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

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  • Опубликовано: 25 май 2023
  • What Robben Ford plays on the Altered Dominant chord in "Help The Poor" is simply magical. He uses the Altered Scale to great effect in this solo. In this video, I'll show you the Altered Scale, explain the theory behind it, and demonstrate some licks using the scale that you can incorporate immediately into your playing.
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Комментарии • 116

  • @AndyDacoulis
    @AndyDacoulis  Год назад +5

    👉 Learn the ESSENTIAL Arpeggios: ruclips.net/video/XUH1LD-yN-8/видео.html

  • @aliassaid6398
    @aliassaid6398 9 месяцев назад +14

    Killer tone. Outstanding playing.

  • @robertscherer8860
    @robertscherer8860 Год назад +1

    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
    @BrnSnd 9 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @user-me2tp1tn7f
    @user-me2tp1tn7f Месяц назад +1

    Absolutely awesome! Very useful, thank you!

  • @thachnnguyen
    @thachnnguyen 10 месяцев назад +1

    Sounds just freaking awesome!

  • @johnpritchard9753
    @johnpritchard9753 Год назад

    Great playing. Fabulous sound.

  • @knightridernz72
    @knightridernz72 10 месяцев назад +1

    Great video and sounding awesome. Thank you!

  • @RickFiorentino
    @RickFiorentino Год назад

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

  • @mrstrat222
    @mrstrat222 Год назад +1

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

  • @stevenpalmieri348
    @stevenpalmieri348 9 месяцев назад

    Excellent lesson. Thanks Andy.

  • @juliocaliman
    @juliocaliman 9 месяцев назад +4

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

  • @winstonsmith8240
    @winstonsmith8240 11 месяцев назад +3

    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.

  • @boobeez8693
    @boobeez8693 Год назад

    Andy is one of the best teachers!!

  • @GaryBradleymusic
    @GaryBradleymusic 9 месяцев назад

    Excellent tutorial. Lovely tone too 😊

  • @TheTwangKings
    @TheTwangKings Месяц назад +1

    Nice work, very fusiony sounding!

  • @wobamusic
    @wobamusic 27 дней назад +1

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

  • @Itaivarochik
    @Itaivarochik 10 месяцев назад

    Wow! Thanks man. What’s a great lesson

  • @dougshankle7946
    @dougshankle7946 11 месяцев назад

    Sounds fantastic!

  • @Peter-sk5vg
    @Peter-sk5vg Месяц назад

    Beautifully presented

  • @kimbozekowski5681
    @kimbozekowski5681 Год назад +2

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

  • @CAJMusic
    @CAJMusic Год назад

    Fantastic Andy!!!

  • @75jdavid
    @75jdavid Год назад +1

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

  • @therewillbejazz
    @therewillbejazz Год назад +2

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

    • @AndyDacoulis
      @AndyDacoulis  Год назад

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

  • @JasonLeonPike
    @JasonLeonPike 8 месяцев назад

    Very cool. Great work.

  • @9ineToe
    @9ineToe Год назад

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

  • @1963Tele
    @1963Tele Год назад

    Thank you!

  • @DennyJiosa
    @DennyJiosa Год назад +2

    You play great, Andy!

    • @AndyDacoulis
      @AndyDacoulis  Год назад +1

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

  • @nearlysteviedan1275
    @nearlysteviedan1275 11 месяцев назад

    Killer tone !

  • @tomneily9506
    @tomneily9506 3 месяца назад

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

  • @80srocker65
    @80srocker65 10 месяцев назад

    Great teaching

  • @viktorkovalenko3516
    @viktorkovalenko3516 3 дня назад

    ❤! Thanks!

  • @matthiasscheffler548
    @matthiasscheffler548 Год назад

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

    • @AndyDacoulis
      @AndyDacoulis  Год назад

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

  • @brentgilbert4208
    @brentgilbert4208 Год назад

    BEAUTIFUL 335 Andy!

  • @stevieboi61
    @stevieboi61 2 месяца назад

    nice. thankyou👌

  • @RadcliffGuitar
    @RadcliffGuitar Месяц назад

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

  • @bobbysbackingtracks
    @bobbysbackingtracks 8 месяцев назад

    Brilliant.

  • @RustyMadd
    @RustyMadd 4 месяца назад

    Outstanding tone and lesson. Thank you just isn't saying enough.

  • @nashvillecalling
    @nashvillecalling 3 месяца назад

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

  • @duilawyr
    @duilawyr 10 месяцев назад

    Thanks!

  • @youngandrew66
    @youngandrew66 8 месяцев назад

    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!

  • @Dougb612
    @Dougb612 3 месяца назад

    Cool bro

  • @Idgolfguy
    @Idgolfguy Месяц назад

    Thanks

  • @jfender8023
    @jfender8023 10 месяцев назад

    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

  • @pedrotavares8691
    @pedrotavares8691 5 месяцев назад

    Killer tone and "dexterity".

  • @wiliamsilvaguita6893
    @wiliamsilvaguita6893 Год назад +1

    Muito bom! 👏 👏

  • @WickBeavers
    @WickBeavers 5 месяцев назад

    Killer!

  • @joncicc9062
    @joncicc9062 Год назад

    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
      @AndyDacoulis  Год назад +1

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

  • @PeterKertesz2013
    @PeterKertesz2013 9 месяцев назад

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

  • @frankcollazo8313
    @frankcollazo8313 Год назад

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

  • @khalilhabib9607
    @khalilhabib9607 Год назад

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

    • @AndyDacoulis
      @AndyDacoulis  Год назад +1

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

  • @Sovcali
    @Sovcali 3 месяца назад

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

    • @timbradley135
      @timbradley135 Месяц назад

      RUclips can be slowed down to quarter speed.

  • @TrojanBus
    @TrojanBus 11 месяцев назад

    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)

  • @jakollee
    @jakollee Год назад

    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
      @AndyDacoulis  Год назад +1

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

    • @jakollee
      @jakollee Год назад

      @@AndyDacoulis thanks!

  • @orion777ben
    @orion777ben Год назад

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

    • @AndyDacoulis
      @AndyDacoulis  Год назад

      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

  • @Guitarslngr
    @Guitarslngr 11 месяцев назад

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

  • @user-gw7bs9up3l
    @user-gw7bs9up3l 10 месяцев назад +11

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

  • @bluesdawg8014
    @bluesdawg8014 11 месяцев назад

    Yeah buddy, sweet Los Angeles

  • @patrickcasey357
    @patrickcasey357 8 месяцев назад

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

    • @AndyDacoulis
      @AndyDacoulis  8 месяцев назад

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

  • @Yvero94
    @Yvero94 Год назад

    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

  • @Bflatest
    @Bflatest 5 месяцев назад

    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
      @AndyDacoulis  5 месяцев назад

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

  • @geraldtrik6826
    @geraldtrik6826 Год назад

    OREOS!!!!!

  • @orion777ben
    @orion777ben Год назад

    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
      @AndyDacoulis  Год назад

      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.

    • @orion777ben
      @orion777ben Год назад

      Thanks!

  • @mqblues
    @mqblues Год назад

    Good altered-blues vocabulary. Well done.

  •  Год назад

    👌🏻😀

  • @FabrizioPeretti
    @FabrizioPeretti 10 месяцев назад

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

    • @AndyDacoulis
      @AndyDacoulis  10 месяцев назад +1

      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
      @FabrizioPeretti 10 месяцев назад

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

  • @lasyngwieeeiiilarsen7510
    @lasyngwieeeiiilarsen7510 10 месяцев назад

    😮❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊

  • @arnieg65
    @arnieg65 5 месяцев назад

    Do you sell the backing track?

    • @AndyDacoulis
      @AndyDacoulis  5 месяцев назад

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

  • @user-ou9pq8cm1b
    @user-ou9pq8cm1b 5 месяцев назад

    7:04

  • @tristanavakian
    @tristanavakian 2 месяца назад

    bro is showing us the matrix

  • @user-ou9pq8cm1b
    @user-ou9pq8cm1b 5 месяцев назад

    3:25

  • @davidespinosa1910
    @davidespinosa1910 10 месяцев назад

    Can someone please spell out the scale ? Thanks !

  • @kenster3554
    @kenster3554 Месяц назад

    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.

  • @Ogukuo
    @Ogukuo 4 месяца назад +1

    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
    @BluenoteBoy Год назад

    Very tasty!

  • @dannychoriki1977
    @dannychoriki1977 6 месяцев назад

    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!

  • @oficinadomarcheto
    @oficinadomarcheto 9 месяцев назад +1

    Superlocrian mode

  • @Boozetowne
    @Boozetowne 10 месяцев назад

    $15 for 8 bars???

    • @AndyDacoulis
      @AndyDacoulis  10 месяцев назад +2

      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 RUclips 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
      @Boozetowne 10 месяцев назад

      @@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
      @AndyDacoulis  10 месяцев назад

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

    • @salamandermusic
      @salamandermusic 7 месяцев назад

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

  • @carpballet
    @carpballet 10 месяцев назад

    Who the heck is robben ford?

  • @hetknn8600
    @hetknn8600 Год назад

    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
      @clust11 Год назад +6

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

    • @JordanHigginsGuitar
      @JordanHigginsGuitar 10 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @user-ou9pq8cm1b
    @user-ou9pq8cm1b 5 месяцев назад

    7:13