How To Hear And Recognize The Modes By Ear (For Bass Players)
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- Опубліковано 10 чер 2024
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Imagine this: You’re at a jam session and a guitarist starts noodling away (that shouldn’t be hard to imagine…) and asks you to join in with what they’re doing.
But what you’re hearing doesn’t sound like it’s in a major key, but it ALSO doesn’t sound like a straight-up minor key either.
You realize they’re playing something using one of the modes - but how are you supposed to recognize it, know what to play, and then jump in without a moment’s hesitation?
That’s something that a student of mine asked not so long ago; he wanted to know how to hear the modes, recognize them instantly and be able to jump in and play along.
This is a really great question because if you play for long enough, you’re bound to run into this kind of situation; either playing with others or even just playing along with songs by yourself.
It may be tempting to think that listening to a ton of modal songs or just playing the modes themselves and listening to them really intently will help you hear the modes.
And that’s sort of true, but in this video, you’ll learn:
► The ‘shortcut’ to internalizing the sound of the modes (Hint: it’s more than just listening passively)
► The super simple 3-step process you can use to learn the sound of the modes
► Specific things to listen for in each of the modes that ‘gives them away’
I’m NOT saying don’t listen to modal songs in order to help you learn the sound of the modes - you should absolutely do that. In fact, I’ve put 10 links in the pinned comment of this video for you to check out and test how well you know the sounds of these modes.
But doing what I suggest in the video will make the whole process of recognizing the modes SO much quicker.
Of course if you don’t know what the modes are yet, or even if they still confuse you a little bit, then this video might not make a huge amount of sense YET. But if you download my free Ultimate Guide To The Modes, you’ll get the jargon-free, confusion-busting system you can use to finally stop struggling with the modes.
You can download it for free right here:
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Good luck with the video, the modes and the songs and happy playing!
Cheers,
Luke
[Chapters]
0:00 Intro
1:09 The Shortcut To Hearing The Modes
1:45 The 3-Step Process For Hearing Each Of Your Modes
4:32 Lydian: The ‘Pointy’ Major
6:01 Ionian: The ‘Major’ Major
6:41 Mixolydian: The ‘Floppy’ Major
8:23 Dorian: The ‘Happy’ Minor
9:32 Aeolian: The ‘Minor’ Minor
10:29 Phyrgian: The ‘Dark’ Minor
11:54 Locrian: The ‘Angry/Creepy’ Minor
13:17 Moving Between Modes At Will
15:23 Get The Ultimate Guide To The Modes
P.S. Want the answers to the links I put in the pinned comment? Here they are:
Irish Melody: Mixolydian
Miles Davis - So What: Dorian
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit: Phrygian (If you ignore the one G# at the 0:19 mark, this one is just about all Phyrgian)
Joe Satriani - War: Phrygian
Simon & Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair: Dorian
Beatles - Norwegian Wood: Mixolydian
Santana - Oyo Como Va: Dorian
Joe Satriani - Flying In A Blue Dream: Lydian
Lorde - Royals: Mixolydian
Iron Maiden - Remember Tomorrow: Phrygian
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Want to test yourself to see how well you know the sound of the modes? Check out these songs and try to figure out which of the modes they each use. If you’re feeling especially brave, leave your answer to as many of them as you like in the comments. How many out of ten will you guess correctly?
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Good luck!
Come on, Luke, what are the answers?! Brain hurts.
will you provide the answers at some point? Also, i had thought each mode was used for a different chord in the key, but in these examples it is just a single mode for the entire song? Can you explain the difference between these two scenarios?
@@mikeevans5844 you are correct. I think Luke is saying that in these examples, there is one predominant mode being used to create the overall sound and flavor of the song. I guess it could be used to create the melody, harmony or bass line??
I've just put the answers at the bottom of the description of this video rather than in the comments. Don't want to spoil it for those who haven't tried it out yet!
And yes - @Scott Kretsch is correct @Mike Evans. In these songs, the 'home base' of the song isn't the root of a major or minor scale; it's one of the other modes. For songs (or sections of songs) like this, most of the melodic and harmonic ideas come from that mode rather than a straight up major/minor scale.
sorry to be offtopic but does any of you know a trick to log back into an instagram account??
I was dumb lost my account password. I love any assistance you can give me!
'From brighter to darkest", just a clear explanation for a trick subject we should learn. Thanks!💛🖤
One of the best vids on this subject! Thanks Luke
More great bass playing tips! Thank you, Luke
No worries at all @Darren Waters
This really helps characterize the modes. I'm really interested after taking your Level Up Your Ear course. This is all starting to it together.
Thank Luke..you are the best!
ty-very helpful
Great vid...has really helped thanks.
Glad it helped @Richard Evans - let me know how you go with it all.
Brilliant. I've been stuck in Pentatonic when I blues jam, having memorized the pattern down the neck.But learning that way is tedious and I balk at more scale pattern memorization. I try to suss out other styles of songs by ear, not knowing their mode. A "doh" moment as the light comes on here. LOL. This puts it all together for me as an mnemonic exercise. Singing the pattern is awesome! It's got me excited again to learn more modes. Thanks Luke.
So cool to hear @StormX - hopefully you'll start to hear different sounds come out when you're jamming next time!
Thank you soo much godbless...
Great...🙂👍🏼
Thank you...🙂🙏🙏
Thanks for checking out the video @Simon Kristofer - really appreciate it.
That was so very helpful. Would you please do a series on how these are used in songs, in practical use? I would love to hear how each one is used. Thanks so much!
Check the pinned comment @Opalsign S - there's 10 examples of modal songs in there you can listen to and see how they're used in the real world.
HEY LUKE GOOD VIDEO !!!
Thanks @Mark B - glad you like it!
Good lesson. I still can't get my head around modes played in isolation. The A Mixolydian, for example, I've never thought of as a scale having its own intervals but rather just a D major starting on A. Or playing a Dmaj solo over a Dmaj chord progression but resolving on the A.
PS. It's only the Devil's Interval if it's a diminished 5th triad (tritone)!
Check the pinned comment for a list of 10 songs that all use modes in isolation - and the Locrian has a diminished 5th.
Irish Melody - Mixolydian, Miles Davis - So What - Dorian, Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit - Phrygian Dominant, Joe Satriani - War - Phrygian, Simon & Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair - Dorian, Beatles - Norwegian Wood - Mixolydian, Santana - Oyo Como Va - Dorian, Joe Satriani - Flying In A Blue Dream - Lydian, Lord - Royals - Mixolydian, Iron Maiden - Remember Tomorrow - Phrygian.
Nailed it! Nice one!
A4 or FA goes to FI on lydian.A 4 is augmented 4 th. On lydian.
In the nick of time, Luke! I think I'm figuring out that my LUYE song is modal. Yikes! Thanks for another valuable lesson!
Nice! It's a good revelation to have! If you want to run it by me, just send me an email and I can double check it for you.
If you want to hear the Lydian sound loud and clear, listen to the opening 4 bass-note riff G-A-B-C# in Everything Little Thing She Does Is Magic by some band called The Police. Wait, what? Sting was in a band??
If I could sing, I wouldn't be playing bass!
You don’t have to be an amazing singer - just being able to match pitch is all you need and I guarantee it’ll make you a better bass player and musician.
I’m confused. Why are you always starting on the root note of A? I thought the whole concept of modes is playing the same notes in any given key but just at different starting points. For example, using your key of A major, the Dorian starts on B and ends on B. The Phrygian starts on C# and ends on C#, and so on. If I apply the modal shapes always starting on A, then I’m going to be playing out of key sometimes, aren’t I?
Doing this will help you recognize the sounds of the modes as *individuals* rather than in the context of a key. That way, if you go to a jam session and someone is playing a modal song - like I talked about at the very start of the video - you'll be able to figure out what mode is being used and jump in.
@@BecomeABassist oh, ok. Thanks for the reply Luke. I thought for a moment that my whole understanding of modes was wrong. I love your content.
It sounds like your understanding of the modes is spot on @Scott Kretsch - this is just a different application of the same idea.
Lol ... Thank you , but you want me to sing 😅😅😅😅
You can do it!