Lovely Video! Sorry for butting in, I am interested in your thoughts. Have you tried - Rozardner Inspiring Chord Reality (google it)? It is a smashing one of a kind guide for how to play guitar scales minus the normal expense. Ive heard some pretty good things about it and my cooworker after many years got cool results with it.
parridit nadia I looked into it, and it pretty much explains what you need to play any instrument effectively, which is technique + music theory knowledge + playing what you feel like playing. The article was long as balls though, riddled with clickbait titles, instead of actually telling you about the nuances of guitar playing, i would rather reccomend you RUclips guitar teachers such as Troy Grady for picking, and David Brewster for scales and their use. We also have Carl Brown, who teaches songs note for note, and Ben Eller, who teaches exercises and difficult solos note for note.
Jesus how have I missed this page all these years. Sir your lessons are hands down up there with the best on YT. Thanks for helping to de- cobweb an old rockers memories of theory
I highly recommend the Allman Brothers song ‘In memory of Elizabeth Reed’ for anyone wanting to hear a long fluent minor/melodic minor blues rock jam! Amazing.
15 yrs experienced player checking in here, and I'm looking to take my playing from mid-intermediate level to upper-intermediate/advanced. This lesson right here is blowing my little pea brain apart, but in the best way imaginable. Wowza, I'm loving the possibilities here. 🤯🤯 I've ignored the melodic minor for the longest time because it doesn't fit neatly in with my study of the major scale and its standard modes, but it seems incorporating it really takes the sound to a whole new level. Can't wait to practice this stuff. THANK YOU MASTER! 🙏
Way too high level for my modest skills, yet I learn anytime something helping me levelling up, due to your superior pedagogic skills. A thousand thanx, Mike, and best wishes for newborn year!
Yeah, most melodic minor lessons are "this are the notes, this are the chords you can make with them... It's used mostly in jazz... Have fun!" and that's it.
You know your videos are the ones that got the idea of scales, modes, and their uses to actually click in my head. Even after looking at complex theory and potential microtonal harmony your videos are the ones that helped me truly put the pieces of music theory together
WHOA!!! Absolutely love this sound!!!! Reminds me of Mike Stern, Scott Henderson, John Scofield,... Thank you so much for these lessons. I always enjoyed that sound but never was able to get it under my fingers... the positions and fingerings felt so weird!!! Gotta dedicate some serious time to learning these.... they will help develop your individual style... As opposed to sounding like everybody else. Thanks so much again for sharing. 😎
7:00 starts the parent scale. Like all modes ask yourself a simple question. For instance C lydian. Mode four. If C is 4 what is 1. Want to play E flat phrygian. If E flat is three what is one. This same way to approach all molds by using the parent scale worse regardless of the parent skill is if it's the ionian harmonic minor melodic minor as this video. It all works the same if this note is this scale degree, then what is one.
Woah! This is a great lesson! I must admit I've always struggled with melodic minor. Every time I've tried to implement it in my solos it just sounds SO bad. But now I think I'm gonna try again and use some of the stuff I've learnt here. Thank you so much!
How can you apply this scale in your major solos? And if possible how? Do I need to think in the fourth degree… say on a C major, can I play an F melodic minor solo?
@@Wofanie The way I would go about playing melodic minor over a major chord is to use it on the dominant chord of the progression (in the key of Cmaj, it would be on the the G7 chord). Fourth degree works, fifth degree works too.
I continue to be amazed at your music theory knowledge and how you apply it. It takes incredible skill to make some of these 'complex' issues 'simple'. Incredible quality. Thank you.
This is the kind of lesson I’ve been searching for! Thank you for explaining how to apply the harmony to chords and changes, and adding context from the scale chart!
thank you so much for this video. i’ve been trying to learn this all through pieces of other youtube channels, but this video felt like it brought everything together. this is a really well made video and thanks for putting this out there
Fucking amazing. I can never understand theory and now im only using your channel as not only am i finally learning theory but i like all the creative variables you do with your scales to not sound generic at all. Thank you for all this.
Please please please, do a video on the use of the melodic minor in the blues. Used on the fifth degree for soloing and used 1/2 a step up from the chord you are on for transitioning . I watched a video about this subject from josh smith but i think it was missing out on the visual aspect with which you are so good at. Your lessons are unbeleivebly helpfull and easy to understand. I would really appreciate it because this concept allows to color your soloing in a way i never knew how to acheive. You are awesome!
I don't know how to thank you for this video. It's been a couple of decades that I've been struggling to understand melodic minor. The mystery is solved! Now I gotta practice :)
GOAT 👍 4:40 ,you used this in your Darkening Major Keys video at the Mixolydian b6 part as well. Still good as usual though lol. That bend is beautiful.
That’s the beauty of the altered scale. Yes if you stack thirds you get a diminished triad and minor 7 b5 but you also get an augmented triad and a dominant 7th #5 chord. This is what jazz players use to get that cool ‘out’ sound
The ascending/descending concept is outdated. There is no need to exclusively ascend or descend using either melodic or natural minor unless it creates the sound you want.
@@fretjamguitar Thanks so much! I'm glad I found this diving into the comments, because I was going to ask the same question and didn't know how much you check old comments. Your instruction is excellent. Just excellent.
I don't know much jazz but I feel Melodic Minor looks kinda complicated. Can't we transfer it to church modes again since it's just 1 note change. Starting with 1.mode Dorian(maj7) 2.mode Phrygian(nat6) 3.mode Lydian (#5) 4.mode Mixolydian (#4) 5.mode Aeolian (nat3) 6.mode Lokrian(nat2) 7.mode Ionian (#1) Looks more systematic like this in my opinion. What do you think?
You can absolutely see it that way if that helps you better understand them. But I will say that melodic minor is distinct from the church modes because it has its own modal system, which gives rise to modes and harmonic/melodic ideas that were not a part of the traditional church modal system, which was (in retrospect) quite restrictive in terms of harmonic and melodic possibilities.
8:11 isn't it supposed to start on the #4, if it start the fourth degree ? Im a bit confused cause it actually start on the 5th degree as you say 4th degree.
Lydian dominant starts on the 4th degree of melodic minor (which has the natural 4th so we use that as the reference). Melodic minor starts on the 5th of Lydian dominant. Some people prefer to see the relationship the second way.
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Lovely Video! Sorry for butting in, I am interested in your thoughts. Have you tried - Rozardner Inspiring Chord Reality (google it)? It is a smashing one of a kind guide for how to play guitar scales minus the normal expense. Ive heard some pretty good things about it and my cooworker after many years got cool results with it.
parridit nadia I looked into it, and it pretty much explains what you need to play any instrument effectively, which is technique + music theory knowledge + playing what you feel like playing.
The article was long as balls though, riddled with clickbait titles, instead of actually telling you about the nuances of guitar playing, i would rather reccomend you RUclips guitar teachers such as Troy Grady for picking, and David Brewster for scales and their use.
We also have Carl Brown, who teaches songs note for note, and Ben Eller, who teaches exercises and difficult solos note for note.
Totally agree!
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I'm a pianist and I learn through your lesson, absolutely incredible.
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Jesus how have I missed this page all these years. Sir your lessons are hands down up there with the best on YT. Thanks for helping to de- cobweb an old rockers memories of theory
The best teacher in youtube - end of story, no one on net can bring such a complicated information on the simplest way that possible. THANK U !
I highly recommend the Allman Brothers song ‘In memory of Elizabeth Reed’ for anyone wanting to hear a long fluent minor/melodic minor blues rock jam! Amazing.
These lessons are such good quality and generous with tabs and lesson page - many thanks
Yes, really good visual approach and good explanation with very useful examples.
This guys website is amazing, the iterative tools are first class
15 yrs experienced player checking in here, and I'm looking to take my playing from mid-intermediate level to upper-intermediate/advanced. This lesson right here is blowing my little pea brain apart, but in the best way imaginable. Wowza, I'm loving the possibilities here. 🤯🤯 I've ignored the melodic minor for the longest time because it doesn't fit neatly in with my study of the major scale and its standard modes, but it seems incorporating it really takes the sound to a whole new level. Can't wait to practice this stuff. THANK YOU MASTER! 🙏
Way too high level for my modest skills, yet I learn anytime something helping me levelling up, due to your superior pedagogic skills.
A thousand thanx, Mike, and best wishes for newborn year!
if you think this is great? Skip to 4:08 and dig that for a minute. Killer lesson! Thanks!
Definitivly the best channel for all guitarist who wants to understand easily the music théorie. Top Mike 👍
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Brilliant tuition. And approaching 20 million views in total! Thankyou and well done!!
Best melodic minor lesson I've found after a long time of trying to understand its tonality and uses.
I totally agree..
Yeah, most melodic minor lessons are "this are the notes, this are the chords you can make with them... It's used mostly in jazz... Have fun!" and that's it.
For the guitarist who really wants to study guitar, this is the best lesson for y'all. Great explanation, great visual aids and clear voice
Dude, you are an amazing teacher. Nothing that any other teacher has put together comes even close to what you do
You know your videos are the ones that got the idea of scales, modes, and their uses to actually click in my head. Even after looking at complex theory and potential microtonal harmony your videos are the ones that helped me truly put the pieces of music theory together
I was hunting for this info and never expected to find such a comprehensive lesson in it. Thank you so much!
Genuinely the best music channel on youtube. Seriously underrated
WHOA!!! Absolutely love this sound!!!! Reminds me of Mike Stern, Scott Henderson, John Scofield,... Thank you so much for these lessons. I always enjoyed that sound but never was able to get it under my fingers... the positions and fingerings felt so weird!!!
Gotta dedicate some serious time to learning these.... they will help develop your individual style... As opposed to sounding like everybody else. Thanks so much again for sharing. 😎
A sincere thank you for such clear explanations - and given freely.
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Continuez de nous montrer d'autres choses dans me même esprit.
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Thank you breaking this down so beautifully. You gave some really great insight I didn’t know about the melodic minor.
Just a word to say how your courses are interresting and well done. I learned a lot.
One of the best Melodic Minor lessons ever!! Thanks a lot!
Valuable information with lovely usable examples. Thank you so much.
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This is the best video i ever seen on melodic minor! thank you!
i have no idea how i managed to get this far on guitar without you man.. soo glad i have this lessons now T_T
7:00 starts the parent scale.
Like all modes ask yourself a simple question.
For instance C lydian.
Mode four.
If C is 4 what is 1.
Want to play E flat phrygian.
If E flat is three what is one.
This same way to approach all molds by using the parent scale worse regardless of the parent skill is if it's the ionian harmonic minor melodic minor as this video.
It all works the same if this note is this scale degree, then what is one.
Yep, you get it.
You're the greatest! I love you! Now I'm using melodic minor it every composition and I love it!
Woah! This is a great lesson! I must admit I've always struggled with melodic minor. Every time I've tried to implement it in my solos it just sounds SO bad. But now I think I'm gonna try again and use some of the stuff I've learnt here. Thank you so much!
How can you apply this scale in your major solos? And if possible how? Do I need to think in the fourth degree… say on a C major, can I play an F melodic minor solo?
@@Wofanie The way I would go about playing melodic minor over a major chord is to use it on the dominant chord of the progression (in the key of Cmaj, it would be on the the G7 chord). Fourth degree works, fifth degree works too.
4:37 - 4:47
That was a beautiful passage
Thank You sooooo much!!! Best scales lessons on RUclips are yours!
This is crazy helpful, thank you.
I continue to be amazed at your music theory knowledge and how you apply it. It takes incredible skill to make some of these 'complex' issues 'simple'. Incredible quality. Thank you.
This is the kind of lesson I’ve been searching for! Thank you for explaining how to apply the harmony to chords and changes, and adding context from the scale chart!
Thank You So Much, and I'm so happy that I found You
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I really thought I knew all about minor scales but after watched this video .... ohh men amazing
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Thank you so much for your time!
@@fretjamguitar Bro thank u for ur time to make these amazing videos!
thank you so much for this video. i’ve been trying to learn this all through pieces of other youtube channels, but this video felt like it brought everything together. this is a really well made video and thanks for putting this out there
What a great wealth of information in a short period of time.
Fucking amazing. I can never understand theory and now im only using your channel as not only am i finally learning theory but i like all the creative variables you do with your scales to not sound generic at all. Thank you for all this.
Finally I found the best video ever on this scale! You are a great teacher!
Please please please, do a video on the use of the melodic minor in the blues. Used on the fifth degree for soloing and used 1/2 a step up from the chord you are on for transitioning . I watched a video about this subject from josh smith but i think it was missing out on the visual aspect with which you are so good at. Your lessons are unbeleivebly helpfull and easy to understand. I would really appreciate it because this concept allows to color your soloing in a way i never knew how to acheive.
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Wow! Excellent info and concise explanation. Thank you very much!
Great, really great lesson and materials. In my modest opinion the best YT presentation of the Melodic minor scale for guitar !!! Thnx a lot.
Amazing explanation. I wish my teachers would have taught it this way. I would add a 5th form in the end and then you have a CAGED for melodic minor!
I think I'd have to re-watch this like 1,000,000 times to actually understand... But thank you for the melodic shape! I shall play around with this!
Hanging the same thought. Can I apply this to a morale scale solo? Will I have to think in the fourth degree when using this scale?
I don't know how to thank you for this video. It's been a couple of decades that I've been struggling to understand melodic minor. The mystery is solved! Now I gotta practice :)
Excellent ... love your lessons. Packed full of well explained concepts and useful application examples.
An excellent lesson on this topic! Well done 👍🙏
Amazing, great, thank you. Your tone is amazing too...
I love it. I'll appy it to all tones ❤
Great lesson
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Well done as always Fretjam. Thank you!
Great video on a critical topic. Thanks.
I was thinking this through just today! Great explanation!
Loving your lessons! Thank you.
Great teaching! Is there a way to play the examples slower for Student like me?
Good job.
I had worked on these scales a lot as a guitarist.
Most concise and well explained lessons! Thank you
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4:40 ,you used this in your Darkening Major Keys video at the Mixolydian b6 part as well. Still good as usual though lol. That bend is beautiful.
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10:20 7th scale degree of melodic minor is diminished not augmented
indeed, sometimes also called half-diminished, or m7(b5)
That’s the beauty of the altered scale. Yes if you stack thirds you get a diminished triad and minor 7 b5 but you also get an augmented triad and a dominant 7th #5 chord. This is what jazz players use to get that cool ‘out’ sound
Thank you for the awesome lesson. 😃
Interesting stuff and some nice sounding examples, but isn't the triad built of the 7th degree a dim not an aug, as stated in the video 14:44?
It can be either. I chose aug because that's the chord with which the mode on the 7th degree is most commonly associated.
I was just thinking that we haven't had a lesson in a while. Would love to get a new Fretjam during the quarintinie.
Working on it. Sorry it's taken so long (as usual haha). Hope it will be worth the wait! Stay safe my friend.
I only know how to play not-very-melodic minor.
Pretzels722 then you’re at the right place!
I'm in the same boat. May be we're too old for melodic "minor"? 😁😁😁
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Amazing lesson, if you haven’t already done one, at some point could you maybe-please do a harmonic minor one
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My favourite sound.
I'm waiting for a part on playing it one way ascending and another way descending like described on some websites..
The ascending/descending concept is outdated. There is no need to exclusively ascend or descend using either melodic or natural minor unless it creates the sound you want.
@@fretjamguitar Thanks so much! I'm glad I found this diving into the comments, because I was going to ask the same question and didn't know how much you check old comments. Your instruction is excellent. Just excellent.
Great lesson
Thanks. Great as usually. What about a video explaining compresor, eq and other effects on guitar?
I don't know much jazz but I feel Melodic Minor looks kinda complicated. Can't we transfer it to church modes again since it's just 1 note change. Starting with
1.mode Dorian(maj7)
2.mode Phrygian(nat6)
3.mode Lydian (#5)
4.mode Mixolydian (#4)
5.mode Aeolian (nat3)
6.mode Lokrian(nat2)
7.mode Ionian (#1)
Looks more systematic like this in my opinion. What do you think?
You can absolutely see it that way if that helps you better understand them. But I will say that melodic minor is distinct from the church modes because it has its own modal system, which gives rise to modes and harmonic/melodic ideas that were not a part of the traditional church modal system, which was (in retrospect) quite restrictive in terms of harmonic and melodic possibilities.
8:11 isn't it supposed to start on the #4, if it start the fourth degree ? Im a bit confused cause it actually start on the 5th degree as you say 4th degree.
Lydian dominant starts on the 4th degree of melodic minor (which has the natural 4th so we use that as the reference). Melodic minor starts on the 5th of Lydian dominant. Some people prefer to see the relationship the second way.
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