Morten Faerestrand: Locrian - the Jazziest of guitar scales



Morten Faerestrand:
If there's one subject students keep asking me about, when it comes to the dry, "boring" stuff, it's melodic minor. (Slash the altered scale. Slash the Mixo #4 scale. Etc. Dear child has many names)

And I totally get that! Getting control over this sound, and all the fingerings and inversions of it, is more foreign than starting to be free around the neck with the regular modes, for a number of reasons.

Let's not get into why, it's not important. Let's focus on solutions, not problems.

There is a video course that will teach you all the variations of melodic minor. The simple drills in the course will ease the sounds into you ear, while simultaneously connecting your ear with your fingers.

It is super simple, and easy to follow, and even without you thinking too much, or straining yourself, you'll be able to play freely across the neck outputting the different tonalities from melodic minor.

Most important scales:

Melodic Minor
Altered / Super Locrian
Mixolydian #4
Locrian Natural 9

(We cover all 7 inversions, but these 4 are the most important ones, and the foundation that you can relate the remaining three towards)

YOU get to check out this course for free!

If you haven't guessed it yet, I made this course.. ;-)

The entire course is of course available in the members-only section of MortensLessons.com, but since I bet you want to have complete control over melodic minor and all it's siblings immediately, one part of the course is available for free. http://www.mortenslessons.com/jazz-guitar-scales-melodic-minor-drilling-4-locrian-nat-9

Jazz Guitar Scales - Locrian nat 9 - Learn to get a jazzy sound on minor 2-5-1 using this scale

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