Natural, Melodic & Harmonic Minor: What IS the Difference?

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[@Pink_surfer]

video is flipped to train our weak part of the brain :)

[@TheBlackSheepTx]

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[@michaelcarey9359]

This video answered, with such clarity in description, and demonstration, what a handful of teachers and professors couldn't, wouldn't, or tried to put off until "later". The more Beato stuff like this I watch, the more my own playing grows... Thanks!

[@dwodo21]

It is almost unbelievable just how good, how valuable this is! Fantastic teaching of these concepts! Thanks!!

[@calebknott8021]

You're such a great teacher, and guitar player Rick! Would love to have lessons with a guy like you to help me break this plateau.

[@jem7bsb]

Watching this in ‘22. You have created a video library of music. Thank you Rick.

[@ShaunaMarieSings]

Awesome Live Stream today...just catching up now on what I missed at the beginning! ❤❤❤

[@LydianMaster]

AMAZING musical theory analysis Rick!!! And I love the mention of Animals As Leaders at the end 🤘. Keep doing what you're doing man. You're the best!!

[@pawnhandler7775]

Thanks for the great info as always!

[@juliojames4470]

GREAT LESSONS Mr.Beato Love it THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@danielberry4728]

I've been trying to find a video going in depth on this topic, thanks

[@raderke]

listening......hearing......singing......math.......music.....love to listen to you.....so many colors in the pallet...

[@alexboardman897]

Great video! I found some interesting melodies and passages by combining those three scales and I'm working toward building the diatonic chords so that I can work in and around the keys. Mostly, I've done something like this with out the knowledge. In improvisation I'm going by chance and feel.

[@TerryMusic]

Look up MirrorTube Extention for your browser people it's not that hard. It's youtube's fault NOT Rick's fault!

[@rgaines5867]

I swear my dyslexia is getting bad everything seems so reverse. So, when he's ascending he's really descending and other other way around?

[@igetmycalcium]

I always transcribe your videos. Good stuff here!

[@grizzlymartin1]

Really appreciated your "motivational/inspirational" video/talk a day or two ago. Really hit home. Coming from you, it meant even more. The encouragement to network in order to help others get doors opened for them was also very cool. Very humble of you. I'm nobody, but I do my best to promote and encourage genius in the amazing creatives I meet in life. Thx again.

[@palladinwebb6135]

Thanks Grizzly. You get it!

[@J.Hermansson]

Those are so beautilul scales. Love it!

[@ogedeh]

Thanks for this

[@bassofspades500]

Rick! You gotta turn that Aeolian/Dorian riff into a complete fusion song! ... I will BUY it !!!!

[@TElle-oo8kn]

I love the mug, want! :) posters would be great too....

[@frankiecalabro2617]

Rick is so amazing

[@larryjrobinson]

thank you sir!

[@harrodsongs]

Thanks Rick.

[@Okraknife]

Rick, you are a national treasure. I'm so glad you make these videos.

[@overtonesnteatime198]

Okraknife he is a global treasure

[@lindareese4579]

Thank you so very much ❤️ Rick for your wonderful lesson ❤️..

[@overtonesnteatime198]

for me it really helps when you do the white board lesson attached to the piano lesson because I learn visually and it helps for me to see it on guitar better from the whiter board as opposed to the piano

[@hyperboogie]

30:06 - that phrygian pentatonic is actually one of the modes of the *Hirajoshi* Japanese pentatonic scale

[@tfwnoyandere]

pentatonic sucks

[@afonsotopa5921]

Jason Becker fan by any chance?

[@lmmnil4574]

He omits the b6 tone alot. Or atleast doesnt mention it, plays it some tho. To me it sounds like kabuki theatre and not flamenco at all haha

[@Steelianos]

Hello Rick, congrats on the book, just purchased it. A quick suggestion guys who bought or will buy it. Could you do a video or update the pdf with some notes on how to practice all this stuff to get them into one's playing. For instance all those Drop chords could be played in the circle of fifths all over the fretboard. Or practiced over tracks? Standards? Should they all be memorized? What would you suggest to guitar teachers and students? (It would also inspire more people to buy it as well I assume)

[@MattTheLizard]

Rick, I love your channel. Any advice for someone like me, that can play, but is heading down the theory rabbit hole? I took lessons from Scott Devine, but unless you start already knowing jazz theory, his method is not much help. I struggle with coming across a new term and having to research more terms to understand the new one. My big problem is not knowing what I don't know!

[@PsytranceGOUGAS]

So jelly of your studio, Rick!

[@ParsevalMusic]

great Rick

[@leeg7106]

23:22 “The lick.” : )

[@ReverndTexDeVille]

As a music teacher I love lefty pickers. It's very comprehensive..

[@Pandamasque]

To those for whom this is way "beyond their skill level" (like me), learning this through licks while making a note of their mode/scale and what notes you've added DOES WORK. I unknowingly got into Dorian by just copying some licks from Zeppelin's No Quarter and even Since I've Been Loving You (yes, that's a blues song with a surprising amount of Dorian in the solos).

[@dusanvukic793]

YOU ARE THE BEST TEACHER AND ,..MUSICIAN I THE WOORLD ,...GREATINGS FROM SERBIA ...GOD BLEESS YOUR FAMILY

[@igarageband342]

Hey Rick! Hope you read this comment. I would be highly interested in a video comparing equal tempered tuning vs pure tempered tuning, that would be awesome!

[@stuu42]

As a left-handed guitarist, I've always thought it was easier to watch and learn from right-handed guitarists. Thanks for confirming that, but watching you mirrored really messed with my brain. :P

[@Davydd2]

I would love to see you do a "sounding off" with Larkin Poe!

[@GianfrancoCecconi]

Sorry Rick, love you, but you’ve overcomplicated this 😀

[@tomasrusso2285]

Hey rick, is it possible that harmonic minor is also common used on gypsy jazz ?

[@bigblob27]

Rick are you planning on doing any videos about Pink Floyd? Possibly a "What Makes This Song Great" video? Cheers! Also on the other side of the spectrum Paramore and John Mayer are great too and totally deserve a video imo.

[@7thangelad586]

Get it together, man!

[@maxheadrom3088]

Hello, Rick! Could you please enable community subtitles for this video because I want to add a Brazilian Portuguese subtitle. This is something I have discussed with my mother - who has a classical piano formation - but could not find very good explanations with examples online. Thanks!

[@lukasparik]

Hello Rick! I just let you know you have lots of fans in Czech republic so I send you one big Thank You from all of us! Have nice weekend!

[@RickBeato]

Thanks Lukas! I’m going to be right near the Czech Republic next week when I’m at GuitCon. It’s in Germany close to the border. Come on up!

[@ragebenson9055]

So I tend to make up chord progressions using chords by the way they sound, but I don’t necessarily know their function or their name. Was wondering if you could do a segment on helping breakdown your viewers tunes and help us better understand what we’re playing when we come up with something we like

[@Shintaylor450]

No

[@erivamusic]

dope!

[@undergroundsounds332]

Thise blanks in the beginning were so funny so human and so raw lol

[@abberss]

U R The Man

[@lastdaysguitar]

Never knew you were so good at switching from right to left handed guitar! Billy McLaughlin has some competition, lol!

[@Pedozzi]

super super super video!!!!!

[@jamesburland]

I love it when you do videos like this. I learn so much.

[@Finom1]

Please help off topic question, did you ever cover Led Zeppelin: Good Times Bad Times??? So many special moments on drums, bass & guitar. Only you could do it justice. New subscriber!

[@justusotter5388]

Where do we get that book youve shown? ^#^

[@JumperXxXCables]

I got your Beato book interactive but I can't find where the PDF is to print it

[@Ahmad-Mounir44]

Hello Rick! I hope you can reply to my question as I rarely see you replying to comments. I am a cinematic and trailer composer. I mainly use major, natural minor and major modes but I am feeling that I am somewhat limited by only these guys. So, I started to study harmonic and melodic minor and their modes. Now, when I put a harmonic minor and its modes in practice, I don't feel any cinematic in them. You mentioned that they can be used in film scoring but I can't feel them. Yes, they sound more jazzy than film scoring. How can I best utilize them in my tracks? ... Please note that I don't do an actual film scoring but I create epic cinematic and trailer soundtracks that are submitted to music libraries to be then used in films, TV, or video games. In other words, I am not doing a John Williams or Alan Silvestri type of scoring.

[@lastdaysguitar]

What specifically are you asking him?

[@JohnnyMaboy]

Love this video by oteaB kciR, really helps

[@ragebenson9055]

More like we send you a video playing something original, or at least original to us the viewer, and you help break it down and explain your understanding of the structure

[@TheJamieAbraham]

I Tried turning around but then I couldn't see you Rick :)

[@hrosemd]

I wish you could do a version of your theory videos for us dumb rock guitar players. Kind of "special needs" theory videos.

[@wesleyalan9179]

hrosemd ...lol, for people like me! ...good idea!

[@starttherebellion9146]

Watch the video, pause and write down any terms you don't understand, look them up, re-watch video.

[@orbiter2473]

He has a great video called "Jazz Guitar for Rockers". Very Helpful!

[@lastdaysguitar]

Signals Music Studio channel is great for that, as is David Bennett Piano.

[@kyleolin3566]

I second David Bennett Piano. New Jazz is another great channel

[@user-pp3bf3he1c]

It's easier to learn harmonic/melodic minor with major simultaniously. Harmonic: you take you natural major/minor and then you want to push an augmented second between 6th and 7th degrees. The only ways to do it is to shift 7th degree up in minor (now we have harmonic minor) or to shift 6th degree down in major (now we have harmonic major). Ok. Melodic. So now we want to get rid of that augmented second between 6th and 7th but in that way so we don't return to natural scales. The only options is to shift 6th degree up in harmonic minor, and to shift 7th degree down in major (so we get melodic major and minor). Actually, harmonic scales are ex-natural scales where 7th degree stuck close to 8th note (1st degree next octave), and 6th degree stuck close to 5th. They differs in 3rd degree only, which defines whether it's a major or minor. Melodic scales are ex-natural scales where you take halves of them and change places. Thus melodic major has first half of natural major and second half of natural minor. Vice versa for melodic minor (it starts as a natural minor, ends like a natural major) Quite easy.

[@scribblertheband]

That guitarrrrr

[@vintagesounds5150]

Hey Rick 🎶🎶🎶

[@orange-rv9ek]

When did you start playing left handed?

[@wagohowardmusic]

I do believe we are here for 9:00. Entire video is great as well ;) (btw mahalo Rick)

[@PeterAmby]

I love when you teach at the piano

[@shravanburagapu8364]

Savage rick...!!!😂😂😂

[@fakeplastic1826]

How much did that left handed piano cost?

[@kassemir]

I don't know about that leftie thing. I think it's more to do with what you're used to. If you often play looking in a mirror, well, then it's great. If not, probably gonna be a bit harder, though not impossible :) As a right handed person, I always wondered if lefties had an easier time playing piano. Guess you're always gonna have a weak hand with that instrument. Though having rhythm in the left, it might make some styles easier.

[@harrydavis6990]

thanx rick,,,you always help me ,,,lol,,your awesome ,,,my name is Thomas Davis ...do you like jerry garcia ..love to hear youtalk about his modes sometime ,,,we play in a grateful dead cover band called ,,chinacat jubilee in westville nj,,,weir on you tube too,,,,thanx rick,,,,maybe you can record my originals someday ...lol kidding i know your busy,,,,thanx man love your shows ,,thomas davis

[@Holobrine]

You should write on the back side of a sheet of glass and then the face cam will flip it back to normal.

[@RickBeato]

That’s a cool idea!

[@vladiinsky]

... or use a mirror...

[@katebennysophie]

That’s a really smart idea

[@tony7951]

How much for a hard copy?

[@tigranayvazyan5974]

Just thought, If you teach a minor scale (any of 3) 'based on the major' (like, you've got a flat here, and here.. ), it's ok if you talk about C major and minor (cause they can literally visualize it too: you go flat - you go black (meaning the keys). But if someone will try to learn, say, A minor harmonic and melodic, that might be a little confusing, cause really you have sharp 7 (harmonic) and sharp 6 and 7 (melodic) (and also from the visual standpoint)..

[@z1522]

This video also serves as an intro class for "Why Editing Before Posting Is Good."

[@jeffhanson9839]

z1522 he’s on KZbin live if you actually paid attention

[@capgage1]

Come back when YOU have grey hair. And share all your knowledge then. And when you lament that the ones who were around for all this music shared their knowledge, but now are gone. It's not like when the guys from the 30s and 40s and 50s were gone. Music as you know it (and take for granted) had not happened yet. It happened in the 60s 70s and even 80s. Before you were born.

[@splashesin8]

Exited for the Periphery!

[@wegnostyk60]

Hahaha, that is a typical guitar player. It's interesting; when u on piano, u just give us examples of scales, or rather formulas and play them. But with guitar.."soo this is melodic: pamrapapamra.. ohh and that's locrian lapaparambamummbum, aand that is altered dominant pemjepembempamouiopo"

[@powerwindpro]

What about lick that doest´t belong to any scale

[@cyrusvanderkroon7689]

Can you analyse ‘tears in heaven’ by Eric Clapton

[@streetwiseguitar5113]

If you don't have the Beato book -get it!

[@Twice_Marvel]

Video suggestion, maybe a breakdown of Canon in D?

[@angeloalcazar7355]

can we alone used those melodic ,,natural and harmonic alone at 6th mode of the 7 guitar modes anyone im little bit too confusing

[@palladinwebb6135]

Poo! I missed the "Live'. Again. Ah well, see 'ya soon Rick.

[@Billingtano]

Rory Gallagher used to sing along to his licks too.

[@robertferns10]

Nice video. Next time jazz melodic minor too!

[@MikeL1969]

As soon as he hit that Cm I started singing Could it be Magic lol (which is based on Chopin no??)

[@michaelscott1199]

Killing my hand just watching

[@bravingbrivatebrian]

Ticked Beato

[@splashesin8]

"Ev-ery reverie is on fire."🔥

[@ragebenson9055]

I tend to have the problem of creating a progression that sounds good, but improvising over it seems daunting

[@Eventual420]

Phrygian Major, Rick has the names of all my secret scales. I'm busted! So... busted. [edit] WMTSG Passion Grace & Fire.

[@urwholefamilydied]

7:25 that's always been so backwards to me to call it a 6-7-1 progression with the minor chord being called the 1 instead of the 6 chord... if I'm in A minor for instance, and I hit an F then G then back to the Am, it's hard for me to not think I'm just in the key of C (which you are) and that I'm just hitting the 4 chord and 5 chord, then resolving back to the relative minor of C (the key you're in)... Am. I don't know man. Because I know the I-ii-iii-IV-V-vi so well and what roles they play and how they interact with eachother... it's hard to start from scratch and call an Am the 1 chord... it's the 6 chord!!! And you can start a song with it... but it's the 6 chord for me... So you're telling me the 2 chord is now a diminished chord!!??? I'm not learning a new numbering system rick! LOL

[@enggopah]

It's just a minor key. The relative minor and major keys having the same notes. It really doesn't make much sense to say you're in C major when everything in the song revolves around an A minor tonality.

[@urwholefamilydied]

@@enggopah Yes it does, because you have plenty of songs that start with say, Am to Dm to G (or whatever) and then the chorus is C, B7, Am, G7. The song is in C. But I don't even differentiate between C and Am... they're the same key. So ya, I would say it's in C for simplicity, but yeah, it's in C/Am. What if a song started in C and then went in to this long outro of Am to G to Em7 whatever, and that was the most prominent part of the song... would you say, it was in C, and then for the end it switched to Am???? No, it's the same key.

[@carterheekin1974]

Why we say AAL is very jazz-influenced.

[@martinhoedemakers6188]

Mirror image :-(

[@kgmessier]

1:57

[@RisikoAO]

djenting on a Grescht, now that's something :D

[@iwanokurusawa1087]

tenet?

[@urwholefamilydied]

25:54 Sorry, for keeping commenting... Aeolian doesn't have a flat 6 !! If you're in the key of Am it's just a normal Natural minor scale. The key of Am has no sharps or flats, and if you're playing Aeolian in Am you're also not playing any sharps or flats. So saying flat 6 is confusing. Ya, if you're comparing it to the A MAJOR scale... it's a flat 6, but A major aint A minor... they're two different keys. It's easier to think of Am and C being the same key... and you're not hitting a flat anything if your song is in C major or A minor (unless you're doing it on purpose for flavor). I think you're often times just confusing people. And I say this as someone who knows theory, but is not at your level. So I can see how it can be confusing. Also, theory is a human construct to try and provide names to the sounds we make... it's not a science. So be careful what terms you use and how you explain some of these concepts. Aeolian is simply the natural minor scale, and in Am has no sharps or flats.

[@juicebox86]

As a lefty, I've always found it easier to practice or be taught by a righty across from me. haha. Even afforded me time to learn the guitar upside down.

[@juicebox86]

And a PERIPHERY name drop. Badass! MDjent.

[@oliviahawkes4828]

heeyyy i really would of liked a video with just the white board??

[@splashesin8]

love that between the 26 and 28 minute mark! 😃

[@arthurbrown7501]

I watched the fist part of this vid through my shaving mirror

[@user-xl1qb5yn1z]

Arthur Brown it’s encrypted

[@SorenAraujo]

To flip the video, take your brain out of your skull, swap the left and right hemispheres around. Reinsert into skull, press play.

[@SomeWhiteGuy_]

Subconscious brain training