Unlocking Robben Ford's Altered Magic in "Help The Poor"

[@AndyDacoulis]

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[@aliassaid6398]

Killer tone. Outstanding playing.

[@dominiquejarry9707]

Finally found someone who teaches guitar the way I need it. Fantastic tutorial.

[@mrstrat222]

Bravo!!! One of the best lessons on Ford's use of the Altered scale!!! Props!

[@AndyDacoulis]

Thank you!

[@tomdecuca3627]

Great playing, Andy! That tone is so perfect for that style. Perfect amount of gain and reverb!

[@larrygarnett]

Awesome Andy Thanks for posting

[@Prefabfan-q2q]

Thanks!

[@AndyDacoulis]

Thank you!!

[@wobamusic]

Great playing, explanation and great sound....thanx a lot...regards from Germany👍👋

[@robertscherer8860]

Always love the sound of this music, just wasn’t sure what I was listening to. Thanks for bringing some insight to the subject. Robben has such gift.

[@BrnSnd]

This is quality content! Great tone, great guitar, great lesson, excellent video.

[@thachnnguyen]

Sounds just freaking awesome!

[@ИгорьШаманов-ц3к]

Absolutely awesome! Very useful, thank you!

[@DennyJiosa]

You play great, Andy!

[@AndyDacoulis]

Coming from you, Denny, this is high praise. Thank you! Love your playing

[@kimbozekowski5681]

Great job on this Andy! I just downloaded the transcription of the complete opening solo. Killer. Thanks.

[@AndyDacoulis]

Awesome - thank you, Kim!

[@FrancisFurtak]

Andy, really nice playing! I really also like your style of teaching. Slow it all down so it can sink in. I used the same technique when I used to teach. It's a lot to take in and just whisking through lines doesn't work. Thanks a lot I'll be back!

[@joshsklair8356]

Need to come back to this. It’s 4 am. Thanks 🙏🏼

[@juliocaliman]

Great tone and feel! Congratulations! Love the editing too :)

[@WalktheWalk-ki9kj]

Great video.

[@TheTwangKings]

Nice work, very fusiony sounding!

[@Idgolfguy]

Thanks

[@AndyDacoulis]

Thank you Victor!

[@gringoringobass8599]

​​@@AndyDacouliscan you please tell me how you get this Robben Ford guitar Tone/Sound and/or doing a Robben Ford " Sound" Video , thanks from Bavaria

[@AndyDacoulis]

@@gringoringobass8599 Hello, I use the Line 6 Helix for my videos, but you can recreate this sound using a tube amplifier and an Overdrive pedal set at medium gain. It's important that it is an Overdrive pedal and not a Distortion pedal. I then add a bit of reverb, and some stereo delay. The delay settings are usually a 1/8 note on one side and a dotted 1/8 note on the other.

[@gringoringobass8599]

@@AndyDacoulis thanks 🎄❤️

[@75jdavid]

god damn Andy, you really break these ideas into digestible chunks in such a useful way! Fantastic content!

[@AndyDacoulis]

Glad that the video was helpful!

[@winstonsmith8240]

Awesome tone. Fabulous playing. Impressed. [and subscribed]. Funny thing is I already know this stuff, but you make it sound so good. All the best mate.

[@thebluesrockers]

Your channel should be called "Andy Delicious" because your material that teach is very "Tasty!" Thank you for your complex lessons made easy.. Peace from Indiana.

[@stevenpalmieri348]

Excellent lesson. Thanks Andy.

[@youngandrew66]

Awesome , love help the poor. That bit just blows you away. Most peoples vids on Mr Ford seem to think his secret flavours are all about the diminished scale. Not so!

[@RickFiorentino]

Sounds great! It has a lovely outside flavor to it...thanks!

[@Peter-sk5vg]

Beautifully presented

[@tomneily9506]

Love that sound thank you your a good guy for teaching that its gold

[@GaryBradleymusic]

Excellent tutorial. Lovely tone too 😊

[@80srocker65]

Great teaching

[@RadcliffGuitar]

Great lesson. I love KZbin so much. I can get back into Robben and resources like you just land on me.

[@therewillbejazz]

One of the best lessons i v ever seen, perfect love your stuff dude💜

[@AndyDacoulis]

Thank you! So glad that you enjoyed the video. I appreciate the awesome comment

[@JasonLeonPike]

Very cool. Great work.

[@johnpritchard9753]

Great playing. Fabulous sound.

[@Itaivarochik]

Wow! Thanks man. What’s a great lesson

[@9ineToe]

Andy, those are some very, very "taste-t" licks! Well done, and great lesson!

[@nearlysteviedan1275]

Killer tone !

[@brentgilbert4208]

BEAUTIFUL 335 Andy!

[@1963Tele]

Thank you!

[@nashvillecalling]

great stuff. took me decades to understand it, now it seems easy.

[@AndyDacoulis]

Great!

[@CAJMusic]

Fantastic Andy!!!

[@dougshankle7946]

Sounds fantastic!

[@bobbysbackingtracks]

Brilliant.

[@matthiasscheffler548]

Great lessons, great materials. I'll have to order some of your lessons

[@AndyDacoulis]

Thanks Matthias - feel free to take a look at the lesson packages on my website.

[@stevieboi61]

nice. thankyou👌

[@viktorkovalenko3516]

❤! Thanks!

[@frankcollazo8313]

Great Video! interested on how you arrived at Fords tone.

[@pedrotavares8691]

Killer tone and "dexterity".

[@PeterKertesz2013]

Viva La Robben Ford! And of course, Carlos Santana!🎵

[@jfender8023]

great sound ! smooth approach !I know you are teaching us a tune but I would love to hear YOU play C melodic minor and then Bb Melodic minor over the Ford tune

[@Dougb612]

Cool bro

[@Guitarslngr]

Excellent information! A little D melodic minor sprinkled in? (same shapes as A altered, just up a major third)

[@AndyDacoulis]

Indeed!

[@WickBeavers]

Killer!

[@jakollee]

Great lesson! Very clear explanation of the altered scale over the altered V chord! But may I ask, what scale are you playing over the Bb7 chord towards the end of the progression, and on the bridge? Thanks!

[@AndyDacoulis]

Hello - that is the Lydian Dominant scale. It's the 4th mode of the melodic minor scale.

[@jakollee]

@@AndyDacoulis thanks!

[@Ben777World]

Just discovered your channel and like it. How about listing your equipment in the gray box area?

[@AndyDacoulis]

Sure that's a good idea. I'll do this moving forward. I am playing a 1990 Gibson ES-335, and I use the Line 6 Helix for the tones. I am glad that you are enjoying my content Thanks

[@TrojanBus]

Just realised, that A7#5 chord is the last chord in the chorus of 'Ladies Night In Buffalo' by Steve Vai/Roth (for what it's worth)

[@myuncle2]

Brilliant. This groove sounds also like a more jazzy take on "Billy Jean" by Michael Jackson.

[@patrickcasey357]

Andy, what amp model are you using? Sounds very Dumble like. Excellent tone sir.

[@AndyDacoulis]

Hi Patrick - it's the Litigator model. It's here: andydacoulis.com/product/585039

[@joncicc9062]

Hey Andy, your stuff is definitely some of the best and most applicable out there! Question, are you using one of your Helix presets on this video? Thanks!

[@AndyDacoulis]

Hi Jon - yes, I am using the Plexi Brt preset that I sell on my website. Glad that you like the video

[@Ben777World]

Hi Andy. You were kind to answer yesterday. Your sound is so nice, so before blowing money I'd like to be sure about your rig. I believe you have a Strat wired to the Helix which goes straight to your computer where you record. Is this correct? Since you don't have headphones, you are probably listening to your computer speakers for monitoring purposes, but we hear the directly recorded sound, which is probably better. Are both these statements correct? Thank you and keep up the good work.

[@AndyDacoulis]

Yes, you are 100% correct. I plug the guitar into the Helix, then into my interface. I use the studio speakers to hear my guitar and the backing track. You hear the recorded sound in the video, If you don't want to buy the Helix, you can use their plug-in, Helix Native. It works well.

[@Ben777World]

Thanks!

[@khalilhabib9607]

Unreal. Great lesson. Thank you. What guitar are you playing? You nailed Ford’s tone

[@AndyDacoulis]

Thanks Khalil - it's a 1990 Gibson ES-335.

[@wiliamsilvaguita6893]

Muito bom! 👏 👏

[@FabrizioPeretti]

How did you get that great clean tone at the beginning?

[@AndyDacoulis]

I use the Line 6 Helix for the tones in my videos. I set the amp model to clean, but allow for some break-up when I pick hard.

[@FabrizioPeretti]

@@AndyDacoulis is the patch available? I have the helix as well, didn't expect that ahaha

[@Sovcali]

That lick at 5:44 is everything I want to master in this life.

[@timbradley135]

KZbin can be slowed down to quarter speed.

[@Bflatest]

one thing I learned was to make this mode sound great you need to play it more like triads and not just scale lines. So I am learning this mode as 7 triads

[@AndyDacoulis]

I agree. Scales tell part of the story but the arpeggio and lines give you the sound of the mode instantly. Good observation.

[@Bearthalamass]

I have a combination whole tone/chromatic scale to help cover up mistakes if i accidently hit the wrong note. 😂

[@gregorybrissette3443]

YEP!!!! Lol

[@martinopinto6323]

Genius ahahah

[@mqblues]

Good altered-blues vocabulary. Well done.

[@AndyDacoulis]

Thanks Michael

[@arnieg65]

Do you sell the backing track?

[@AndyDacoulis]

Hello - yes, the backing track is here: andydacoulis.com/product/903595

[@bluesdawg8014]

Yeah buddy, sweet Los Angeles

[@Yvero94]

Hello Andy, I just discovered your channel. Great videos in various style which you master. Lucky person ! If you like challenges to transcribe and play an amazing solo (IMO) check Andy Timmons and the Paw Kings : Loosen up. It is testy, powerful, and harmonically surprising.. I'm sur I'll love it. Thank you any way for the great work. Hibou

[@davidespinosa1910]

Can someone please spell out the scale ? Thanks !

[@jezwatson8211]

A, Bb, C, Db, Eb, F, G, A

[@geraldtrik6826]

OREOS!!!!!

[@jakelee7639]

Great player you are….with #5 I would go whole tone/ augmented….but robben is way better than my choices and this is fantastic

👌🏻😀

[@dannychoriki1977]

I absolutely LOATHE that half the community just says "Super Locrian, 7th mode of the Melodic Minor scale." And the other half just says some vague "A altered scale" Which really means B melodic minor or A super locrian, so misleading, for literally no reason. You sound great, but hot damn I do not know why people do this!

[@tristanavakian]

bro is showing us the matrix

[@QuilonB]

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[@QuilonB]

3:25

[@lasyngwieeeiiilarsen7510]

😮❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊

[@Ogukuo]

you call out the Bb Melodic Minor = Bb-C-Db-Eb-F-Gb-A ... you’re playing Bb-C-Db-Eb-F-G-A ... is that a preference because Robben does it from the A ... so he resolves to the A ... and its just better to go G-A ... ?

[@BluenoteBoy]

Very tasty!

[@Boozetowne]

$15 for 8 bars???

[@AndyDacoulis]

8 bars? The transcribed solo is 25 bars. These 25 bars represent a lot of time, effort, and money invested to play this style of music over 20+ years. My goal now is to share this knowledge with people trying to learn it themselves through my KZbin tutorials. If the $15 is an issue, I will gladly send it to you free of charge. Just contact me through the CONTACT page on my website and I will send it to you.

[@Boozetowne]

@@AndyDacoulis My apologies; all I saw was 8. I'm not looking for free goods. I'll send the 15 through Your site. Thanks

[@AndyDacoulis]

@@Boozetowne All good! Thanks for clearing it up.

[@salamandermusic]

A class way to handle that little interaction. Love it!

[@kenster3554]

The symmetrical augmented arpeggio (A-C#-E#) comes right out of the diminished whole tone scale. Not all the notes of a true whole scale starting from A are “compatible”, but there are no wrong notes, merely poor approaches and/or poor resolutions. It’s easy to make it all work.

[@oficinadomarcheto]

Superlocrian mode

[@AlecJames-q2i]

Playing the altered scale over an A7 equals two women at the same time 😂

[@carpballet]

Who the heck is robben ford?

[@hetknn8600]

Don’t get me wrong but this sounds so composed and nothing is improvised. Robben improvises all his solos even on Records in studio!

[@clust11]

Can’t you be thankful for his dedication? Mr Big Ego

[@JordanHigginsGuitar]

They are prepared demonstrations for the purpose of teaching. It’s not a performance.

[@QuilonB]

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