ALTERED SCALE: Jazzify YOUR Guitar SOLOS - CRYSTAL CLEAR Tutorial

Create awesome fusion solos, outside blues licks, Jazz solos and eerie metal riffs with this altered dominant scale, a.k.a. the super Locrian scale and diminished whole tone scale. This scale is perfect for improvising over dominant chords and altered chords, but also to create riffs and licks with lots of tensions and dissonance. The altered dominant scale is the 7th mode of the melodic minor scale and is used often in Jazz and fusion rock by guitarists like Guthrie Govan, Frank Gambale, Plini, Shaun Lane, Scott Henderson and by the master of fusion guitar: Alan Holdsworth to name a few. In this guitar tutorial about the altered scale you’ll learn everything about this beautiful scale in a crystal clear way with examples and tablature. 0:00 Introduction 0:51 What is the altered scale 3:05 The altered chord 4:04 Example solo 4:23 Origin and similarities 6:03 Scale patterns 8:17 Altered vs diminished 9:11 Example using arpeggios 11:13 Example Blues 12:11 Example Metal 12:56 Example Fusion 13:39 Conclusion You can support me on my patreon page (also for tabs of the licks played in this video): www.patreon.com/QJamTracks Artwork: (c) 2020) Rob van Hal Used: Ibanez JEM 7vb (www.Ibanez.com) Ibanez RT Ibanez SD GR Bass (www.Ibanez.com) Takamine GD930 (www.takamine.com) Castilla Classical Guitars Samson Concert 99 Wireless system Rode Microphone Axe FX II (www.fractalaudio.com) Social Media/contact: www.patreon.com/QJamTracks www.facebook.com/QJamTracks www.instagram.com/QJamTracks    / qjamtracks   (c)2020 Rob van Hal, Netherlands Create awesome fusion solos, outside blues licks, Jazzy solos and eerie metal riffs with this altered dominant scale, a.k.a. the super Locrian scale and diminished whole tone scale. This scale is perfect for improvising over dominant chords and altered chords, but also to create riffs and licks with lots of tensions and dissonancy. The altered dominant scale is the 7th mode of the melodic minor scale and is used often in Jazz and fusion rock by guitarists like Guthrie Govan, Frank Gambale, Plini, Shaun Lane, Scott Henderson and by the master of fusion guitar: Alan Holdsworth to name a few. In this guitar tutorial about the altered scale you’ll learn everything about this beautiful scale in a crystal clear way with examples and tablature. 0:00 Introduction 0:51 What is the altered scale 3:05 The altered chord 4:04 Example solo 4:23 Origin and similarities 6:03 Scale patterns 8:17 Altered vs diminished 9:11 Example using arpeggios 11:13 Example Blues 12:11 Example Metal 12:56 Example Fusion 13:39 Conclusion You can support me on my patreon page (also for tabs of the licks played in this video): www.patreon.com/QJamTracks Artwork: (c) 2020) Rob van Hal Used: Ibanez JEM 7vb (www.Ibanez.com) Ibanez RT Ibanez SD GR Bass (www.Ibanez.com) Takamine GD930 (www.takamine.com) Castilla Classical Guitars Samson Concert 99 Wireless system Rode Microphone Axe FX II (www.fractalaudio.com) Social Media/contact: www.patreon.com/QJamTracks www.facebook.com/QJamTracks www.instagram.com/QJamTracks    / qjamtracks   (c)2020 Rob van Hal, Netherlands