The Byzantine Scale possesses an extremely interesting Middle Eastern flare, while housing underlying tones that could work very well in a hard rock or metal context. While we won’t go over any chords for the Byzantine Scale as it’s more of a supplemental scale (much like the Japanese scale), it’...

Learn the seven positions of the Byzantine Scale and the ideal fingerings for each. You’ll find the ergonomics of these scale positions lend themselves to certain tendencies that will immediately have you sounding different than you have before.

The Byzantine Scale is the poster child for weird fingerings and weird position shapes. The cool thing about it is once you get some of these shapes down, it really influences how you use the scale because of the way the shapes are laid out and how they fall under your fingers on the fretboard.