It's a good "go to" if you ever need to dish out some quick modes. :) Check out all my lesson videos at: www.the-art-of-guitar.com Patreon: / theartofguitar
Fun fact about what he's doing here: All of the notes in each of these scales are the same. They all have different roots, hence why they can be more or less dissonant from eachother. How you use them is the key. For example, a song written in G major could have a guitar solo in C Lydian and it wouldn't sound out of place because all of the notes are the same.
Okay, so then does this model or 'hack' work for ANY chord? i.e. You start on the root and then the relative positions of each note would change the mode. So, in A (low E 5th fret) would be Ionian, then if you started at the next note in the scale, that would make it Dorian and so on?
@@kellenb1840 It is like this. If you play in G Major scale and use only G Major chords (G Am Bm C D Em Fis_dim) then when you play: G Major scale over G = you play (G) Ionian mode G Major scale over Am = you play (A) Dorian mode G Major scale over Bm = you play (B) Phrygian mode G Major scale over C = you play (C) Lydian mode G Major scale over D = you play (D) Mixolydian mode G Major scale over Em = you play (E) Aeolian mode G Major scale over F#_dim = you play (F#) Locrian Mode It basically means when you play just G Major scale and use only G Major chords you change modes without even thinking about it. Ofc you could play different modes over each chord. From modes you could play G Lydian or Mixolydian over G. Over Am you could play also A aeolian, phrygian, locrian modes. You could play anything even those major modes over minor chords but it would not probably sound very good.
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For example in the key of G, you can use (i.e. 'substitute') ==> - Ionian mode for Major scales (G Maj) - Dorian and Aeolian (and sometimes Phrygian) modes for Minor scales (Am, Em, Bm) - Lydian mode for Augmented scales, (C #4) - Mixolydian mode for Major-with-a-flatted-7th scales (Db7) - Locrian mode for diminished scales (Fdim or Fm7b5) Hope this helps. Hope it makes sense?
Chords and modes have formulas so they label modes major or minor... depending on the characteristics of the formula. Aeolian mode would sound good over a minor key since its formula is the same, this works other ways as well . Lydian with a sharp 4th would sound better over a major chord than a minor chord. Think of a chord progression as its Roman numerals, if you want to solo over the V chord use the fifth mode , if you want to solo over the ii chord use the 2nd mode, modes work far better when you use them over a specific chord and not just for the tonal center. Try this over a V chord of a C major progression . The V chord is G. G Mixolydian is the fifth mode of C major ....what this actually means is G is the fifth note of what scale .... another example , A dorian , dorian is the 2nd mode so which scale is A the 2nd note...
When to use each mode? Well, that's up to personal taste and what your goal is for the song. Each mode has a certain "flavor". What kind of flavor it has depends on how you use the mode and even then, it is subjective. Example: Ionian is generally thought to sound happy but slow the tempo down and lean a bit on the "sad" notes like the major 7th and Ionian can start to feel pretty sad/bittersweet. What I think each mode's flavor is: (is subjective and depends on how you use it) Ionian: happy, bittersweet, calm Dorian: Smooth, funky, jazzy Phrygian: Exotic, Spanish, Middle Eastern, dark, Heavy [for metal] Lydian: epic, mystical, fantasy, dreamy Myxolidian: celtic, Rock, Happy with a bit of grit, adventure Aeolian: sad, dramatic, epic Locrian: exotic, dark, scary, sad, Heavy [for metal] You can have an entire song in any mode. You can switch back and forth between modes. Or you can just sprinkle in a different mode within the song if it fits the chord behind it. (There really are no rules. Just guidelines.) Example: You're in G Mixolydian and your chord progression is 1, b7, 6, 5 (Gmaj, Fmaj, Emin, Dmin). But you could go 1, b7, b6, 5 (Gmaj, Fmaj, Ebmaj, Dmin) and change to G Aeolean for the b6 [and the 5 if you want] for major epicness! Anyways, happy modal interchange[ing[!
I just want to say thank you so much for this video! I watched this video this morning and have spent most of the day with my looper pedal playing things I just had no idea how to play before! This has definitely brought my playing and my musicianship up a few notches and it’s a great feeling! 🥳
This is really good. I've been struggling with CAGED for months and months not feeling progress or understanding. The combination of 3NPS and this hack really helped give me some clarity almost immediately!
Thank you, I never thought of doing the modes this way. I knew how to play the first one but never thought of doing the other ones this way. I will be working on this.
Totally agree, really great way to practice and get used to modes! Even if you're a piano player (as I am too), this method, or 'Mode Hack', works great on the piano as well. 👍🏼
You've just unwinded it for me against the piano rootnote. I play guitar a little while now and this just shows it. A shift through a Major Scale that shows every Mode there is when you grade up or down in Rootnote. So now it makes scense to practice the same playthrough with a Harmonic Minor Scale, Major Blues Scale, Melodic Minor Scale, ... any kind of shape that is out here. Thank you!!
I've been practicing the A Aolian mode and im seeing that shape is in-between the shapes I've been playing, 1st shape starting on the 3rd fret and the next shape box starting on the 5th fret, so this confused me but i see now how to easily join the 2, and didn't realize all modes could use the same form just different start note. thanks dude, great lesson
I knew from reading about modes and how they all staggered and start by one step in a scale in concurrent order. However, I had massive trouble fully visualizing, grasping & understanding it. You just made that visual make total sense to me both with this lesson and especially the *video thumbnail image*. I've been reading about some basic music theory quite a bit off and on and portions of it are so difficult for me to grasp or understand, even after reading it several times over. I'd like to add, It also doesn't help being and old fart over 50 as our brains begin to turn to mush as we age. I'm nearing my two year guitar journey and I so wished I could have started much younger. I digress....... Even after watching lessons about said topics, I am still often times left without fully understanding it, until some random lesson/diagram/demonstration (to add: it doesn't always happen when that particular topic is the current subject matter at hand and could be about something completely off topic altogether. But, randomly someone/something briefly touches on the topic coincidentally or in passing). Then all of a suddenly as if lightning just erupted in my brain, "Boom, light bulb moment"! You made my light bulb shine with this visual lesson & even the thumbnail is a huge gem, thank you sir. With that said, after I have these light bulb moments, I realize just how simple the basics of music theory can be once understood. But until you hit that "light bulb" moment, it's all random gibberish information that our brains can't, or simple refuse to absorb and process to reach understanding. The mind is a funny thing I'll tell you.
Same for me, seems like it takes forever for things to click but then randomly one day it all makes sense! I had a friend that went to college for music and he told me just keep reading and learning as much as you can over and over and it will all eventually make sense!
Btw, I'd definitely appreciate a shout out whenever you up load your correction vid! Also you've helped me out a bit with improving my rhythmic feel (the egg shaker trick actually works, so thanks for that!), so please don't think Im trying to be the "better guitarist." I just happen to have spent quite a bit of time on modes. Thanks for the high quality vids and usually correct tips and tricks!
Even though I understand how modes go in order and by using the root I even know every note of the fretboard memorised what is holding me back is that their are so many patterns for every key for everything if it's modes or pentatonic scales or anything else
Chord progressions are modal. How he teaches is the best way to understand modes. However not the easiest way to apply them. Its learning the formula Dorian is flat 3, flat 7. Phrygian is flat 2,3,6,7. Lydian is sharp 4, Mixolydian is flat 7. Aeolian is flat 3,6,7. Locrian is flat 2,3,5,6,7. Then apply those formula to the relative major scales (ionian) . Ie.. if you have an E Mixolydian progression.. Thinking of it from A is much longer of a process than thinking of it as an E ionian with a flat 7. So on and so forth. Chords E, A, D. All major.. the song is in E. Immediately off the bat, with the D major you can say its Mixolydian.. if it were ionian that would be D# diminished. But break down the triads and build the scale E,G#,B A,C#,E D,F#,A build the scale from E. E,F#,G#,A,B,C#,D,E. Flat 7. Mixolydian. If you take a song that's in Dminor with chords of Dm. G, C, F. Break them in triads. DFA GBD CEG FAC.. now build a scale starting from D DEFGABCD. That's D Dorian. So, the progression is D Dorian as well. Thing is.. if you break down any song like this, you don't even really have to learn modes. But you do have to know your neck and triads. Modes are a quick and easy way to apply this and give it a name. No real mystery in modes
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This is one great way to think of it , for me i did it the other way around since i had no teacher :( , for example let's say we're playing the g major scale , i can figure out the notes in G dorian/mixolydian/lydian/Aoelian etc , how do i do this , here is how : g has the notes : G A B C D E F# , then C major scale is the same as G mixolydian , D major scale is the same as G lydian etc etc . for example let's say i wanna improvise in G mixolydian , i just think of playing the C major scale all over the neck using the same old 5 shapes ( CAGED) scales that i already know , it works for me well so far , lazy approach but that's me lol .
Would you consider just putting out a video playing nothing but those sustained notes off your keyboard like you did in the video so we can all practice this method. I'm really excited to practice this and elevate my playing. I really love your content Mike.
I feel like this lesson gave me a pretty good understanding of modes. But what confuses me a bit, is; In the video, you focus on G Ionian and then A Dorian(because it's the next note in the scale), then B phygian and so on. What if I needed to play G ionian, G Dorian, G Phygian, G lydian and so on? Would I need to know that to get the G Dorian for exampel, I would "be" in F Ionian first? Or how does this work? - Great lesson though! Love your videos, they have really helped me improve on guitar so thank you very much! Keep up the good work!
@@betolicks4071 that doesn't answer my question though. I'm aware that I can just pick a different root and go from there but unfortunately that doesn't help my understanding of what I'm playing.
Let's say you want to play G Dorian. You could go to F Ionian to find it (it'll be the next note in the scale, but eventually you'll just know the Dorian formula. It's just a natural minor scale with a raised 6th tone. You'll also remember the shape of the modes in the future. It's all on my website but I thought I'd give you a quick explanation. :)
@@TheArtofGuitar Thank you for your answer \m/ This might sound confusing but I think I might get it(hopefully), but by "Dorian formular" do you mean the steps between the notes? Like the ionian minor scale is; Whole, half, whole, whole, half, whole, whole. Then the dorian version/formular would be; Half, whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole? So if I play in G Dorian I would start on G and use the above "Dorian formular"? Because then it would makes sense for me why it would be a natual minor scale with a raised 6th note. - Sorry if this seems confusing xD
so all the modes are played in one shape, which shape is this, how many shapes are there, and is there a shape dedicated to each mode? Sorry for all the equestions
Great vid and explanation. I do get it, each mode has it’s own vibe/life/mood. But my question is... When you are improvising or writing solos and phrases, your don’t go from root to root on the modes over the chords. So at the end of the day you are still playing the notes of the original scale. So whats all the mombo jombo about?? 🤷🏽♂️ Hope I made my question clear, since it is the thing I still don’t get about modes.
If your song follows diatonic. chord theory you're all set by thinking of it all as one scale. How ever let's say the chords are A7, D7, E7, standard blues. Well you can now go A Mixolydian, D Mixolydian, and E Mixolydian, for a different sound, or screw it, just do Am pentatonic. hehe. :)
Is it best to pick like 2 modes you like and try to master them? Instead of spending lots of time on all 7, some of em which you might not be using much necessarily..?
You'd have a problem with some of the tones. The 5th interval in F#m Pent is a regular 5th but in the Locrian it's a b5 so there'd be some clashing but of course at the end of the day, do what sounds the best to you. :)
I get confused or overwhelmed by how many shapes their are for using modes trying to understand how to use them in a way that doesn't require learning way to many patterns
I am confused. First, this doesn't match the fret pattern I've seen for any of the scales. And second, I don't hear a difference just because I start on a different note on the scale. Subsequent notes are identical. It's as if I simply didn't hear the "skipped" notes. after that it doesn't change.
Instead of changing the key he was playing each mode in, why not do each mode in the same key? Like, C for all of them and just to see how the different modes in that key work
Fun fact about what he's doing here: All of the notes in each of these scales are the same. They all have different roots, hence why they can be more or less dissonant from eachother. How you use them is the key. For example, a song written in G major could have a guitar solo in C Lydian and it wouldn't sound out of place because all of the notes are the same.
Okay, so then does this model or 'hack' work for ANY chord?
i.e. You start on the root and then the relative positions of each note would change the mode. So, in A (low E 5th fret) would be Ionian, then if you started at the next note in the scale, that would make it Dorian and so on?
@@kellenb1840 It is like this. If you play in G Major scale and use only G Major chords (G Am Bm C D Em Fis_dim) then when you play:
G Major scale over G = you play (G) Ionian mode
G Major scale over Am = you play (A) Dorian mode
G Major scale over Bm = you play (B) Phrygian mode
G Major scale over C = you play (C) Lydian mode
G Major scale over D = you play (D) Mixolydian mode
G Major scale over Em = you play (E) Aeolian mode
G Major scale over F#_dim = you play (F#) Locrian Mode
It basically means when you play just G Major scale and use only G Major chords you change modes without even thinking about it.
Ofc you could play different modes over each chord. From modes you could play G Lydian or Mixolydian over G. Over Am you could play also A aeolian, phrygian, locrian modes.
You could play anything even those major modes over minor chords but it would not probably sound very good.
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@@kkarx Your comment helped me out so much... Thank you!
@BluRayNation That's such a weird thing to say. A "solo in C Lydian over G Major" is of course nothing but a solo in G Major.
Is that the Tony Ionian mode ?
Very underrated comment
Been playing for 20 years and I’ve never taught this. This is pure Gold.
2:25 2:25 Ionian
3:32 3:32 Dorian
4:57 4:57 Phrygian
5:47 5:47 Lydian
6:35 6:35 Mixoydian
7:33 7:33 Aeolian
8:16 8:16 Locrian
Wow.....mind blown. Makes perfect sense. Now the question is when to use each of the modes. Is there a hack for that?
For example in the key of G, you can use (i.e. 'substitute') ==>
- Ionian mode for Major scales (G Maj)
- Dorian and Aeolian (and sometimes Phrygian) modes for Minor scales (Am, Em, Bm)
- Lydian mode for Augmented scales, (C #4)
- Mixolydian mode for Major-with-a-flatted-7th scales (Db7)
- Locrian mode for diminished scales (Fdim or Fm7b5)
Hope this helps. Hope it makes sense?
Dorian and Phrygian for minor chords, Lydian for major, Mixolydian for 7th chords and Locrian for half-diminished (m7b5) chords.
Chords and modes have formulas so they label modes major or minor... depending on the characteristics of the formula. Aeolian mode would sound good over a minor key since its formula is the same, this works other ways as well . Lydian with a sharp 4th would sound better over a major chord than a minor chord. Think of a chord progression as its Roman numerals, if you want to solo over the V chord use the fifth mode , if you want to solo over the ii chord use the 2nd mode, modes work far better when you use them over a specific chord and not just for the tonal center. Try this over a V chord of a C major progression . The V chord is G. G Mixolydian is the fifth mode of C major ....what this actually means is G is the fifth note of what scale .... another example , A dorian , dorian is the 2nd mode so which scale is A the 2nd note...
When to use each mode? Well, that's up to personal taste and what your goal is for the song.
Each mode has a certain "flavor". What kind of flavor it has depends on how you use the mode and even then, it is subjective. Example: Ionian is generally thought to sound happy but slow the tempo down and lean a bit on the "sad" notes like the major 7th and Ionian can start to feel pretty sad/bittersweet.
What I think each mode's flavor is: (is subjective and depends on how you use it)
Ionian: happy, bittersweet, calm
Dorian: Smooth, funky, jazzy
Phrygian: Exotic, Spanish, Middle Eastern, dark, Heavy [for metal]
Lydian: epic, mystical, fantasy, dreamy
Myxolidian: celtic, Rock, Happy with a bit of grit, adventure
Aeolian: sad, dramatic, epic
Locrian: exotic, dark, scary, sad, Heavy [for metal]
You can have an entire song in any mode. You can switch back and forth between modes. Or you can just sprinkle in a different mode within the song if it fits the chord behind it. (There really are no rules. Just guidelines.)
Example: You're in G Mixolydian and your chord progression is 1, b7, 6, 5 (Gmaj, Fmaj, Emin, Dmin). But you could go 1, b7, b6, 5 (Gmaj, Fmaj, Ebmaj, Dmin) and change to G Aeolean for the b6 [and the 5 if you want] for major epicness!
Anyways, happy modal interchange[ing[!
Have good musical taste and use your ears...whatever sounds good to you in a given song.
Ight I guess i wasn’t going to sleep anyway
the grind never sleeps
This clarified so much… I knew the modes where just a key with the starting note moved but need a visual pattern. 1000 thanks!!!
G Ionian IS THE SAME as the G Major Scale! 3 Notes Per String! I like to call it the Paul Gilbert Shredder Starter Pack!
You’re a real guitar virtuoso.
I just want to say thank you so much for this video! I watched this video this morning and have spent most of the day with my looper pedal playing things I just had no idea how to play before!
This has definitely brought my playing and my musicianship up a few notches and it’s a great feeling! 🥳
Great lesson Mike. I've always had problems with modes - I probably use them without even knowing! This clears things up a lot.
This video was so helpful on modes. Ive seen many, and had a guitar teacher explain them. But this video really helped
This is really good. I've been struggling with CAGED for months and months not feeling progress or understanding. The combination of 3NPS and this hack really helped give me some clarity almost immediately!
Excellent explanation. I dig both of your models videos.
The best explanation of the modes I've seen. Criminally underviewed video man!
Thanks for this lesson ease to understand modes, I loved that Phrygian & locrian sounds.
Great video and probably one of the best ones I have seen explaining the different modes. 👍🏻
Thank you, I never thought of doing the modes this way. I knew how to play the first one but never thought of doing the other ones this way. I will be working on this.
Thank you. This is the first modes lesson that made sense to me.
This is the first video that really helped me understand the difference between modes.
you should watch NicNocturnal's video on modes. Very easy to understand and was kind of a game changer for me.
Totally agree, really great way to practice and get used to modes! Even if you're a piano player (as I am too), this method, or 'Mode Hack', works great on the piano as well. 👍🏼
You've just unwinded it for me against the piano rootnote. I play guitar a little while now and this just shows it. A shift through a Major Scale that shows every Mode there is when you grade up or down in Rootnote. So now it makes scense to practice the same playthrough with a Harmonic Minor Scale, Major Blues Scale, Melodic Minor Scale, ... any kind of shape that is out here. Thank you!!
Is that a Donny Darko sticker on your guitar?
Respect ✊🏼
Great and easy to understand lesson, thank you for sharing!
I didn't know modes could be so simple. Thanks Mike.
That was incredibly helpful. Thanks 🙏🏼
I've been practicing the A Aolian mode and im seeing that shape is in-between the shapes I've been playing, 1st shape starting on the 3rd fret and the next shape box starting on the 5th fret, so this confused me but i see now how to easily join the 2, and didn't realize all modes could use the same form just different start note. thanks dude, great lesson
This is the example everyone should get! My teacher taught me this way. Great job! :D
I knew from reading about modes and how they all staggered and start by one step in a scale in concurrent order. However, I had massive trouble fully visualizing, grasping & understanding it. You just made that visual make total sense to me both with this lesson and especially the *video thumbnail image*. I've been reading about some basic music theory quite a bit off and on and portions of it are so difficult for me to grasp or understand, even after reading it several times over. I'd like to add, It also doesn't help being and old fart over 50 as our brains begin to turn to mush as we age. I'm nearing my two year guitar journey and I so wished I could have started much younger. I digress.......
Even after watching lessons about said topics, I am still often times left without fully understanding it, until some random lesson/diagram/demonstration (to add: it doesn't always happen when that particular topic is the current subject matter at hand and could be about something completely off topic altogether. But, randomly someone/something briefly touches on the topic coincidentally or in passing). Then all of a suddenly as if lightning just erupted in my brain, "Boom, light bulb moment"! You made my light bulb shine with this visual lesson & even the thumbnail is a huge gem, thank you sir.
With that said, after I have these light bulb moments, I realize just how simple the basics of music theory can be once understood. But until you hit that "light bulb" moment, it's all random gibberish information that our brains can't, or simple refuse to absorb and process to reach understanding. The mind is a funny thing I'll tell you.
Same for me, seems like it takes forever for things to click but then randomly one day it all makes sense! I had a friend that went to college for music and he told me just keep reading and learning as much as you can over and over and it will all eventually make sense!
Btw, I'd definitely appreciate a shout out whenever you up load your correction vid! Also you've helped me out a bit with improving my rhythmic feel (the egg shaker trick actually works, so thanks for that!), so please don't think Im trying to be the "better guitarist." I just happen to have spent quite a bit of time on modes. Thanks for the high quality vids and usually correct tips and tricks!
Holy guacamole. Mind is blown. Very informative. I really dig your videos bro!
Very useful. Thank you.
Thank you 🙏 Great lesson! Very helpful!!!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Finally, somebody got me to get it! Thank you so much!
dude. props to you.
Interesting lesson. Thank you.
Thanks always!
Even though I understand how modes go in order and by using the root I even know every note of the fretboard memorised what is holding me back is that their are so many patterns for every key for everything if it's modes or pentatonic scales or anything else
Chord progressions are modal. How he teaches is the best way to understand modes. However not the easiest way to apply them. Its learning the formula Dorian is flat 3, flat 7. Phrygian is flat 2,3,6,7. Lydian is sharp 4, Mixolydian is flat 7. Aeolian is flat 3,6,7. Locrian is flat 2,3,5,6,7. Then apply those formula to the relative major scales (ionian) . Ie.. if you have an E Mixolydian progression.. Thinking of it from A is much longer of a process than thinking of it as an E ionian with a flat 7. So on and so forth.
Chords E, A, D. All major.. the song is in E. Immediately off the bat, with the D major you can say its Mixolydian.. if it were ionian that would be D# diminished. But break down the triads and build the scale E,G#,B A,C#,E D,F#,A build the scale from E. E,F#,G#,A,B,C#,D,E. Flat 7. Mixolydian.
If you take a song that's in Dminor with chords of Dm. G, C, F. Break them in triads. DFA GBD CEG FAC.. now build a scale starting from D DEFGABCD. That's D Dorian. So, the progression is D Dorian as well. Thing is.. if you break down any song like this, you don't even really have to learn modes. But you do have to know your neck and triads. Modes are a quick and easy way to apply this and give it a name. No real mystery in modes
Great video thank you
Many thanks, 🙏, and very useful.
Very cool....thank you Sir!!
Really great video!
It's really cool, man. Thank ya
i always base myself on the ionian scale when playing modes
i always base on Aeolian and familiarise myself with the pentatonic positions of all modes for improv
That’s a great place to start, but it’s best to conceptualize each mode as it’s own scale as you gain experience
Thank you 💗
Eureka!Thanks lots for this 😀
I Do Pick Like My All Licks.
Very nice explanation. How do you move these modes up and down the neck? Every scale I see is in one section of the fret board.
This is less confusing....thank you!
Awesome 👍🏼
Finally, someone that can explain modes!
I love you thank you!
Can’t wait for that reaction video!!!!
Thank you so much.. this is insane
Yes yes yes thank you!!
Locrian sounds amazing to me, it sounds so unique
Does this work in other parts of the neck, with the same shape as G major scale from 3rd fret?
Thank you for this video!! ;-)
how do you do those modes in differnt keys. it seemed like using the shape sets the key for each mode? please explain.
LOVE GUITAR AND LOVE TO TRY SOME IN MY TIMES, BUT STILL CAN'T FIND THE WAY TO LEARN IT AN A PROFESSIONAL WAY AND TO KNOW ABOUT THE NOTES. FRUSTRATED, THAT'S WHAT I AM. I LOVED THAT LESSON, BRO
It would really help going to a guitar teacher we ve all been there you just need someone to guide you
It’s all about the tonal center as to why they all sound different. That keyboard tone sets the tonal center.
I don't particularly like modes a lot
very cool
Droning solos #bagpipes love it.
Awesome
This is one great way to think of it , for me i did it the other way around since i had no teacher :( , for example let's say we're playing the g major scale , i can figure out the notes in G dorian/mixolydian/lydian/Aoelian etc , how do i do this , here is how : g has the notes : G A B C D E F# , then C major scale is the same as G mixolydian , D major scale is the same as G lydian etc etc . for example let's say i wanna improvise in G mixolydian , i just think of playing the C major scale all over the neck using the same old 5 shapes ( CAGED) scales that i already know , it works for me well so far , lazy approach but that's me lol .
Thanks so much for this, gonna practice this when I get my guitar 👍
Did Jerry Garcia play Mixylodian alot? Great video!
Can this work also for creating harmonies?
now that was an awesome one! i understand the concept.. but how to use it on other frets .. i have no clue
What's the best fingering for the pie a la mode
I like the Zen Trance in all modes🤖
Would you consider just putting out a video playing nothing but those sustained notes off your keyboard like you did in the video so we can all practice this method. I'm really excited to practice this and elevate my playing. I really love your content Mike.
I did and called it a Meditation video. hehe
Cool I'll look that up thanks Mike.
What is the difference between Aeolian mode and the minor scale?
Nice
Can you make a guitar technique video of Keith Richards or Joe Perry?
Can we play up the fretboard?
I feel like this lesson gave me a pretty good understanding of modes. But what confuses me a bit, is; In the video, you focus on G Ionian and then A Dorian(because it's the next note in the scale), then B phygian and so on. What if I needed to play G ionian, G Dorian, G Phygian, G lydian and so on? Would I need to know that to get the G Dorian for exampel, I would "be" in F Ionian first? Or how does this work?
- Great lesson though! Love your videos, they have really helped me improve on guitar so thank you very much! Keep up the good work!
Just pick and choose a new root and do the same thing hes doing on the 3rd fret apply it to all the fret board
@@betolicks4071 that doesn't answer my question though. I'm aware that I can just pick a different root and go from there but unfortunately that doesn't help my understanding of what I'm playing.
Let's say you want to play G Dorian. You could go to F Ionian to find it (it'll be the next note in the scale, but eventually you'll just know the Dorian formula. It's just a natural minor scale with a raised 6th tone. You'll also remember the shape of the modes in the future. It's all on my website but I thought I'd give you a quick explanation. :)
@@TheArtofGuitar Thank you for your answer \m/ This might sound confusing but I think I might get it(hopefully), but by "Dorian formular" do you mean the steps between the notes? Like the ionian minor scale is; Whole, half, whole, whole, half, whole, whole.
Then the dorian version/formular would be; Half, whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole? So if I play in G Dorian I would start on G and use the above "Dorian formular"?
Because then it would makes sense for me why it would be a natual minor scale with a raised 6th note.
- Sorry if this seems confusing xD
so all the modes are played in one shape, which shape is this, how many shapes are there, and is there a shape dedicated to each mode? Sorry for all the equestions
If I didn't know any better I would say you are playing the same scale every time, but starting and ending on a different note.
Great vid and explanation. I do get it, each mode has it’s own vibe/life/mood. But my question is... When you are improvising or writing solos and phrases, your don’t go from root to root on the modes over the chords. So at the end of the day you are still playing the notes of the original scale. So whats all the mombo jombo about?? 🤷🏽♂️ Hope I made my question clear, since it is the thing I still don’t get about modes.
If your song follows diatonic. chord theory you're all set by thinking of it all as one scale. How ever let's say the chords are A7, D7, E7, standard blues. Well you can now go A Mixolydian, D Mixolydian, and E Mixolydian, for a different sound, or screw it, just do Am pentatonic. hehe. :)
Is it best to pick like 2 modes you like and try to master them? Instead of spending lots of time on all 7, some of em which you might not be using much necessarily..?
Ofc you gonna be familiar with Ionian and Aeolian already probably. So it's really a choice between 5 modes, or 4 even if you don't count locrian.
Would you recommend learning this in all "color" scales?
My question is can you play those modes over the G chord. I guess it depends on the chords in the song?
Over G major you can play G Ionian, or G Lydian for different sounds. :)
Phrygian is so metal 🤘
i had to learn this for my finals
Strike First,Strike Hard ,No Mercy Cobra Kai Forever \m/
For the F sharp locrian could someone just play like an F sharp pentatonic scale and it would sound good too?
You'd have a problem with some of the tones. The 5th interval in F#m Pent is a regular 5th but in the Locrian it's a b5 so there'd be some clashing but of course at the end of the day, do what sounds the best to you. :)
Lydian reminds me of the Jetsons theme song.
I get confused or overwhelmed by how many shapes their are for using modes trying to understand how to use them in a way that doesn't require learning way to many patterns
I am confused. First, this doesn't match the fret pattern I've seen for any of the scales. And second, I don't hear a difference just because I start on a different note on the scale. Subsequent notes are identical. It's as if I simply didn't hear the "skipped" notes. after that it doesn't change.
You need to play over the root note for each mode like he does in the video
Hmmm THANKS
My only complaint is that he doesn't do two full octaves. You have to go past three octaves to fully learn your fretboard
Instead of changing the key he was playing each mode in, why not do each mode in the same key? Like, C for all of them and just to see how the different modes in that key work
I don’t, think that’s a hack, it’s actually pretty obvious, but still, this video is definitely going to be helpful to a lot of people.
Frank the Rabbit is awesome
So you can use any of the 12 notes as the root of each of the 7 modes? Yes?
Pitch axis theory
OK, Mike, I was wondering if you have been playing loud music at lunch?
Yoo why the thumbnail upside down thoooooo
I usually have it the other way but since I was placing it over me playing in the actual video I kept it this way to match.
I noticed Metallica really used a lot of phrygian scales in Master of Puppets and Justice
Phrygian is pretty standard for heavy metal
Also Iron Maiden, particularly Powerslave