Demystify The Minor Scales 1 (Guitar Lesson SC-013) How to play
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0:10 - 0:12Hi, how are you doing? Justin here, filling in for the
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0:12 - 0:15theory godfather today.
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0:15 - 0:18and in this lesson I want to discuss
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0:18 - 0:20minor scales.
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0:20 - 0:21There's been a lot of confusion on the forums
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0:21 - 0:25and I've seen lots of comments of different videos that I've done
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0:25 - 0:28with people getting a bit confused about the different types of minor scale.
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0:28 - 0:33The major scale is pretty obvious. There's the major scale and that's it.
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0:33 - 0:39When we start talking about minor scales, we discover that there's the Natual minor scale, the Pure minor scale, the Aeolian mode...
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0:39 - 0:45...the Harmonic minor, Melodic minor, the Phrygian mode, the Dorian mode...
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0:45 - 0:50So how come there's al these different minor scales? Where do they come from and when do you use them?
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0:50 - 0:53That's what this video is about.
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0:54 - 1:00I'm gonna tell you a little story and it's not really the truth, but I'm hoping that it will help you understand
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1:00 - 1:03the makeup of these different minor scales and when you might use them.
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1:03 - 1:11The first thing that you need to understand is the pure minor scale, which is the same as the natural minor scale and the Aeolian mode.
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1:11 - 1:16This is the first minor scale that was used way back in ... time
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1:16 - 1:22And it sounds like this. I'm gonna do one of these examples in the key of A.
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1:22 - 1:29I'm gonna play an A minor chord and then I'm gonna play the A pure minor scale, which is the same as C major scale.
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1:29 - 1:33It has the same notes as C major.
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1:35 - 1:39...and here's the scale...
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1:48 - 1:54That's the first type of minor scale that existed and that's the one that was used for a long time.
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1:54 - 2:00Before we get on to the next stage, you need to understand another thing called a 'cadence',
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2:00 - 2:06or more specifically a 'perfect cadence'. A perfect cadence is a V chord going to the I chord in any given key.
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2:06 - 2:13In a major key, if we translate this back to A major, it would be the chord E7 going to A.
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2:13 - 2:17In most classical music this was how a song finished, or a section finished.
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2:17 - 2:23And you can hear when I play it in a sec. it really sounds like it's resolved, it finishes.
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2:23 - 2:29So here we go, E7 to an A.
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2:29 - 2:32You hear it all the time.
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2:34 - 2:41Really common, it's this sound...
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2:41 - 2:43You can hear it sound kind of final, finished.
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2:43 - 2:45A perfect cadence.
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2:45 - 2:59The reason that that works is, particularly this note G#, which is part of the E7 chord going...
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2:59 - 3:10G# is called the leading note. And that's a really important part to understand.
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3:10 - 3:20I already mentioned that the A minor scale has the same notes as the C major scale.
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3:20 - 3:36If we look at the chords in the key of C, but we start on the chord A, we end up with this diatonic sequence, which would be A minor...
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3:36 - 3:47B half-diminished... C ... D minor ... E minor (and this is important!), the fifth chord.
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3:47 - 3:54F major... G major... and back to A minor.
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3:54 - 4:03That's the diatonic sequence in A Pure minor. A natural minor, pure minor, aeolian mode, there all the same thing.
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4:03 - 4:08They all have the same notes as the C major scale.
They're called relative major and relative minor. -
4:08 - 4:16The relative major of A minor is C major, and the relative minor of C major is A minor.
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4:16 - 4:25You might want to check out the web site page for this. All of the stuff I'm talking about is typed up already,
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4:25 - 4:33the page is called 'Demystify the minors', it would be a really good idea to take a look at that page.
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4:33 - 4:38This video is embedded in that page on the website, so you can scroll down and see all the notes.
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4:38 - 4:43You'll probably find that helpful to be able to see these things, the construction of each of these chords.
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4:43 - 4:50The idea of this video is to give you the aural content, to make sure your ears understand what I'm talking about.
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4:50 - 4:53So that's a cadence.
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4:53 - 5:01The fifth chord in that diatonic sequence of A pure minor was E minor.
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5:01 - 5:13If we go E minor to A minor, it doesn't really sound finished. It could keep going somewhere.
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5:14 - 5:18It could go all sorts of different places, it doesn't have any sort of finality.
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5:18 - 5:28What happened back in the day (it's not exactly true but bear with me), that Bach really wanted to get his perfect cadence.
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5:28 - 5:34He wanted the sound of E7 going to A minor.
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5:34 - 5:35So he could finish his song.
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5:35 - 5:46What he decided to do, was to change the note G, which is the note that makes the E minor, and change it to a G sharp.
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5:46 - 5:51Which meant that that chord, the fifth chord in the key of A minor, could be E7.
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5:51 - 5:56So he could have the E7 going to A minor.
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5:56 - 6:06That new scale is called the A Harmonic minor, because it gave him the harmony he required to make the music he wanted to play.
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6:06 - 6:13This scale sounds like this. This is the A harmonic minor scale. Here's the chord...
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6:13 - 6:27...Here's the scale...
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6:27 - 6:34All well and good! He's got his E7, he's changed the scale, and now he had the harmonies going that he wanted to use.
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6:34 - 6:38Everything is happy. Almost...
- Title:
- Demystify The Minor Scales 1 (Guitar Lesson SC-013) How to play
- Description:
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Justin's Completely Free Guitar Lessons, Complete Guide To Scales Lesson SC-013, Part 1 of 2.
In this guitar lesson I try and clear up all the confusion surrounding the different types of minor scales. This part 1 of 2.
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http://justinguitar.com/en/SC-013-DemystifyMinors.phpTaught by Justin Sandercoe.
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- Video Language:
- English
- Team:
- JustinGuitar (legacy)
- Project:
- Scales (SC)
- Duration:
- 06:45
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