Just outline an E major and F major triad and you have 6 of the 7 notes of Harmonic Minor. I learned that from David Becker's book.

this has been an eyeopener for me. been fooling around with this a few hours and the scalesound is starting to settle in my brain and ears .this is creating a bunch of new licks and approaches in my playing. Thank you for the chystal clear explenation on how to apply this great scale and sound. just subscribed !

Love the tension and resolve of this scale. It has a blues, jazz, and Latin flair to it. Hey Corey, I did have the fire department on standby last night. 😂. Y’all sounded great, phenomenal tone. That was a blast and a cool Friday night surprise. Thanks.

Excellent breakdown. I appreciate how you made the harmonic minor immediately accessible and applicable to common scenarios. Thanks!

Yes I get it straight away and now understand how to solo over the chord changes. Take bits from the scale or mode you are using as well as arpeggios and move to the next emphasising the chord tones It's got lots of different elements in it like blues, jazz and a bit of Santana Too. Thank you.

great lesson! It's so nice to hear that double tension between E7 and the dominant-diminished arpegios. Once you learn to use the diminished from the b9, 7th, 3rd and 5th of the dominant chord, you can use it all over the place, building the tension and relieve

I love ur lesson..u dnt just teach us how to play with the cord but also make a beautiful melody...and love ur moustache ❤

Nice lesson and explanation. I really like the sound of that scale. Thank you

Good Morning Corey and all. ☀️ Great way to start the Day, with a Guitar lesson! 🎸. BTW, great show last night Corey!

Harmonic minor and Phrygian are my go to's. And I'm a blues guy.

Not just fun it’s awesome dude, thank you! I’ve been riffing off the melodic minor (from 1) over the 4 and 5, but this application of the harmonic minor is a lot more elegant. Really really cool, thanks again for the insight.

Great lesson!! What a simply way to understand the the harmonic minor! You are a good teacher!! Thank you

Great job explaining this topic Corey. It is building very nicely with the Dom7, secondary Dom7, 2/5/1 movements, and diminished substitutions I've been deep diving into the past 3 months. BTW, Great show last night at the Underdog, it's always a treat to catch you live in your element!

I want to tell you that I'm 55 and I started studying since I was 25. I've taken lessons forever. I've studied under a jazz guy for a year and a half and learned to read music and complicated chords. I've done nothing but wood shed since covid so I know my theory and my scales. One thing my teachers never bothered to teach me was how to tie everything up into a nice neat package. I've been watching your videos and this video I completely understand what's going on. I am watching and going back until I've nailed the rhythm part. Personally, I think you are the best at teaching guitar I've seen. I feel like my playing has improved since I've discovered your channel. Very greatful for your free lessons. The economy is kind of rough and car is in the shop, but when we have sunny days again. I will look into your paid content. Thank you very much.

I just found you on KZfaq. I just subscribed. I've been playing guitar for over 45 years. I'm good with chords & progressions, but never learned to solo. I'm working on it now. Thanks for the help!

You nailed it man when you mentioned Hotel California. This vibe is all over that tune.

Thank you Corey for the history lesson on why the harmonic minor, along with how it’s derived from the 7th cord. This really has helped clarify what the harmonic minor scale is and how to apply it.. Very useful for music influenced from Latin/flamenco styles !! Thank you again!!

thx juste fantastic way to understand the difference between natural and harmonic minor scale

Thank you for the setting distortion pedals videos. Wow what a difference.

Really really good teacher!!All good things I heard someone played before,now I know how these happened, thank you!

Great way to demistify the scale and make it immediately usable!

Wow you gotta be the first youtube guitarist who gets the harmonic minor. Excellent lesson. Amen to this

Completely awesome lesson. Your teaching just keeps getting better and more considerate than ever. Followed you for years since the first true fire courses. I am blown away today. This is some cool material to get under my fingers. Thank you!🤘🙏☮️❤️🎸

I almost didn't watch this because I didn't think it would be something I could really implement into my playing. Glad I did since I am doing some minor blues stuff lately and this is just what I needed to spice things up in a great way. Great lesson Corey. Thx

This is chocked full of great info Corey. That harmonic minor scale is hauntingly beautiful in this context. Lots of things to practice and learn from this one. Thanks!!

Thank you! Great insight into how and why we would use this scale.

Hell yes Corey! Love this! That harmonic minor over that E7 sound...amazing!

I’m glad I found this guy lol… been looking for a good guitar teacher for a while I’m stuck in the minor pentatonic box lol…. I’m a new WCG Subscriber too just got my first free month last night and excited about starting!

Very useful & clear explanation. Thank you!

Such a great sounding scale which in my experience shouldn't be used too often. Used one in a while it really sounds great. Top notch video again. One of the best tutorials on the tube

I needed this. Thank you so much.

new subscriber here , love the channel, 99% of guitar stuff on youtube is either wrong or horribly conveyed , well done

Thanks for the great lesson Corey! I belive the harmonic minor scale was used in Janis Joplins version of Summertime- the opening guitar intro.

Thanks for breaking the harmonic minor down for us... I plan on throwing this into my soloing 👍🤟🎸

It's great, I've been working on this for a few months and this helped clarify.

Great tonality. It's kind of like mixing E and F major triads.

Awesome explanation, Cory. Finally simple enough for my feeble mind to understand. Kudos.

This is great Corey, thank you! I feel like I’ve unlocked some language applicable to stuff like rockabilly where that minor i to V7 seems to appear a lot.

Congratulations on 50k Corey. That is a big deal man.

Gorgeous sound

This is a great lesson, it's not only about blues here but some Classical history comes in too. The minor harmonic has an oriëntal flavor to it and you fuse some very important stuff into the blues which demands an open mind, great you're pushing boundaries. A great study from 1 to 5 incorporating the phrygian dominant scale which has these beautiful aterations ( 9- and -13), giving people some stuff to use their grey cells, ha ha, greetings Vic

Really great. Really helpful. Nice easy to digest concept. Thanks much man!!

Still trying to understand the "arpeggio within a scale" but i have to say another great lesson!!

So cool simple but beautiful

This is great, Corey... btw I got your True Fire course, and I was inspired. I have been familiar with this scale from lessons years ago, and I do use it... but your approach to teaching this concept really re-vitalized my interest. Beautiful playing, btw... thanks!

Thanks for share this precious lesson, i have learned many things from you, thank you very much Sir!

A gifted teacher

The only reason why I watch your video because your guitar is fing Beautiful

II: Am7 / Dm7 F / E7 E7b9 :II

Corey...I like the idea and maybe you can put together a lesson plan for sale that uses the minor and major pentatonic scales we are accustomed to and improvise on top with arpeggio triad pairs . I can wrap my head around learning some 3 note and 4 note arpeggio, but not a bunch of new scales...if that makes sense...exactly what you just talked about in this lesson- dom7 arpeggio and the diminished arpeggio

Great lesson, Double C!

Thanks for another awesome lesson Corey, really enjoyed this and fits perfectly with some of the stuff I'm working on! I'd be happy if you do a follow up lesson with the minor ii-V-i.

Superb, Corey. You're truly one of a kind!!!🙌🙌🌎🍎

Good lesson, nice tone.

Omg I LOVE ASATs . Sold mine though ugh. Fingers crossed

Great lesson. Thanks.

Awesome lesson.🎸🎸

Beautiful sir. thank you very much .❤❤❤

I got a strong hint of Colin James in there !

Ritchie Blackmore, Yngwie, Schenker bros, and Randy Rhoads used lots of classical minor scales. Adore it.

Great lesson/video - thanks!

Hi..I always figured if i ever learned the HAR. Min scale it would be from malmsteen or the like..but I learned it from a great bluesman..I know positions not exactly what scale im using by name..Thanks for great explanation also....Dave

Another great lesson corey. The same approach is used by Flamenco guitarrists also.... thanks....

Fantastic lesson Corey!

CC🎸 Wow, this all “clicked” for me a couple days ago. I’ve been woodshedding Diminished and “outside” scales and notes to complement my maj/minor/arpeggios vocab.

Great lesson thanks Corey . could you explain your pick hide in your right hand ? Thanks

Yep, you really need that natural 7 of harmonic minor over the V7 in Black Magic Woman. Nice, Corey! 👍🏼🎸🤘🏼

Another great lesson, another great t-shirt ! i'm guessing you've got the Kenny Rogers breaking bad one too, love to see it if you have, many thanks for this lesson !

Killer lesson! Thanks Corey

Liked your live show great playing.

Thank you for this lesson Corey! I finally understood why some of the stuff that I've heard Ritchie Blackmore play in blues context works now! It's harmonic minor... thanks to you, I'll will now start to understand what the h*ll I'm doing and why! 😂👍

Great explanation.

Thank you!

Great lesson as always, im learning a lot of stuff from your videos: i think you're a gifted teacher, thank you and love from Italy 💙

Neoclassical like Uli Roth??? Great lesson, very nice explanation. Thanks Corey. Really love these arpeggios techniques lessons. Thanks for the tabs.

Thanks, Corey! 💥🙏

Great lesson Corey, and nice Mockingbird guitar!

Making Don Mock proud! TY

Nice stuff!

Cool stuff👍

This was awesome, Thank you so much.

Dope lesson, Corey !

Ive just discovered your channell . Grate job Man. Very nice material and very good explained. Médium level 🔥 grate and usefull. Thanks a lot!!! New subscriber!!!!

Very nice!

Thanks so much! That was very helpful! ❤

That was GREAT!

This is amazing

My Achilles heel is that I can solo all of this at speed in a couple of styles, and with changes, but I'm an ear player and couldn't care less about the name of what I'm playing as it means nothing to me outside of how it sounds, and even if I did, who's thinking about that when you're playing 16th notes? Don't get me wrong, I know all the minor pentatonic, aeolian, natural minor scales, a few modes (phryg, lyd) and can tell you what key I'm in, but the more advanced stuff is just too much theory to care about imho. I'm old (er), so there's that lol. To me, there is so much overlap in minor, harmonic minor, phrygian that to the uneducated ear it means nothing (ooh it sounds middle eastern and mystical) would be the response to any of it.

this was great! how about one on melodic minor?

Thanks Corey. This lesson is really fun and helpful- Also, weirdly, today I heard the TV say " The parents want the Mockingbird recalled. It's killing children!" Glad to see they were talking about a killer baby stroller, not a cool guitar!

Can somebody go more into the context of how to use the G#dim chord? I understand the theory of that chord, it’s a minor chord then you flat the 5th so instead of G# B D# which would be a minor chord it’s G# B D so that chord becomes diminished and it then fits the a harmonic minor scale. So I understand what a diminished chord is and why it fits into a harmonic minor but I guess I’m looking for a little more context on how to apply it and use it maybe in different scenarios or something idk. I know how to build keys so the key of G major has only one sharp on F# so G# major is every note sharped and F double sharped. Then you drop the 3rd of G chord from B# to B for a minor chord, then the 5th from D# to D for a diminished chord, but I’m looking for application tips for any sharped diminished chord in different progressions. I’m very familiar with the theory of key signatures and how chords are built but I’m looking for knowledge on the fretboard specifically on how to fret and use more than just basic major and minor chords and also how to use those more advanced chords in the broader sense of different chord progressions, like how and why to use diminished chords and whatnot

GREAT video Corey. I hope you'll reply to my question: You said: "over the E7 you can play the A harmonic minor"... however, it's really the 7th note that's the only difference between that and A natural minor. The way I see it ... I can play A natural minor and when the E7 comes around I can pronounce this chord by playing G# . My point is: I don't see this so much as an A harmonic minor but more as a A natural minor with a chord that's outside and key which I can highlight. I can still play A natural minor even on the E7 as long as I don't play the 'G' note (either play G# there or other notes). Do you "see my point"? I'm more "playing the chords rather than "playing the scale". Does this make sense? I'll MUCH appreciate your reply Corey. Thanks for the great video again.

this is really good

This is so ubiquitous in rock it is cliche. It can be sneaky, it is used heavily in the first part of the main solo in 'Sweet Child o' Mine' to name one!

Can you only use the harmonic minor scale when a 7th chord is present?

This demystifies one of the keys to Hotel California. Btw, can you tell about that guitar? Very cool ES-335 like.

Thankyou Corey for this, is the Melodic minor also used in the blues? Thankyou

Haha I like that Guitar too! What Guitar is that? 😀. I do follow your lessons too 😉.

beautiful guitar- 335 but made by who?

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