Members Sixtonoize Posted February 3, 2010 Members Share Posted February 3, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Steveanders86 Posted February 3, 2010 Members Share Posted February 3, 2010 now how the modes and stuff work? i see that there are 7 modes of harmonic minor each sounding slightly different. "Modes are basically taking a scale and starting and stopping on a note within the scale other than the root note. For example, if we take the C major scale (C D E F G A B C) and start and stop on the D note instead of the C note we get: D E F G A B C D We are still playing the notes of the C major scale, but starting and stopping on the D note makes it sound as though D is the root note. You may have to play the scale several times this way before you will begin to hear D as the tonal center. It's imperative that you do not play any wrong notes at this point, or the effect will be lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Killress Posted February 3, 2010 Members Share Posted February 3, 2010 Harmonic minor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OverDriven Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 Marked for later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members live-I-evil Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 Marked for later. What he said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brandenburg Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 marking for later too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mike moriarty Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Holy-diver Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 latebut this is what i instantly thought of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rameumptom Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 quick little vid I did on the major scale. PS. Use a metronome. I didn't in this vid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members extollo Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 E F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mcmurray Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 Learn the major scale and the patterns for it (7 modes) You will be able to solo in any key at any time. Changed my life. The major scale has nothing to do with metal. Show me one Metallica song that's major. Natural minor and it's variations is where it's at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Repner Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 The major scale has nothing to do with metal. Show me one Metallica song that's major. Natural minor and it's variations is where it's at. You have no idea what you just said, do you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Exocaster Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 Natural and harmonic minor, phrygian mode, diminished. That, I think would cover most of one's metal needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr R Gecko Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 The major scale has nothing to do with metal. Show me one Metallica song that's major. Natural minor and it's variations is where it's at. I was gonna type something here but I think I'll just do this again; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thurston Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 I've been learning theory on my own lately and found a GREAT site that leads you through a lot of this stuff in a very logical order. Check this out for information and practice exercises concerning locating notes on the fret board, the major scale, triads, intervals, minor scales, pentatonic, modes... Good explanations and diagrams and links to previous lessons: http://www.zentao.com/guitar/theory/ Learning this stuff is giving me a fresh motivation to play more guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members petejt Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 I've been learning theory on my own lately and found a GREAT site that leads you through a lot of this stuff in a very logical order. Check this out for information and practice exercises concerning locating notes on the fret board, the major scale, triads, intervals, minor scales, pentatonic, modes... Good explanations and diagrams and links to previous lessons: http://www.zentao.com/guitar/theory/Learning this stuff is giving me a fresh motivation to play more guitar. Thanks man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bumhucker Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 is the harmonic minor the arabic sounding scale? because thats what i really want to learn.. Harmonic minor is just a minor scale with a sharp 7th... Changing one note just a half step makes a world of difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mosiddiqi Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 Forget about learning more scales and modes for now. Seriously. Learn some of your favourite solo's by EAR. The vast majority of solo's from the bands you mentioned make big use of the Pentatonic/Blues scale...so if you're not able to solo in those styles using that scale...you're not hearing it..which means you don't know it...you might know the "shapes"..but you don't yet recognise the sound..which is what it's all about. Learning solo's by ear will give you a vocabulary of licks (in the context or a real song, which is important) and then you can start experimenting with the different flavours that are typically used in Metal...but it'll all be WAY easier if you start as I've suggested. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sweep? Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 I don't think a harmonic minor would really fit metallica.........................Maybe Maiden ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pamackie Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 The major scale has nothing to do with metal. Show me one Metallica song that's major. Natural minor and it's variations is where it's at. Nothing like a FAIL where he who fails cops an attitude. Truly then shall his FAIL be deemed EPIC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TornadoOfSouls Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 I don't think a harmonic minor would really fit metallica.........................Maybe Maiden ??? [YOUTUBE]_-60HA3exyo[/YOUTUBE]The last solo is in harmonic minor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TornadoOfSouls Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 The major scale has nothing to do with metal. Show me one Metallica song that's major.Natural minor and it's variations is where it's at. Just wondering if you're a retard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tommy Horrible Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 I thought this thread was going to be about selling pot. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sweep? Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 The last solo is in harmonic minor. Oh idk I never really heard kirk solo that much. Sorry for my fail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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