music written from 1730 to 1820 is known
as the Classical period during this 90
year span composers such as Mozart
Paganini and Beethoven wrote their most
memorable music the ideas put forth in
these compositions are still emulated
today shred guitar maestros such as Yngwie
Malmsteen and michael romeo of symphony
x lead the charge combining classical
music with metal of the modern age a new
art form has risen I give you
neoclassical metal
welcome to the Shred zone
I'm shredmaster Scott this video is
about how you can become a master of
metal guitar not your friends not the
hot babe next door you me yeah you in
order to accomplish this goal we'll
examine a neoclassical example from my
master of metal series watch to the end
of the video to find out more about the
series the harmonic minor scale and the
i-iv and V chords create the neoclassical
sound in a moment we'll check out the
theory behind the music why that sounds
terrifying
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let's unpack this neoclassical etude in
a minor it's really a minor piece so you
have nothing major to worry about you
tell the best jokes shred a series of
hits kick off the piece using the one
and five chords for a minor e next we
launch into a litany of pull offs to
impress the dudes I mean the babes darn
it nothing wrong with impressing dudes
pull off technique is used to outline
the primary neoclassical chords namely A
minor D minor and E the E chord contains
the raised 7th degree or G sharp note
this is characteristic of classical
music more on that later
in bar 6 the chord progression is
embellished using inversions before
bringing the piece to a close what a
ride now let's certainly get the most
important scale use in neoclassical
music the harmonic minor scale the minor
scale was used to measure the amount of
coal in each load before excavating to
the surface that's not right
harmonic minor differs from regular
natural minor by one note the raised
seventh degree of course a natural minor is
spelled a b c d e f and g and a harmonic
minor is spelled a b c d e f and g sharp
piece of cake the essential ingredients
for the neoclassical sound is the i-iv
and V chords and the harmonic minor
scale to really take your chops to the
ultimate level check out my new master
of metal series in this series I
unpacked five etudes in various metal
styles you'll learn the key components
to become a metal god
each etude progresses in difficulty
ending with the impossible fifth etude
oh my tablature extensive music theory
analysis and backing tracks are provided
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