Scale, Harmonized Scale and progressions...
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Find all my Chord related posts here: Chord Tips and Tricks
And all my Scale related posts here: Scales and Licks
Scales are the stuff music is made of - all chord progressions and licks come from some kind of scale!
The Melodic Minor Scale...
This is a cool scale came up allot in 80's guitar solos (that sharpened 6th and 7th tone), and chords from this scale can be found in spy Movie soundtracks (m/maj7)! You're gonna love using this to create cool licks!
Here's how we easily make the Melodic Minor Scale.
First let's look at the Natural minor Scale. This is a C Natural Minor played root note to root note (that means we start and end on the root note).
Natural Minor Scales has the following intervals: R, 2, b3, 4, 5, b6, and b7
A|------------------------3------------------------|E|---------------3--4--6-----6--4--3---------------|C|------2--3--5-----------------------5--3--2------|G|---5-----------------------------------------5---|
Here's a video, with a cool lick at the end to give you an example of how you might use the scale to play licks (save so you can use it for practice):
Here's a video, with a cool lick at the end to give you an example of how you might use the scale to play licks (save so you can use it for practice):
EASY LICK: Here's the lick at the end...
A|---------------3--------|E|---6--4--3--4--3--------|C|---------------3--------|G|---------------5--------|
The lick above ends with a Cm chord. Using licks for endings is a great way to get started with licks.
You can easily bust out something like this at the end of a song and amaze your friends!
If we raise the 6th an the 7th tone one step we get the Melodic minor scale. Now try the Melodic minor scale root note to root note...
Melodic Minor Scales has the following intervals: R, 2, b3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.
A|---------------------2--3--2---------------------|E|---------------3--5-----------5--3---------------|C|------2--3--5-----------------------5--3--2------|G|---5-----------------------------------------5---|
Here's a video, with a cool lick at the end to give you an example of how you might use the scale to play licks (save so you can use it for practice):
EASY LICK: Here's the lick at the end...
A|---------2-----3--------|E|---3--4-----4--3--------|C|---------------3--------|G|---------------5--------|
But wait - there's more! In Jazz we may find the melodic minor scale played like you see above, but in classical and rock (classically inspired artists) you'll find it ascending with melodic minor and descending with natural minor...
Here it is ascending with melodic minor and descending with natural minor.
A|---------------------2--3------------------------|E|---------------3--5--------6--4--3---------------|C|------2--3--5-----------------------5--3--2------|G|---5-----------------------------------------5---|
Here's a video with this approach, with a cool lick at the end to give you an example of how you might use the scale to play licks (save so you can use it for practice):
EASY LICK: Here's the lick at the end...
A|---------2-----3--------|E|---3--4-----6--3--------|C|---------------3--------|G|---------------5--------|
You should run through some scales to warm up each practice - add these to your sessions...
Natural Minor vs. Melodic Minor
Here they are side by side with all then notes you'll find 'in position', you can use this chart as a handy reference to play licks. These charts show the intervals - that way (once you understand other scales) you can change these on the fly!
Notice only 2 notes are different use this knowledge to slip into melodic minor when you are using any natural minor scale shape (or form).
Practicing similar scales together helps you memorize them quicker - we'll be doing a lot of this here...
These are moveable scales so just find the root note of the key you're in an away you go - no need to learn a whole pile of different positions for these now...
The Harmonized Melodic Minor Scale
When we harmonize the melodic minor scale we get some beautiful chords!
We get a major for the IV chord and the V chord, a tweak we see all the time in popular music...
Here's what we get when we harmonize the A Harmonic Minor with chords:
Am - Bm - C+5 - D - E - F#dim - G#dim.
There are quite a few gems here for chords.
Check this out... (whenever we see a diminished chord - we use a dim7 rather the a diminished triad, when harmonized with 7 chords this G#dim becomes a G#m7-5, a half diminished chord).
That G#dim7 sounds cool doesn't it?? The VII functions as a V chord - this is the same chord shape as the G7-9, an excellent choice because of the extreme pull to the I chord.
The magic really happens when we harmonize this with 7 chords.
Take a look...
Here's what we get when we harmonize the A Harmonic Minor with chords:
Am/maj7 - Bm7 - Cmaj7+5 - D7 - E7 - F#m7-5 - G#m7-5.
Take a look...
The real treat here is that m/maj7 chord we get for the i chord - you may say hey - I've heard that sound before and you'd be right is you've listened to some spy movie soundtracks - it in there...
Here's a video (watch to hear now beautiful this is with the Am/maj7):
Take chord your Playing to another level...
Grab some of these cool books...
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The LAST UKULELE CHORDBOOK
Every chord comes from 5 different chord shapes!
These are called the CAGED shapes...
This will be you last chord book because I show you exactly how to create any chord from the 5 CAGED shapes (don't worry - I'll teach you the 5 CAGED shapes first), so you'll be able to easily create any chord you need.
Many chord books are useless because you have a whole bunch of beautiful chords but you don't know how to use them.
Not this one - After you complete this book and the homework assignments in each section - you will be able to create and use ALL the chords in progressions and as substitutes!
Every chord comes from 5 different chord shapes!
These are called the CAGED shapes...
This will be you last chord book because I show you exactly how to create any chord from the 5 CAGED shapes (don't worry - I'll teach you the 5 CAGED shapes first), so you'll be able to easily create any chord you need.
Many chord books are useless because you have a whole bunch of beautiful chords but you don't know how to use them.
Not this one - After you complete this book and the homework assignments in each section - you will be able to create and use ALL the chords in progressions and as substitutes!
UKULELE CHEAT CODES
This is a collection of all my one page ukulele cheat sheets, for those that just look at the diagrams in books - don’t like or read books, never finished a method book or just love the cheat sheets and want to make sure they have them all.
There are links and QR codes throughout if you like to look at related articles and videos!
There are related articles and videos for almost everything making each section a comprehensive study guide - if you want it to be...
This is a collection of all my one page ukulele cheat sheets, for those that just look at the diagrams in books - don’t like or read books, never finished a method book or just love the cheat sheets and want to make sure they have them all.
There are links and QR codes throughout if you like to look at related articles and videos!
There are related articles and videos for almost everything making each section a comprehensive study guide - if you want it to be...
Secrets of the Chord Chain: Major and Minor Chord Progressions for the Ukulele
I wish I had books like this when I started playing!
Would have saved me years of frustration.
The great new is you can have them now—In the books I unlock the mysteries of great chord progressions for you and make it so simple to understand that you will be able to create beautiful music right away!
Everything you need to play stunning chord progressions in any key and to fully understand how chord progressions are created and where they come from is here.
Links leads to the books on amazon...
- Secrets of the Chord Chain Book 1 - Major Chord Progressions for the Ukulele
- Secrets of the Chord Chain Book 2 - Minor Chord Progressions for the Ukulele
- Secrets of the Chord Chain Complete - Major and Minor Chord Progressions for the Ukulele (SAVE WHEN YOU BUY THE COMPLETE EDITION - Books 1 & 2 - 130 pages!)
Ukulele Chord Tricks: Simplify Any Chord
There is! This book will solve all of your chord problems...
Any chord can be simplified - in this book I walk you through how to do it with many tricks that the pros know and use all the time!
- Get your paperback on Amazon: Ukulele Chord Tricks - Simplify Any Chord (this leads to the book on amazon and you can preview quite a few pages to check it out)
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FREE PDF's - Chord book and all scales harmonized with chords (with related articles):
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All scales harmonized with chords with chords (major and minor - FREE PDF)
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