Modal Madness pt 2. - Harmonic Minor Modes Lesson

- Emir Hot30th October 2008
  This is awesome lesson. I am sure everyone is going to like and practice this one. Well done
- Kuba Szafran30th October 2008
  Great stuff for theory knowledge and picking stamina! Thanks Zsolt!
- Bogdan Radovic30th October 2008
  Excellent and fun to practice lesson Zsolt!!
- kaznie_NL30th October 2008
  To fast!!!!!!!!!!!
  
  Nice playing Zsolt, I can only dream of such technique
- Nazgul30th October 2008
  Great! I'm practicing the first Modal Madness-part right now and I think I won't get to this one.
- ItsMe30th October 2008
  Wow. Great exercise
- Capt.Z30th October 2008
  SLOW DOWN!!!
  
  I am sweating trying to air guitar this
  
  Cool lesson!!
- Zsolt Galambos30th October 2008
  Thanks guys!
  
  It's not about playing it this fast, this is just an example. You can practice it at a slower tempo, say aournd 100 bmp, but practice it after the first Modal Madness lesson. It you practice it like this, your picking speed and technique will improve fast, and you'll be surprsed how your playing will improve.
  I'll be covering some more of these exercises, for it really helps me a lot in developing speed and accuracy.
- Gerardo Siere30th October 2008
  Great lesson, we need more Vinnie Moore's style long phrases licks.
- Ivan Milenkovic30th October 2008
  Those exercises are very very in the correlation with the name of the lesson. Great job
- David Wallimann30th October 2008
  Very nice chops and great exercise man!
- Zsolt Galambos30th October 2008
  Thanx again guys!
- Jose Mena30th October 2008
  Great playing Zsolt
- chmilew30th October 2008
  Excellent lesson, great technique as well
- Piotr Kaczor30th October 2008
  Wow! Speed of light! Awesome Zsolt! Very useful and great sounding lesson!
- Hisham Al-Sanea30th October 2008
  great exercise Zsolt..fantastic
- Sergio Dorado31st October 2008
  Amazing lesson!
- Zsolt Galambos31st October 2008
  That's really nice to hear guys!
- Muris Varajic31st October 2008
  Great picking Zsolt,thanks!!
- Dejan Farkas31st October 2008
  Great playing
- Marcus Siepen31st October 2008
  awesome lesson
- FrankW1st November 2008
  Great chops, tone, three notes per string ideas, and beautiful guitar! Keep 'em coming, Zsolt!
- Vinod Saranga2nd November 2008
  great excercises
  Useful lesson Zsolt
- Zsolt Galambos4th November 2008
  Thanx guys!
  
  QUOTE (FrankW @ Nov 1 2008, 09:43 PM)
  Great chops, tone, three notes per string ideas, and beautiful guitar! Keep 'em coming, Zsolt!
  
  Thanx Frank, it seemes that you actually could comment it:D
  Tried to mail you but the "mailer-daemon" sent it back stating no such mail adress...
  Anyways, keep rockin bro!
- AlexLion4th May 2009
  Awesome for picking and modes learning!
- Kristian Hyvarinen17th July 2010
  This is just great. I'm almost done with the first Modal madness lesson, I should've known that these lessons get harder, giving incredible challenges even though I keep developing.
- Zsolt Galambos22nd July 2010
  That's really great to hear, Kris!
  
  There are also some easier "Modal Madness" series, those however does not include the following 3 I think...
  
  QUOTE (Kristian Hyvarinen @ Jul 17 2010, 06:36 PM)
  This is just great. I'm almost done with the first Modal madness lesson, I should've known that these lessons get harder, giving incredible challenges even though I keep developing.
- Nava20th January 2011
  Excellent! I'm kind of familiar with the modal scales but the way I practise is so boring! This is truly madness and yes, I'm gonna take these lessons:) Your speed and accuracy are fantastic! Thx for sharing:D
- Zsolt Galambos26th January 2011
  Wow thank you for your kind words man Great to hear that you like it!
  
  QUOTE (Nava @ Jan 20 2011, 07:05 PM)
  Excellent! I'm kind of familiar with the modal scales but the way I practise is so boring! This is truly madness and yes, I'm gonna take these lessons:) Your speed and accuracy are fantastic! Thx for sharing:D
- Ishouldjustquit20th November 2011
  What did just happen? Wow Excellent!

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- Tags: Harmonic minor, Shred, Staccato, Neoclassical, Modes
This is the follow-up of one of my previous lessons, "Modal Madness". This time let's dive into the modes of the harmonic minor scale.

The harmonic minor scale matches the natural minor scale, with a little difference: the seventh tone is rased a half step, thus, if we are in the key of a-harmonic minor,
we'll have: A B C D E F G#.

The harmonic minor scale is often used in classical music. Neoclassical guitarists, like Yngwie Malmsteen also favores this scale.

In this excersize all the notes are played staccato, meaning every note is picked. Try to maintain the up-and-down picking at slow tempos at first, and eventually working it up to a higher tempo. Also pay a close attention for evennes of the tones.

Tuning is on D by the way.

Have fun
-Zsolt

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