The Classical Influence

Here's the next episode of Brewster's Millions Of Rants with The Classical Influence. I've had countless requests to feature more classical music on the LNL channel, and aside from creating a number of episodes surrounding this powerful and inspiring style of music, I decided to take everything a step further and reveal some famous music and historic musical approaches in this lesson.
Once you dive in, you'll find we're hitting a few famous classical themes, a brief look at a couple of common scales, and a sample of techniques pulled from famous composers such as Mozart, Bach, and Beethoven. The music shared in this lesson includes the opening to Mozart's famous Symphony No.25 in G Minor, along with a look at Beethoven's eternally famous Symphony No.5 - which is tailor-made to be played on aggressive hard rock/metal guitar. Aside from the music, were also making a melodic comparison between the common Natural Minor (Aeolian) and the equally as popular Harmonic Minor scales, a look at Bach's famous pedal-point phrasing, a tapped pedal-point idea, and much more.
Needless to say, if you're a guitarist looking to explore classical music on your instrument further, or simply a player wanting to dive into some interesting/inspiring classically-based music and ideas - this lesson is totally for you! Give this episode a view, leave some comments/feedback, and please subscribe to Late Night Lessons - THANK YOU!
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[@spacechimp3689]

This is Brilliant; the thumbnail is brilliant, the etude is brilliant, the composers are brilliant! This is what the internet is made for. Outstanding work. Would love to see a video on long-form ascending and descending runs in classical, like in Beethoven’s Rondo A Capriccio Op.129 or Rameau’s Mineur: I. Prelude from Piéces de Clavecin en la majeur. Many thanks for all you do my friend.

[@MikeJones-jr5hb]

I can remember my dad listening to The Flight of the Bumble Bee back when I was just a kid, he would sing words that he made up that would crack us up. He was hilarious, I miss him so much but yea I liked classical. That brought back memories ,thanks!

[@NoLegalPlunder]

Amadeus is definitely a great movie. I love the “too many notes” scene.

[@jamesturner519]

I'll never hear Cygnus X1 the same in light of that Mozart section.

[@binkywarren21]

Cool one, Brewster! Now where did I place my powdered wig? 🤔😁

[@bryanmoraski7005]

YES more of this please ! What a fantastic morning you gave me Dave. Love having the day off, getting up early ,having coffee and grabbing my guitar. Thank you.

[@mononoaware1960]

For me Debussy is my favorite composer. He was really innovative and groundbreaking for the time, broke the rules as much as possible. Love how he used whole tone and eastern tonalities a lot. His music goes from gorgeous to abstract and I really connect with that contrast. Some of the most beautiful piano music ever made comes from him imo. My gateway into jazz was the record Undercurrent with Bill Evans and Jim Hall. When I heard that it was as if a jazz version of Debussy was playing with Jim Hall, a match made in heaven. Just adore the chord voicings Debussy used.

[@tonepoet]

My gateway neoclassical drug was Revelation Mother Earth by Ozzy. I used to wear that song out daily. Ended up studying classical for about 3 years in Germany from a monster classical guitarist that was obsessed with Steve Morse. Man, that was a good time of growth. Great lesson, Dave!!

[@STAMPER-DESIGN]

Such an awesome lesson! The teacher I've been looking for all my life, thank you!

[@doctordetroit4339]

this lesson reminds me of the Munsters theme song from back in the day.......

[@uncleremus5046]

Great Lesson 🍺’ski. As a teenager I had & still have the book “ Speed Metal” by Dave Celetano which transcribed great classical pieces for metal guitar. Those pieces work wonders for alternate picking & developing finger independence.

[@dallasahlberg7833]

Please do more lessons like this! This was AWESOME! I love rock and classical music. Your lessons make this amazing music relatable and playable for us that aren't so gifted. Thank you!

[@polygraphovich]

Excellent video! I credit 70s prog rock with introducing me to classical music.

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

Once I learned Broon's Bane by Alex Lifeson, I was hooked. Soon after that I learned Bouree in E minor by Bach, witch led me to learning how to read music so I could just buy violin music or whatever and transpose it for guitar. Edit: 7:20 A minor 6 flat 9? I'm playing it by string skipping the D string and grabbing the F# on the 11th fret, G string. My fingers like that more. 🙂

[@WrathWithinMe]

There's so much drama and tension in baroque music, it's a such a valuable tool to have in your arsenal even if you don't want to go full Yngwie.

[@Jasonfurrofficial]

Great lesson Dave! I always like how you explain the theory behind the lesson. When I started playing, I didn't want to know how to play the Van Halen solo or Randy Rhoads solos. I wanted to know WHY they wrote the the solos the way they did so I could play that STYLE... not just copy their licks. I like the video you did on the Paganini 24th caprice as well. I also agree that it is the cooler Paganini Caprice. Lol!

[@fredericadda]

The thumbnail for this video is just exquisite 😂

[@marpsr]

Eruption is heavy influenced by Bach. Those minor arpeggios. It’s no coincidence Eddie studied classical piano.

[@tonymcnamara9368]

Remember Jimmy Page referring to Stairway....as a poor man's Boureé!!

[@stesharr]

Thanks dave,loved the lesson and soooo happy your gonna do more classical,my second favourite music after Rock.

[@streamofconsciousness5826]

John Williams, Elvis and AM radio, I got a very good foundation for writing good songs and strong melodies. Someone in Mozart 's day only heard Music when it was being played or had a score in front of him. Not a lot of cross referencing or influencing going on. Anything written for the Violin easily transposes to the Guitar and the Violin by virtue of it's volume and (mostly) monophonic playing style was the Solo instrument of that day. Paganini played a Guitar as well. His Guitar is in a museum somewhere according to uTube. I bet if he had a Strat and a Amp he would not have played the violin. He would have been burned at the stake for being a witch.

[@johnstevens282]

A bit of trivia: Jim Morrison, and Frederic Chopin, ( and many other famous, artistic types ), are buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris

[@craigpetterson3962]

Oscar Wilde also

[@wasteyelo1]

George Handel and Jimi Hendrix lived in the same house in London, 200yrs apart.

[@cuckmasterflex9106]

@@wasteyelo1 I'm not gay, but the gay from Queen was.

[@Krullmatic]

This is awesome! When I start playing harmonic minor, especially the Phrygian scale, I get stuck for hours on it. It's so much fun. I grew up with Star Wars as well. I had the soundtrack, plus the album that had the whole movie recorded on it, so you could just listen to the movie. Crazy stuff that. I wish I still had some of the action figures, vehicles and props from back then. I could've made a fortune lol! Great playing as always Dave. I enjoy your channel so much. Stay groovy and cool, my man! ❤️🎸🙏❤️🙏🤟😜🤟

[@SteveJones379]

Whoa!

[@frankiedonofrio5438]

You are a Bad Ass Mr. Brewster....Please more Classical Influence Lessons!!!

[@dallasokelly2951]

Alexi Laiho from Children of Bodom has awesome classical expression. Especially on the first few albums

[@auragraf]

Randy Rhoads in the same sentence with Matteo Carcassi... Free stroke scales! Carcassi Op.60 No.14. Baroque, Classical Romantic... I'm in! So many great bands...

[@daveqr]

There is a picture of Randy playing Carcassi Etude in A Op. 60, No. 3 back stage in El Paso.

[@paulcasilio1119]

Brother Brew, I love it. Once again shifting the paradigm on the wisdom you doll out. Thank you, Sir, and have a great weekend!

[@KajHeGeHaggman]

Very interesting!

[@MisterPoppy-sc1sj]

Thank you

[@LawHunterSound]

Amazing Lesson! Pure Fascinating ... it raises the interest ... the desire to play ... even if in a sloppy mode ... but it makes you more motivated in going deep in Guitar. Late Night Lessons by Dave Brewster, simply the best or one ofe the 5 best Guitar You Tube Channel. Go on this way Dave. Thanks a Lot!!

[@fredericadda]

I would add that some bands famously mixed Rock / metal and classical music, like Savatage or Angra

[@transparent6748]

I grew up with Electric Light Orchestra ,super fan,,long before I picked up the guitar

[@THEDOGSBALL]

Thanks for all the great work and shares, you cover so many styles and guitarists i love it, all the best Chris .

[@ianlearningcom]

A great lesson.

[@Catdad76801]

Nice!

[@jitblues]

Going through your Paganini caprices lesson as a warm up. Excellent Dave.

[@J24777]

Sweet!!! Love Mozart!!!! This is Great!!!

[@vincenttomazzolli3940]

Awesome!!! You sir are a Classic!!!

[@tallpaul1020]

Another great lesson!!!! I love the harmonic minor. Just a great sound. The technical expertise the greats use is so inspiring. 🎸

[@ddaneh3090]

This channel is so awesome

[@bocabenkolstad]

This is the lesson I didn't realize I'd been waiting for. So many cool ideas to try! Thanks for the great content.

[@roygrand6574]

Great stuff can't wait to see more. 👏

[@frooke2]

Grab the Areola... got it... 10-4... thanks, another great lesson. Also may I add that the Crossroads movie with Ralph Macho and Steve Via was quite an influence on my gritar playing with the blues and clasisicalness in the showdown scene and what not.

[@frooke2]

Oh yeah... I forgot to mention Ry Cooder. He's an amazing mugition. maybe delve into him a little bit.

[@MrDreamsAlot]

I enjoyed this alot alot alot.

[@davidatyson]

Awesome lesson

[@greg77hot]

Awesome Dave ....LOVE Bach

[@slapwagon]

we need a dave brewster live stream!

[@histatimaniples]

There’s a song from a band called Discharge in their 2002 album, the song is called almost alive. That’s symphony no25 straight up

[@joeurbanowski321]

David..! I’m really happy that I found your channel….always learning something new.! I’ve yet to go through all your past vids.. but I’d like to know what kind of gear you’re using…if you don’t mind. Thanks man.!👍🏼❤️

[@cali420king]

More more more more! Dude, of all the tutorials on the tube, your have been the only ones that dramatically improved my library of goodies. Thank you.

[@fredericdobbelaere7725]

La musique classique c'est la base!! 🤘😉🇨🇵🎸🎸

[@J24777]

Amadeus! Yes, I have the Blu-ray DVD! I HAD THE VHS. Lol

[@esteban1487]

Amadeus was an awesome movie!

[@holysmoke8439]

Yes alot of classical players ....Maybe a Kenny Powell chordplay. as he has a much larger body of anthems under his songwriting belt then some of the others u did like krokus, loudness. Kingdom come n buckethead

[@sergiopodavite3721]

I think you forgot about vivaldi who is the father of virtuoso guitarists

[@backtoshallabal6662]

would you say George Lynch is classically influenced as well? He does use the flat 5 very often

[@jettrink9502]

He isn't.flat 5 for him comes from the blues scale.he likes to use the Dorian and blues scale together.

[@backtoshallabal6662]

@@jettrink9502 fair enough. although his solos and songs sound dark and sinister

[@tonepoet]

Very much a heavy Black Sabbath idea. Evil and dark. Just like we like it. 😈🤘

[@jettrink9502]

@@backtoshallabal6662 does use phrygian also. One of the first actually to do so - he was doing it in the early 80's. He also has his octave scale - google it. interesting guitar player. defiinitely schooled.

[@backtoshallabal6662]

@@jettrink9502 you are right. You can tell its him just by the first few notes cause he will play a lick and then the octave of it. But as far as I know he had no guitar lessons but was teaching at Musonia after Randy left.

[@greg77hot]

Don't forget Paganini

[@cyberwoodman]

Here is some more heavier than Mozart. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqu9ZKaIfcloba8 (original) kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHuYc6que9l0n9U (metal cover)

[@waynegram8907]

LATE NIGHT, Make a video lessons more about Uli Roths solo albums guitar solos because he uses a lot of violin scalar licks and arpeggio shifting. Look for the Scalar shifting and arpeggio shifting in his solo licks. Click here to watch video#1 kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZe2imBmd99rgck ,,, Click here to watch Video#2 kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6qwnXWvmrp8lck

[@histatimaniples]

All music roots from classical . Folk music came from classical music and blues came from folk