scale gives me the the "out of place" sound XD thanks for the video im still learning a lot!

[@paschalisantoniou974]

.......so..what about the actual blues scale???????

[@aquaprofile]

Paschalis Antoniou intervals: 3,2,1,1,3,2(root) So C blues would be C D#, F,F#,G,A#, then C again can start with any root. Hope this helped

[@amphibious4463]

Add a b5th,,,there you're done

[@MrPhrygianmaniac]

Very beautiful guitar

[@oscarnavarrete4728]

You should do more scales videos they are great

[@mrlest29]

Love it.

[@VLK-73]

Great video...subscribed. Are those scales meant to be mixed with one another when soloing, or do they nee to be kept separate?

[@benjaminpalmer5454]

wow. great video. definitely going to be walking in the alt dom land for a month or so. also can we just have a 30 minute video of you playing the blues, because that is beautiful

[@SantiChiaradia]

yeahhh love your videos!! awesome content

[@jnnyg65]

Maj on the I Min on the IV & V? Mind Blown.

[@spwim]

Great, now after knowing the happy major key and depressed minor key I finally can add that confused feeling to my songs. The way my life is going I probably only need the latter anyway 😂

[@dougp2917]

So the third scale demo'd here is the 7th mode of the Melodic minor scale? (the altered scale)? I've heard (never tried) that you can improvise over any dominant 7th chord with the Alt Scale by playing one semi tone up from the root of the V7 chord. E.g., G7 { G, B, D, F} >> Ab Alt. {Ab, A, B, C, D, E, Gb} Seems like there are passing tones here to be mindful of...but it DOES sound really cool.

[@abidutga]

Hehehe... It is Coronavirus Year... And it's been a year watching your videos but only today i fall unto this video 🤭😏

[@waynebrown1394]

I love that guitar

[@HowTo5min-co3ni]

Oh man! Now I have to learn the scale now

[@LammeGaming]

Nice lesson, why not include the "Blues scale"? :D

[@hailhydrazine4938]

Lamwoc because everyone knows that scale

[@christianc9409]

Lamwoc it has the character of the minor penta, just with an extra flavor note, the flat fifth

[@LammeGaming]

That's true, but it is still very useful, as those extra flavor notes actually add quuuuite a bit! In my opinion at least :)

[@SDoylerrs]

Lamwoc probably didn't feel the need to mention it considering the flattened 5th comes into play with the altered dominant

[@joaoaugustofreire6701]

Tyler! Do you have a platform other than youtube where we can follow you? Btw, I'm anxiously waiting for Jazz!!

[@jacdon2]

You've got soul brotha!

[@kurzackd]

mate, the third mode doesn't have a hint of blues in it, tbh... Sounds like some folk-jazz-chromatic shit...

[@striker2422]

Some of those licks you did were nasty. And very informative!

[@MiguelBurger]

Just what I was looking for. Thank you so much!

[@fredpatterson9260]

What model PRS are you playing? Great tone.

[@dylanculver2599]

When creating a piece of music can you only use a single scale or multiple? I'm confused about this

[@jacemeldrum5052]

You can do whatever you want...

[@adameminemfan]

Yes this is exactly what I needed!

[@545parsa]

you only use the altered scale over dominants or altered dominants that resolve to another chord or else the sound weird. Don't use it the entire time

[@4malulz104]

That's part of playing outside, you have to eventually go home to really enjoy it...

[@545parsa]

4malulz what?

[@Linnerd]

Parsa Mirzaagha home is the root

[@SamBarvels]

I'm still hoping that you'll put out a blues and funk course.

[@mikesax]

Uhh!!!! Isn't there a bit of a problem with the way you wrote it???? I mean, I'm all for altering the dominant scale, but: #4; b5; ... #5; b13 ... Damn, it does add more colour ;) Love it.

[@alicekibibi2654]

Starts at 0:56

[@memeparalysis3406]

I have a red guitar, can I still play it?

[@frantic1233]

finally someone that makes sense, thanks for the vid

[@jibicusmaximus4827]

sharp 5 is enharmonically the same as b 13 no? sorry to pull you up on that that bro your videos are always awesome

[@martinsinigriega6999]

Nice examples, thanks!

[@chris75youtube]

Thank you brother 🎸 cheers

[@Alpen10]

My guitar 🎸 s acoustic is this going to be too difficult, To do with an acoustic guitar?Thank you

[@alansimpson8962]

The last one probally best for jazz

[@Bleemle]

great job! very useful.

[@Khewarat]

I am new to guitar and I got into a bottle neck, how do you play over the fretboard like this? Does it mean the backing track is constantly changing the keys? Like soloing in C then F then G or so? And What should I keep in mind while changing where I play? J just need a general concept to build my mind. I would be grateful for any answers

[@udomsimon1]

Thank you, you're good

[@jezdimvrakem]

Altered dominant thing... i hear it in lots of jazzy and other crazy skilled music. Anybody too?

[@samme79]

Also, why is altered dominant a must-know blues scale? which blues artist uses it? I've just never heard of it being used in blues before that's why i find it a bit weird hahaha

[@zacharyhorne1629]

It's used all the time, granted I know this comment it old, if you listen to blues songs they typically used this scale to transition from the 4 5 and or 7 chord back to one. Beautiful when used right and blends in when you know what you're doing

[@awakeningtothespiritchanne8990]

I got a real serious question for you guys. I’ve been looking for an answer but so far I’m stumped, I have been playing blues guitar for a few years now but was never really any good at it. I’ve always been a lead vocalist, and wouldn’t play onstage. I’d mess around on acoustic at home writing songs, and am fluent in rhythm but not lead. So thus one night I’m playing and all of a sudden best way I can describe it is that it felt like time stopped and something I could not see hit me in the solar plexus, at that moment, it felt as if thrrr was no more me and the guitar, it was just one ball of concentrated musical power, also there was something very sexual, to the feeling I got as I wailed on my stratocaster, to thr point that it was nearly orgasmic. It’s the Craziest thing that’s ever happened to me while making music . and I’ve been gigging regularly In a rock band for 15 years. Also when I play I get a magnetic tugging sensation coming from what seems to be the guitar itself and my body. It pulled me so hard once I almost fell over. I thought at first it was a spirit pulling on me as my house is very active but I’m starting to believe it’s something else.i have been looking online to see if at least one person has reported having a similar thing happen to them but have found nothing. It has me at a loss. I was never able to play lead, at all to save my life. But I never gave it much effort really, but to go from one minute not knowing any scales or even being able to use my pinkie finger to the next being able to see the notes in in my minds eye and have speed like Stevie Ray , was amazing, and doesn’t seem normal. I guess I should Just accept it and let it go but I’m very curious to know if this has happened to anyone else.

[@dawirelessg]

thank you!!! that was smooth man.

[@YanksSatrianiJaws]

Beautiful guitar...what PRS model is that...anyone? Thanks in advance

[@moahsooza9248]

Could you do a every pedal I own in one solo? It would be just like your every guitar technique video.

[@ujansom3742]

What if my hands doesn't have fingers

[@bobkedeni7274]

How do you she-she..that's how 😂😂

[@jonesboy463]

you did a good job on this video but I would've included blues scale instead of minor pentatonic being that it's the same scale except with a added "blues" note.

[@soonami4209]

what would be the best pickup for a more bluesy kind of playing?

[@tsangpogorge]

Would appreciate if someone could recommend a good blues compilation.

[@MegaVictorGamer]

They are not compilation, they're albums, but anyway: BB King - Live at The Regal Buddy Guy - Damn Right I got The Blues Stevie Ray Vaughan - basically all of his songs, but check out Live At Montreux Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign Robert Johnson - King of The Delta Blues (thats a compilation) T-Bone Walker - T-Bone Blues for a more recent one, Joe Bonamassa - Live at The Greek Theater there are so many more, I could speak for a hour... yea, hope u like it

[@jacemeldrum5052]

+tsangpogorge Lead Belly, Robert Johnson, Blind Lemon, Gary Davis, Pat Hare...

[@NOBSPOLITICS]

please do a blues or rock licks video

[@andrewjackson829]

Charbel Sfeir just use these scales add some gain and play against a rock track. If it doesn’t sound right there’s a trick. If u want to go from minor scales to major. Just count down 3 frets. For example. If you’re in gminor at the 15th fret and u want gmajor move down to the 12fret that’s now Gmajor. Yes it’s also Eminor.

[@RobGADV]

What about the minor blues diagonal pentatonic scales? At least that's what the Mel Bay book calls it, and it's the first scale my instructor had me learn. What's your opinion on those? I've never seen anybody in any guitar videos talk about them.

[@immo10101]

should also mention the major and minor blues scale, one more note to choose

[@Geeetarr]

hello, I have a question, do you Know how to play standard notation?

[@buyana114]

Basically that dominant scale sounds like when you want to try experimenting with differents notes other than the pentatonic scale.

[@jeremiahsweat8789]

More blues scales ? Blues has been getting dicey recently Tyler I need some help

[@monsieurbrochant7528]

Is mixolydian mode considered a suitable blues scale (in a major blues context?) because it works pretty well too

[@Xavia_Dimoff]

The blues uses dominant chords so it will always work if you decide not to flat the third. In fact there’s a dominant pentatonic and dominant blues scale. Exactly the same as the minor version but with the major third instead of the minor third

[@miked7295]

So now I know these scales but how do I know when I can "extend" them, like you do playing all over the neck.

[@miguel8675]

Mike D search all guitar scales on google theres a site that has every scale in every key extended all over the neck

[@miked7295]

ツ Miguel ツ Thanks, do you know what the site is called?

[@stefanocharles1974]

WHERE COULD I GET THE BACKING TRACK FOR THIS LESSONS

[@gaffenz1137]

Just search blues back track, they're all the same

[@BrendonGS]

Amazing!

[@wolfendoom7269]

I'm surprised you didn't include the d blues scale

[@samme79]

What kind of scale was used like for example in John Mayer's "Come When I Call"? Is it a mix of both the minor and major blues scale? I'm intrigued by it because the sound is not straight pentatonic and it seems to only work in twelve-bar blues and usually not in blues rock which is why you get the feeling of a twelve-bar progression. Like there's a lick that goes 3h4 in the G string then goes back to minor pentatonic in G. Does it have to do with the chords involved in the song? Sorry I don't know how to explain it and I don't know much music theory.

[@antreb15]

You mute those strings really well to get clean notes. Nice lesson.