Chords for Middle Eastern Scales with Chords on guitar: Hijaz

_ So in this video, I'm going to show the scale hijaz on the guitar.
This is a really common Middle Eastern scale
_ If you know what the harmonic minor scale is, this is basically the 5 mode on the harmonic minor
So I'm going to show this for E
_ That means this would be like taking a harmonic minor and starting it from E.
_ [E] So it goes _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
G-sharp
[A] A
_ _ [B] _
B right and then on the way up you play the C-sharp [Db] so
_ _ _ _ [D] _ And _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
then on the way down the C-sharp becomes C natural.
So [A] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ E major is the chord that goes with this
[F] So _ _ _ [B] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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now _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ let me show the chords that go with this so _ basically the home chord the root chord is E major _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [E] And _ _ [F] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [E] _
then to harmonize that G-sharp on the melody you would use E major again _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ F major
_ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ And then when you're going up to get the [A] C-sharp _ the A chord would become major _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] D [A] minor, A [Dm] major, D [A] minor, _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
A minor again, [E] _ _ E [F] major, _ _ F major, [E] _ _ _ and then E major
_ _ _ So basically you have _ E [F] major, F major, [Am] _
A [A] minor, _ A major, [Dm] _
_ and D minor
[E] Those are your basic chords.
Now as an embellishment [F] you can do some of the Spanish stuff
So _
[E] _ _ _ _ [F] I _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
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explained that stuff in another video, but basically all the chords that [F] are half E [A] major and half F [B] major
So you're free to [Em] use those.
If you [G] use this chord, it can work
_ [A] _
_ [Em] It basically kind of becomes a [E] different scale
_ _ _ and sounds more Spanish than [G] Middle Eastern because this
_ [E] this is a very _ Spanish chord progression [F] and
The notes don't really go with the notes from Hijaz, [Ab] right?
You kind [G] of you don't have a G-sharp in this, you have a G [E] natural
[F] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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And so one more embellishment is it's common in the Hijaz scale to go
_ _ Right in the high part of the scale to change it and [F] just go up a whole step from the root note
So rather than playing
[E] _ _ You can play
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[E] _ Right.
[Em] So _ one extra chord that you could use there would be [E] D major
_ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ [E] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _ So [Fm] let me just do a short tuxedine with chords to illustrate the [E] things I'm talking about _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[A] _ _ [E] _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
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[E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
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_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
You
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