Wayfaring Stranger - Playing in D Minor but in Open D Tuning

[@MrPatdeeee]

Awesome teaching Troy. Thank you for doing this for us to learn. May Jesus bless you kind Sir.

[@christopherking5354]

You are a great teacher. Thank you for this lesson and all of them.

[@katjakruit]

Thank you! And nice t-shirt!

[@rzsdad1]

Great stuff Troy!

[@rzsdad1]

Really cool stuff Troy!

[@PortoAntico]

Thank you so much for this lesson ! i learned more

[@donalddavis581]

Thanks! appreciate what you do!

[@Jef-sj6zc]

Troy , do you keep playing that melody on your first high D string or do you use later on your second string to shorten the distance so you have your notes more close to each other?

[@martinlicht1969]

Tanks always.

[@jerrybaker4418]

awesome !!!

[@marcospagnoli8236]

Great ! Just a question, what there's under the strings?

[@andrevanoirschot7782]

Thanks Troy , wich kind of picks you’re using

[@bombercountyblues]

Is there a part 2.. you cut off after 15 minutes right at the only part I don't already know.. the bit where the melody gets higher.

[@maureenbachmann1858]

Flatted 6th isn't in minor pentatonic but it's still in this song? I guess I don't understand pentatonic vs all notes in the scale.

[@MrPatdeeee]

A pentatonic scale has only 5 notes in it. A major or minor scale (in Western style music) has 7 notes, with this caveat: There is only one major scale: 1 2♭ 3♭ 4 5 6♭ and dom7th*;.but there are 3 minor scales: 1. Natural Minor: 1 2dom7, 3♭ 4 5 6♭ 7♭ (as Troy showed in the video) 2. Melodic Minor 1 2dom7 3♭ 4 5 6♭ 7# 3. Harmonic Minor 1 2dom7 3♭ 4 5 6# 7# The reason for 3 different minor scales is: Minor chords cause sadness in music. But that sadness varies. Thus 3 different Minor scales. Whereas Major scales brings happiness (so to speak) so it only has one scale. * dom7. The whole world says "dim". I buck them! LOL. So I say dominant7; rather than Bdim (as in the Key of C, etc.) IMHO, there is NO diminished chord in a major scale. In a word: that 7th note is nothing more than the 5th chord being "seventh-ed" (minus the root). 4 note harmony proves it. G B D > G B D F. That is NOT a diminished chord!; it is G7th. Dadgummit! LOL

[@maureenbachmann1858]

@@MrPatdeeee Thank you! Are you able to illustrate the different minor scales with songs? I have a tenuous fleeting understanding if I really concentrate but alas it slips away when I try to hear the differences musically.

[@MrPatdeeee]

​@@maureenbachmann1858 I believe it is easier if I show you this: (One dash=half tone; Two dashes=whole tone; three dashes=one and a half tone.) Major scale: Do--Re--Me-Fa--Sol--La--Ti-Do Natural Minor: Do--Re-Me--Fa--Sol-La--Ti--Do Melodic Minor: Do--Re-Me--Fa--Sol-La---Ti-Do Harmonic Minor; Do--Re-Me--Fa--Sol-La--Ti-Do Do this on a musical instrument. Then practice humming it until you can decide WHICH type of scale you hummed. Then you will KNOW which scale it is; Major or Minors when you hear songs.

[@maureenbachmann1858]

@@MrPatdeeee I have a solid understanding on major vs minor. It's the differences in minor (blues heck yeah!) I can't discern. But cool "step practice" I will try asap! I assume basic 12 bar blues with 1 4 5 including minor keys are the natural minor variety. Is a song with 1 6m 4 5 like Stand By Me a.....mmmm.....rrrrr.....head scratch.....total guess- melodic minor? Or am I in the wrong zone entirely and it's more to do with what sounds nice during a lick vs the structure of the song. As in jazz player solo vs Chicago blues solo (guitarist)

[@maureenbachmann1858]

Or is the key of the song - like Thrill Is Gone in Bm- unrelated to the different scales which can be played in it?

[@jaythizzle1969]

Consider starting your videos with a demonstration first. Cool.

[@sssuperharp]

I've got several of his full lessons. He usually does..

[@stevens6562]

Boo hoo

[@imabebebebe2496]

do a left for dead 2 cover. plzzzzzzz. i promise 2 sub