How to write complex Prog Rock with Polymeter and Polyrhythm @QJamTracks

Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago

You can use polymeters and polyrhythms to seriously spice up your progressive Rock riffs with some destabilizing exciting colliding time signatures.

Watch the full crystal clear tutorial with lots of examples and tablature here:
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How to write complex Prog Rock with Polymeter and Polyrhythm

$Gentle Backing Track Steve Vai Style in Em and D An educational and enhanced guitar backing track in E minor and D major for guitarists who want to improvise with the natural minor scale, pentatonic minor scale and major 7 arpeggio. The Backing track is based on the song ‘Gentle Ways’ by master guitarist and virtuoso Steve Vai. You can also play the B minor pentatonic scale (as a substitution for Em pentatonic) over this guitar Jam track. Excellent for improvising, learning modes, scales, chords, licks and arpeggios in A minor. This Q JAM TRACKS jam track in provides a visual representation of the chords and scales in diagrams as they appear in the music. Extra theoretical information is shown in the video. It is a high quality backing track and handy tutorial (lesson) at the same time. Artwork: (c) 2019) Rob van Hal Photo of Steve Vai and Jeremy Colson: René van de Pol @ Arrow Classic Rock Festival (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Steve_Vai_at_Arrow_classic_rock_festival.JPG) Used gear: Ibanez JEM 7v (www.Ibanez.com) Ibanez SD GR Bass (www.Ibanez.com) Takamine GD930 (www.takamine.com) Castilla Classical Guitars Rode Microphone Axe FX II (www.fractalaudio.com) Social Media/contact: www.patreon.com/QJamTracks www.facebook.com/QJamTracks www.instagram.com/QJamTracks www.youtube.com/QJamTracks (c)2018 Rob van Hal, Netherlands$ $Creative solos with TRIAD PAIRS for MODAL and EXOTIC sounds Follow this guitar tutorial and get creative by improvising with triad pairs for modes and even exotic sounding guitar licks. “Triad pairs” is a soling technique that comes from Jazz, but can be used in other styles of music too. By using two simple triads you can construct a hexatonic scale that outlines any scale you want. From modal sounds like Dorian, Lydian and Mixolydian to altered sounds with triad pairs in the melodic minor scale and exotic sounds like the Dorian #4 scale and harmonic minor scale. All with a pair of two simple triads! 0:00 Introduction 0:30 What are triad pairs? 2:25 Horizontal and vertical approach 3:39 How to use triad pairs 5:30 Rhythmic variations 6:46 Imply scales and modes 7:16 Dorian triad pairs 8:01 Lydian triad pairs 8:43 Mixolydian triad pairs 9:21 Exotic triad pairs 10:12 Harmonic minor triad pairs 10:45 Melodic minor triad pairs 11:27 Altered triad pairs 12:52 Example: II-V-I 14:44 Conclusion *Crystal Clear E-BOOKS with audio files:* https://qjamtracks.shopify.com *Tabs and tracks at PATREON:* http://www.patreon.com/Qjamtracks *Social Media/contact: * https:// facebook.com/QJamTracks https:// instagram.com/QJamTracks https:// youtube.com/QJamTracks *Strandberg Guitars* https://strandbergguitars.com *Fractal Audio (FM9)* https://www.fractalaudio.com (c)2024 Rob van Hal, Netherlands$ $Enhanced Satriani and Steve Vai style backing track in G Lydian An uplifting, educational and typical Satriani and Vai style backing track for guitarists who want to shred in the Lydian Mode. You can also play pentatonic scales over this guitar Jam track. Excellent for improvising, learning modes, scales, chords, licks and arpeggios in the Lydian Mode. This Q JAM TRACKS jam track in provides a visual representation of the chords and scales in diagrams as they appear in the music. Extra theoretical information is shown in the video. It is a backing track and tutorial (or lesson) at the same time. Its also a play along video for learning exiting and beautiful chords. Photos: Joe Satriani: By LivePict.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8400888 Steve Vai: Toglenn [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], from Wikimedia Commons Used: Ibanez JEM 7v (www.Ibanez.com) Ibanez SD GR Bass (www.Ibanez.com) Takamine GD930 (www.takamine.com) Castilla Classical Guitars Rode Microphone Axe FX II (www.fractalaudio.com) Social Media/contact: www.facebook.com/QJamTracks www.instagram.com/QJamTracks www.youtube.com/QJamTracks (c)2018 Rob van Hal, Netherlands$ $Daily PRACTICE ROUTINES and EXERCISES for SCALES & MODES This is a guitar lesson about practice routines to get a feel and ear for modes and scales in the most efficient way possible. In a few dense exercises containing three ways to study a scale or the modes of the major scale you grasp the essence of that scale by training your ears and technique. Every routine consists of a (modal) progression (chords with inversions), triad arpeggios of a characteristic chord progression, and a scale run. In this guitar tutorial we look at exercises for the modes of the major scale, the harmonic minor scale, the Phrygian dominant scale and the melodic minor scale. Youll find an e-book with audio examples in my e-book store at: QJamtracks.myshopify.com Chapter selection: 0:00 Introduction 1:26 What defines a scale 3:15 Modal Trigger Notes 6:51 Chords that outline the mode 9:55 Routines for studying 10:50 Technique 12:00 Practice Routine Ionian mode 12:37 Practice Routine Dorian mode 13:13 Practice Routine Phrygian mode 13:45 Practice Routine Lydian mode 14:23 Practice Routine Mixolydian mode 14:59 Practice Routine Aeolian mode 15:29 Practice Routine Locrian mode 16:09 Other scales 16:27 Harmonic Minor scale exercise 17:11 Phrygian Dominant scale exercise 17:55 Melodic Minor scale exercise 18:41 Conclusion Tabs, examples and backing tracks: https://www.patreon.com/Qjamtracks E-books with audio files: https://qjamtracks.myshopify.com Artwork: (c) 2021) Rob van Hal B-roll photo’s: Pixabay.com & Pexels.com Gear: Strandberg Boden Prog 6 NX (www.strandbergguitars.com) Ibanez JEM 7vb (www.Ibanez.com) Ibanez RT Ibanez AZ Ibanez SD GR Bass (www.Ibanez.com) Takamine GD930 (www.takamine.com) Castilla Classical Guitars Mic: Oktava MK-012-01 Axe FX II (www.fractalaudio.com) Neural DSP Archetype Plini & Archetype Petrucci Plugins Social Media/contact: www.patreon.com/QJamTracks www.facebook.com/QJamTracks www.instagram.com/QJamTracks www.youtube.com/QJamTracks (c)2022 Rob van Hal, Netherlands Subjects in this video: Modes of the major scale, Practice routines, Practice, Exercise, modes for guitar, Arpeggios, Scale, Guitar technique, Ionian mode, Dorian mode, Phrygian mode, Lydian mode, Mixolydian mode, Aeolian mode, Locrian mode, Harmonic minor scale, Melodic minor scale, Phrygian Dominant scale, Chords and inversions, Modes for guitar, Guitar improvising, Jazz guitar lesson, Music theory lesson guitar, Music theory, Guitar tutorial, Guitar lesson, Rob van Hal, QJamTracks, Q Jem tracks,$ $Barry Harris 6th Diminished Scale: The Secret to Rich Jazz Comping (Part 1) This Jazz guitar lesson is about legend Barry Harris and his unique 6th diminished scale theory that results in extremely rich comping riffs. The 6th diminished scale produces specific chords that sound great as superimposition over any static chord and also over the ii-V-I. By using the 6th chords and diminished chords from this Barry Harris scale you get a whole new arsenal of sounds that are rich and typical for complex Jazz comping with a minimal of effort. Freebeat 10% discount (affiliate link) https://freebeat.ai/#via=55abbc Please support this channel by engaging: like, comment, subscribe (with notifications on ;), become a Patreon or visit my e-book store to just take a look! My **E-BOOK STORE** with affordable crystal-clear guitar lessons packed with audio examples: HTTPS://QJAMTRACKS.MYSHOPIFY.COM My **PATREON** for support and extra’s: HTTPS://PATREON.COM/QJAMTRACKS **TAGS:** #guitarlesson #guitartutorial # #jazzguitarlesson #jazzcomping #barryharris #6thdiminishedscale #jazzchords #superimpose #improvisationlesson #jazzimprovisation #musictheory #modernguitarmusic #robvanhal #qjamtracks **CHAPTERS:** 00:00 Introduction - Introduction to the 6th diminished scale 01:12 About 6th chords - About 6th chords 02:36 Superimpose technique 03:16 Sponsor Message 04:45 Superimpose 6th chords over Major 06:10 Superimpose 6th chords over minor 07:15 Superimpose 6th chords over min7b5 07:56 Superimpose 6th chords over dom7 09:45 The 6th diminished scale 11:37 Harmonizing the 6th diminished scale 13:32 ii-V-I application - ii-V-I application 15:50 Modern harmonisation of the 6th diminished scale 17:46 Conclusion **SOCIAL MEDIA / CONTACT: ** https://facebook.com/QJamTracks https://instagram.com/QJamTracks https:// youtube.com/QJamTracks *Strandberg Guitars* https://strandbergguitars.com *Fractal AxeFx II* https://www.fractalaudio.com *Neural DSP PluginS * https://neuraldsp.com/ (c)2026 Rob van Hal, Netherlands$

Harmonic Major Scale - Beautiful Melancholic Guitar Solos (Ionian b6)

$SHELL VOICINGS – ALL Jazz Chords with only 8 SHAPES - CRYSTAL CLEAR! Shell voicings are reduced version of complex extended chords like Cmaj7#5, D7b9 sus4, Galt, F7#5#9 and so on. With these shell voicing shapes – these simple reduced version of these complex chords – will make that you can play any Jazz standard or any complex chord progression in a very straightforward, yet very efficient way. How do we do that? Well… we will play only the most important notes of the chords. And those are the tonic, the 3rd and the 7th degree and we leave out any extension and altered 5th. I will show you in this video how that really works. With sell voicings we’ll create 8 simple chord shapes that can be used for all the complex chords you come across. Just eight 3-note shapes and you’re done. You can play every Jazz standard and every difficult piece of music, regarding chords and comping with these simple 3 note shapes. It’s almost too good to be true. Only it’s very real and…very convenient indeed! Diagrams e-booklet: https://qjamtracks.myshopify.com/products/shell-voicing-diagrams E-books with audio files: E-BOOK - Easy arpeggios for sophisticated results https://qjamtracks.myshopify.com/products/e-book-easy-arpeggios-for-sophisticated-sounds E-BOOK - Improvising over dominant 7 chords (using scales) https://qjamtracks.myshopify.com/products/e-book-improvising-over-dominant-chords E-BOOK - Modes of the major scale crystal clear https://qjamtracks.myshopify.com/products/e-book-modes-of-the-major-scale-crystal-clear E-BOOK - Exotic Pentatonic scale for Guitar https://qjamtracks.myshopify.com/products/exotic-pentatonic-scales-for-guitar E-BOOK - Modes of the harmonic minor scale https://qjamtracks.myshopify.com/products/modes-of-the-harmonic-minor-scale E-BOOK - Secrets of outside playing https://qjamtracks.myshopify.com/products/secrets-of-outside-playing E-BOOK - Superimpose Pentatonic scales https://qjamtracks.myshopify.com/products/superimpose-pentatonic-scales-for-rock-fusion-and-jazz E-BOOK - Traids and inversions for Guitar https://qjamtracks.myshopify.com/products/triads-and-inversions-for-guitar-easy-to-advanced 0:00 Introduction 1:04 What are shell voicings? 2:34 Subjects in this video 4:16 Chord building recap 7:05 Shell Voicing shapes 12:22 The II – V – I 16:33 Pros and cons 19:01 Jazz standards 22:15 Chromatics and tritone substitution 24:24 Extending shell voicings 25:52 Final thoughts and bonus You can support me on my patreon page (also for tabs of the licks played in this video): www.patreon.com/QJamTracks Artwork: (c) 2021) Rob van Hal Thumbnail photo: Strandbergguitars.com Used: Strandberg Boden Prog NX (www.strandbergguitars.com) Ibanez JEM 7vb (www.Ibanez.com) Ibanez RT Ibanez SD GR Bass (www.Ibanez.com) Schecter Banshee GT FR (www.schecterguitars.com/) Takamine GD930 (www.takamine.com) Castilla Classical Guitars Samson Concert 99 Wireless system Rode Microphone Axe FX II (www.fractalaudio.com) BIAS FX (www.positivegrid.com) Social Media/contact: www.patreon.com/QJamTracks www.facebook.com/QJamTracks www.instagram.com/QJamTracks www.youtube.com/QJamTracks (c)2021 Rob van Hal, Netherlands Subjects in this video: Shel voicings, Shell voicing, Shell voicings, Jaz chords, Jazz chords, Extended chords, Chord theory, Playing jazz, Jazz for guitar, Guitar jazz chords, How to play jazz chords, Jazz standards, Blue Bossa, One note Samba, All the things you are, The II V I, II V I explained, Jazz chords explained, Shell voicings explained, Maj7 chord, Min7 chord, Dominant 7 chords, Diminished chords, Augmented chords, Altered chords, Music theory lesson guitar, Music theory, Guitar tutorial, Guitar lesson, Rob van Hal, QJamTracks, Q Jem tracks, Q jam tracks$ $6 ways to IMPROVISE over MODES of the major scale! In this video I’ll show you 6 unique and practical ways to improvise over modes of the major scale by using a variety of techniques and ideas. This video will help you to create the most beautiful sounding solos for sure! From a simple pentatonic scale adding the modal trigger note to the pentatonic scale to more advanced techniques like superimpose pentatonic scales, using triad pairs, using the diatonic scale, modal arpeggios and the Jazz approach. *Chapters:* 0:00 Introduction 01:02 Modal improvisation 1 - pentatonic scale 02:42 Modal improvisation 2 - modal trigger note 05:01 Modal improvisation 3 - diatonic scale 08:42 Modal improvisation 4 - Superimpose the pentatonic scale 12:21 Modal improvisation 5 - Triad pairs 15:17 Modal improvisation 6 - Modal arpeggios 17:13 Modes in Jazz 19:06 Conclusion *Crystal Clear E-BOOKS with audio files:* https://qjamtracks.shopify.com *Tabs and tracks at PATREON:* http://www.patreon.com/Qjamtracks *Social Media/contact: * https:// facebook.com/QJamTracks https:// instagram.com/QJamTracks https:// youtube.com/QJamTracks *Strandberg Guitars* https://strandbergguitars.com *Fractal Audio (FM9)* https://www.fractalaudio.com (c)2024 Rob van Hal, Netherlands$ $Unlock the Secrets of Modes: Unleash MODAL ARPEGGIOS (Part 2) In this guitar lesson we look at changing triad arpeggios to a beautiful modal arpeggios that sound awesome over the modes of the major scale like Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Eolian and Locrian. We do that by adding the characteristic note of the mode to the triad arpeggio, transpose 4 note arpeggios over the octave and use the Tim Miller 2-1 system to create open and beautiful sounding modal arpeggios. 0:00 Introduction 0:34 The characteristic note 1:48 Modal trigger notes 4:11 Approach 1: Triads 7:10 Approach 2: Repeated patterns 10:38 Approach 3: 2-1 system 14:03 Conclusion Tim Miller: https://www.youtube.com/user/internetguitarlesson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngq4PGV5DF4 You can support me on my patreon page (also for tabs of the licks played in this video): www.patreon.com/QJamTracks Artwork: (c) 2020) Rob van Hal Photo meditation: https://pixabay.com/nl/photos/meditatie-boeddhisme-monnik-tempel-2214532/ Used: Ibanez JEM 7vb (www.Ibanez.com) Ibanez RT Ibanez SD GR Bass (www.Ibanez.com) Schecter Banshee GT FR (www.schecterguitars.com/) Takamine GD930 (www.takamine.com) Castilla Classical Guitars Samson Concert 99 Wireless system Rode Microphone Axe FX II (www.fractalaudio.com) Social Media/contact: www.patreon.com/QJamTracks www.facebook.com/QJamTracks www.instagram.com/QJamTracks www.youtube.com/QJamTracks (c)2020 Rob van Hal, Netherlands Subjects in this video: Modal Arpeggio, Modal arpeggio lesson, Modal arpeggio tutorial, Phrygian arpeggio guitar, Dorian arpeggio guitar, Lydian arpeggio guitar, Mixolydian arpeggio guitar, Locrian arpeggio guitar, Aeolian arpeggio guitar, Chord theory guitar, Lesson modes guitar, Ionian, Phrygian, Lydian, Dorian, Mixolydian, Locrian, aeolian, Music theory lesson guitar, Music theory, Guitar tutorial, Guitar lesson, Tim miller$

Modern Fusion guitar sounds with quartal arpeggios

$TRITONE SUBSTITUTIONS – *Crystal Clear* - Progressions & Solos for GUITAR A crystal clear QJamTracks guide to tritone substitutions, showing you exactly how to build these progressions and how to solo over tritone substitutions and answers your question: “What is tritone substitution?”. 0:00 Introduction 1:09 All about the tritone 2:25 The concept of tritone substitutions 4:40 Why it works so well 6:59 Next level: Chords extensions 8:41 Next level: The sub VI 10:41 Next level: The sub II 12:27 Improvising over tritone substitutions 18:29 Conclusion Get a thorough understanding of the this composition hack and learn how to create fresh and new chord progressions that sound jazzy or super modern in this guitar lesson. Learn how to improvise with all kinds of scales like the dominant pentatonic scale, dominant altered scale (also known as super Locrian and diminished whole tone) and the dominant diminished scale. Get full knowledge of the basis of all tritone substitutions. Create beautiful chord progressions and fusion like rock music. You can support me on my patreon page (also for tabs of the licks played in this video): www.patreon.com/QJamTracks Artwork: (c) 2020) Rob van Hal Used: Ibanez JEM 7vb (www.Ibanez.com) Ibanez SD GR Bass (www.Ibanez.com) Takamine GD930 (www.takamine.com) Castilla Classical Guitars Samson Concert 99 Wireless system Rode Microphone Axe FX II (www.fractalaudio.com) A chair Social Media/contact: www.patreon.com/QJamTracks www.facebook.com/QJamTracks www.instagram.com/QJamTracks www.youtube.com/QJamTracks (c)2020 Rob van Hal, Netherlands$