Give any scale a major 3rd and a minor 7th, you'll get the dominant version of that scale. Today we'll talk about the Lydian Dominant scale.

The Lydian Dominant scale is a great way to sound a bit different on a Dominant 7th chord. These licks should get you started on this great scale!

Economy picking is a very effective way to play fast without overdoing it. Every movement in economy picking is calculated so that all the superfluous is eliminated. The rule is to play alternate picking always except when playing two notes on adjacent strings. Whenever this happens, we will use sweeping to continue the movement started. In other words, if you are playing a note down and need to play the next string, you will continue to play down...

The second lesson of the Dominant Series. We dig deeper into the sound of the melodic minor.

The Lydian b7 scale is a great tool to sound exotic. As its name indicates, this mode is Lydian with a minor 7th. It will work on a 7th dominant chord (Root, Maj 3rd, 5th and minor 7th). The track we'll be working on has a small modulation going from E Lydian b7 to a minor pentatonic key still in E.

We are going to explore the sound of the different phrygian modes.

Today we talk about the Lydian b7 mode. This mode use when we play a substitute dominant.

The Lydian mode is one of my favorites. It brings a mysterious kind of feel to a major 7th chord and is often used to "open up" a musical piece.

Soloing in the style of Joe Satriani's "Flying In A Blue Dream" using the Lydian Mode.