How to Add Dissonance to Solos

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[paulmundy]

Folks, save yourself some time & just learn guitar from this great teacher❤

[jrmakawoody]

I love that you cover/discuss this type of thing. I learn more from you than probably anyone else out there

[nevereatencake]

I think a really good example of the schtuff you talked about here is 'Masterpiece' by Big Thief, really unique and dissonant guitar solo on that one!

[jimsoloway]

I am the original Soloway and I definitely approve of this video. (and this guitar) :)

[jrpipik]

I also like to toss in the #7 leading back to the tonic note like the melodic minor, particularly with a V7 chord behind it, in this context F-F#. Scronkier if jumping to the #7 from, say, the 4 (B-F tritone!). And the b2 (G) can work on lines going the other way down to 1 (F#), maybe an unbend.

And I often play the very easy (lazy) 4-b5-5-7-#7-1 on the fifth and fourth strings, in this context B-C-C#-E-F-F# -- or play them together as a scronky double-stop.

If the changes go to a iv or VI, I'm probably going to want to throw in the 4, too. At this point I've got most of the chromatic scale involved. Just so the A# and D# don't get feeling left out, maybe use them to bend up to the B and E respectively. Let's call it the Egalitarian Scale.

[vpovince]

Eric you are an amazing teacher and player !! Thank you for all you do!! I will recommend you to all players !

[davidfarmer]

How is it that a number of watchers know all this already plus they add in what they do better or more of or how it comes naturally ... jesus asusual comments spoil everything some of us are acually trying to learn somthing ! Thank you Eric Haugen ive learned alot and im going to continue to learn from you, you are the best teacher ive found and ive seen alot of them.

[DINKEVICH.]

Very reminiscent of Tony Iommi's pentatonic scale in the psychedelic Black Sabbath songs, I love it.

[chrisegonmusic]

Just refreshing to watch such a great teacher enjoying his work.

[blues]

Nice! So many nuggets of soloing wisdom in this video. And, not just for playing skronky. Also, the design of that guitar is gorgeous. Love how the curve of the upper bout just flows under the neck into the cutaway. Stunning.

[crimfan]

"That thing you'll see people do" ---it's a partial quote of "Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part 2)" from King Crimson's iconic album Lark's Tongues in Aspic. ;)

[georgechristiansen]

I definitely like the idea of just throwing in a few skronky notes into basic major/relative minor keys.

I think a lot of guys who do the entire wrong scale thing are just pattern players moving their fingers vs thinking about the intervals they're playing.

And rhythm is definitely the biggest factor to really anything we play. Maybe not enough to overcome truly wrong note choice, but it's what make the difference between a passable and great part.

[Tanzi]

Another great lesson, thanks Eric! You know I love me some skronk! The 'stumbling intervals' thing is such a great tip because it sounds more dissonant than it is. That jazz-adjacent stuff can be tricky for those of us who wanna paint with those colours but don't actually want to learn jazz!

[jacksguitarplanet]

I think the reason the 2nd is so cool is because it sits right between two important chord tones. Nice video Eric 👍

[gregorymichael]

Eric, you da man! I look forward to all your video drops about as much as my morning coffee :)

[iliasjacob]

You’re the best Eric, I’m so happy I found your channel🙏🙏

[samueljenkins]

Much needed video! Another thing I would recommend to people who really wanna get weird is to study Snakefinger's playing on The Residents "Duck Stab" and "13th Anniversary Live" albums. Learning those songs by ear is a masterclass in weirdness, along with learning Larry Lalonde's parts on the first few Primus albums.

[xcx]

Loving your Ribot, skronk and dissonance videos! So satisfying to know how to add some of this to my playing! Many thanks

[andrewmcegan]

God I love your music Eric. I don’t/can't play guitar but love to hear and watch you play. If you ever move to New Zealand, let's start a band!

[jofus]

probably my favorite guitar teacher on youtube:)