Middle Eastern Style Guitar Solo - Acoustic Guitar Instrumental - Double Harmonic Major Scale

Описание: This is an acoustic guitar solo improvisation over "A Byzantine scale" also known as the
"A Double Harmonic Major scale".

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I was fascinated by the exotic sound that the "Double Harmonic Major Scale" creates , and always wanted to create music with it and improvise with it. The scale is also used in many Indian and is also called "Bhairav Thaat" in Indian music ("Thaats' is the term used to refer to scales in Indian Classical music).

The Double Harmonic Major scale is used in many ragas in Indian music, and I was acquainted with the sound and feel it creates, but in an Indian Classical Music context ,where majorly one chord is played and solo is done over that one chord, usually a drone played by a 'Tanpura' (an Indian music instrument). But I always had a desire to create music with this scale in a western style over multiple chord harmony.

I was amazed to find a beautiful backing track by the Youtube channel "Six String Show" and got my chance to explore the beautiful Byzantine Scale the way I wanted to play it.

The Byzantine scale , in this harmonic context had created a sort of Middle Eastern music / Arabic Music sort of vibe. But I have to tell you the Byzantine Scale is not totally responsible for the Arabic music feel, it's also due to the backing track . In a Indian music style playing , the same scale can sound different and very Indian sounding.

I wish to explore the double harmonic major scale a.k.a the Byzantine scale in different harmonic contexts.

It is an exotic scale and not explored a lot like the major scale or minor scale.

There are few other exotic scales that I also would like to explore like the Hungarian minor scale, Harmonic Minor scale, Harmonic Major scale etc.

Guitar used - Yamaha FX370C (Indonesian made) acoustic guitar

I am not the owner of the backing track , that I have used for the improvisation.

The owner and proprietor of the backing track is the youtube channel "Six String Show"

The instrumental backing track can be found in the link below -:

   • A Byzantine Scale Guitar Backing Track  

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