+whatshendrix well said.

+whatshendrix Yes. And even if you're into atonal music, it still helps to know the rules before you break them.

+SisterHammer It helps especially then.

+whatshendrix I have been playing for 33 years, understand all the complex theory, but still come back to the basics. With out concepts like this video--learning how to not resolve so fast--a person can make more interesting music. Those that want to hang around the tonic, 3rd, and 5th produce boring, predictable music. So, in reality, there is a lot to be learned [remembered] for senior players, too.

+whatshendrix Thanks, Dad.

+J Smith Right ... however in the blues it's about a continuing resolving sound. Not better not worse but a 'sound' of a genre ...

Joseph Lucido I didn't know that, thanks man. Something new to learn every day!

You could also try something very basic like beginning and ending the melody on the root, counterbalancing steps and leaps, and circling around the fifth note of the scale. These are very basic features of writing a melody or even improvising. What joe is teaching is another way to write a melody which is called tension-resolution.

+Joseph Lucido definitely is. that's why I love it so much.

Yeah. only resolve on minor seconds

Exactly!

Amen brother!!

That’s because it’s Joe.

"like that" I think I know who you have in mind lol

+SwedishGuitarNerd love the comment. Vai had a dream come true in Seville Spain. He debuted one of the first tunes he had written that night. His teacher, Joe, played one part, and his first influence, Brian May, played another. Onstage with his idol and friend/teacher. Look up the Liberty vid on youtube.

Yeah that show was unbelievable! I have watched it many times :)

+SwedishGuitarNerd Nah...not really. It is really rudimentary and designed for people with limited creativity.

+SwedishGuitarNerd If you have basic understanding of music theory and seriously tried to improvise, you should know this lesson.

It's clearly aimed at people who are just starting out. Then this is a great thing to teach!

Haha awesome man!

+Bodyknowledge 77 Joe is a normal guy just like any one else, he puts his pants on the same as you or I do, but he happens to be a real good guitarist and has capitalized on it.

+Bodyknowledge 77 Met Satch about ten yrs. back at one of the GP3 tours. Had a V.I.P. hookup so sat front and center (and I do mean front like 10ft.awy at most) and got a meet n greet after the show. Yngvie was the 3rd guitarist that yr. and did not bother to come out after the show. No surprise. Vai was a pleasant guy, and was very kind to a man and his little daughter, Signed her cardboard cutout "Strat" and took off the good sized chain necklace he was wearing that night and put it on her as a gift. she was about 5yrs. old and very happy. Anyway when I met Joe we had a really nice conversation and most of it dealt with a mutual love of melody. He was a really easy to talk to kinda of guy. Very unassuming, and just plain cool person. He is a favorite of mine and it is nice to know that he is not just a first class player, but man as well. (The people on the crew all had nothing but good things to say about him also)

+Jyme Bale Yeah, but he wears leather pants, so....there's that.

+Human Bein' This is not the first time I seen this story. You told it before? Was it you? It was the one with the chain and a ring right?

that last line

Yeah same, I feel like its starting to click.

Ben Tyreman because he's an alien

Alien?

Ben Tyreman it's the glasses

ilya1357 hes not an alien but he surfs with them

Gods dont age..

yup exactly but he taught us that with a more simpler version i guess

I agree, I think it's one of his best

what is the song in the intro i forgot it

Heavy

+KrisFrosz133 learn about scale degrees and u'll know.

Love ya, Frank

The pentatonic scales are great at any level of guitar playing, masters like Zakk Wylde, Eric Johnson, Stevie Ray Vaughan, BB King, basically used exclusively the pentatonic scale, and they all sound unique. There are some passing notes that have great effect if incorporated but the scale as it is, is not limiting at all.

I'm saying when you only stick with pentatonic scales, you limit yourself. It is possible to play a great solo, but you can get so many great colors if you learn scales like the blues scale, harmonic minor, melodic minor, diminished, augmented, chromatic (if you want to count it), and every mode. Also, I've never really loved Zakk Wylde. Not bad, but he's no Randy Rhoads.

Check out john mayer's solos and tell me if his pentatonics arent expressive and if the lack colour

And why they are expressive and colourful is exactly because he is not sticking to the pentatonics only. He's said himself he doesn't play using this scale as a basis.

One man's meat is another man's poison

Lol

It’s eye candy

a bit more expensive than candy though (:

And sounds like a great one too.

are your songs any good?

I guess that's not for me to decide. But, in my opinion: yes. They could probably be better, as with everything else.