I couldn’t agree more. To me all the shredding is just useless musical gymnastics with no soul. Jack makes music with soul and he can teach like nobody’s business.
I mean, I just love this channel and as a teacher Jack is right at the top of the pile. Any fool can put up some lessons on UA-cam but to teach, motivate, inspire and explain concepts in a way that really works is a whole different story. Apart from anything else, isn't that just one of the most beautiful, killer guitar tones you've ever heard?!?
Very good lesson Jack, it all boils down to a good melodic outside phrase which resolves logicly to a good chord note, you explain it beautiful and with logic, thanks Vic
Excellent! Question: are tabs only for the altered licks or is the whole solo transcribed? There are a few notes i can't quite get, and those alone would be worth the subscription. Thanks.
I have been looking for someone like you all of my life. Finally-something I can understand and get me out of the riffs I am so ingrained in. THANK YOU, Mr. Ruch!!
I was a little uncomfortable with such a sharp key (B) for examples, it leads to making a decision on what to call the notes (enharmonics; #9 being a "C double-sharp", e.g.) since the point is to understand the chord to scale degree relationships. But as you went along I thought the way you named the notes was the best way in context, and using a guitar key like B is better than C or F, for example.
I have a book on modes which I sort of understand(!) but it's the application which has always been a problem. Videos such as yours are a big help, so many thanks. Am I right in thinking that the Altered Scale is also known as the Super-Locrian Mode?
What a great feel 💯💥 Somebody someday will do a successful 10 part series on FEEL. I pick Jack. The world would be a better place because UA-cam players desperately need to learn the vibe.
You are a class act Sir. Thank you for sprinkling your talents on UA-cam, we all appreciate it. Tremendous playing. Greetings from Edinburgh, Scotland 😊
Aw MAN at 3 minutes in...... I totally understand intervals, but never connected the value of knowing by rote those intervals in transposition...... huge thanks. I've as so typically found transposition to be something best avoided unless absolutely necessary. This just opened up the doors and windows :)
One of the best teachers out there, practical, musical, well explained. Given the speed picking youtube vids a miss. These musical ideas and demos priceless.
another cool and sometimes easier way to get this idea is to think of the altered scale as being the same as playing the minor melodic scale from the b2nd (minor melodic C in the case of going from B to E)
Love this video and how you teach!Super important to perceive the altered scale in terms of the dominant chord that you’re on. My two “quick cheats” for the altered scale are thinking whole tone scale between the third up to the root Or the more commonly taught one(also more complete) melodic minor starting a half step above the root. That being said I totally believe understanding it relative to the chord you’re on is what gives meaning to it. Thanks for a great and clear lesson
Beautiful as always Jack..working through your videos has TOTALLY transformed the way I approach my playing,studies and listening..as I am such a theory virgin I have to concentrate so hard but when I do make progress I am really proud of myself..😊😊 once again thankyou from the bottom of my ♥️ love,peace & happiness
You are so THE MAN! Love your videos and I learn a lot of cool stuff from them. I have played guitar professionally for over 50 years now, but you have stuff under your sleeve that really blows wind up my skirt! Thanks Jack.
You ARE an educator! Loved this post. It spurred me to buy your shades of blues course. Just what I needed to put it all together. I got it now!!! Thank you!
Always find gold in your lessons! I'm finally getting my head around some of the more jazz concepts and this and ii-V-I turnarounds from your lessons has been an absolute game changer. Thanks Jack!!
It's d# not Eb and a# and Bb enharmonics!!! Don't mix flat and sharp keys in one chords b, d#, f#, a, c# g#... no flats in it ecxept b9, b 13...but great lessons like ur playing...👍
What a goood lesson, pefectly explaind, relaxed and first of all a huge content! Thank you. PS. Your english dialect is the best understandable on the planet.
Mr. Ruch you are a phenomenal guitar player! Thank you for sharing your blessed guitar playing and music with us. Just wanted to say that I've learned so much watching your videos. I've been stuck for so many years and you've been a huge inspiration in advancing my playing. Would you ever make an instructional video for players that need some sort of path to follow, practice routine, structure, music theory, what were the most important things you did to make yourself such a great guitarist?
Hey Jack. Firstly. Love your insight and wisdom. Question please. I realize your bass player (in absentia). is covering the Roots for those chords, so the 2nd chord b9 #5 at the 3:24. leading to the E9 is also called an Am7b5 ( A half diminished)?
What a great lesson. I've struggled with how to use the altered scale for so long...especially when it comes to timing, note choice, and being able to hear and identify the "altered" sound. This lesson broke things down into just the right amount of information to get anyone headed in the right direction. Would love to see this concept expanded into a TrueFire series. The first series was extremely helpful. Thanks for taking the time to create these little gems.
you're playing a melodic minor scale 1 semitone above the root of your chord . so B7 chord is C melodic minor ( but from B) and F# is G melodic minor .. thats way easier for me to understand and hear as its a common scale ... like .the 7th mode of that scale ,( but i wouldnt think of it like that )
There was an ad for Hershey Chocolate in the middle of this video, but I didn't mind---the lesson was worth it. Hope they at least send you some free Reese's Cups! 🍫
When you quickly glossed over the chords of the altered scale I think you gave the wrong chord name on at least one. I love your lessons but please at least tell people where you are putting your fingers or the correct name of the cords because it’s not always easy to tell where somebody’s putting their fingers since they’re muting some of them and pressing some of them down, and then it takes so much time to figure out what chords you’re actually doing. Or I’m just half asleep or something.😂 it’s always nice if you’re not gonna have some sort of diagram on the screen to make sure you clearly explain what cord you’re doing. I’m talking about when you were speaking about the underlying cords of the altered scale. I had to fats around, trying to figure out what chords you were playing for about 20 minutes. If you at least gave the formula of the cord really quickly, that would help. And I know how to construct chords, but when you said the name I did it and it wasn’t the same cord you were using. If it’s an inversion, that’s going to Stamp a lot of people unless they’re already very familiar with those cords. Otherwise great lesson.😊
Hi Jack, Love your stuff, man! I’m sure it’s been over a year since I first caught one of your videos, and I subscribed that day, and told you I’d be back! I’m pretty sure I have tapped into ALL of your videos since then. You’re smooth, tasty, informative, and a joy to listen to. I see that you’ve ditched the hoodie and jacket, today! Glad you turned the heat up! ⬆️. Carry On, Brother! 👍🎸✌️😎
for me a fretboard map of the notes would have been needed to get my head around this, and a link to the backing track would be usefull,, however I got a bit of an idea of what you were doing and will play around with it,, it was inline with what i have been trying to bring into my blues lead,,
D'you know how nice it is to hear someone who's not shredding, but playing music? Subscribed.
Thank you!
I couldn’t agree more. To me all the shredding is just useless musical gymnastics with no soul. Jack makes music with soul and he can teach like nobody’s business.
Precisely!🇺🇲🎯💯💥💯🎯🇺🇲
Its all about the story on a instrument.
Yee'Up!
Your lessons are some of the best out there in helping us get out of the pentatonic rut with amazingly tasty phrasing ideas. Thank you so much.
Glad you like them!
This man must be protected at all costs
Man such great lessons!
Thank you Robert! Love your channel
Hey Robert and Jack! Rob is here hey, who would've thunkded it!?! Great scale to use. Cheers.
Christ, what an extremely nice and relaxed individual ! How smooth can a guitar lesson be ? He must be a gourmet chef on the side ! Stay Positive!
I mean, I just love this channel and as a teacher Jack is right at the top of the pile. Any fool can put up some lessons on UA-cam but to teach, motivate, inspire and explain concepts in a way that really works is a whole different story. Apart from anything else, isn't that just one of the most beautiful, killer guitar tones you've ever heard?!?
Thank you!!!
I've been playing for a long time (much longer than UA-cam's been around). These lessons are fantastic. What a great player.
Glad you like them!
Very good lesson Jack, it all boils down to a good melodic outside phrase which resolves logicly to a good chord note, you explain it beautiful and with logic, thanks Vic
Thank you Vic!
Excellent! Question: are tabs only for the altered licks or is the whole solo transcribed? There are a few notes i can't quite get, and those alone would be worth the subscription. Thanks.
You're really helping me jazz up my blues Jack, thanks 😀
Awesome! Thanks John
Thank you for trying to teach the unteachable....taste! You're awesome
I have been looking for someone like you all of my life. Finally-something I can understand and get me out of the riffs I am so ingrained in. THANK YOU, Mr. Ruch!!
Thanks Steve!
Dude. I've been learning guitar on UA-cam for over a decade. Your videos are some of the best. Exactly what I needed.
Awesome! Thank you!
I was a little uncomfortable with such a sharp key (B) for examples, it leads to making a decision on what to call the notes (enharmonics; #9 being a "C double-sharp", e.g.) since the point is to understand the chord to scale degree relationships. But as you went along I thought the way you named the notes was the best way in context, and using a guitar key like B is better than C or F, for example.
Hey Jack! Could you make a video explaining your guitar tone setup one day? How you set your overdrive tone, etc Thanks!
Guitarists don’t play wrong notes, we play outside notes.
I have a book on modes which I sort of understand(!) but it's the application which has always been a problem. Videos such as yours are a big help, so many thanks. Am I right in thinking that the Altered Scale is also known as the Super-Locrian Mode?
Yes that's right
What a great feel 💯💥 Somebody someday will do a successful 10 part series on FEEL. I pick Jack. The world would be a better place because UA-cam players desperately need to learn the vibe.
That tone is A1 👍. The "in context" is highly useful. Some people talk so long you forget what it's even supposed to sound like. Subscribed.
Thanks Bryan!
Outstandingly informative. You are the king!
I appreciate that!
If I’m not mistaken, lick 3 is the first five notes of Giant Steps, reharmonized.
You are a class act Sir. Thank you for sprinkling your talents on UA-cam, we all appreciate it. Tremendous playing. Greetings from Edinburgh, Scotland 😊
Thank you kindly!
Aw MAN at 3 minutes in...... I totally understand intervals, but never connected the value of knowing by rote those intervals in transposition...... huge thanks. I've as so typically found transposition to be something best avoided unless absolutely necessary. This just opened up the doors and windows :)
Great video--demonstration, then straight to business. Thanks.
Thank You!
Tasty tasty Jack! Another winner. Thank you for taking the time and breaking it down. Some serious wood shedding to do!
Thanks Tom!
Great sound and feel! I really appreciate the use of space in your solos 👍
Gros feeling 👌🙏
One of the best teachers out there, practical, musical, well explained. Given the speed picking youtube vids a miss. These musical ideas and demos priceless.
Thank you Rob!
You hit on exactly the problem: how to start very simply introducing the scale and in the right places. Like it, thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for the great lesson again. Beautiful how much mileage you get from one idea. Very clear explanation and tasteful playing!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you Jack, lovely and simple way to learn from you
another cool and sometimes easier way to get this idea is to think of the altered scale as being the same as playing the minor melodic scale from the b2nd (minor melodic C in the case of going from B to E)
Love this video and how you teach!Super important to perceive the altered scale in terms of the dominant chord that you’re on. My two “quick cheats” for the altered scale are thinking whole tone scale between the third up to the root Or the more commonly taught one(also more complete) melodic minor starting a half step above the root. That being said I totally believe understanding it relative to the chord you’re on is what gives meaning to it. Thanks for a great and clear lesson
This lesson really improve my playing! Thanks a lot!
Beautiful as always Jack..working through your videos has TOTALLY transformed the way I approach my playing,studies and listening..as I am such a theory virgin I have to concentrate so hard but when I do make progress I am really proud of myself..😊😊 once again thankyou from the bottom of my ♥️ love,peace & happiness
Thank you Kevin! I'm glad to hear that
What a great lesson! Simply explained yet very thorough. Just what I needed. Thanks a lot Jack! 🙏🏽
Love your relaxed, calm voice.
You are so THE MAN! Love your videos and I learn a lot of cool stuff from them. I have played guitar professionally for over 50 years now, but you have stuff under your sleeve that really blows wind up my skirt! Thanks Jack.
That is awesome! Thanks
Love your playing Jack!
Hey thanks Shawn! Love your channel
What a fine blues player he gives me shivers up and down my spine! Thanks for the Memories Jack! I'm going to buy your courses!
Awesome! Thank you!
@@JackRuch Not very often that the dude you think is so great answers your post Thank Jack your the real deal keep up the great licks!
It’s hard to even get through the lesson when I’m stuck listening to the intros🤣 ROCK ON! 🎸
Hello Jack! I am one of your new Patreon subscribers and I’m loving your soulful music and crystal clear instruction. Thank you so much! ❤️
Awesome, thank you!
You ARE an educator! Loved this post. It spurred me to buy your shades of blues course. Just what I needed to put it all together. I got it now!!! Thank you!
You are so welcome!
I mostly come here to watch you play. The lessons are great too.
Smooth-unique-helpful.
Thanks Jack-enjoy your work with the Heritage also👍
Thank you it’s well explained I like that you explain to he intervals It helps me to transpose
Nice bite size digestible lesson on a complex subject, many thanks!
You're very welcome!
Interestingly, everyone of those examples sounds more outside going from the five to the one.
Jack, superb. Youve got a great tone and touch. Thanks for your clarity and generosity
Always find gold in your lessons! I'm finally getting my head around some of the more jazz concepts and this and ii-V-I turnarounds from your lessons has been an absolute game changer. Thanks Jack!!
Thanks Jimmy!
Thankyou very much , great lesson
Thank you for making things totally understandable!! Love your playing!!
My pleasure!
Thanks for this lesson Jack.
Very cool, and accessible.
I’ll be using this soon.
Thx again
🪕✌️
It's d# not Eb and a# and Bb enharmonics!!! Don't mix flat and sharp keys in one chords b, d#, f#, a, c# g#... no flats in it ecxept b9, b 13...but great lessons like ur playing...👍
What a goood lesson, pefectly explaind, relaxed and first of all a huge content! Thank you. PS. Your english dialect is the best understandable on the planet.
Mr. Ruch you are a phenomenal guitar player! Thank you for sharing your blessed guitar playing and music with us. Just wanted to say that I've learned so much watching your videos. I've been stuck for so many years and you've been a huge inspiration in advancing my playing. Would you ever make an instructional video for players that need some sort of path to follow, practice routine, structure, music theory, what were the most important things you did to make yourself such a great guitarist?
I like to use it wherever possible cause blues get very boring very quickly 😊😊😊
Hey Jack. Firstly. Love your insight and wisdom. Question please. I realize your bass player (in absentia). is covering the Roots for those chords, so the 2nd chord b9 #5 at the 3:24. leading to the E9 is also called an Am7b5 ( A half diminished)?
Yep, yep, I like it very much. Such great, smooth tone!
Thanks for listening
THAT TONE!! Thank you for this, Mr. Ruch!! God Bless You!! 🙏
Thanks for listening
Great lessons man. But the volume of your voice is too low comparing with guitar volume. Thnx. Awesome guitar tone!
Great content! Thanks very much! This answered some questions for me!
Great to hear!
i love a good 2 for the price of 1... the altered lick is on special .... get it while it's hot ... thank's Jack. Simple but so effective
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Your voice and vocal phrasing matches your guitar playing, lol. Very nice.
You have a great way of explaining things to make it easy to understand.
Glad you think so!
What a great lesson. I've struggled with how to use the altered scale for so long...especially when it comes to timing, note choice, and being able to hear and identify the "altered" sound. This lesson broke things down into just the right amount of information to get anyone headed in the right direction. Would love to see this concept expanded into a TrueFire series. The first series was extremely helpful. Thanks for taking the time to create these little gems.
You're very welcome!
This is very good. Thanks Jack. I'll try to internalize this.
you're playing a melodic minor scale 1 semitone above the root of your chord .
so B7 chord is C melodic minor ( but from B) and F# is G melodic minor ..
thats way easier for me to understand and hear as its a common scale ... like .the 7th mode of that scale ,( but i wouldnt think of it like that )
Excellent lesson.. thank you so much for the lesson.. Love it.😊
There was an ad for Hershey Chocolate in the middle of this video, but I didn't mind---the lesson was worth it. Hope they at least send you some free Reese's Cups! 🍫
Oh God, I really love your tone and feel! Reminds me of the love for the instrument, which I need to rediscover and your videos help a great deal! 🙏
How about the 9th, Jack? Have you found it to be a good target? The 5 altered scale would be just a 1/2 step away from altered to target 1 chord.
One of the best lessons I've ever seen on using the altered scale. Thank you!
Awesome, thank you!
Nice!! some really tasty ideas and a good explanation. Thanks !!
When you quickly glossed over the chords of the altered scale I think you gave the wrong chord name on at least one. I love your lessons but please at least tell people where you are putting your fingers or the correct name of the cords because it’s not always easy to tell where somebody’s putting their fingers since they’re muting some of them and pressing some of them down, and then it takes so much time to figure out what chords you’re actually doing. Or I’m just half asleep or something.😂 it’s always nice if you’re not gonna have some sort of diagram on the screen to make sure you clearly explain what cord you’re doing. I’m talking about when you were speaking about the underlying cords of the altered scale. I had to fats around, trying to figure out what chords you were playing for about 20 minutes. If you at least gave the formula of the cord really quickly, that would help. And I know how to construct chords, but when you said the name I did it and it wasn’t the same cord you were using. If it’s an inversion, that’s going to Stamp a lot of people unless they’re already very familiar with those cords. Otherwise great lesson.😊
Nice Jump Blues with Diminished arpeggios and M7b5
I have come to realize that you are a treasure with the knowledge you share with us. Thank you.
You are very welcome
Hi Jack, Love your stuff, man! I’m sure it’s been over a year since I first caught one of your videos, and I subscribed that day, and told you I’d be back! I’m pretty sure I have tapped into ALL of your videos since then. You’re smooth, tasty, informative, and a joy to listen to. I see that you’ve ditched the hoodie and jacket, today! Glad you turned the heat up! ⬆️. Carry On, Brother! 👍🎸✌️😎
Awesome! Thank you David
dat intro be mighty sweet playing, man. I'm gonna learn this one, thanks!
for me a fretboard map of the notes would have been needed to get my head around this, and a link to the backing track would be usefull,, however I got a bit of an idea of what you were doing and will play around with it,, it was inline with what i have been trying to bring into my blues lead,,
You are one soulful player.
Thank you!
Another really well presented lesson Jack! Nice one!👍
Glad you liked it!
Great lines, Jack. I definitely need to do some work with the altered scale to get a feel/ear for it's tones.
Great pedagogic skills! Thanks!
Anyone know what guitar Jack plays ?
Sounds great. Kind of sounds like jazz to me
Thanks Jack, another great lesson.
Glad you liked it!
The best bite sized delivery for getting this sound in your head and under your fingers. Thank you, THANK you Jack.
You look like Michael Dresdner…
What an awesome lesson, really helps to understand how to get certain sounds. Thanks!
What pick are you using?
Dunlop Medium
The ‘altered scale’ is used a lot by J. S. Bach.
我不喜歡三合一blues!三合一咖啡(調合過的咖啡)!我喜歡美式純黑咖啡!因此你杯子裡掉進一粒砂糖都會被我抓起來審視!就是如此!
Love this Jack. Thanks a lot.
My pleasure!
Great lesson! Interesting subject and well explain! Thx
Glad you liked it!
Ha Ha nice C melodic minor! I like your style
Tips worth their weight in gold.
I didnt know BB King was still living…
Yo Notch plays the blues?
Great lesson, tasty licks.
Good Lesson