Circle Of Fifths | Why Guitarists Need It In Their Life
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- Today we check out the circle of fifths and why guitarists need it in their life - we work on a little experiment, what happens when we keep the basic C major scale pattern up to the octave and adapt the accidentals of each key in the circle? The answer is revealed in the video, we see that all these scales are closely related and this observation allows us to acquire a better view and understanding of scales and visualizing them all across the fretboard.
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Today we work on a little experiment, what happens when we keep the basic C major scale pattern up to the octave and adapt the accidentals of each key in the circle of fifths? The answer is revealed in the video, we see that all these scales are closely related and this observation allows us to acquire a better view and understanding of scales and visualizing them all across the fretboard :)
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Take a moment and notice this :
1. C major scale is the IONIAN Mode, which is the foundation
2. When you travel the circle using sharps (#) , the mode expands by one note each time , meaning that your shift a certain finger up to form a new mode each time. The order of the modes with one increasing sharp each time makes the metamorphosis as such --> ionian , mixolydian, locrian, phrygian, aeolian, dorian, lydian
3. When traveling the circle using the flats (b) , you apply the same principle as above, only this time the initial Ionian mode SHRINKS by one note each time. You shift a certain finger downward each time. The order of the modes here would be --> ionian, lydian, dorian, aeolian, phrygian, locrian, mixolydian...
Observe that the flat & sharp modal orders are exact opposites of each other !!
Also note that the sharps have a POSITIVE modal progression of FOURTHS , and the sharps have a NEGATIVE modal progression of fourths as well.
But both systems start on the Ionian Mode, AKA the foundation
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Thank you very much for the kind feedback - and welcome to the channel! :)
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I've come for the licks, and improving my speed and solos, but I'll always watch theory videos, and most guitarists need your teachings.
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Same here
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I'd love if you did a video on amps, pedals, and metal tonality. That aside you've definitely become my favorite and most helpful instructor on YT. Kudos!
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Yeah dude I'm loving these clips man your video platforms are top-knotch. I didn't even know this technology is out there. The fretting diagrams on notes and fretting hands is gonna be a huge help to anyone especially new players. It makes what would normally be a pain in the ass intermediate lessons much easier for anyone new or expert players cuz they can visibly be explained and shown. Most guitar players are right brained which is mainly a visual based learning ability. If you just had a blank screen and just had to go on hearing it explained with no visual process...none of us would playing guitar...not well anyway. You're system is awesome. And your lessons are really good. It's the same types of lessons but just payed out and explained well. And you've DEFINITELY got an edge and attack plan that UA-cam and media lessons have been really lacking until now. You almost should do a type of mini-series catered to the beginners in particular. Nobody does this for metal. Every other genre is really straight to the point but metal is a whole other thing. It's the one style that's not cookie cutter. Things like arpeggios can be used at any point in the song. Rythm, leads, chorus etc. And chords are fundamental for any style and are the backbone...however you can make an entire metal album and never actually play a full chord on the entire album. They are necessary for theory and scales but oddly easy to get around. Timings are another huge part of metal especially with all the prog metal. That's what makes prog difficult and fun. And even that in my opinion is more important than chords. They need to be learned but after you know them you'll never really use them much at all other than to build scales. Other than that they're pretty much the least used parts in metal where as everything else is they're the most important things to know cuz they're completely built on them. And beginner metal guitar players only see lessons built on using things theyll rarely ever use. If at all. but I think what's missing is a real introduction to what is really important to metal guitar. They really need to be pointed in the right direction cus practicing endless bar chords will get them nowhere. They need the fundamentals of what they will be using all the time. So far there's really nothing but trying to learn a song they really like but no direction at all. But yeah your lessons are great and your ultra talented and your visual layout is by far better than anything I've seen on here yet and will help people greatly. 🤘
Wow Rob, thanks for taking the time to give this amount of detailed feedback! I agree with everything you wrote and those are actually my main motivations for constantly recording these lessons. I started out only playing metal with close to no theory knowledge, only working on technique - as soon as I signed up for the jazz guitar & instrumental pedagogic studies it blew my mind that I didn't know about all these concepts so far :) It became very clear from the beginning that all these topics can be applied in any style of music and my goal is to educate rock/metal/shred players about all that too. A perfect combination of technique and theory is where it's at and this is something I'm really striving for as a player - you are never done with learning about both these topics so I guess I still have a lot to cover on here :)
@@Bernthguitar yeah it's somewhat the same for me. I heard sanitarium and fade to black and cemetery gates. The mix of Melody and metal had me hooked. I then went and bought my first guitar. And for a while was self taught. I finally reached a point where I hated feeling and saying that for how long I'd been playing I should be alot better. And came to the choice of either stopping or get serious and ACTUALLY learn how to play for real. And this is where it was difficult. Cuz if you know nothing of theory or structure. The first real steps in the right direction are almost impossible to figure out on your own. So instead of going in any sequence. I tried learning everything at once and that was getting me nowhere cuz it was hard trying to soak in chords, scales, theory, proper technique, gear etc. It's just to much at once and ends up being really discouraging. And I live in the U.S. in New Hampshire in the middle of nowhere and the net wasn't where it is these so there was not much in the way of lessons. At this time my brother applied for Musicians institute in Los Angeles California for a drum and production program. So I helped him move and spent a few weeks out there. On his tour of the school there's a school venue\club where you're supposed to put in time to really get you ready. It's called the baked potato. So that was the end of the tour. So I had to go to the bathroom before we left, and who was right there Steve Vai lol. Apparently he does alot of guest appearances and turns out he and Tony Macalepine. They said hi and overheard he my brother and the teacher and we ended up staying and hanging out for a little while. We got into the whole guitar thing and I finally got what I really needed, direction and what not to worry about. That was such a life changed. Not that it was Steve Vai but finally knowing where to start. I instantly started seeing progress. I know how much it helped me and how overlooked it is. It will help so many people who are confused as to where to start. There's alot of strange terminology the first time I heard words like pentatonic, arpeggio etc I was like a deer in headlights lol. With the layout you have it will help them out alot. And you're spot on man, there's always more to learn. That's why I'm on here.im always looking for anything to help and improve my playing
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You make things so clear that I think I'm going to have to go back and watch every video
we are learning about circle of fifths in my music theory class right now and this helps a lot thank you
Good teacher and player. Thanks for the lesson.
The theory end is soooo important. I understand basic theory and am highly interested in this topic. Also when you dicuse the composition side of what your demonstrating.thanks again.
Wow. Just found this channel about a month ago. I learned music theory on the piano but my instrument is the guitar. I never heard the circle of 5ths explained like for the guitar. Technique is good but knowledge is better. Please do more music theory on this channel.
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Explained awesomely. I'd love to see more theory videos. Thanks!🐧🤘
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Definitely More ! This is awesome btw.
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That excercise sounds wild!
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Wow ! Really nice concept.
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I watched this video 3x until I got what you meant. LoL This is gold, man!
Great piece again
I find this is one that memorization helps with how many sharps in one key
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The last part of this is so important as well. We all need to be soft yet stern with ourselves in regards to our own trappings in bigotry. I’ve been an out trans person for several years and still have to stop and correct transphobic thoughts and view points on shit. It sucks and makes me angry, sad, frustrated, embarrassed, but the important part is getting better about it without hiding that it’s something you have done.
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Excellent video.. proof you never need to move your hands to change keys
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Keep it up man love the music theory in here vs ten minutes of talking and basically smoke on the water tabs in the end
This was really really good!
Thanks Bernth.
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Awesome as always!
I would love more theory lessons as well.
I do have a question regarding keys. Is it common to change keys in a song? If so could you state some examples I could look at?
My thought is if you wanted to change the feel/mood of a song you would use a different mode. Following that thought you would be in the same key.
Thanks in advance for your comments and time!
Very nice information Thanks Bro
Great lesson..Very cool..
Also yes more music theory
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First video I had to set the playback speed lower. Cool stuff,
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What's up with the inverted cross? And who sang a lyric "they say your trip to heavens near by, you may believe but Satan won't lie" anyway?
Forget this lesson...
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Cool love that lesson
How do we know which note we need to change each time?
Some more theory about harmony and melody please😬
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Hast richtig was auf dem Kasten, Bernth ♡ And for sake of youtube's language I continue in english: Check out his online course now! No matter what level you are at, it is definitely worth the money
thank you so much
The way I think about music theory is it's easier to work with electricity when you know how it works. Same thing with music.
I need this
I learned to train my ear without any of this knowledge from a very early stage in my playing, I've always had a knack for figuring progressions out easily. Unfortunately I never nurtured that "talent" into ever writing my own stuff. I just like to jam I guess.
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HAHAHAH! UA-cam must be clairvoyant for recommending this video when I was musing over the purpose of COF to guitar players, right before I turned my laptop on. Dang!!! Either that, or pure coincidence. *wink*
Can u put a video on chord theory?
It can be complex or easy, here is a starter: I'll use boring old C major, note that 'Key of A minor' usually just refers to the 6th mode of C Major (2nd or 3rd mode minors are usually named by their mode name).
In a normal key (like C Major) you have 7 notes, picture them also as numbers CDEFGAB (in C) as 1234567. 1, 4, and 5 will be the Major chords (it just works out that way), 2, 3, 6 will be 'normal' minors (can play pentatonic scale over them, same with major penta over the 3 majors), and the 7th scale will be a minor scale with a flat 5th (diminished 5th).
Each basic triad (3 note chord) is built using the formula 1-3-5 starting on the first note of each mode.
So, in C major, the first mode is Ionian CDEFGAB, next is Dorian, using the same scale tones, we shift to second note/tone; DEFGABC (2345671 of C), then Phrygian mode EFGABCD, then Lydian FGABCDE, mixolydian GABCDEF, Aeolian ABCDEFG, and Locrian BCDEFGA.
Each mode has a triad if you apply 1-3-5 to the mode, so CDEFGAB I take 1 = C, 3 =E, 5 =G for CEG C major chord from Ionian (first mode).
Second mode, Dorian, starts with D; DEFGABC so 135 is DFA for a D minor chord.
Third mode, Phrygian EFGABCD so EGB for E minor.
4th, Lydian FGABCDE gets FAC from 135 pattern. F major.
5th, Mixolydian GABCDEF gets GBD. G major.
6th, Aeolian ABCDEFG gets ACE. A minor.
7th, Locrian gets BCDEFGA BDF, for that dissonant B° (B diminished or B minor b5).
So C major gets C, F, G major chords, and their relative minors A, D, and E, respectively. The B° is on his own and it is rare to see it actively used.
Adding 6th, 7th, 9th, 11th, 13th are all possible, but some rules govern the combos, often flatting the 7th (in Ionian or Lydian) especially mixed with 9th note...but you could always just ADD 9 to the 135 formula.
In C, CDEFGAB, 135 is CEG, so 6th is A (higher than 5th), 7th is the B (higher than 5th), 9th is the D played higher (tone) than 8 (usually, otherwise it is called 2nd) (8th note is 1 but an octave higher). 11th is the F note above 8th note, 13th is the A up high. For now though, stick with 135 or 1357 triads/tetrads (4 note chords) until you learn more about 7th+ notes.
If you get a weird scale like "A minor harmonic" which is A minor (above) ACE with a sharp 7th (G#), treat it as a new key and build chords from this fake 'key' (it's just a scale).
ABCDEFG#. So you end up with that G# creating different chords, like C+ (C augmented 5th) or EG# B (E major instead of E minor, EGB).
Good luck! It's fairly easy, though wordy.
@@EclecticEssentric thank you so much. It helped lot. Great work
@@siamguite Sure thing, glad to help. Here's a touch more as I forgot Suspended chords.
Sus 2 and Sus 4 chords means Suspend the 3rd (remove it) and replace it with 2nd or 4th. Note that this stops the chord from being either Major or Minor as that is a description of the 3rd.
So C Major chord CEG could be Sus2 CDG or Sus4 CFG, A Minor could become ABE or ADE for Sus2 and Sus4 respectfully.
You go up a half step or down a full step from major third, or go down a half step or up a full step from minor third. Beyond that, you make other chords or go dissonant.
The easy guide is picture CDEFGAB as 1234567 again. 1+2 can be sus2 or sus4, 3 can be sus4 only, 4 can be sus2 only, 5+6 can be Sus2 or Sus4, and nix the seventh for this as it becomes a different chord or dissonant.
And to follow up on modes: try to play the root of the current mode (even the full chord) and mix in the notes of that particular scale that are different than other scales, to promote that mode's sound.
Mode example: Fourth mode of C major is F Lydian. It is the only other mode to have the Major 7th (E here) besides C (Ionian), the other 5 modes have the flat or "dominant" 7th (always 2 strings higher than root, same fret except at 2nd string break of course.). The F Lydian also has an augmented 4th (usually the 4th is one string higher same fret, but not this 4th) which is B in this case. So focus FBE notes with your FAC chord while in C Major.
Lastly, know these rules so that you can break them. Deliberate rule breaking sounds better than accidental rule breaking if done right.
If your rhythm guy just plays a "double stop" on C Major; that's just R+5 or C+G, often called "power chord" or "C no 3rd" or even "a diad (2 note 'chord') despite not being a chord. If he plays that, note that all C scales except Locrian will fit fine over that. You could play C Ionian, C Dorian, C Phrygian, C Lydian, C Mixolydian, C Aeolian. The augmented 5th in Locrian excludes it from being played over R+5.
So mix those scales around for more flavor.
Have fun! (Typo and clarity fixes).
@@EclecticEssentric thank you so much... Thank you again for your effort in putting these information for me...
You really don't need it. Just memorize which chords in each mode are major, minor and diminished.
So you play all the modes from the c position?
can't help reading cradle of filth
Instructions unclear. Toes stuck in toaster.
hola! conoces sobre algun software para pc de este circulo? saludos de argentina
Sweep picking and circle of fifths in one exercise ? How about that ☺
Excelen ✌️
im quite confused if i have to learn these 5 months in guitar playing 😢😂
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What do you charge for skype lessons?
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Where did u get the ibanez
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You should think about a teleprompter
Hi Bernth
I have been watching some of your videos, they realy help with technique.. thank you
But theory and notes.. i have watched this circle of fithts video, but i have no theory knowledge. Will you advise me... were do i start? Thnx in advance. Regards Remon 🤘
mr Bernth greetings.....can u show me by way of an example say in the key of E minor....
How would u construct a metal riff
Outro
Riff
Bridge
Chorus
Riff
Outro
Thanx in advance
Cradle of filths
Sò falto uma legenda para poder comprender melhor em portugués valeu pela aula fica na paz
please go a bit slower, you are imparting much more information than what a beginner or intermediate player can absorb at one go. All the same, great and useful information.
Du hast's aber eilig. Musst du irgendwo hin? Sprich doch langsamer!
to much talk
Nope. Too complicated
Your explanation made it worse... I don't understand what you are talking about.
He talks like he's reading. Does anyone else feel that way? Zero intonation. Lovely lessons and great work though :)
That's right but anyway: Thanks Bernth!