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What scale did Van Halen use?

But his melodicism and, specifically, his note choice are also worthy of exploration. In this lesson, we're going to focus on something we call “The Eddie Van Halen Scale,” a symmetrical, three-notes-per-string pattern that Ed frequently uses for both major and minor keys. FIGURE 1 shows the EVH scale in E.

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Eddie Van Halen brought a whole new level of technical excellence and expressive playing to the guitar when he emerged on the scene in the late Seventies. Picking up where Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck left off, Ed used some unconventional techniques - most notably tapping - to create a wild style that would forever raise the bar on rock guitar playing. In fact, his work on the early Van Halen recordings still sounds fresh today, and his style remains an essential study for any serious rock guitarist. Deservedly, Ed’s technique is the subject of most conversations when it comes to his playing. But his melodicism and, specifically, his note choice are also worthy of exploration. In this lesson, we’re going to focus on something we call “The Eddie Van Halen Scale,” a symmetrical, three-notes-per-string pattern that Ed frequently uses for both major and minor keys.

FIGURE 1 shows the EVH scale in E.

You can hear Ed play this scale in the key of E on many Van Halen songs, including “I’m the One,” “On Fire” and “Ice Cream Man,” all from the band’s 1978 self-titled debut. Ed also plays the scale in Bm on “Somebody Get Me a Doctor” (Van Halen II), Am on “Spanish Fly” (Van Halen II), Ab on “Jump” (1984) and C#m on “Source of Infection” (OU812). A word of warning is in order: Due to the inclusion of conflicting degrees - b3 and 3 (G and G# in the E scale) and b7 and 7 (D and D# also in the E scale) - it’s best to reserve this scale for speedy passages in your own playing. Within the scale, Eddie often uses six-note fragments, as shown in FIGURE 2, either in passing or repeated in position. Follow the indicated pick strokes and consider slightly palm-muting each grouping to yield a tighter, punchier sound.

FIGURE 2

FIGURES 3 and 4 show how these types of moves might be stretched out into longer lines like Ed often does at the end of songs while the bass holds down a low E.

FIGURE 3

FIGURE 4

Take your time working with the scale, and then see how you can fit it into your own playing to add some attention-getting passages to your solos and licks.

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1. "Stairway to Heaven" — Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin (1971) Since its release in 1971, "Stairway to Heaven" has topped numerous lists as the best rock song and best guitar solo of all time, and it's primarily thanks to the masterful architecture of Jimmy Page's guitar solo.

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2. "All Along the Watchtower" — Jimi Hendrix, The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1968) Jimi Hendrix loved Bob Dylan's body of work and played many of his songs throughout his career but his rendition of "All Along the Watchtower" is among his best playing. It also gifted the world one of the best guitar solos ever. The fact of the matter is that in 1968 when the song released, guitarists just weren't doing the things Jimi was doing. Through the song's four solos his distinct psychedelic tone mixed with his innovative playing style — in the third solo he used a cigarette lighter for the slides and his trademark wah-wah pedal is most present in the fourth solo — give "Watchtower" its frenzied spirit. It's no wonder the song became the anthem of the Vietnam War. According to Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan told the Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel in 1995 that he thought Hendrix improved his song. "He had such talent, he could find things inside a song and vigorously develop them. He found things that other people wouldn't think of finding in there. He probably improved upon it by the spaces he was using."

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