One of the best, simplest and easiest explanations I've encountered. Excellent job! Thanks!

😮😣 90s public high school music "educated" mind boggled! thanks sooo much for the inspiration!! I can create a whole album with this knowledge!!

@ElectricViolinShop

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Yeah, they really don't teach this stuff in band class. I'm working to change that.

Great stuff all around. I'll try to bear in mind your final piece of advice and put it into practice. So true. So wise!

thanks very much for briefing about the pentatonic scale and jazz.. would love to hear more from u it would be great if u could demonstrate each rhythmic pattern it would be great..

So clear. My students will love this, thanks!

@ElectricViolinShop

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Great explanation! Thumbs up!

Thanks! It helps a lot🙏

At last, a simple expiation of the pentatonic scale, so many teachera complicate it! 11356 is all you need

Nice job

You're the best

great teacher

Good job my man. Thnx 😊 a lot

Perfect advise

Music theory is a "must" if you REALLY want to advance. "Yes" there are a lot of great "self-taught" players, but think how much faster they could have learned and how much better they would sound today if they had only studied music theory. The thing about music theory is that it applies to ALL music and ALL instruments. All you have to do is find out what notes that particular instrument has. From there, music theory is universal. If you get bored with Pentatonics, minors, majors,... learn the modes, learn Harmonic Minors and diminished scales.. or whole tone scales, chromatic scales. Ant the really cool part is this: No matter what you are doing or where you are, you can identify these scales, modes or whatever.. the second you hear them.

@ElectricViolinShop

4 жыл бұрын

Yes. If you listen to interviews with top improvisers on any instrument, you'll quickly learn that they know A LOT of music theory. I've heard a few guys say, "I don't really know any theory - I just play what I feel." My answer is usually, "I know. I can hear that."

I just downloaded a new app. Scale Master. It has all the scales you are talking about and has been very helpful in hearing the correct pitch

@ElectricViolinShop

8 жыл бұрын

Very cool! We'll check it out!

SO GREAT!! It feels so simple and yet so complex when I consider all the keys! Looking forward to practicing these scales. :-)

@ElectricViolinShop

4 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you found this video. This will give you plenty of stuff to think about. You're a good enough player that if you can HEAR each scale, you'll be able to play it. It's all about getting it into your ear.

@AmySerranoMusic

4 жыл бұрын

@@ElectricViolinShop Thank you!!

Thank you :)

This looks helpful

In the case of C maj in your example - add Gflat to Cm scale.

Could you give an example on youtube of playing fill ins along with a singer, to different music styles and scales, eg: bluegrass song, worship song, rock song, jazz song,

@deadmanswife3625

2 жыл бұрын

I guess that's a no

A slightly simpler explanation might be: For example, to play blues in Emaj, just add Bflat to the Em or G maj pentatonic scales. Thanks again Matt for very useful help. (I'm still confused by it all! What does one use to play blues in Em?)

@deadmanswife3625

2 жыл бұрын

Waiting...

Matt, You have done 2 videos on improvisation and I am left a bit confused. Could you possibly link the two for us?

@deadmanswife3625

2 жыл бұрын

I guess that's a no

Hi Matt, As I understand it I would play, for G major blues the G minor pent scale plus C#. But I can mix with the G major pent?What is best for rock-n-roll in G major? (Sorry I'm a bit thick) Cheers.....John

@ElectricViolinShop

4 жыл бұрын

So there are no WRONG notes. There are some unconventional choices, but there are no technically "wrong" notes. It's not uncommon for players to mix the scales. You can play one G major pentatonic lick and follow it up with a G minor pentatonic lick. It's perfectly legal. In rock, though, the flat 3, flat 5, and flat 7 are all very common note choices, even over a major chord.

@johnaustin1825

4 жыл бұрын

Many thanks again Matt - very helpful..................John

Always used minor pentatonic for blues. For example blues in A use Am pent. Your blues scale just adds a flatted 5th degree.

@ElectricViolinShop

6 жыл бұрын

With blues, you can get away with using the minor pentatonic of the root chord. Some players (BB King, for example), stick almost exclusively to that. Other players like Joe Bonamassa will use more complex scales. It's a style and taste thing.

@JNITLOST

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks again Matt

This video using pentatonic and the other video 'playing over chords.'

buddy, honest advice, you have to put your hand and violin higher, so audience could see it when the information pop up on the screen

@deadmanswife3625

2 жыл бұрын

Proprietary Secret

But the blues scale has 6 notes!?

@ElectricViolinShop

4 жыл бұрын

Yes. Six notes.

@johnaustin1825

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@johnaustin1825

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all the free lessons - Merry Xmas