The Locrian mode definitely doesn't get as much use as the other modes but is a cool scale to use when you want a unique tonality. I mainly use this over power chords rather than a full blown 7th degree chord ( mb5) as I love the scale starting on a 1/2 step. Great lesson. Just subscribed!
Thank you very much for watching and sharing your thoughts. I absolutely agree with you. It is a bit odd mode. But great for evoking certain types of dark emotions. Thank you for all your support and I hope you have a wonderful holiday \m/ \m/
I like using locrian for riff writing when looking for that certain feel and sound. Phrygian too, but that's got a very different sound and vibe from locrian.
@@Metalbass10000 Yes it does. I'm like you, they both evoke a certain type of emotion to them. That's why I think they can be very beneficial to use in songwriting and playing certain types of music.
Thank you very much for the kind words and for watching the video. I really appreciate it. I hope it helped you to understand the mode better. Good luck with your guitar playing and I hop you have a great weekend \m/ \m/
@@DwaynesGuitarLessons Yeah, looks aside (which was a compliment btw. You legit look like all the dudes I met in school who could shred with their eyes closed) it was very informative considering Locrian is tricky for me to wrap my head around navigating.
@@masterfox6303 Thank you very much for the kind words and support of my channel. I hope you had a great holiday and the new year brings you plenty of time for guitar playing. \m/ \m/
It's awesome that you made a bass riff out of it. Congrats! Yeah, people say a lot of what's not possible until someone comes along and makes it possible. Like you did LOL. Happy New Year and thanks for the support \m/ \m/
Yeah, I know what you mean. I think it's because it's not as popular as most common music. But I do think it works great with Heavy Metal!! Dark heavy metal at that. Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and happy holidays \m/ \m/
@@DwaynesGuitarLessons I think it's not common because so many simply don't learn it, or because they told they don't need to know it. But yes I think it's perfectly suited for the dark and heavy groves!!! Thanks again for this video!!!
@@verycrispyashes You are absolutely right. It is foreign to most people because it is an odd scale with all the flats in it. But great for certain types of "Dark" music LOL
Are you referring to oldies like music from the 50's and 60's? Those types of oldies? If so, I'd recommend learning about the major and relative minor scales. Which I talk about in my videos. For example, the Ionian Mode is major, and the Aeolian is minor. Plus the Pentatonic scales work really well with that style of music too. You just need to know what key the progression is in, and where to play the scales (along the fretboard) in relation to the key of the song. Ex: If the song is in G major, you could play a G major scale (like the Ionian) at the 3rd fret, or the E minor (relative minor to G major) scale at the 12th fret. Either of these two scales and the locations of playing them will work. I hope this helps.
Thank you very much for the support. Yeah, it's not that popular, but I do believe it has its use in music. Especially Dark Heavy Metal. That's not the most popular style so I think it gets overlooked. Like the red-headed stepchild. LOL Anyway, thanks once again for the kind words and I hope you have a wonderful holiday \m/ \m/
@ You’re welcome. I learned one Locrian pattern out of a very old book called “The Heavy Guitar Bible Volume II by Richard Daniels (published back in 1990, I still have my copy), and have been rather mindlessly moving it around the neck ever since…kinda like a lot of people do with the minor pentatonic scale (self included). I liked it precisely because it was such an unusual sound, unappreciated though it was. I head a lot of “What the hell is that? GTFOH!” LOL. It’s always cool to learn how to apply something, which I still can’t do with the Locrian in an intellectual sense even after all these years. So thank you, glad to support your channel!
@@tonyjones1560 Thank you very much as well. So glad to hear you are applying what you learned in that book so long ago. That's how I started out too. Learning out of books. A great way if you ask me. Anyway, yeah it's nice to come up with a different sound, and the Locrian mode will definitely do that. Just hard to do with that scale because it is so off from common styles of music. But in other styles, it can work very well. Like in "Dark" Heavy Metal.
I think the market is growing for metal-style guitars. Especially Schecter. They make a lot of nice lefties. However, when I go into Guitar Center and see all those guitars and not one lefty, it does make me wonder how popular they are. That is why I built my own. Because they never make a lefty model of the ones I like. So I got some spare parts on eBay watched some UA-cam videos and started building. LOL Good luck with your build and thanks for your support of my channel. If you do build one, let me know, I'd love to see it. Take care and happy holidays \m/ \m/
Thanks sir for this lesson. I love the locrian mode especially for riff-based rhythms.
Me too. Thanks for the kind words and for taking the time to watch the video. I hope you have a great holiday \m/ \m/
The Locrian mode definitely doesn't get as much use as the other modes but is a cool scale to use when you want a unique tonality. I mainly use this over power chords rather than a full blown 7th degree chord ( mb5) as I love the scale starting on a 1/2 step. Great lesson. Just subscribed!
Thank you very much for watching and sharing your thoughts. I absolutely agree with you. It is a bit odd mode. But great for evoking certain types of dark emotions. Thank you for all your support and I hope you have a wonderful holiday \m/ \m/
I like using locrian for riff writing when looking for that certain feel and sound. Phrygian too, but that's got a very different sound and vibe from locrian.
@@Metalbass10000 Yes it does. I'm like you, they both evoke a certain type of emotion to them. That's why I think they can be very beneficial to use in songwriting and playing certain types of music.
You have the most guitar-shredder aesthetic I've ever seen. Great vid man
Thank you very much for the kind words and for watching the video. I really appreciate it. I hope it helped you to understand the mode better. Good luck with your guitar playing and I hop you have a great weekend \m/ \m/
@@DwaynesGuitarLessons Yeah, looks aside (which was a compliment btw. You legit look like all the dudes I met in school who could shred with their eyes closed)
it was very informative considering Locrian is tricky for me to wrap my head around navigating.
@@masterfox6303 Thank you very much for the kind words and support of my channel. I hope you had a great holiday and the new year brings you plenty of time for guitar playing. \m/ \m/
Great lesson Merry Christmas
Thank you very much and Merry Christmas to you as well. Have a great Holiday :)
cool, i made a bass riff from it, and they say it can't be used as it has no perfect fifth to stabalise it.. cheers
It's awesome that you made a bass riff out of it. Congrats! Yeah, people say a lot of what's not possible until someone comes along and makes it possible. Like you did LOL. Happy New Year and thanks for the support \m/ \m/
Thank you for this, most guitar teachers would say you don't need to know Locrian and don't even try to explain it!!!
Yeah, I know what you mean. I think it's because it's not as popular as most common music. But I do think it works great with Heavy Metal!! Dark heavy metal at that. Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and happy holidays \m/ \m/
@@DwaynesGuitarLessons I think it's not common because so many simply don't learn it, or because they told they don't need to know it. But yes I think it's perfectly suited for the dark and heavy groves!!! Thanks again for this video!!!
@@verycrispyashes You are absolutely right. It is foreign to most people because it is an odd scale with all the flats in it. But great for certain types of "Dark" music LOL
New subsciber here could you give examples and scale to use over oldies proggresion ? such as F Dmi Bb and C Thanks
Are you referring to oldies like music from the 50's and 60's? Those types of oldies? If so, I'd recommend learning about the major and relative minor scales. Which I talk about in my videos. For example, the Ionian Mode is major, and the Aeolian is minor. Plus the Pentatonic scales work really well with that style of music too. You just need to know what key the progression is in, and where to play the scales (along the fretboard) in relation to the key of the song. Ex: If the song is in G major, you could play a G major scale (like the Ionian) at the 3rd fret, or the E minor (relative minor to G major) scale at the 12th fret. Either of these two scales and the locations of playing them will work. I hope this helps.
Anybody teaching off the Locrian gets an instant like/subscribe from me!
Thank you very much for the support. Yeah, it's not that popular, but I do believe it has its use in music. Especially Dark Heavy Metal. That's not the most popular style so I think it gets overlooked. Like the red-headed stepchild. LOL Anyway, thanks once again for the kind words and I hope you have a wonderful holiday \m/ \m/
@ You’re welcome. I learned one Locrian pattern out of a very old book called “The Heavy Guitar Bible Volume II by Richard Daniels (published back in 1990, I still have my copy), and have been rather mindlessly moving it around the neck ever since…kinda like a lot of people do with the minor pentatonic scale (self included). I liked it precisely because it was such an unusual sound, unappreciated though it was. I head a lot of “What the hell is that? GTFOH!” LOL. It’s always cool to learn how to apply something, which I still can’t do with the Locrian in an intellectual sense even after all these years. So thank you, glad to support your channel!
@@tonyjones1560 Thank you very much as well. So glad to hear you are applying what you learned in that book so long ago. That's how I started out too. Learning out of books. A great way if you ask me. Anyway, yeah it's nice to come up with a different sound, and the Locrian mode will definitely do that. Just hard to do with that scale because it is so off from common styles of music. But in other styles, it can work very well. Like in "Dark" Heavy Metal.
Hahaha. Nice. Happy new yars bro🎉🎉
Thanks. Happy New Year to you, too, my friend. I hope it turns out to be a great one for you. Thanks again for all your support.
I'm thinking building a left handed custom guitar soon. As a lefty, do you think there's a decent market for lefty instruments?
I think the market is growing for metal-style guitars. Especially Schecter. They make a lot of nice lefties. However, when I go into Guitar Center and see all those guitars and not one lefty, it does make me wonder how popular they are. That is why I built my own. Because they never make a lefty model of the ones I like. So I got some spare parts on eBay watched some UA-cam videos and started building. LOL Good luck with your build and thanks for your support of my channel. If you do build one, let me know, I'd love to see it. Take care and happy holidays \m/ \m/
it has the fandango move in it like in phygian ie f sharp to g then e or root flat 9th and minor 7h
Dorian doesn't have a flat 2, that's phrygian.
You are absolutely right! Sorry about that. My bad. Thanks for catching that. Hope you have a happy holiday
@@DwaynesGuitarLessonswith regards to flamenco, the modo dorico is the Phrygian
dorian flat 2nd is the second mode of the melodic minor scale
@@nihongogogo Got it. Thank you for letting me know that. Have great day, and happy holidays :)