Download your practice files for the lesson here ▶ www.patreon.com/bernth 🤘 I made exercise video play-alongs, guitar pro files, tabs, backing tracks, and a harmonization course workbook for you :)
That last example mixing up the different harmony types, i got chills when the octaves came in. Can't wait to try it out! Even without the harmonization man, Dopamine is a masterpiece. A standout track on a stellar album!
It would be great to do an example where the harmonies have to fit the chords. As it is, there are a bunch of non-chord tones, which sound cool, too, but we're kind of missing here considering chord changes... Suspensions, resolutions, etc. Maybe a more advanced part 2 video?
Im sorry man, I swore I had hit subscribe months ago and apparently I didn't. I made sure I did this time! Absolute masterpiece of a lesson my friend. I am happy that you showed how to harmonize on that beautiful solo hitting chord tones. It really made it hit home!
Hey Bernth! Firstly, very nice lesson as usual. Secondly, i listened to your album on Spotify a few weeks ago, and bought it instantly after. Since you always say you love shredding i was expecting it to be a bit overplayed, but it was surprisingly tasteful! I have to ask if Jason Becker was an influence to you, because i got clear vibes from his first album Perpetual Burn, just darker. To me your style is a mix between him and John Petrucci, and i mean it as a compliment haha btw very nice job on not just the guitars but the drums as well, very glad you didn't go full double kick like a lot of metal songs do... I've received my physical copy yesterday and it's been on repeat since! Especially When it Rains, it Pours. Brilliant! And shout out to Daniel Fellner, because the mixing is top tier! Keep up the awesome work!
Thank you Bernth!!!!! I have been trying to wrap my head around how to harmonize melodies. This is definitely going to help me out a lot! Thank you for all your hard work and dedication you put in to your lessons.
Thank you for another AWESOME lesson Bernth. The Pateron material and lessons you provide is some of the best I've ever seen, and has expanded my playing. I am in my 50's and have been in a rut for some time. After I joined your Pateron a few months ago and started practicing your lessons and techniques, I see a tremendous amount of progress in my playing abilities and music theory. You have changed the way I approach practicing, playing and writing music. Your lessons can be applied to any genre of music. Thank you.
Protip: if you identify a scale your solo is in (let's say X dorian), go to X+3-halftones lydian and play the lines analogically in a lydian position. Bored? Switch to X+7-halftones aeolian for the fifths sound. It's easier to think of harmony lines as a shift within the heptatonic scale instead of going up the scale individually - all you need is to learn the modes of a heptatonic scale and identify them with numerals (1 - aeolian, 2 - locrian, 3 - ionian, 4 - dorian, 5 - phrygian, 6 - lydian, 7 - mixolydian). The numerals will tell you what kind of an interval you're shifting the harmony by. Sorry if this is obvious or, quite the opposite, too complicated, but I'm just really hyped to have found it out myself 😄
6 months ago i tried to find good video about harmonies - i understood that after watching a lot of stuff on different channels. Finally someone did it so clearly in one video 💪
I just stumbled on your channel and this content is exactly the type of stuff I’ve been craving. I’m not into metal so much but wanna be well rounded. These exercise based lessons are my jam!!!! See you on all your next videos!!!
Wow! Magic! Thank you for the time effort and sharing of this info 🙏 I had heard this years ago and always had trouble with it.. this lesson is such a good example of so many things.. not the least of which is the kindness to share what you’ve learned in an easy to understand and caring way.. 🙏 Legend! Keep up the great work and all the best for your future you deserve the best.. 🎸🔥🙏🕊👼
Listening to Bernth describe something I learned on my own as musically challenging sure does make me feel good about myself, until he proceeds to explain why it’s actually simple. Then I’m thinking “that sounds about right”
Thank you. I have understood the theory for this but never thought to try different option for sections of my songs that I was not happy with. Good stuff!
Thank you Bernth! As always, amazing thoughts! Thank you for your time!By the way, I have been playing like this for quite a long time under your exercises) In order to hear myself, I play a third or a fifth!
Sometimes I go full Mastodon and write the second guitar in minor thirds, mainly on repeating verses/chorus, that gives it a "darker" sound, and I love it...
Hey Bernth, could you do a video on fast tremolo picking on a single note? Is it different when playing on lower strings and higher ones? Should we use only wrist motion for consistency or should we add arm movement and finger joints too? I've watched a lot of videos about this, some say just use wrist, some say just play as fast as you can, then clean it up later. Most of them just explain the technique and don't even show the playing fast part lol I just wanna play some gojira 😅
I was always fascinated by the soundtrack of Dynasty Warriors games, because they use a lot of harmonization. Especially at 7:13, I can hear a lot of it.
Hi Bernth. It would be great if you did a video on diatonic vs parallel harmony. It's a grey area in yt music and something that nobody I've seen has articulated clearly.
I find very funny when the guy on the ad be like : You dont need music theory you can play amazing solos without knowing scales or the notes names. And then bernth pops on the screen and show the amazing things you can do you music theory and that you actually need it
On a melody harmony you must choose one of the intervals or you are allowed to mix them? For instance, can you harmonise part of the melody in thirds, part inf fifths and part is sixths or you must harmonise the whole melody on the same interval?
@@DevanArya don't worry, I experience this often myself ! 😜 I'm bypassing this now by quickly taking notes/questions while visioning a video the first time, and if there are still unanswered questions I can ask them after he end of the lesson. I forget my questions quickly, hence the writing down part.
I have a mental block. I can't understand. I apologize for my ignorance. Shucks. Thanks for trying to get through to me. All I can do is continue to blues. I have blues. 🙂
Me Years Ago in my band: We should harmonize using a mix of fifths, thirds, and maybe some spicy sixths. My Band Years Ago: What? No. That's not how music theory works. You can't do that! Me: But, it looks like it totally works that way. I know I'm knew to all this but... Them: Shut up! We know what we're doing and you'll just screw everything up. Play what we tell you to! Me Now: Ha, I was right. :)
if you use the fifth to harmonize with, what note do you choose on the 2nd note of the minor scale? the fifth of the second would be out of the scale....
@BERNTH Hi Mr. Bernth. Sir, can I ask? I'm using Boss ME-80 multi effects with 15amps Line 6 Spider guitar amplifier and 24 frets Jackson Electric guitar. How to get heavy metal, chorus, rock settings using Boss ME-80 and guitar amp? Watching your video here in Philippines🇵🇭 . Thank you so much for sharing. Please understand my English because I cannot speak fluent English. Also What effects did you used in this video sir?
I Missed harnonizing by 7th!! Those are so cool when you would like give a better sense of turn-around in the last chord of your progression… even you can experiment aug7. Aditionally, I would add a way that is more jazzy/prog, it is to use the scale-chord relation (key center change), in the chords of your progression. It will makes it harmonically more ineteresting, IE. Use different dorian modes in your minor chords and Mixolidyan in your major chords (and harmonize them as you said in the video), it really would change the flavour of your melodies. Also chormatic aproach to the next chords can be harmonized! Good video… would be interesting for your audience to see a more advanced aproaching. 🤘🏻
Download your practice files for the lesson here ▶ www.patreon.com/bernth 🤘
I made exercise video play-alongs, guitar pro files, tabs, backing tracks, and a harmonization course workbook for you :)
Danke schön!
Awesome sauce!! Yes Dopamine very beautiful song.
@@jasonday8334 Thanks Jason, happy you like it :)
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0:41 Main Guitar Solo
1:30 Octaves
2:59 Thirds
5:32 Fifths
7:13 Sixths
8:59 His Personal Favorite Example
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That last example mixing up the different harmony types, i got chills when the octaves came in. Can't wait to try it out! Even without the harmonization man, Dopamine is a masterpiece. A standout track on a stellar album!
It would be great to do an example where the harmonies have to fit the chords. As it is, there are a bunch of non-chord tones, which sound cool, too, but we're kind of missing here considering chord changes... Suspensions, resolutions, etc. Maybe a more advanced part 2 video?
Im sorry man, I swore I had hit subscribe months ago and apparently I didn't. I made sure I did this time!
Absolute masterpiece of a lesson my friend. I am happy that you showed how to harmonize on that beautiful solo hitting chord tones. It really made it hit home!
Octaves and thirds are my go-to's, but I've kind of forgotten all about fifths and sixths! 😬 Looking forward to spicing things up for my next solo! 🤘
Hey Bernth! Firstly, very nice lesson as usual. Secondly, i listened to your album on Spotify a few weeks ago, and bought it instantly after. Since you always say you love shredding i was expecting it to be a bit overplayed, but it was surprisingly tasteful! I have to ask if Jason Becker was an influence to you, because i got clear vibes from his first album Perpetual Burn, just darker. To me your style is a mix between him and John Petrucci, and i mean it as a compliment haha btw very nice job on not just the guitars but the drums as well, very glad you didn't go full double kick like a lot of metal songs do... I've received my physical copy yesterday and it's been on repeat since! Especially When it Rains, it Pours. Brilliant! And shout out to Daniel Fellner, because the mixing is top tier! Keep up the awesome work!
Thanks so much for taking the time to write this, it means a lot!! Also thanks so much for supporting the music 🙏
Thank you Bernth!!!!! I have been trying to wrap my head around how to harmonize melodies. This is definitely going to help me out a lot! Thank you for all your hard work and dedication you put in to your lessons.
Best harmonization video ever.
Thank you for another AWESOME lesson Bernth. The Pateron material and lessons you provide is some of the best I've ever seen, and has expanded my playing. I am in my 50's and have been in a rut for some time. After I joined your Pateron a few months ago and started practicing your lessons and techniques, I see a tremendous amount of progress in my playing abilities and music theory. You have changed the way I approach practicing, playing and writing music. Your lessons can be applied to any genre of music. Thank you.
I love this simple tips. Your video editing has been great and very engaging, it’s even nicer to visualize how you’re talking about
Protip: if you identify a scale your solo is in (let's say X dorian), go to X+3-halftones lydian and play the lines analogically in a lydian position. Bored? Switch to X+7-halftones aeolian for the fifths sound. It's easier to think of harmony lines as a shift within the heptatonic scale instead of going up the scale individually - all you need is to learn the modes of a heptatonic scale and identify them with numerals (1 - aeolian, 2 - locrian, 3 - ionian, 4 - dorian, 5 - phrygian, 6 - lydian, 7 - mixolydian). The numerals will tell you what kind of an interval you're shifting the harmony by.
Sorry if this is obvious or, quite the opposite, too complicated, but I'm just really hyped to have found it out myself 😄
Never thought about using sth different then 3rds.
Thx Bernth, this video is a real harmony bible!
Greetings from Germany!
6 months ago i tried to find good video about harmonies - i understood that after watching a lot of stuff on different channels.
Finally someone did it so clearly in one video 💪
I just stumbled on your channel and this content is exactly the type of stuff I’ve been craving. I’m not into metal so much but wanna be well rounded. These exercise based lessons are my jam!!!! See you on all your next videos!!!
Love it, harmonizing is something I'm just beginning to look into. Thanks
My brain just imploded watching this haha, great video as always
Impressive and amazing tips as usual, thanks for the knowledge.🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
This is a really exciting video. I've always defaulted to 3rds... and worked out any problem areas by ear. Lots of great advice here!
Great lesson. I will try this for backing vocals too
Never thought of sixths. Sounds great!
SUCH A AMAZING TEACHER THANK YOU!
Best channel for guitar players that want to SHRED!!
Your tricks are just amazing. Keep it up
Wow! Magic! Thank you for the time effort and sharing of this info 🙏 I had heard this years ago and always had trouble with it.. this lesson is such a good example of so many things.. not the least of which is the kindness to share what you’ve learned in an easy to understand and caring way.. 🙏 Legend! Keep up the great work and all the best for your future you deserve the best.. 🎸🔥🙏🕊👼
Listening to Bernth describe something I learned on my own as musically challenging sure does make me feel good about myself, until he proceeds to explain why it’s actually simple. Then I’m thinking “that sounds about right”
Thank you. I have understood the theory for this but never thought to try different option for sections of my songs that I was not happy with. Good stuff!
Love ur videos man keep it up
Thank you, Bernth.
nice work bro 👏👏👏 Amaze us even more
What a kickass lesson!
Thanks Bernth 😊🙏🏾🖤
the tips and tricks are very inspiring, very easy and simple but the harmonization is maintained...
It may sound lazy to harmonize in octaves, but I think it gives a nice Jason Richardson vibe, it also can add thickness and layer in the mix.
This is GOLD Captain 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Finally, the only video that makes sense.
Love your content dude, wish we could work together sometime! 🤟
Thank you Bernth! As always, amazing thoughts! Thank you for your time!By the way, I have been playing like this for quite a long time under your exercises) In order to hear myself, I play a third or a fifth!
So cool, I can't wait to actually get to a point where I'm playing at this level.
Sometimes I go full Mastodon and write the second guitar in minor thirds, mainly on repeating verses/chorus, that gives it a "darker" sound, and I love it...
actually I am the beginners but I loved and appreciate your guiter solo tutorial exercise. thanks a lot for such a great lesson.
Hey Bernth, could you do a video on fast tremolo picking on a single note? Is it different when playing on lower strings and higher ones? Should we use only wrist motion for consistency or should we add arm movement and finger joints too? I've watched a lot of videos about this, some say just use wrist, some say just play as fast as you can, then clean it up later. Most of them just explain the technique and don't even show the playing fast part lol I just wanna play some gojira 😅
Great video! Best explanation of harmonization even i can understand am(and use) :)
Great advice bro! Exactly what I needed thank you 🙏🏻
I was always fascinated by the soundtrack of Dynasty Warriors games, because they use a lot of harmonization. Especially at 7:13, I can hear a lot of it.
that transformer clip got the like already, lol
Your guitar has a great screaming sound effect on Dopamine. 🙂
Dudeeee. Awesome video just what I need. Try push some more content like this solo/improvisation bit theory'. 🤘🤘🤙
Hi Bernth. It would be great if you did a video on diatonic vs parallel harmony. It's a grey area in yt music and something that nobody I've seen has articulated clearly.
Thank you, this so awesome!
I find very funny when the guy on the ad be like : You dont need music theory you can play amazing solos without knowing scales or the notes names. And then bernth pops on the screen and show the amazing things you can do you music theory and that you actually need it
Thanks man I can’t believe I didn’t pay for this
I do subscribe and GAIN BIG! THANK YOU BERNTH!
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On a melody harmony you must choose one of the intervals or you are allowed to mix them? For instance, can you harmonise part of the melody in thirds, part inf fifths and part is sixths or you must harmonise the whole melody on the same interval?
Nevermind, the answer of this is at the end of the video, should've have watched the whole before commenting eheh.
@@DevanArya don't worry, I experience this often myself ! 😜
I'm bypassing this now by quickly taking notes/questions while visioning a video the first time, and if there are still unanswered questions I can ask them after he end of the lesson. I forget my questions quickly, hence the writing down part.
I want BERNTHS guitar, I would feel complete
I have a mental block. I can't understand. I apologize for my ignorance. Shucks. Thanks for trying to get through to me. All I can do is continue to blues. I have blues. 🙂
Amazing lesson,,,,,,,, Thank you ❤️
Me Years Ago in my band: We should harmonize using a mix of fifths, thirds, and maybe some spicy sixths.
My Band Years Ago: What? No. That's not how music theory works. You can't do that!
Me: But, it looks like it totally works that way. I know I'm knew to all this but...
Them: Shut up! We know what we're doing and you'll just screw everything up. Play what we tell you to!
Me Now: Ha, I was right. :)
Ok nice let's do it
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What is the name of the app with the scales? 4:07
if you use the fifth to harmonize with, what note do you choose on the 2nd note of the minor scale? the fifth of the second would be out of the scale....
@BERNTH Hi Mr. Bernth. Sir, can I ask? I'm using Boss ME-80 multi effects with 15amps Line 6 Spider guitar amplifier and 24 frets Jackson Electric guitar. How to get heavy metal, chorus, rock settings using Boss ME-80 and guitar amp? Watching your video here in Philippines🇵🇭 . Thank you so much for sharing. Please understand my English because I cannot speak fluent English.
Also What effects did you used in this video sir?
Someone likes Giilmour!!!
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Hey man give us some jazz lesson sometimes.....:)
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I Missed harnonizing by 7th!! Those are so cool when you would like give a better sense of turn-around in the last chord of your progression… even you can experiment aug7. Aditionally, I would add a way that is more jazzy/prog, it is to use the scale-chord relation (key center change), in the chords of your progression. It will makes it harmonically more ineteresting, IE. Use different dorian modes in your minor chords and Mixolidyan in your major chords (and harmonize them as you said in the video), it really would change the flavour of your melodies. Also chormatic aproach to the next chords can be harmonized! Good video… would be interesting for your audience to see a more advanced aproaching. 🤘🏻
Why do you ask to skip 4 notes to play the major sixth?
Hi... can you make antasia from slash be metal your style
can you mis 3rds and 5ths in that solo?
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sorry, but ya cant improve on perfection and that sounded awesome right off the bat :)
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That was fast! Thanks for tuning in early :)
Hello Bernt thanks for the easy and good guitar tips