Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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Learn all about this awkward, alien and beautiful whole tone scale to create some serious outside sounds, inspiring chord progressions and examples of well known songs, like Stevie Wonder’s Too High and Sunshine Of My Life, Elektrik by Robert Fripp (King Crimson) but also outside fusion licks and interesting patterns to spice up you solo’s and riffs!

0:00 Introduction
01:26 Only two scales
03:12 Chords in the whole tone scale
05:53 Whole tone over dom7#5
07:30 Whole tone over minor
10:05 Whole tone over dominant chords
11:20 Stevie Wonder - Sunshine of my life
12:41 Stevie Wonder – Too High
13:19 King Crimson – Elektrik
14:06 Patterns
14:47 Conclusion

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PATREON:
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Artwork: (c) 2021) Rob van Hal

Used:

Electric:
Strandberg Boden Metal NX 8 string
strandbergguitars.com
@StrandbergguitarsOfficial

Acoustic:
Takamine GD930 (www.takamine.com)
Castilla Classical Guitar

Mic:
Oktava MK-012-1

Effects:
Axe FX II (www.fractalaudio.com)
BIAS FX (www.positivegrid.com)

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(c)2021 Rob van Hal, Netherlands

Subjects in this video:

Whole tone scale,
How to use the whole tone scale,
What is the whole tone scale,
Whole tone scale patterns,
Whole tone scale box shapes,
Whole tone scale licks,
Whole tone scale in fusion,
Whole ton scale chords
Whole tone scale applications,
Whole tone scale examples,
Improvise over Dominant 7#5 chords,
Improvise over dominant chords,
Stevie Wonder,
Sunshine of my life,
Too High,
Elektrik,
King Crimson,
Strandberg guitar,
Strandberg NX,
Strandberg Boden,
8 string guitar,
Music theory lesson guitar,
Music theory,
Guitar tutorial,
Guitar lesson,
Rob van Hal,
QJamTracks,
Q Jem tracks,
Q jam tracks