Intro to Modes in the Circle of Fifths

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  • Where do borrowed chords come from? How does modal mixture work? How do songwriters like the Beatles create such great chord progressions? The answer has to do with parallel modes in the circle of fifths. Let me show you.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 183

  • @chillmurray7529
    @chillmurray7529 Рік тому +125

    I’ve got to tell you, I’m going to keep rewatching this until it all sinks in. You know everything your talking about. You don’t over-talk or side track and you don’t try to be funny. This is exactly the kind of teaching I need and appreciate. Thanks guy!

    • @mikegeorge360
      @mikegeorge360  Рік тому +13

      Thanks very much for your feedback-and I’m glad this is helpful! 🤘🤘

    • @antoniocuervo306
      @antoniocuervo306 Рік тому +3

      your video tutorials are the best i've ever seen .

    • @kamseatworld
      @kamseatworld Рік тому +1

      @@antoniocuervo306 Agree

    • @richmondbrianvillamayor6951
      @richmondbrianvillamayor6951 5 місяців тому

      hahaha

    • @Mariposa_46
      @Mariposa_46 8 днів тому

      Wow! Combining the circle of fifths with the color wheel is brilliant. It really explains the connection of the sound of each note and its relation to other notes. I've always had a fascination the the color wheel and the relationships between colors. So having the circle of fifths tied with the color wheel makes it so much easier to understand. And it's pretty, too!

  • @GaryBook
    @GaryBook Рік тому +33

    You are in a league of your own. I am going to have to rewatch it a few times, but I should finally be able to understand modes because of you. Thank you.

    • @chillmurray7529
      @chillmurray7529 Рік тому +4

      I’ll either come to understand modes or die trying. Don’t give up

    • @mikegeorge360
      @mikegeorge360  Рік тому +3

      Thanks so much for your feedback, Gary. I definitely appreciate it, and am glad this is helpful!

  • @tomtoss2463
    @tomtoss2463 Рік тому +21

    Mike, this is the best teaching on modes on UA-cam. This is actually practical.

  • @davidvitale9338
    @davidvitale9338 Рік тому +8

    My head is spinning. That's incredible! Thank you 🙏

  • @Alitan18
    @Alitan18 4 місяці тому +2

    I’ve been watching lots of videos about the circle of fifths and scales and modes. I was able to join the pieces to have an overall understanding of them but it wasn’t until this video that it all makes sense. I think it’s how the information is designed and animated plus the structure of the video where one thing takes you to the other. Thank you for sharing this knowledge.

  • @bonmotwang
    @bonmotwang Рік тому +2

    Wow. I kept googling to try to understand modes, scales and chords. I have read many articles and videos, still very frustrated. So, you nailed it! I still don't understand it 100% (at 10% right now LOL), but I will keep replaying and pausing until I get it 99%! (Never 100%). Thank you Mike, your voice, animation, drawings are just right.

  • @florentinosanchez3969
    @florentinosanchez3969 6 місяців тому +2

    You are the BEST TEACHER IN INTERNET with a lot of difference. Thank you so much for what you do

  • @M419.99
    @M419.99 Рік тому +25

    Whoa, your circle of fifths diagram is crazy intuitive, much better than the stuff I have seen from other theorists on YT😮 You got a sub and my respect!

  • @noelfalk4283
    @noelfalk4283 Рік тому +1

    Hooray! I made it 1K. Thank you MIke, you are the best.

  • @wanton_chips3638
    @wanton_chips3638 Рік тому +5

    This is some really important educational material you’ve added to UA-cam. This and many others of your videos should eventually be some of the consistently top viewed music theory videos for the next decade

  • @seanmurphy1614
    @seanmurphy1614 Рік тому +3

    Brilliant, precise, and no crap lesson from someone who knows their stuff. I will watch this again and again. Thank you.

  • @ItsJustVan
    @ItsJustVan Рік тому +1

    Why aren't you not one of the top YT channels? Thank you for this one and bless you!

  • @doloresneilson5349
    @doloresneilson5349 Рік тому +4

    Mike, you have great teaching ability. Knowledge is a gift shared - but teaching that knowledge is an entire other skill set! You simplify where possible, don't add anything to confuse and no added fluff.
    To the point and all the necessary information to increase our knowledge of music theory. You are a gifted teacher and we can thank you for the path to learning the art of music. You give us and share important knowledge here. Thank you.

  • @aaronbra4974
    @aaronbra4974 2 місяці тому +1

    Love those live graphics

  • @Mike-rw2nh
    @Mike-rw2nh Рік тому +5

    I’ve just taken the past month to run through your excellent uploads. Stellar content, good sir. Thank you.

    • @mikegeorge360
      @mikegeorge360  Рік тому +2

      Thank you, Mike! I am glad you are here and that these videos help. Cheers!

  • @mikestroud9969
    @mikestroud9969 Рік тому +1

    Yes a lot of songs have borrowed chords. Circle of Fifths is the bread and butter of music. Good video buddy. 😎👍👌💯🎸🎸

  • @eddysel10
    @eddysel10 Рік тому +4

    This masterpiece is going into my vault 👌🏽. I have subscribed immediately after watching this video. One of the best video’s I have seen about this subject 🎶🎸🎤🥁🎹

  • @annedeoedipus7849
    @annedeoedipus7849 Рік тому +1

    I’ve had guitars since I was a kid but this year I decided to actually learn some theory. I have watched literally hundreds of music theory videos but this, hands down, is the clearest explanation of modes and the best use of diagrams. An excellent teaching tool. Now subbed.

  • @joeland87
    @joeland87 Рік тому +1

    God, I wish this how they taught it in music theory classes. This is awesome.

  • @novicetrader3005
    @novicetrader3005 2 місяці тому

    You are one of the special great teachers! Turn complicated things into simple ones. On the other hand, some music professors can create simple music theory to complicate rocket science. Great job!

  • @pedrazzinig
    @pedrazzinig Рік тому +1

    Best modes explanation on UA-cam, THANK YOU

  • @billhasty5197
    @billhasty5197 Рік тому +1

    Very Well Done. Probably the Best Explanation of Modes out their. Thanks.

  • @OneMinuteMeds
    @OneMinuteMeds 4 місяці тому

    Mike, I can confidently say, without your fine tutorials, I would NEVER understand these things. Thank you...

    • @allinthemind2006
      @allinthemind2006 4 місяці тому

      And with them i shall never understand music

  • @scottmoyer1357
    @scottmoyer1357 6 місяців тому +1

    One of the best presentations of music knowledge to be seen anywhere. Thank you for sharing your knowledge in this very clear and colorfully graphic way. Love it.I have some additional concepts to add to what you have created here.....another way to "perceive" the Modes on the Circle of 5ths allowing you to see every key they are in.

  • @abraxas1
    @abraxas1 Рік тому +1

    Your approach is really well suited for people familiar with mathematics. As a beginner guitarist I recognized these relations exist, but this presentation is the whole package, animated color graphics and all. Sweet!

  • @paulbell145
    @paulbell145 Рік тому

    Really hit the spot and clarified modal chords for me. I will be watching it many more times to get it embedded. Thank you.

  • @crucommu1
    @crucommu1 Рік тому

    Yes your mode lesson is the best I've come across. It's not confusing. Thanks!

  • @prolifik302
    @prolifik302 5 місяців тому

    I feel like the ultimate circle of 5ths guide will be a 3 dimensional "Sphere of 5ths" and u might be the man to conceptualize this method for us....?!?

  • @LifesNotReady
    @LifesNotReady Рік тому

    this video is the most the circle of fifths has ever fucked my mind.
    In other words, information overload, but in an exciting way.

  • @richardslater677
    @richardslater677 Місяць тому

    I commented on your circle of fifths video that the graphics were not only beautiful but also actually did a job. Same for this video. Great stuff and very interesting. (ps, John Lennon was one the greats as a songwriter but his knowledge of music theory was minimal. George Martin was the genius there. I think John was more “mod” than “mode” 😀).

  • @diggeroldmate8122
    @diggeroldmate8122 Рік тому

    Wow this is the best explanation of borrowed chords I've ever seen. Can't wait to try this out.

  • @dinom1384
    @dinom1384 Рік тому

    This video is just simply amazing. Thank you so much for putting this out there!

  • @leslieelainehermans4382
    @leslieelainehermans4382 3 місяці тому

    This is INCREDIBLE! Thank you so much for explaining this and how it all connects. Seriously such a blessing. You explained it more clearly than anyone I've ever heard, and it is so helpful. I appreciate it. Keep rocking!

  • @pcuimac
    @pcuimac Рік тому

    Wow. That is VERY helpful to not only get the theory, but also some pretty examples from the Beatles.

  • @taekwonlee8344
    @taekwonlee8344 9 місяців тому +2

    This is gold.

  • @Roots222
    @Roots222 Рік тому

    Wonderful video.
    I'm rewatching it slowly.. 🐢
    Thank you.

  • @PlayitonPan
    @PlayitonPan Рік тому +5

    14:56 A⁷ is not the I nor I⁷ …it is V⁷/IV the V⁷ of D (secondary dominant, essentially using the C# as a chromatic approach note to D and the G for some outside tension/spice/tritone). The D is momentarily tonicised before more chromatic movement is introduced by flattening the third, F# to F, for the parallel minor. These chromatic movements are musical techniques that help tell the story of the song. These harmonic devices are a way of expressing emotion in the song and making this link is fundamental.

    • @chillmurray7529
      @chillmurray7529 Рік тому

      This is a great comment. I like the story telling aspect that a good chord progression achieves. I hope to understand it the way that you do one day.

    • @brianritzer8024
      @brianritzer8024 9 місяців тому

      Depending on how you look at it. You could say that it's a I7 going to IV like in a blues progression. Beatles were notorious for mixing blues and pop. But a secondary dominant V7/IV is also a valid analysis

  • @BluegrassPOV
    @BluegrassPOV Рік тому

    Love the concise format!
    SUBSCRIBED

  • @cybellesmith8928
    @cybellesmith8928 9 місяців тому

    Fantastic video! My mind is blown. This was insanely helpful and is going to really up the composing skills of anyone who watches. The visuals are brilliant and everything was super clear. Thank you so much!! One small thing (couldn't help myself as a neuroscientist) -- the idea that we only use a fraction of our brainpower on a regular basis is an urban legend. We use vast networks spanning virtually our entire brain to perform everyday tasks. Other than that, super in love with this vid!

  • @amaxlevin
    @amaxlevin Рік тому

    This is blowin my mind, man! Genius. I joined your community yesterday. Cheers!

  • @EliasFaraclas
    @EliasFaraclas Рік тому

    The other comments are spot on. A very nice video in a sea of otherwise more confusing content.

  • @lesterguitarist
    @lesterguitarist Рік тому

    Best video on Modes and Borrowed Chords using the Circle of Fifths... you open my eyes with this approach, this was the missing piece of my puzzle. Thanks a lot for your great work.

    • @lesterguitarist
      @lesterguitarist Рік тому

      @Mike George This message comes from you or is it a fake account? because there are many scams and i'm not 100% sure about this.

  • @PuckJones
    @PuckJones Рік тому

    Super helpful! The visual and auditory cues really reinforce each other and add a level of understanding. Liked, subbed, and appreciated. Would like to know more about the color coding and the shapes (was concentrating on modes and borrowed chords in my first go through).

  • @jensbomholt4529
    @jensbomholt4529 Рік тому +1

    Very interesting! Will take some time to digest it and put it to use ...

  • @goteblensnorkin8572
    @goteblensnorkin8572 Рік тому

    Nice lesson, especially the explanation about how the mode patterns on the circle of 5ths are used in real songs

  • @tonymccormick21
    @tonymccormick21 Рік тому

    Amazing. And well done to you. These videos take time to make.
    Thanks

  • @orfeasmusic
    @orfeasmusic Рік тому +1

    This is so, soooo interesting. Thank you so much for making these videos 🙏🏻❣️

  • @gustavojmata
    @gustavojmata Місяць тому

    Very good man! This really deepened my appreciation of harmony

  • @keymaster7323
    @keymaster7323 Рік тому

    I should have come to Mike first. He gave more actual information in the first fifteen seconds than the other video gave in the first five minutes.

  • @junkboxguitars2461
    @junkboxguitars2461 4 місяці тому

    I understand the modes fairly well... but your explanations and graphics are by FAR the best I have seen! Great job... and I love the other videos of yours I have watched ! Very impressed, thanks!

  • @nikolabanovic4833
    @nikolabanovic4833 Рік тому

    I thought SignalsMusicStudio and Ben Levin had the best intuitive approach for explaning essential songwriting music theory concepts, but this is on another level.

  • @simoneferraresi5610
    @simoneferraresi5610 Рік тому

    Beautiful!

  • @MayaMusica
    @MayaMusica Рік тому

    Excellent! This video and the previous one. Thank you! Greetings from Argentina

  • @AftaHillOfficial
    @AftaHillOfficial Рік тому +1

    Your videos are incredible! Thank you

  • @maurizioviera
    @maurizioviera Рік тому

    This is gold. Thank you!

  • @CScott-zu5mv
    @CScott-zu5mv Рік тому

    Great videos. Thank you.

  • @loganR124
    @loganR124 Рік тому

    great explanations and visuals ! 🙏🏼

  • @KidDozzi
    @KidDozzi Рік тому +3

    I like this lesson. I will say, I don't know why I bristle about the colors schema so much but I recognize that's just a subjective thing. The content here is pretty solid and I think it would be good to do a recap of the applications at the end for people who need a summary of the more abstract parts you went over with Basic diagrams (not just in application). You really are nailing the application aspects of this.
    I am guessing that just sharing the concepts again at the end might help people who were lost (maybe while they're trying to cull down the information a bit and figure out what's relevant to their needs).
    Good job! I shared this video and hope you get more views.

    • @mikegeorge360
      @mikegeorge360  Рік тому +1

      Thanks, Ian! This is awesome and very constructive feedback. Cheers.🤘

  • @Nathanaelsun22
    @Nathanaelsun22 Рік тому +1

    You are excellent, I am seeing things more expansively and clearly than ever. I really like your singing voice, so musical.

  • @masterbuilder3166
    @masterbuilder3166 Рік тому

    Brilliant 💯🎸

  • @tres913
    @tres913 Рік тому

    Excellent explanation!

  • @therobmeister
    @therobmeister Рік тому

    Brilliant work!

  • @robbiepeterh
    @robbiepeterh Рік тому

    The diagrams are fantastic.

  • @friedrichmarkus3574
    @friedrichmarkus3574 8 місяців тому +1

    Thanks a lot. You are a great teacher!

  • @nateellis1779
    @nateellis1779 Рік тому

    Thanks, I learned the most about this chart from this video. 🙂

  • @tb-cg6vd
    @tb-cg6vd Рік тому

    Excellent, like the other posters, v impressed and v useful!!!

  • @simonvegas793
    @simonvegas793 11 місяців тому

    Special channel this. Great work!

  • @shubhankarnikhil5732
    @shubhankarnikhil5732 Рік тому

    Thank you so much for the amazing explanation ❤

  • @theguitartemplepriest
    @theguitartemplepriest Рік тому

    Very good indeed Sir, thanks

  • @asmundma
    @asmundma Рік тому

    Fantastic !

  • @joramponi249
    @joramponi249 Рік тому

    this is really good stuff, thanks

  • @flavio5046
    @flavio5046 9 місяців тому

    Great video!

  • @Newfoundmike
    @Newfoundmike Рік тому

    Best Teacher goin!✌️👍

  • @peternelson285
    @peternelson285 Рік тому +1

    Thank you!

  • @thihaha9228
    @thihaha9228 Рік тому

    Thank you very much bro. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @albrin
    @albrin Рік тому +2

    superb

  • @Freddytacvbito
    @Freddytacvbito Рік тому

    Wow!! amazing!!!

  • @andrewalten3185
    @andrewalten3185 7 місяців тому

    Great video

  • @silviokanashiro9986
    @silviokanashiro9986 Рік тому

    awesome lesson thank u 🔥🔥

  • @DJSidhu24
    @DJSidhu24 Рік тому

    Wow you did it very well now anyone can understand

  • @rickr9158
    @rickr9158 Рік тому

    Excellent presentation. Thank you!

  • @JohnDukovich
    @JohnDukovich 10 місяців тому

    I was with you right up until about minute 7 when you put them in parallel. I thought the Dorian started on the minor ii (D in the case of the key of C).

  • @mickkollins
    @mickkollins Рік тому +2

    “The sound of music releases frequencies and vibrations…for it is the mathematics of music itself from which all of creation is based.” Nikola Tesla. Thanks Mike for these lessons much appreciated

  • @stefanhuegin8292
    @stefanhuegin8292 Рік тому

    Very nice 👍 😘

  • @MyStarPeopleExperiences
    @MyStarPeopleExperiences Рік тому

    I'm going to need time to digest this one.

  • @lambda6928
    @lambda6928 5 місяців тому

    The fact that we use only a part (10%) of our brain is a commun misconception, and is totally wrong. Thank for the both vids ;)

  • @2Phast4Rocket
    @2Phast4Rocket Рік тому +1

    There should be a reference text book that describes all of this because it's difficult to understand when the information in the video is presented at 100 mph

  • @Ryan98391
    @Ryan98391 Рік тому

    The minor ii, iii, vi, and diminished vii° are starting to make much more sense with this; as a result, I'm finally able to find all the major chords with the Ionian C scale as root notes. vii° is just extra flat.

  • @wendigo2442
    @wendigo2442 Рік тому

    Thanks

  • @gulbakay
    @gulbakay Рік тому

    A highly useful tool for visualising the various modes of the diatonic MAJOR scale, along with harmonic relationships. I'm just wondering whether there's a separate circle of fifths for the HARMONIC MINOR scale and its modes. 🤔 From recollection, Led Zeppelin's song 'Kashmir' is constructed from one of these modes. The 3 semitone interval gives an exotic sound.

  • @waynegram8907
    @waynegram8907 Рік тому

    Can you make a video lesson showing a bunch of examples of rock pop songs that use modes in the melody lines and borrowed chords from modes. This will help out how to use modes more by seeing a lot of examples

  • @CarstenPrimdahl
    @CarstenPrimdahl Рік тому

    Hi Mike - great stuff! Very inspiring and intuitive!
    I have seen other videos on UA-cam, where the colors in order are associated with the chromatic scale. Ie. C is red, C#/Db is deep orange, D is light orange aso. Somehow it seems logic to associate pitch with color, but you have chosen to organize the colors according to the circle of fifths. Can you tell about your considerations - pros and cons?
    Also - are the PDFs available as a member/subcribers on Locals - I don’t see any tabs for downloads? Where do I find them?

  • @johnfoster6412
    @johnfoster6412 Місяць тому

    15:20 The Dm is not borrowed from Aoelian, it's from D harmonic minor. You can tell because the I chord became the I7, which resolves darkly to the i minor.

  • @teleplayer7081
    @teleplayer7081 Рік тому

    Hey I heard sort of the intro to the song Lean On Me :)

  • @samratshahthakuri1255
    @samratshahthakuri1255 11 місяців тому

    Babal cha love from nepal

  • @joeffponceja409
    @joeffponceja409 Рік тому

    Subscribed☺

  • @BertLiu
    @BertLiu Рік тому

    Nice. That gives me something to chew on. From experience, I intuitively know about some of the borrowed chords, but I'd never heard such a detailed, systematic explanation before.
    I have questions though. Let's just say in the key of C, I've encountered chords that "don't belong in the key" such as A7, D7, E7, Fm, Bb, and Ab, some more frequently than others. Not all of these are in the "neighborhood" you talked about though. How do I interpret these chords?

  • @beamrig8045
    @beamrig8045 4 місяці тому

    I like the graphics. ^_^

  • @michelangelopennacchini643
    @michelangelopennacchini643 Рік тому

    Yessss

  • @duncabiscuit
    @duncabiscuit Рік тому

    This is brilliant. Thank you. (By the way, it’s a myth to say we only use a small part of our brain)