You're going to Oh, Welcome to the guitar music theory podcast. I'm Desi Cerna, author of Frontboard Theory, Guitar Picking Mechanics, Guitar Theory for Dummies, and more.

This podcast features free guitar lessons that focus on music theory for guitar, including guitar scales, chords,

progressions, modes, composition techniques,

improvisation, and more.

The lessons are geared toward intermediate level players on up.

You can follow along on either an acoustic or electric guitar.

Bass players can take away a lot from the lessons too. Today's podcast episode is a previous recording in which you learn how harmonic minor

scale patterns are used in improvisation. This includes a review of

building the harmonic minor scale using pentatonic lead patterns in harmonic minor and

outlining 5-7 chords with arpeggios. This lesson is based on my book

fretboard theory volume 2 chapter 9. Oh, Hi, I'm Desi Cerna, author of Freight Board Theory and Freight Theory Volume 2.

In this free guitar lesson, I'm going to demonstrate how to use the harmonic minor scale to play

melodies, riffs, and guitar solos. Well I already talked

about the harmonic minor scale a little bit in an earlier podcast and it is taught early on

in Freeportworth Theory, Volume 2, in the chapter that deals with

dominant function.

So I just want to review some of that information here before we actually get into using the

scale.

So if you recall, the harmonic minor scale is a natural minor scale with a raised seventh.

And the seventh is raised so that you get a major third on the 5 chord.

Then you can build a dominant 7th chord, and you can have that nice dominant seventh push to the minor tonic.

So for example, here's the A natural minor scale.

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