In this lesson David Wallimann plays with the harmonic minor scale. Harmonic minor is basically a natural minor scale with a major 7th. Mastering that scale can greatly improve your musical vocabulary.

How to combine a minor scale with a harmonic minor scale

Simple use of A Harmonic Minor Scale, introduction to beginners.

This is the follow-up lesson to "Harmonized Melodic Minor". Now we are looking at harmonizing Harmonic minor.

It's all about alternate picking! I added some palm muting, string skipping and a nice trick regarding fingering. It's in key of C minor, tempo is 160bpm, all 16th notes, 2 patterns grouping wise.

A three-headed monster inspiration: Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Andy Timmons.

This lesson is about rhythm and soloing. The harmonic minor scale is very popular. Used a lot by many guitar player as Yngwie, just to name one of them.

I combined another heavy riff (in my opinion a thrash metal riff) with the minor harmonic scale. I am sure you know the minor harmonic scale, which will make you sound like Yngwie Malmsteen.

Intense and hard to play!