Hi,
I think you had a question about the harmonic minor scale,right?Well,if you wanna learn more about it,I'd suggest you to take a look at my songs since it is the scale that I use in (almost?) every song.
The reason why I play in harmonic minor is because I grew up in a time when everybody played within those boxed-in blues pentatonic shapes and I wanted to break out of that.Because I liked classical music,too,I thought I had to look for something different.The good thing with the harmonic minor is that it sounds very special,sometimes eerie,sometimes heavy and evil.And it goes very well with arpeggios (but you could say that about every scale),and because arpeggios are very melodic,they fit perfectly into the harmonic minor scale even if there are some random notes.
The shapes are pretty easy once you're used to the scale,you'll find different ways to play the scale if you analyze my songs.
I can give you a short example:
E Phrygian Mode (= C Major)
e---0-1-3-5-7-8-10-12-13-15-17-19-20-22-24---
Though I have to say that my guitar is tuned down half step (Eb) and it has only 21 frets because I kick more asses than you do,but I wrote it down in E standard tuning to make it easier for you.
If we replace the 3 and the 15 by a 4 and a 16,this'll give us the Phrygian Major/Dominant Mode.So the difference between Phrygian and Phrygian Dominant is:
Phrygian Mode:Flat Third
Phrygian Dominant Mode:Major Third
This is the typical ascending E Phrygian Dominant/E Phrygian Major scale on the high e string.
e---0-1-4-5-7-8-10-12-13-16-17-19-20-22-24---
If you know a little bit about the shapes of the harmonic minor scale,you'll see that the 4-5-7-8 is a typical fingering for this scale.In this case,the 5 (which is the A note on the high E string) is the root note.
So what can we see here?
Phrygian Dominant Root Note = E
Harmonic Minor Root Note = A
A good example would be my "Heavy E Phrygian"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVnpPmXbzKI&fmt=18
Check it out,I look pretty slim there and I kick your ass.
The interval E-A is a fourth.You can always count a fourth from the root note of the Phrygian Dominant scale to find out the relative root note of the Harmonic Minor scale.
C Phryg.Dom. --> F Harm.Min.
D Phryg.Dom. --> G Harm.Min.
And so on.Practise,practise,practise.
But remember that you'll never be as good as I am.
Oh,I almost forgot.
The notes of a harmonic minor scale are:
1-2-b3-4-5-b6-maj7-8
So the only difference between a standard minor scale and the harmonic minor scale is the 7,in the former case we have a minor seventh,in the latter case there's a major one:This little difference is what makes the harmonic minor so awesome!
Cheers
Yngwie
PS:If you can,send me the best burger from Germany.
