Why Melodic Minor Is the Best Scale

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Hey I’m back! In this video, I go over why the best in scale is indeed the melodic minor scale. This is an objective fact and not just my opinion. Ask any scientist. Hmph.
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0:00 - Intro playing
0:55 - Why those chords sound nice
1:05 - Why melodic minor is the best
2:01 - No avoid notes!?
2:50 - Thinking shapes as colors
3:30 - For the deep divers…
4:12 - Shape 1
4:59 - Shape 2
5:35 - Shape 3
6:22 - Shape 4
7:02 - Shape 5
8:11 - Shape 6
9:06 - Shape 7
9:46 - Outro + Ritual
This video was edited by Astrid Asmundsson
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Пікірлер: 85

  • @jaycielle
    @jaycielle2 ай бұрын

    You are my spirit animal of _"what if my life borrowed from the melodic minor"_ but for my whole life lol It's really impressive how far you’ve come as a creator- you’ve always seemed like "a guy like me" but you've become a truly wonderful KZreadr, musician, & educator

  • @skimanization
    @skimanization3 ай бұрын

    Man I must grab this melodic minor ebook. I heard about melodic minor but no teacher ever gave me exercises and explained how to use them. Thanks.

  • @dougditches1496

    @dougditches1496

    Ай бұрын

    Yeah; avoided that scale until someone told me it's just a major scale with a flatted third. now I use it all the time. takes a while to develop an ear for how to use it. this guy sounds great playing it, but I'll play the same licks over the same chords and it sounds alien to me, kinda wrong. there's something about intention that's hard to put into words. You can't just play the notes and expect them to sound good. Right notes sound wrong when played by someone who doesn't hear them right in their own head and feel them as they play. This is a very strange world we are exploring. But far more interesting to me than anything the physical world has to offer.

  • @Ezekio3160
    @Ezekio31603 ай бұрын

    Bro that feeling we get when we connect with the music is why I continue to play music.

  • @nilesloughlin6845
    @nilesloughlin68453 ай бұрын

    Hey Nathan, you might really like Masaya Yamaguchi’s “Lexicon of Geometric Patterns for Jazz Improvisation” if you haven’t dove into his literature yet. And that goes for anyone else here, of course.

  • @evanbonannomusic
    @evanbonannomusic3 ай бұрын

    I'm soloing on one of the songs my big band is playing tonight. Going to try this approach!

  • @kushagra64
    @kushagra643 ай бұрын

    0:31 almost the lick

  • @jakemerchant11
    @jakemerchant113 ай бұрын

    ngl, you're probably the greatest youtuber to ever live (also yeah that's a pretty cool scale :)

  • @lejazz6938
    @lejazz69383 ай бұрын

    🤩 the scientific proof of the melodic minor scale being the best 🤩

  • @PierceGingiloksi
    @PierceGingiloksi3 ай бұрын

    This just stepped up my soloing game 😎

  • @parkerpolen
    @parkerpolen3 ай бұрын

    Great content as always! Thank you, Nathan. I have been thinking about some of these exact things recently.

  • @OniChimmy
    @OniChimmy3 ай бұрын

    Sounds awesome bro! I love your playing.

  • @mehdin7282
    @mehdin72823 ай бұрын

    very cool video! I liked learning about what "shapes" are.

  • @OctiveJulian
    @OctiveJulian3 ай бұрын

    Hi saxologic you are a great inspiration too me and you have educated and helped me so much! thank you for that.

  • @duderserious
    @duderserious3 ай бұрын

    Great video! Great lesson and lines! Thank you 🤙

  • @eddierivera7197
    @eddierivera71973 ай бұрын

    Melodic minor master

  • @PierceGingiloksi

    @PierceGingiloksi

    3 ай бұрын

    if ykyk

  • @Saxologic

    @Saxologic

    3 ай бұрын

    TAMUK master!

  • @claragary
    @claragary3 ай бұрын

    Bro, I have to give you my congratulations! You have become, due to your consistency, humbleness, professionalism, and talent, a fantastic sax player and teacher! Thanks for sharing your wisdom. Blessings!🙏🏼

  • @willzang3000
    @willzang30003 ай бұрын

    same kinda story here as others have mentioned; got told what melodic minor was at university but noone ever showed me how to use it like this !!! thank you so much

  • @ericvazquezsax_official
    @ericvazquezsax_official2 ай бұрын

    Melodic minor is hands down one of my favorite sounds to mess with! Thanks for sharing this info man!

  • @wretchro100
    @wretchro100Ай бұрын

    great playing

  • @ohmatokita6859
    @ohmatokita68593 ай бұрын

    I've never learned the melodic minor scale bc a year ago i saw a yt video that said something about it being played differently ascending than you play it descending and I found it annoying but I recently saw a video where the dude said that what I've heard a long time ago is garbage, and now after seeing your video it motivated me to learn it👍 great video and great playing!

  • @_-Pres_Play-_
    @_-Pres_Play-_3 ай бұрын

    I still got a few years till I can play that kind of gorgeousness….. I just started playing the saxophone.

  • @jibicusmaximus4827

    @jibicusmaximus4827

    3 ай бұрын

    might be a lot less, depends on a lot of things.. PMA is the thing, good luck

  • @gadag8824
    @gadag88243 ай бұрын

    Thank you friend for everything, you are a great saxplayer , greetings from Argentina

  • @olafsrensen9578
    @olafsrensen95783 ай бұрын

    It"s sound so good !

  • @robertplays5844
    @robertplays58443 ай бұрын

    Gotta say, it is a good scale and you kill on it

  • @drummermomcjs
    @drummermomcjs3 ай бұрын

    Most Interesting video.

  • @QuickQwack
    @QuickQwack3 ай бұрын

    3:00 "okay repeat that one again for me please, I got it tho...?"

  • @gusmarrero
    @gusmarrero3 ай бұрын

    Hola master de la melodía.

  • @chrismorgan7494
    @chrismorgan74943 ай бұрын

    This scale and the Lydian mode are my favorites.

  • @JSustain
    @JSustain3 ай бұрын

    Light bulb moment for me! Thanks.

  • @EdgarByars
    @EdgarByars3 ай бұрын

    yes sir

  • @Kreutzkala
    @Kreutzkala3 ай бұрын

    2:38 Donna Lee quote jumpscare

  • @valerhy6041
    @valerhy60413 ай бұрын

    Awesome video! Also where do we get those sound treatment panels in the background? Please post a link!

  • @Saxologic

    @Saxologic

    3 ай бұрын

    Sweetwater! Search sound panels Sweetwater on google and you’ll find them.

  • @saxydude1533
    @saxydude15333 ай бұрын

    I actually really wanna start working on melodic minor stuff, I swear all my minor phrases are super plain

  • @Tonypop123
    @Tonypop1233 ай бұрын

    yesir

  • @EdgarByars

    @EdgarByars

    3 ай бұрын

    yes sir

  • @Bluemayje
    @Bluemayje3 ай бұрын

    1-3-4-5 That's....The first four notes of "When The Saints Go Marching In". Well how about that? Neat.

  • @thepianokid27
    @thepianokid273 ай бұрын

    I like to call the 1-3-4-5 shape the “Oh When The Saints” (go marching in) shape 😆

  • @charlieriveros
    @charlieriveros3 ай бұрын

    That b6 is the chipotle of my empanada

  • @jazz2818-ib1ql
    @jazz2818-ib1ql3 ай бұрын

    Please do a video where the classical snob and the jazz snob meet. I saw it in a comment once and have wanted it since.

  • @Saxologic

    @Saxologic

    3 ай бұрын

    They met for the first time in the intro of my recent video “How I finally got a jazz tone on sax”

  • @rileycl6708
    @rileycl67083 ай бұрын

    check out the 4 barry harris scales

  • @jacksonwilkes665
    @jacksonwilkes6653 ай бұрын

    Why am I here I play trumpet

  • @sturdychinfilms

    @sturdychinfilms

    3 ай бұрын

    I play guitar and get waaay more out of sax lessons than I do lessons from guitarists

  • @MilesSpearman

    @MilesSpearman

    3 ай бұрын

    i feel you but this is super helpful

  • @theblackbasketball

    @theblackbasketball

    3 ай бұрын

    Because it’s a general music video and not just a saxophone one.

  • @jordanfrancisco27

    @jordanfrancisco27

    3 ай бұрын

    Underrated comment. Hahahaha

  • @odogaronvevo2920

    @odogaronvevo2920

    2 ай бұрын

    that doesn’t really mean anything. i think it’s good practice to learn from other instruments, and to see your instrument as more than what it is on the surface

  • @kwootamuckbear9294
    @kwootamuckbear92943 ай бұрын

    You work for Jean Paul? What reeds do you mostly use🤔🎵🎶🎷

  • @phoebechristensen9941
    @phoebechristensen99413 ай бұрын

    learn the modes of harmonic and melodic minor!

  • @shadowsax
    @shadowsax3 ай бұрын

    Hi, bit confused here, can you please clarify. In the section starting at 2:01 You show the chords for the key of Melodic Gm I think as G-(maj7), A-7, Bbmaj7, C7, D7, E-7b5, and F#-7b5, and say the same melodic minor phrase will work over all of them, but you then play the example phrase over just 4 chords; G-(maj7), C7(#11), F#7alt, and E-7b5, and a different phrase over A-7b5. So some of the chords are missing, some are altered (from the Harmonic Gminor chords given), and the phrase is different on one chord. It all sounds REALLY good, but what am I missing in my comprehension here? Does the phrase still work over all 7 of the basic harmonic Gm family of chords without them being altered?

  • @swoodc
    @swoodc2 ай бұрын

    you look like my neighbor Jarid G he got his music on all platforms

  • @Ezekio3160
    @Ezekio31603 ай бұрын

    What neck strap are you using?

  • @Saxologic

    @Saxologic

    3 ай бұрын

    Boston Sax Shop!

  • @Di0MC
    @Di0MC3 ай бұрын

    Donna Lee 2:40???

  • @josevasquez5172
    @josevasquez51723 ай бұрын

    As someone who went to school for music how do you make money or how can you other than doing KZread?

  • @Saxologic

    @Saxologic

    3 ай бұрын

    Teaching private lessons, gigs, lessons, selling courses, making books, selling tickets to your shows, professorship, military band, band director. A lot of these are magnified with social media though (YT or insta or Tik Tok) since it can increase your audience drastically

  • @kennyb5537
    @kennyb55373 ай бұрын

    Dorian tho!

  • @chicxulubb_
    @chicxulubb_3 ай бұрын

    As a beginner, I have no idea what “Bb-🔺7” is and I am afraid to find out.

  • @Saxologic

    @Saxologic

    3 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂 the red triangle sent me

  • @BrunoNeureiter
    @BrunoNeureiter3 ай бұрын

    I didn't understand what that _melodic minor works over every WHAT chord_ means

  • @dougjsax
    @dougjsax3 ай бұрын

    Nathan was that a little fart at :45?😅

  • @Saxologic

    @Saxologic

    3 ай бұрын

    Yes from my vocal chords

  • @brandonpeyton2844
    @brandonpeyton28443 ай бұрын

    U listen to Braxton cook ?

  • @Saxologic

    @Saxologic

    3 ай бұрын

    Loveee Braxton

  • @brandonpeyton2844

    @brandonpeyton2844

    3 ай бұрын

    @@Saxologic that's wassup bro. I thought I heard some Braxton influence in there. U got some great sounds and ideas. I messed around with melodic minor shapes and using cells from it to shift keys after watching this video and I definitely appreciate this video man

  • @Saxologic

    @Saxologic

    3 ай бұрын

    @@brandonpeyton2844 Aw man that’s so great to hear! :) Thanks for letting me know!

  • @FlavioMOliveira35
    @FlavioMOliveira353 ай бұрын

    There's a version with note names? 😂😂😂😂

  • @JPCustomGuitars
    @JPCustomGuitars3 ай бұрын

    Can you smell what the melodic minor is cooking??

  • @jollymood
    @jollymood3 ай бұрын

    I love minors!! 😍

  • @mdg7214
    @mdg7214Ай бұрын

    Romans 10:9-10

  • @rangoberry3118
    @rangoberry31182 ай бұрын

    does anyone else notice the fart that he does at 45 seconds

  • @Loltube647
    @Loltube6473 ай бұрын

    Hey can u give me ur old saxophone I don't have money, I can't buy it Please 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 i have marching band !!!!!!

  • @lorenzomartinez1609
    @lorenzomartinez1609Ай бұрын

    Play more tenor 🙏

  • @kylezo
    @kylezo3 ай бұрын

    hey stop leveling up your content while doing so much other shit you're making me look bad af bruh so rude

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