Joe Satriani Guest Lesson - Exotic scale practice (TG235)

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TG takes a lesson from the godfather of shred in the art of legato, chord voicings and exotic scale licks
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[@RivalD666]

What is really impressive about Joe Satriani and some other virtuosos is not how well they have mastered their instrument, but how they keep discovering the music itself. Such an amazing musician

[@aprildawn417]

Joe never ceases to amaze me with his intellect

[@satchfan2010]

Amazing to hear Joe talk about and play 'The Enigmatic'. I might learn the scale as it is in my scales book.

[@TomMoranoHimself]

Very good to see new lessons! enigmatic is sooo funky and weird

[@letsgooo1637]

sometimes I wish i could dive right into one of those musicians genius head for one day and just teach myself everything they understood already haha

[@KennethKishandave]

Yeah I get where you're coming from...not only do I respect what Joe has demonstrated, but also the time and effort put into these things...the fact remains that not many musicians out there take the time & trouble to get all these little things down...I'm a huge, I mean HUGE fan of Satch...but I never really learnt his songs, the inspiration I draw from him is that of time and effort and feel put into things ,such as this video...

[@MattCollisMusic]

scale begins as half whole diminished then ends with just chromatic notes... love that enigmatic riff

[@MoonWalkerTexsRanger]

Verdi used it in his Ave Maria with beautiful choir harmonies

[@JoeBlack-iy5jd]

the enigmatic .... my favorite for all times

[@williamcompitello7276]

The enigmatic scale is like a Lydian augmented #6 with a b2 ascending but when it's descending, it's an Ionian augmented #6 keeping the flatted 2nd. So the chromaticism in the scale is dissonant because in improvising, you can break some rules and use the scale as a dominant, or Ionian augmented with that b2. It's sound has a terrifying feel to it.

[@trevortimoko7512]

say wot???

[@padlockd]

If there was some way to get all the raw footage from this, I would totally dig that. So much stuff to learn!

[@wizaxed]

The Enigmatic is a great song...Not of This Earth is an excellent record. Highly recommended!!! Satch is the man.

[@minneapolis7967]

I shook Joe's hand, said "Hi!" and Joe signed a poster for me on August 14, 1992 at the Mall of America, Bloomington, Minnesota. Joe wrote: "To Tommy, Thanks for Listening! Joe Satriani" That poster has been on display in my home for over twenty years.

[@CarlJohanRenault]

Check out the final jam of the live version of Circles (2006). It's the Enigmatic ! Hope this helps :)

[@jamalstephon]

1:40 reminds me of Pokemon.

[@Mild_Hysteria]

Same

[@MattSatriani]

1:28 omg, it's the guitar playing Joe!

[@KaneODriscoll]

I've always loved that song the enigmatic!

[@micheldrake431]

Its a diminished-wholetone scale

[@gordz2]

He is an awesome guy. And a very clever guy too!! what cant he do?!

[@dionessk2590]

Alguem tem esta edição da revista em PDF?

[@EddieRaccioppi]

dude you are a wizard...

[@WaffleTheAlmighty]

I'd love to hear that, actually!

[@deemon8888]

oh my god how did he do this

[@massimosoddu5884]

for me joe satriani is a monster talent natural...the new ok...steve vai ok, and other, but joe satriani is forever, is old music tipicalblues and modern mediooriental. ...the time passages, but him is how Hendrix.Is the guitarist more loved of time.My guitarist, guitarheroes forever

[@trabrex7697]

I’m sticking to the scales degrees that Bach used👈

[@maidenslayer8971]

It's an E Enigmatic Scale

[@TylerKallas]

Was this filmed in a parking structure?

[@Jo-si3ot]

What's a di-ad?

[@travisschecter2022]

+Jo201515 a 2 note chord

[@digbyinthedoghouse7455]

+Jo201515 Two notes played together that have a harmonic relationship to each other. Playing C and E, for example, would give the impression of C major, even though there's no G.

[@digbyinthedoghouse7455]

+Digby in the Doghouse What he's referring to in this video is how because the enigmatic scale has the notes spaced out so oddly, playing three note chords (triads) caused a lot of notes to clash. By only playing two note chords (dyads), it kept it clearer and let the notes ring out because there was less to clash with each other.

[@mrcrowley951]

1:39 pokemon battle am i right?

[@barxolid]

thank's..

[@burbujax]

With all due respect to Mr. Satriani the "exotic" concept is relative. I guess that something that doesn´t come from the blues must sound exotic.

[@aqstickgitarr]

Yet he still plays one hundred times better than anyone else could if put in the same situation

[@MattSatriani]

It seems like the guitar is playing Joe

[@Jazzamatazable]

at the start its a half-whole scale

[@Briancastillo98]

His voice is fucking cool

[@danielworks]

looks like super locrian mode (7th mode of melodic minor scale)

[@RedroomStudios]

me too, I wasnt just being funny. I actually stopped listening to Joe after the Strange Beautiful Music cd because he just keeps doing stuff that is way too similar to what he has already done. I still think he's a cool guy and I like watching his lessons and thoughts about music theory.

[@bpl711]

"...and that's when I thought..." I'm a f***ing genius!

[@Fernando-ry5qt]

damn, you made me feel better about being poop, then you crushed it and made me feel poop again. (pd. Joe made me feel poop whole video)

[@nathanshostek8106]

i just realized that this is the diminished scale...

[@Arycke]

it's not. It starts like the whole-half diminished scale though.

[@gettinguponthe1]

cool scarf

[@charliejamz.]

The Enigmatic!

[@FilGee100]

tg you seriously put satch in a dirty what looks like a parking lot then gave him the crappyest amp you could find.

[@SeraphSlaughter]

@1:39 = pokemon music

[@KennethKishandave]

Fuckin genius....

[@IJizzLightningBolts]

Man, Satriani should play death metal!

[@RedroomStudios]

Joe embracing dissonance... what's next a jazz album?

[@KBK286]

He is not playing guitar is living GUITAR°)!...

[@bpl711]

"...and thats

[@StanwoodSpartans]

sounds middle eastern, Turkish, Egyptian, or something.

[@digbyinthedoghouse7455]

+StanwoodSpartans Sounds like someone just tried to make a scale that was as awkward as possible to harmonise with.

[@nicolassosolic3655]

Yeah,well,bring on Paco de Lucia next to Satch,and he's gonna leave the room,and never touch a guitar again for the rest of his life lol I love EVH,George Lynch,Yngwie and few other guitar playing,as well as songwriting.But,sometimes,all this "rock'n'roll" circus seems just pathetic when i think of Flamenco player...There's the real deal!!! No Wonder the first guitar model ever was build in Spain around the 12 Century,long,long before the blues was invented...Hi from France :)

[@digbyinthedoghouse7455]

nicolas sosolic Elitism is ignorance

[@КонстантинМещеряков-з6б]

где то в подвале панкам объясняет=)))))

[@machia0705]

Muzak.

[@hussamelnory8398]

HARMONIC MINOR

[@Arycke]

So nobody takes this detrimemtal.comment as fact: Neither the harmoniic minor nor modes thereof contain 3 consecutive half steps like the Enigmatic Scale. The Enigmatic Scale does have some similarity in sound and scale degree, yes, but it's definitively not that scale; it is it's own entity.

[@kubootv]

oh don't be so vulgar

[@tarcrystalline]

Terrible lesson.

[@digbyinthedoghouse7455]

+Tar Crystalline Keep studying. Eventually you'll understand things like this.

[@StanAlter]

I think the Enigmatic scale is more of a jazz scale. I hope Satriani keeps practicing the scale cause that song he made isn't very good.