Uncle Ben Eller's Spooky Scale Secrets! Harmonic Minor Mastery!

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Hey kids!!! Its Uncle Ben Eller, here with a super SPOOKTACULAR music theory guitar lesson to get you in the Halloween spirit!!!

The harmonic minor scale is more than just the favorite scale of Yngwie Malmsteen.... its a creepy chord and arpeggio-generating machine. A lot of us just learn a scale as a pattern we use for shredding, but in this lesson, i'm going to show you how to BUILD stuff from that scale to make spine-tingling arpeggios, chords, and chord progressions!!!! This will help you make the sounds you've heard all over Danny Elfman soundtracks, tech death bands like the Faceless, and more! Its a graveyard smash!!!

Playing my Suhr Modern Satin into my Fractal Axe FX III.

Let me know if you'd like to see more theory-based lessons like this on future episodes of Weekend Wankshop!!!

[stellaspoochpitfeaturingro]

Not kissing ass or anything but Uncle Ben is the best and most thorough teacher on YouTube that I have

[bushwackers]

Uncle Ben you’re teaching skills are off the hook

[motafov]

man i've written this before...lots of gifted players/teachers on youtube these days... ben eller is right up there with them all PLUS he makes everything so funny, entertaining, informaive and SIMPLIFIED (ergo value added).

[brianpartridge]

Ya a "little" more advanced is good just don't go full on Beato and you won't lose me lol

[notan]

Mikael Åkerfeldt must have fallen asleep to this scale when he was a child.

[madolezal]

more of this kind of stuff would be so awesome. I'm a pretty experienced guitar player, been playing for 23 years. my chops are pretty tight but suffer at theory. you explain it very well. keep up the great work uncle ben

[jagza]

Paul Gilbert described the “note skipping” technique to spice up the old box shape approach to scales in his Shred Alert DVD. You’ve taken this concept to the next level! Thanks for the great lesson Shredi master!

[martynspooner]

An absolutely brilliant lesson especially for someone like myself who has at last got over my paranoia of theory. Thanks a lot

[thescream]

Hail friend, been playing for almost 20 years and I have to say some of your secret teachings (such as the art of chunking) have unlocked some of my dormant abilities. I have seen improvements that got me excited about playing again., and the world will one day thank you for that.


keep it up

[KRG]

Great lesson. Broke it down very well for theory dummies like me.

[hansmatheson]

It’s almost SPOOKY how much your lessons have made me (technically) a better guitarist but musician as well.

In particular, the insight/knowledge you drop when it’s more theory-based has allowed me to discover all kinds of rad shit/ideas on guitar, piano, violin, jazz flute, washboard, etc.

I’ve been playing for a time and tbh it’s been a bit since I’ve woke up in the morn with that goofy excitement to practice some new technique or been impatient to get home so I can record that random riff/lick/idea that popped into my head during work.

Can’t express how grateful I am for that Thanks and keep up the great work.

[IdoNTneedTherapy]

This is the type of video I really enjoy. A little music theory, pointers to how to use it and what to explore. And very well presented. Thank you!

[TitusKing]

Best damn guitar lessons on the internets. Period.

[edvalcik]

Ty for a great lesson! Opens so many doors to my playing!

[joeg]

I hope that you continue this approach to your videos! You effectively combined your techniques with a dash of Beato and Signals. I really dig that you are able to add stuff like this to your content....thanks for everything you do sir.

[bestboy]

Truly the best lesson on harmonic minor out there, the chords that make up the scale are so well explained.

[Thevitamindealer]

This is the scale I have been hearing all these years😩

[doubledwrex]

This has been one of my favorite videos from you so far. Ya gawn an dug out hwite board skippy hoppies. More of these for sure.

[casehellstrom]

Perfect amount of theory. Useful but not too complicated. Definitely would watch more like this. Thank you!

[Skimer]

You're the best, Uncle Ben. In the last few months, the videos and lessons you upload leaped me over my wall of learning. I now sound like someone who shredded for 17 years. And there are alot of youtube instructor videos out there. Thanks!