Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Create awesome fusion solos, outside blues licks, Jazz solos and eerie metal riffs with this altered dominant scale, a.k.a. the super Locrian scale and diminished whole tone scale. This scale is perfect for improvising over dominant chords and altered chords, but also to create riffs and licks with lots of tensions and dissonance. The altered dominant scale is the 7th mode of the melodic minor scale and is used often in Jazz and fusion rock by guitarists like Guthrie Govan, Frank Gambale, Plini, Shaun Lane, Scott Henderson and by the master of fusion guitar: Alan Holdsworth to name a few.
In this guitar tutorial about the altered scale you’ll learn everything about this beautiful scale in a crystal clear way with examples and tablature.
0:00 Introduction
0:51 What is the altered scale
3:05 The altered chord
4:04 Example solo
4:23 Origin and similarities
6:03 Scale patterns
8:17 Altered vs diminished
9:11 Example using arpeggios
11:13 Example Blues
12:11 Example Metal
12:56 Example Fusion
13:39 Conclusion
You can support me on my patreon page (also for tabs of the licks played in this video): patreon.com/QJamTracks
Artwork: (c) 2020) Rob van Hal
Used:
Ibanez JEM 7vb (www.Ibanez.com)
Ibanez RT
Ibanez SD GR Bass (www.Ibanez.com)
Takamine GD930 (www.takamine.com)
Castilla Classical Guitars
Samson Concert 99 Wireless system
Rode Microphone
Axe FX II (www.fractalaudio.com)
Social Media/contact:
patreon.com/QJamTracks
facebook.com/QJamTracks
instagram.com/QJamTracks
youtube.com/QJamTracks
(c)2020 Rob van Hal, Netherlands
Create awesome fusion solos, outside blues licks, Jazzy solos and eerie metal riffs with this altered dominant scale, a.k.a. the super Locrian scale and diminished whole tone scale. This scale is perfect for improvising over dominant chords and altered chords, but also to create riffs and licks with lots of tensions and dissonancy. The altered dominant scale is the 7th mode of the melodic minor scale and is used often in Jazz and fusion rock by guitarists like Guthrie Govan, Frank Gambale, Plini, Shaun Lane, Scott Henderson and by the master of fusion guitar: Alan Holdsworth to name a few.
In this guitar tutorial about the altered scale you’ll learn everything about this beautiful scale in a crystal clear way with examples and tablature.
0:00 Introduction
0:51 What is the altered scale
3:05 The altered chord
4:04 Example solo
4:23 Origin and similarities
6:03 Scale patterns
8:17 Altered vs diminished
9:11 Example using arpeggios
11:13 Example Blues
12:11 Example Metal
12:56 Example Fusion
13:39 Conclusion
You can support me on my patreon page (also for tabs of the licks played in this video): patreon.com/QJamTracks
Artwork: (c) 2020) Rob van Hal
Used:
Ibanez JEM 7vb (www.Ibanez.com)
Ibanez RT
Ibanez SD GR Bass (www.Ibanez.com)
Takamine GD930 (www.takamine.com)
Castilla Classical Guitars
Samson Concert 99 Wireless system
Rode Microphone
Axe FX II (www.fractalaudio.com)
Social Media/contact:
patreon.com/QJamTracks
facebook.com/QJamTracks
instagram.com/QJamTracks
youtube.com/QJamTracks
(c)2020 Rob van Hal, Netherlands
Create awesome fusion solos, outside blues licks, Jazz solos and eerie metal riffs with this altered dominant scale, a.k.a. the super Locrian scale and diminished whole tone scale. This scale is perfect for improvising over dominant chords and altered chords, but also to create riffs and licks with lots of tensions and dissonance. The altered dominant scale is the 7th mode of the melodic minor scale and is used often in Jazz and fusion rock by guitarists like Guthrie Govan, Frank Gambale, Plini, Shaun Lane, Scott Henderson and by the master of fusion guitar: Alan Holdsworth to name a few.
In this guitar tutorial about the altered scale you’ll learn everything about this beautiful scale in a crystal clear way with examples and tablature.
0:00 Introduction
0:51 What is the altered scale
3:05 The altered chord
4:04 Example solo
4:23 Origin and similarities
6:03 Scale patterns
8:17 Altered vs diminished
9:11 Example using arpeggios
11:13 Example Blues
12:11 Example Metal
12:56 Example Fusion
13:39 Conclusion
You can support me on my patreon page (also for tabs of the licks played in this video): patreon.com/QJamTracks
Artwork: (c) 2020) Rob van Hal
Used:
Ibanez JEM 7vb (www.Ibanez.com)
Ibanez RT
Ibanez SD GR Bass (www.Ibanez.com)
Takamine GD930 (www.takamine.com)
Castilla Classical Guitars
Samson Concert 99 Wireless system
Rode Microphone
Axe FX II (www.fractalaudio.com)
Social Media/contact:
patreon.com/QJamTracks
facebook.com/QJamTracks
instagram.com/QJamTracks
youtube.com/QJamTracks
(c)2020 Rob van Hal, Netherlands
Create awesome fusion solos, outside blues licks, Jazzy solos and eerie metal riffs with this altered dominant scale, a.k.a. the super Locrian scale and diminished whole tone scale. This scale is perfect for improvising over dominant chords and altered chords, but also to create riffs and licks with lots of tensions and dissonancy. The altered dominant scale is the 7th mode of the melodic minor scale and is used often in Jazz and fusion rock by guitarists like Guthrie Govan, Frank Gambale, Plini, Shaun Lane, Scott Henderson and by the master of fusion guitar: Alan Holdsworth to name a few.
In this guitar tutorial about the altered scale you’ll learn everything about this beautiful scale in a crystal clear way with examples and tablature.
0:00 Introduction
0:51 What is the altered scale
3:05 The altered chord
4:04 Example solo
4:23 Origin and similarities
6:03 Scale patterns
8:17 Altered vs diminished
9:11 Example using arpeggios
11:13 Example Blues
12:11 Example Metal
12:56 Example Fusion
13:39 Conclusion
You can support me on my patreon page (also for tabs of the licks played in this video): patreon.com/QJamTracks
Artwork: (c) 2020) Rob van Hal
Used:
Ibanez JEM 7vb (www.Ibanez.com)
Ibanez RT
Ibanez SD GR Bass (www.Ibanez.com)
Takamine GD930 (www.takamine.com)
Castilla Classical Guitars
Samson Concert 99 Wireless system
Rode Microphone
Axe FX II (www.fractalaudio.com)
Social Media/contact:
patreon.com/QJamTracks
facebook.com/QJamTracks
instagram.com/QJamTracks
youtube.com/QJamTracks
(c)2020 Rob van Hal, Netherlands
