The Secret Slash Scale Will Make You Better!!

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[philiom]

In Slash's autobiography he talks about finding a book called "How to Play Rock Guitar" in the trunk of some old car he got. He said he pretty much learned everything he needed to know from that book and also that he has never found another copy of it anywhere. He sometimes wonders if that book was somehow there specifically for him.

[tonelok]

Slash also talks about that his goal every year is to take his playing up another level. If you were lucky enough to see him on the most recent GnR tour he was showing virtuoso talent that has only gotten monstrously better since I first saw him in 87, then saw him in '91 when I thought he couldn't possibly get better. Very inspiring that even one of the best knows the importance of never stopping learning.

[dougfisher]

Slash is a prime example of keeping it straight up, but doing it as well as possible.
Saw em play up close. He seemed so comfortable, so rarely missing a note. Even when someone in the crowd threw a lighter that dinged right off his guitar. Didn’t even flinch. Slash rules!

[iZAGGER]

Funny thing is, Slash has said one of his most influential guitar players is Joe Perry of Aerosmith, who is also known for mixing major and minor. Their styles overlap a lot and both offer a plethora of cool bluesy licks. Great lesson!

[xerodelacroix]

You also can't ignore how much Izzy shaped his leads. The solo in Sweet Child is a perfect example, that loose almost-gypsy jazz-meets-kind-of-blues feel relied totally on Izzy's rhythm.

[Blehkid]

Slash is a perfect embodiment of the right amount of theory. He understands what he is doing and has a foundation but then let’s his soul get all up in there

[bulldrumm]

It took a decade for me to start appreciating slashes playing. Man is really good. A great guitar player.

[electricurinal]

Playing scales does a couple things: ear training... and fretboard mapping. You don't generally play scales in real performances. They are hugely important to work on. It trains the ear (eventually you'll instinctively know where all the half-steps are no matter what you are doing), and it generates the fretboard geography in your mind.... the road map.

[jorgemartinbg]

Slash is better than most people think. He’s actually gotten better with time

[josephbiron]

I noticed this about Slash many years ago reading his interviews in guitar mags. He talks about mixolydian and stuff and I was like “whoa, this dude is legit”. It actually inspired me in other areas of life to get educated about things I really care about, and then forget that I got educated. Kind of Zen, in a way. Love that guy.

[kaiselkamish]

There's something called relative theory, mostly seen on self taught players, we don't have the text theory but you create your own by your logic. Some nights something just clicks and you unlock the next chapter of your own theory, is fucking great tbh, if you learn theory after having your relative, is incredibly musical, cuz u can go back and forth from text-book theory to your relative theory which is basically your personality and licks you've heard through your guitar career.

[yragnellaable]

I love slash.
It was learning Rocket Queen, the end solo, that I figured out the difference between major and minor.
Song is in E so I figured I'd find the notes in the minor scale and I was so frustrated.

Then I just happened to hit a lick in D flat while it was playing and voila, that was my gateway into modes.

[earledaniels]

Slash is a master of mixing the minor and major scales but something he also does a lot is use the natural minor and harmonic minor scales. This is very prevalent in the Sweet Child O Mine solos.

[django-unchained]

Yes this is basically it for Slash, with some Mixolydian thrown in there sometimes too.
Well done explaining this to people. Straight to the point, no fuzz and easy riffs so everyone can understand and hear the switches. Instant sub!

[madmikemike]

I’ve played guitar for like 25 years. Never really learned theory or even scales. Just wasn’t what I was interested in. Been in multiple bands, played tons of shows. I’m just now wanting to learn stuff like this. Just for myself. Cheers Robert

[joshgilbertguitarist]

Indeed... Major pentatonic with a b7 is basically Mixolydian with a blues feel. Also the minor 3rd is the "blue" note in a Major blues scale, like the b5 would be in its relative minor blues scale. And that "dark" note goes into modes of melodic minor like Mixolydian b6 and lydian dominant. Yeah... Slash knows what's up. Great vid!

[jasonladd]

He had lessons from a guitar program in LA and studied music at school. He didn't just copy records and stumble on minor scales by magic.

[ErikEarlJohnson]

Totally agree. If you dig into and reverse engineer just about any Slash solo, even the AFD stuff, you see a lot of very well thought out musical ideas that tie well into what he's playing over to make the note choices pop.

[TheDuke]

Here’s to hoping for the Robert Baker Slash class being announced next 👏🏼

[butacos]

I am bass player sometimes cover GNR. Last week I was covering Civil War. I think Duff McKagan is also same as what you explain. Obviously GNR is genius clusters. Thank you interesting video😊