Bohemian Rhapsody in 9 different scales

Each musical scales has its own distinctive sound, its own tonality, and one of the best ways to compare those sounds is to take a piece of music, like Bohemian Rhapsody, and adapt it into a series of different scales. So that's what we're going today, starting with Bohemian Rhapsody's native Major scale and then venturing through a wide range of other scales including Lydian, Melodic Minor, Phrygian Dominant, Locrian and more!

And, an extra special thanks goes to Douglas Lind, Vidad Flowers, Ivan Pang, Waylon Fairbanks, Jon Dye, Austin Russell, Christopher Ryan, Toot & Paul Peijzel, the channel’s Patreon saints! 😇

DISCLAIMER: The opinions within this video are those of David Bennett Music and not necessarily those of Hit’n’Mix Ltd. The creators of RipX, Hit’n’Mix Ltd, do not condone ripping of audio without the appropriate copyright permissions. David Bennett Music takes full legal responsibility and is fully liable for the choice of songs and artist trademarks used in this video and any editing and mixing applied to them. David Bennett Music indemnifies Hit’n’Mix Ltd against any costs arising from said use of songs and trademarks. No copyright infringement is intended, and this video is for private learning, study purposes, and parody only.

0:00 Introduction
0:54 Major scale (original)
1:22 Natural minor
1:52 Lydian
3:14 Mixolydian
4:40 Harmonic minor
6:20 Melodic minor
7:41 RipX
8:40 Harmonic Major
9:33 Phrygian Dominant
11:14 Locrian
12:40 Outro

[notarbolz]

The melodic minor one actually sounded very beautiful and haunting.

[tnsnamesoralong]

00:56 Major scale (original)
01:26 Natural minor
02:38 Lydian
04:00 Mixolydian
05:33 Harmonic minor
07:14 Melodic minor
08:57 Harmonic Major
10:49 Phrygian Dominant
12:11 Locrian

[CassandraForAGlobalTroy]

I wasn't expecting it, but the Locrian is deliciously haunting and menacing in its tone.

[paulmdevenney]

I had never understood that harmonic and melodic minor were complimentary. That version sounded so awesome!

[chapig]

how is nobody commenting about the amazing software? I am impressed by the accuracy and precision of the isolated tracks, and how natural the tracks sounds even when pitch shifted, great video

[daviih]

Can we just appreciate the work that David put into making this video. What a awesome man

[avijatsinharoy]

The lydian note on the word " gun " sounds so bright that I am getting psychopathic vibes from it.

[HappyBeezerStudios]

That harmonic/melodic minor pair has some really great chords.

[Suprnova]

I would actually pay for a harmonic minor version of this song. The scale is simply the best

[Pierre]

Man, I wish you'd have been my music teacher (I'm 62, so I accept there are some inherent difficulties with that). I only ever learned this stuff theoretically, and it was a grind. Listening to your explanation makes it so clear. Well played sir.

[jackstaposition]

Brilliant! I was hoping you would do another one of these! Here are some scale suggestions for a potential third instalment:
- Lydian Dominant
- Mixolydian b6
- Dorian b2
- Double Harmonic
- Harmonic Minor Inverse (Mixolydian b2)
- Ultraphrygian
- Pentatonic (would be fun to hear a song fully pentatonic in both melody and harmony)
- Octatonic/Diminished
- Whole Tone
These are some of my favourite videos of yours, keep up the quality content!

[ThomasMeeson]

That was a brilliant demonstration of the purposes of the melodic minor scale

[MRK]

This is SUPER trippy…In a good way. I love different chord feelings

[DingusMcBride]

This has potential to be a great series. We want more!

[Zemaj]

Afterwards, I had to listen to the original version again to ‘reset’ my scrambled brain.

[Foodgeek]

Harmonic minor chords with melodic mintor melody was gorgeous :D

[kevinmalloy]

Locrian Is BoRiNg, David. Use *SUPER LOCRIAN*

[mikegood]

The key of B-flat having a flattened 6 just sounds so good in bohemian rhapsody. That two note G-flat octave into the two note F octave being played is just... beautiful.

[jackstaposition]

Brilliant! I was hoping you were going to make another one of these! Here’s some more scale suggestions for a potential next instalment:
- Lydian Dominant
- Mixolydian b6
- Dorian b2
- Harmonic Minor Inverse (Mixolydian b2)
- Double Harmonic
- Phrygian b4
- Pentatonic (would be interesting to hear a fully pentatonic melody and harmony)
- Octatonic/Diminished
- Whole Tone
As for a potential song, I feel using one with the axis progression would be a nice “canvas”, such as Don’t Stop Believing.
Keep on making quality content!

[Denuhm]

I absolutely understand how much work it would be, but I’d love to hear all of these as the full track.