Also tuning in from Scotland (Aberdeen), also with a curry, last night at least when I stumbled on your lessons. Back this morning for that Mustang. Tell us more about that beauty.
Great series of videos! I love the way you put theory in context using examples taken from the common heritage of pop music. Modes have long been to me like these miscellaneous kitchen accessories : you know you have them somewhere in a drawer, someone once told you they can be useful, but you can't remember why, so you end up using your good old manual opener instead. After many years of guitar practice, you finally helped me unlocking this "modes" thing, of which I knew the theory but had never really explored, and your approach made me want to. Thanks for making one's minds wider!
When I saw that this video was on Mixolydian, my immediate thought was “Sweet, Eric is going to talk about Jerry Garcia, Richard Lloyd, and maybe a Billy Corgan if he gets there”. Two out of three ain’t bad! Also, watching you struggle in real-time with intonation is so humanizing. Most guys would edit that stuff out, but it’s so nice to see someone be human on camera. You still sound great though. Finally, you are right on. Mixolydian and Dorian are the two grooviest modes, at least for music in the rock type realm. Cheers!
Thanks Nick! More and more I view my channel as a friendly guitar-centric vlog - if I make mistakes, or don't remember how to play things, I just leave it in. You can trust that the dude you see on YT is exactly the dude that I actually am.
More and more I view my channel as a friendly guitar-centric vlog - if I make mistakes, or don't remember how to play things, I just leave it in. You can trust that the dude you see on YT is exactly the dude that I actually am.
ha! YT glitched the comment reply! That was meant for the comment above yours from nanoplastics CSC - about the phrase "...I can't pretend to be surprised anymore"
This video is worth watching just for Eric's conversational gems alone! Not to mention the instruction. Thanks dude, I laughed and learnt - awesome stuff.
Summing it up, you’re an amazing teacher. Great trial lawyers win over juries and judges by dumbing things down so that it is digestible. You do an excellent job of simplifying what everyone else makes unnecessarily complicated. Plus extra points for Baker Street, Television, and the Dead zone!
You are such an excellent teacher! I can relate to your guidance, and judging by the comments on your videos are loved and admired by the masses. Very rare to connect at that level Eric. Buddy's Pizza in Detroit is the best, I'll send you one someday.
Great video. These kind of theory vids are why this is my favorite guitar channel on youtube. This really helped me contextualize mixolydian and other modes. Thanks Eric!
Finally someone I respect expresses my thoughts on the Dead. I’ve really tried to find what made them considered so great. In his “meandering” Jerry hit some clinkers that didn’t fit, or so it seemed to my ear.
God man, I can't thank you enough for these videos. I was always really intimidated by music theory since having a bunch of it in a very dry format forced down my throat as a little kid in Germany (and retaining absolutely nothing). Your simple, practical approach made me actually enjoy learning the thing I've been avoiding for years.
ZERO RAMBLING here. Key take away’s- ‘I’m not going to pretend to be surprised anymore’ ‘I’m not going to explain it, I’ll sum it up’ ‘Ive been abused by deadheads’ The lyrics should have been ‘I sit in my apartment and make UA-cam vids, and publish them WITHOUT PAY’ Sorry, but it’s at least not paid enough. And it sound more Jagger. And a new series ‘watch eric struggle with his vintage mustang in real time.’ This is the best time I’ve ever had in one sitting talking about myxo. I feel like tackling it again, because having totally not realized a flat 7 is myxo, it’s once again everywhere, not just Jerry noodling, or some Robby Kreiger. It’s back in simple effective progressions that are inate. And mentions of Neil young, or English folk more important, places to spot them in the wild, you know. Your relaxed and unrehearsed instincts end up covering more ground that you think Eric. Thanks one more time for being you, keep the series going. You fucked up and started it, too late now, so let’s go. Cheers man.
Hahaha Thanks Jason! "...you fucked up and started it..." You're right, now I've gotta keep going until I empty my head of all the music noticing I've picked up over the years :-)
I soent a good year and a half with mixolydian, about 4 years ago. I decided to study Jerry, and strictly Jerry, in an effort to connect with his music more and to be able to understand and learn the tool he used to pull out some of the most beautiful solos ever improvd. It was a good time, in terms of learning and having giant leaps in understanding of the instrument. I watched thru this while i was doing some finger excercises after practice. I really believe that you managed to out together a stand out, incredibly helpful lesson here. For those that need to learn tjis concept, theyd be wise and lucky to find this video. I will share jt with anyone i run into who needs it. Beautiful work, Eric. Ps. Im from PA and spend a good amount of time in Jersey. I had a feeling you were from Nj, just because your Last name sounds like one from Jersey lol. No real reason, idk...it just struck me as Nj. Moreso rhan Jovi or Springsteen lmao
DUDE! You gotta listen to the Dead in Houston 11-19-72, the second half of the third minute of Black Throated Wind will totally change your mind... like : Boom! Man. Woahhh kinda stuff
I love this channel. Fun, illuminating guitar lessons with the occasional life tip. Also covers the dirty skronky chords and licks that sound so good because they shouldn't. (mark ribot). Making this life-long beginner actually start to get it. Its also a pleasure hearing a master noodle a bit to show what he's talking about.
took me watching a few vids in this series, but decided I really needed to subscribe. Love the content, your quirks and approach. From a new[er] player, thanks for your effort!!!!
I dig the Dead, although I was bored to death by a lot of their stuff when I was kid. Anyway, you're not getting rid of me that easily. Thanks for what you do.
Would love to see you pick apart the solo to Cinnamon Girl... huge Dead Head here but wouldn't want to push it, your tastes are horizon broadening - Europe '72 is the ultimate classic though! Awesome as always!
I had the chance to see him in a more intimate setting about 10 years ago and dumb me was kind of like yeah I know a few of his tunes (old man rockin in the free world ) but hadn’t really dug into his collection and decided to go to New Orleans that day instead. Gave my ticket to a chick who obviously had better taste than me at the time…now I’m like shit wonder if he played cinnamon girl or down by the river? Long story short missed Neil and didn’t get the girl.
I'm always facinated by Tom Verlaine's use of the mixolidyan scale ... seems like he always play that instead of the plain major scale ( he does something like that with minors keys too , using Dorian over minor chords )
I've watched quite a bit of music theory from lots of different channels and maybe just now I'm getting to the point where I can understand more nuance, but this video and the Dorian video helped me with a key point. I always took that a major key has major I, IV, and V chords, while a minor key has minor i, iv, and v chords. However, it appears that is only applicable to the Ionian and Aeolian modes. Previously I was applying it to all modes because no one else really stated it explicitly, other than "chords are built off the notes of the mode". I do understand that chords are based off the notes of the mode, but I did not connect that to the fact that in modes other than Ionian and Aeolian, that above major/minor rule does not apply. So, Am as the v chord in D Mixolydian fits perfect because it's using the C note (which is the flattened 7th), and A major might sound off as it uses C# which is not in the mode. Similarly, in A Dorian, the i and v are minor, while IV is major because the mode has F# instead of F, making the D chord major. This is a huge realization for me. The four modal questions you ask about each mode really helped drive this home. I hope I have this all correct ha! EDIT: I do want to mention I am aware of chord substitutions and that these are not all hard and fast rules.
100% correct Jason! The main thing with modal progressions is that they're always SIMPLE! Once you introduce more and more chords from the "parent" key, it'll just start to sound like that key. So it's best to create 2-3 chord modal loops - that's how everyone does it!
Not trying to be contrarian at all, but just diving in and enjoying all the info. In my ears Baker Street verse on it's own sounds like it is in D and it starts on the A sun 4 which feels like the V to me. ? I don't really know the context of the rest of the song except knowing it from hearing it as a kid on FM radio in the 70's. Mostly enjoy that it might just be the rotating angle I'm looking at it, which I feel these great lessons are teaching me. Such good content. Many thanks-Lance
@@EricHaugenGuitar Thanks for giving me the other way to look at it, it definelty start to chip away at why its such a good progression. I've always tried to figure out how songs that don't begin on the root chord, can work so well. "My Love" by Paul McCartney is always the one that just amazes me, as it takes so long to get to what feels like the resolving chord (F I feel like it is), but it weaves through a whole set of feels before it gets there. Is this somewhat what it is doing? Is it passing through some modes?
Eric, really loving the videos. Been playing guitar off and on for 15 years and you’re the first person who’ve I’ve seen that has giving me “ah ha!!” Moments! Question, would you ever do a breakdown of the Mick Taylor style?? To my basic basic understanding it’s a little different than the Clapton, Page, Keif etc blues players!??
I was going to leave a cranky note if you didn't mention Richard Thompson, but then you got it at the end. In addition to just being bitchin, mixolydian is the mode of all Scottish bagpipe music, so it's all over the place in Celtic stuff.
Eric, I love everything you do and look forward to every Friday's drop! Thanks. (I don't understand your point on the minor v in the Mixolydian Mode, though. ML was just Ionian with a flat 7 so the minor 5 is not computing.) See ya again brother.
Remember that chords in a mode (including plain old major and minor, of course) are derived by "stacking thirds". That means we determine the chords in the scale by using the first, third, and fifth note starting from every note in the scale. Think about the V chord in the key of C major. That's G, of course, because starting from G using the notes in C major and taking the first, third and fifth notes from there we get G-B-D. That's a G major triad. But wait: if we're in C mixolydian we don't have access to the B note. Instead, mixolydian has a flatted 7th, which is Bb in the key of C. So if we construct our G chord using the notes in C mixolydian, we get G-Bb--d, which is a G minor. So in C mixolydian, the V is minor, not major. It works the same way in every key, of course, meaning that V chord in mixolydian is always minor. Hope this helps!
@@spookyroofus Hey Brett, I have read and re-read your nice message. I understand the flatted 7th, which is Bb in C ML, and B is not available in C mixolydian. But, I don't understand "construct our G chord using the notes in C mixolydian we get G-Bb--d..." ??? I do understand that G minor is G-Bb-d. If I construct a G chord using C ML, is it G-B-D? There is a B there, huh? Starting on G? So I'm really confused on constructing the G using C ML. Do I start on C? The Bb seems like a flatted 3rd starting on the G. Not sure why this means the 5th (d) should be minor. I would really appreciate any help you give on this point. Thank you. Marcus
@@marcusmartin511 I can see now how my saying "construct our G chord" could be confusing. I should have said "construct our V chord". Anyway, this is hard to do in UA-cam comments, but I'll give it another shot. ;-) The notes in C mixolydian are C-D-E-F-G-A-Bb-C. We consturct our V chord in C mixolydian by selecting the first, third, and fifth notes starting on the G (which, of course, is the fifth note in the C mixolydian scale). That gives us the notes G-Bb-D. As you know, that's a Gm chord. So if we're in C mixolydian, our V chord is minor (which means it should actually be denoted in lower case, meaning "v" not "V"). If you do the same exercise with the notes of the C major scale, you'll see that the V chord is G-B-D, which of course is G major. That's why the V chord in mixolydian is minor, while the V chord in a major key is major. In all cases, we construct the chords using only the notes available to us in the mode we're working with. That's also why, for example, the VII chord in mixolydian is major. Go ahead and build a triad using our C mixolydian notes starting on the seventh scale degree (that's Bb in this case), and you'll see that you get the notes of Bb major. That any better?
@@spookyroofus Wow! Yes I got it. C M/L starting on Bb (7th): Bb, D, G = Bb Major. And I totally understand the rest now. Knowing that G-Bb-"D" is the g minor triad is key; then you know the D should be d (v) not D(V). Thank you so much for taking the time to help me on this Brett. Hope I can return favor someday. Marcus
Another great lesson - really appreciate you playing through example tunes so we can actually HEAR the mode as it sounds in the wild. You and Stichmethod are my favourite youtube guitar teachers (I could listen to both for hours as you’re both such nice guys) but after your Grateful Dead revelation above (I wholeheartedly agree btw) I suddenly can’t stop wondering to myself which of you would win in a fight 😁
@@EricHaugenGuitar I think he's a massive disciple of GD though, hence my curiosity about who would kick who's ass a in bar fight scenario ;) Of course, I'm only joking, though, I don't want to see you fight and you're both such chilled guys, it was never likely anyway.
I will keep enjoying dipping into your video catalogue... intro sounded perfect curious, how do you get a stereo sound with one mic? I am just starting to learn something about recording and this confuses me
When I was a kid in the 60's (I am 68), I used to drool over Fender Mustangs in the catalogues and wanted one so bad. Of course, I have had a few Strats and Tele type guitars but never a Mustang because the Strat was single coil King (Tele in some opinions) and I was unimpressed with the Mustang in the one's I heard. However, your Mustang with the Lace Sensors? sounds sweet and giving me hope that I might find happiness with a Fender Mustang. I would not want a relic version, but a pretty shiny one in Sea Green or white. Maybe they could put a Tele neck on the Mustang and resolve the short fret board challenge. I just love the Mustang body style, but not really the switches and short neck.
Thank you for these videos. Can you please explain why you started with the G major scale and the key of G before moving on to talk about D mixolydian? Or anyone else? Lol
I recommend checking out "So What" and "All Blues" from that record - both simple enough jazz tunes to learn for us rockers, and both do the thing where they stay modal for a while, and then shift.
@@EricHaugenGuitar cool, thanks man! Love that record and listen to it often but I have never really committed to giving it a go, besides half-assing the main riffs.
I finally understand a lesson I took 15 years ago! But isn't it easier to teach that Mixolydian is the major scale of the fourth note in the scale? Eg. Just play G major scale over D
I actually wouldn't recommend it - the notes won't be wrong or anything, but the phrasing will all subtly wrap itself around the tonal center or G instead of D. For me, it's all about knowing what tones I'm hitting.
I love these theory series videos Bruv! as an aside, I hate the way Mustangs look but they sound killer. I know a lot of it is your particular touch but the attack Mustangs carry knock me out
@@EricHaugenGuitar Yes maybe even more aggressive than a tele. Though not like a Broadcaster which is just louder. Mustang bridge is much more bite without the thinness of a Jazzmaster. I think its the most Fender sounding Fender and thats hard for a Stratocaster dude to say
Eric I love your videos but just for us mere mortals to stop doubting ourselves. You put up the chords to G Major but please confirm the chords for D mixolydian are identical they just start from D correct? Secondly I know you refer to the 5 major and 5 minor pentatonic scales - I think I know them but a brief demo from you would be great. Many many thanks Eric.
@@EricHaugenGuitar Thanks Eric! However when we look at the chords of D mixolydian do we consider D(Maj) = I, E (Min) =II, Fb7 9 (Min) = III, G (Maj) = IV, A (min) = V, B (min) = VI, & C = (Maj) VII - What I mean is do we retain the roman numeral system of G Major as the parent key or do we re-number them when in D Mixiolydian? And have I got it right? Eric your lessons on theory are the best I have come across anywhere and you have a great way of explaining just what we need to know. Thank you.
So i have question. If we are in the key of G major and want some mixolydian, we start from the Fifth, D, and play D major scale? So play the notes D E F# G A B C# D. Or do we play a normal G major scale but just from D to D?
@Eric Haugen Guitar ok. So when we say just play D to D, I have heard that before and it sounded like that was the one simple step. But now, it sounds like there are two steps. Play the D major scale AND flat the 7th? For moxolydian, of course.
@Keith Elmo those are the same notes as the G major scale though, correct? So i would just play the g major scale but start on D and go D to D but stay in G major(note wise) Sorry if im sounding redundant but i really am looking for clarity.
Love me some Eric Haugen lessons, been subscribed for awhile, keep on being you. Also, you know that Althea is a dead song. That's enough to be a deadhead IMO. Btw, It starts like this.. Bm-A-E-A Bm-A-E-E
I always thought of the Mixolydian as the 5 chord scale of the Major Aeolian being the one, Lydian the 4 chord, and so on,but I could be thinking too abstractly
I’m confused with the Baker Street example….you say the verse is in A major and that the chorus is in the relative mixolydian mode is E although it’s minor. The V chord of A major is E major Can anyone explain what I’m missing?
The house where Jerry lives. But I agree...I’m not a huge Grateful Dead fan either. And Trey Anastasio is a great guitarist but I can’t listen to Phish.
Wow, first thank you so much ! It's the first time i actually understand how modes work cause you've made it so damn understandable ! But then while i was playing i noticed (in comparison with the previous video on dorian mode) that D mixolydian shared the same notes than A Dorian, they jus had different functions, therefore i wonder what's the difference, why would you say it's rather A Dorian or D Mixolydian ? Thank you :)
Remember - it's all about the chord progression context! How the song moves in the background, and how that combines with a melody. It's true, Dorian and Mixolydian are cousins. Dorian is the jazzy minor and Mixolydian is the funky major. But: Am Am to D D = Dorian cycle D D to Am Am = Mixolydian cycle
@@EricHaugenGuitar Alright ! Thanks for your answer i think i'll have to jam a little bit more to have a better understanding of everything but it's so exciting thank you so much for your videos !
Not talking about pedals -- but I want to know what pedal in the intro has the slowing-down tremolo. I have a Line 6 pedal that does it, but wonder what else is out there.
Yeah it's just music theory semantics! The term "dom7" refers to the V7 chord. According to blah blah blah proper classical theory, intervals cannot be "dominant," hence "flat" 7. But you've totally got the right idea anyway!
Hrmmm la bamba is tricky. I’d say it’s still more in the key of C than G mixolydian. Remember it’s not just about raw data, it’s how the melody moves and interacts with the chords. What feels like “home. “
I thought Mixolydian was that little elf-like Mister guy with the funny derby in Superman comics who disappears when Superman tricks him into saying his name backwards.
I resisted the Dead for years and just didn’t get it. I liked some of the songs but didn’t understand the meandering. Went to a Dead & Co show in 2019 to mainly see John Mayer, and now I’m hooked. From a theory standpoint I didn’t realize Jerry was actually meaning to hit those notes! I think the stuff he throws in there from his bluegrass banjo days, and all the chord highlights plus mixo is really the essence. Mayer does a great nod to that plus throwing in more pentatonic stuff that sounds like him. Saying all that not to convince you. In my head, I’m not sure there is a parallel universe where Eric likes the Dead! 🤣
hahahahahahaha I don't like John Mayer either! Too safe and pretty boi for me. Plus there's a bit of sour grapes there I won't lie - we were both at Berklee at the same time and he's obviously much more successful than me :-)
Regarding intensive Dead sales-pitches, I have learned that there is no fan collective more willing to deliver the hard sell on the groups they love than the people that are into jam bands. I don't think there's another genre of music where adults are so willing to sit down other adults, throw on a band they like, and then explain to the non-fan that the non-fan actually loves this band, it's just that they don't realize it yet. And the non-fan is often like 43 and has hundreds of vinyl records from various eras of music, but the jam band fan is still absolutely certain that, deep down, the non-fan absolutely loves the band that is being pitched even though they have heard them hundreds (perhaps thousands) of times before and have chosen to not by a single tape, CD, vinyl record or MP3 album (or even steal an LP via Napster) by said artist even though they have purchased hundreds (perhaps thousands) of tapes, albums, CDs and MP3's by artists that often had only one song with a single memorable hook that they liked. This band that is now being marketed to them by a "friend," a band they have heard many, many times before (likely far too many, many times) is a band that they have never spent a cent on, and it is a band that will continue to exist as a group that they dislike more than they should because even though the music isn't entirely awful, the constant sales pitches about how great they are is downright unbearable.
What!? You're not a Deadhead? No biggie. As my father-in-law wisely advises, taste is personal. You can't criticize it. So let it be. :-) I'll say it again. Lovin' this series man. A lot of good information to unpack, but you present it very well. I've pinned four of these episodes in my browser for periodic replay when I practice.
Love the “Old man” riff !!!
These theory videos are gold and I never miss 'em. He's so good at showing us the stuff we need and leaving out the stuff we don't. Thank you Eric!
Thanks David! Lord knows I try to keep it simple :-)
Great stuff on a Friday evening here in Glasgow. Love it. Curry ordered and having a beer and watching this while waiting for delivery :)
Perfect! What’s the curry? Let us know how it was!
My buddy Clay lives in Glasgow! He's a great dude and KILLER drummer - I forget the band he plays with at the moment I've gotta text him :-)
@@EricHaugenGuitar Definitely find out and let me know: I'll look out for him
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@@ElectricKindergarten Aubergine curry and veg pakora- both absolutely excellent from a local place. The pakora especially :)
Also tuning in from Scotland (Aberdeen), also with a curry, last night at least when I stumbled on your lessons. Back this morning for that Mustang. Tell us more about that beauty.
Great series of videos! I love the way you put theory in context using examples taken from the common heritage of pop music. Modes have long been to me like these miscellaneous kitchen accessories : you know you have them somewhere in a drawer, someone once told you they can be useful, but you can't remember why, so you end up using your good old manual opener instead. After many years of guitar practice, you finally helped me unlocking this "modes" thing, of which I knew the theory but had never really explored, and your approach made me want to. Thanks for making one's minds wider!
These lessons about modes are great at being very detailed and informative without being confusing.
You don't know how relieved it makes me to hear that!
There's so many ways to look at modes and it's very easy to get confused!
When I saw that this video was on Mixolydian, my immediate thought was “Sweet, Eric is going to talk about Jerry Garcia, Richard Lloyd, and maybe a Billy Corgan if he gets there”. Two out of three ain’t bad!
Also, watching you struggle in real-time with intonation is so humanizing. Most guys would edit that stuff out, but it’s so nice to see someone be human on camera. You still sound great though.
Finally, you are right on. Mixolydian and Dorian are the two grooviest modes, at least for music in the rock type realm. Cheers!
Thanks Nick!
More and more I view my channel as a friendly guitar-centric vlog - if I make mistakes, or don't remember how to play things, I just leave it in. You can trust that the dude you see on YT is exactly the dude that I actually am.
@15:25 is sneaky so important. You've become the best theory teacher on YT. The logic of it and the application of it. Thanks!
Thanks Josh!
That thing about spotting the tonal centers is a tricky concept! Everyone's ear is so subjective!
I know the deadhead routine from back in the 80’s. Off putting. Agree. The band and music is cool without the extra fervor required. Love your videos.
Man seeing you all comfortable and in a groovy mood made my day.
More and more I view my channel as a friendly guitar-centric vlog - if I make mistakes, or don't remember how to play things, I just leave it in. You can trust that the dude you see on YT is exactly the dude that I actually am.
(Godzilla emerges from Tokyo Bay)
"....oh that's....new..."
@@EricHaugenGuitar hahahahahaha keep being raw and jokey it makes it way more fun
ha! YT glitched the comment reply!
That was meant for the comment above yours from nanoplastics CSC - about the phrase "...I can't pretend to be surprised anymore"
This video is worth watching just for Eric's conversational gems alone! Not to mention the instruction. Thanks dude, I laughed and learnt - awesome stuff.
Summing it up, you’re an amazing teacher. Great trial lawyers win over juries and judges by dumbing things down so that it is digestible. You do an excellent job of simplifying what everyone else makes unnecessarily complicated. Plus extra points for Baker Street, Television, and the Dead zone!
Thanks Eric. Your tip on starting M blues lick, and transitioning to Mix helped alot.
Great stuff Eric. My playing sounds more open and full as I’ve been practicing with your lessons in mind. Getting that groove. Keep it up.
Yay! That's what I love to hear!
Groove and space is EVERYTHING!
You are such an excellent teacher! I can relate to your guidance, and judging by the comments on your videos are loved and admired by the masses. Very rare to connect at that level Eric. Buddy's Pizza in Detroit is the best, I'll send you one someday.
Finally, a youtube guitarist with great taste in music.
Great video. These kind of theory vids are why this is my favorite guitar channel on youtube. This really helped me contextualize mixolydian and other modes. Thanks Eric!
Pure gold. Thanks Eric
Finally someone I respect expresses my thoughts on the Dead. I’ve really tried to find what made them considered so great. In his “meandering” Jerry hit some clinkers that didn’t fit, or so it seemed to my ear.
Like the Morning Raga treatment at 8:13. Phryg. Dom. For Arabic music. Mixo for Indian. Check.
God man, I can't thank you enough for these videos. I was always really intimidated by music theory since having a bunch of it in a very dry format forced down my throat as a little kid in Germany (and retaining absolutely nothing). Your simple, practical approach made me actually enjoy learning the thing I've been avoiding for years.
Yay!
We don't need to know ALL THE THEORY, but I try to focus on just what's useful to us as creative guitarists :-)
@@EricHaugenGuitar Totally! :) But you honestly made me hungry for all the theory I can find now!
This is pure gold stuff, extremely well detailed, just wow ❤
Thanks so much!
This is great. Another must see video in this series.
ZERO RAMBLING here.
Key take away’s-
‘I’m not going to pretend to be surprised anymore’
‘I’m not going to explain it, I’ll sum it up’
‘Ive been abused by deadheads’
The lyrics should have been ‘I sit in my apartment and make UA-cam vids, and publish them WITHOUT PAY’
Sorry, but it’s at least not paid enough. And it sound more Jagger.
And a new series ‘watch eric struggle with his vintage mustang in real time.’
This is the best time I’ve ever had in one sitting talking about myxo. I feel like tackling it again, because having totally not realized a flat 7 is myxo, it’s once again everywhere, not just Jerry noodling, or some Robby Kreiger. It’s back in simple effective progressions that are inate. And mentions of Neil young, or English folk more important, places to spot them in the wild, you know.
Your relaxed and unrehearsed instincts end up covering more ground that you think Eric.
Thanks one more time for being you, keep the series going. You fucked up and started it, too late now, so let’s go.
Cheers man.
Hahaha Thanks Jason!
"...you fucked up and started it..."
You're right, now I've gotta keep going until I empty my head of all the music noticing I've picked up over the years :-)
I soent a good year and a half with mixolydian, about 4 years ago. I decided to study Jerry, and strictly Jerry, in an effort to connect with his music more and to be able to understand and learn the tool he used to pull out some of the most beautiful solos ever improvd. It was a good time, in terms of learning and having giant leaps in understanding of the instrument.
I watched thru this while i was doing some finger excercises after practice. I really believe that you managed to out together a stand out, incredibly helpful lesson here. For those that need to learn tjis concept, theyd be wise and lucky to find this video. I will share jt with anyone i run into who needs it.
Beautiful work, Eric.
Ps. Im from PA and spend a good amount of time in Jersey. I had a feeling you were from Nj, just because your Last name sounds like one from Jersey lol. No real reason, idk...it just struck me as Nj. Moreso rhan Jovi or Springsteen lmao
Northeast Corridor efficiency! That's the thing :-)
DUDE! You gotta listen to the Dead in Houston 11-19-72, the second half of the third minute of Black Throated Wind will totally change your mind... like : Boom! Man. Woahhh kinda stuff
You're the only guitar teacher in the history of ever to reference the Standells. Up next, Flamin' Groovies!
I love this channel. Fun, illuminating guitar lessons with the occasional life tip. Also covers the dirty skronky chords and licks that sound so good because they shouldn't. (mark ribot). Making this life-long beginner actually start to get it. Its also a pleasure hearing a master noodle a bit to show what he's talking about.
Thanks man!
I really believe that if we just take it easy, and play slow - we can get so much more out of the music!
I will "continue to enjoy!"
took me watching a few vids in this series, but decided I really needed to subscribe. Love the content, your quirks and approach. From a new[er] player, thanks for your effort!!!!
Yay! Welcome!
I am taking advantage of the half speed function... useful, and hilarious
I dig the Dead, although I was bored to death by a lot of their stuff when I was kid. Anyway, you're not getting rid of me that easily. Thanks for what you do.
I too was a Dead denier, favoring alternative for the longest time. But the pandemic does strange things to people…
Would love to see you pick apart the solo to Cinnamon Girl... huge Dead Head here but wouldn't want to push it, your tastes are horizon broadening - Europe '72 is the ultimate classic though! Awesome as always!
Not much to say about that solo except "Hell Yeah Neil! Way to Hammer that Tonic!"
It’s strange I have learned a lot from this channel but the most surprising take away is that I’m now a Neil Young fan
He's so misunderstood! There's actually tons of music theory brilliance, rhythm chops, and great solos (while being totally loose).
I had the chance to see him in a more intimate setting about 10 years ago and dumb me was kind of like yeah I know a few of his tunes (old man rockin in the free world ) but hadn’t really dug into his collection and decided to go to New Orleans that day instead. Gave my ticket to a chick who obviously had better taste than me at the time…now I’m like shit wonder if he played cinnamon girl or down by the river? Long story short missed Neil and didn’t get the girl.
Wonderful lesson
I love that Mustang.
I'm always facinated by Tom Verlaine's use of the mixolidyan scale ... seems like he always play that instead of the plain major scale ( he does something like that with minors keys too , using Dorian over minor chords )
Servuzz from Vienna, Eric... ❤️
Love Wien! Cheers!
I've watched quite a bit of music theory from lots of different channels and maybe just now I'm getting to the point where I can understand more nuance, but this video and the Dorian video helped me with a key point. I always took that a major key has major I, IV, and V chords, while a minor key has minor i, iv, and v chords. However, it appears that is only applicable to the Ionian and Aeolian modes. Previously I was applying it to all modes because no one else really stated it explicitly, other than "chords are built off the notes of the mode".
I do understand that chords are based off the notes of the mode, but I did not connect that to the fact that in modes other than Ionian and Aeolian, that above major/minor rule does not apply. So, Am as the v chord in D Mixolydian fits perfect because it's using the C note (which is the flattened 7th), and A major might sound off as it uses C# which is not in the mode. Similarly, in A Dorian, the i and v are minor, while IV is major because the mode has F# instead of F, making the D chord major. This is a huge realization for me.
The four modal questions you ask about each mode really helped drive this home. I hope I have this all correct ha!
EDIT: I do want to mention I am aware of chord substitutions and that these are not all hard and fast rules.
100% correct Jason!
The main thing with modal progressions is that they're always SIMPLE! Once you introduce more and more chords from the "parent" key, it'll just start to sound like that key. So it's best to create 2-3 chord modal loops - that's how everyone does it!
@@EricHaugenGuitar simplicity is sweet (modal) music to my ears.
Love Mixo. The hippy jam mode also in a lot of 90’s Britpop.
Oh yeah! "Bittersweet Symphony!" KILLER track
Not trying to be contrarian at all, but just diving in and enjoying all the info. In my ears Baker Street verse on it's own sounds like it is in D and it starts on the A sun 4 which feels like the V to me. ? I don't really know the context of the rest of the song except knowing it from hearing it as a kid on FM radio in the 70's. Mostly enjoy that it might just be the rotating angle I'm looking at it, which I feel these great lessons are teaching me. Such good content. Many thanks-Lance
Oh yeah that verse could be looked at a couple of different ways!
@@EricHaugenGuitar Thanks for giving me the other way to look at it, it definelty start to chip away at why its such a good progression. I've always tried to figure out how songs that don't begin on the root chord, can work so well. "My Love" by Paul McCartney is always the one that just amazes me, as it takes so long to get to what feels like the resolving chord (F I feel like it is), but it weaves through a whole set of feels before it gets there. Is this somewhat what it is doing? Is it passing through some modes?
Eric, really loving the videos. Been playing guitar off and on for 15 years and you’re the first person who’ve I’ve seen that has giving me “ah ha!!” Moments! Question, would you ever do a breakdown of the Mick Taylor style?? To my basic basic understanding it’s a little different than the Clapton, Page, Keif etc blues players!??
Oooh good idea - he plays a good bit cleaner and simpler than say Clapton or Bloomfield.
I was going to leave a cranky note if you didn't mention Richard Thompson, but then you got it at the end. In addition to just being bitchin, mixolydian is the mode of all Scottish bagpipe music, so it's all over the place in Celtic stuff.
Calvary Cross!
You’re good at answering all the questions without one having to ask; and then some.
“It’s not about the raw data all the time…”.
Eric, I love everything you do and look forward to every Friday's drop! Thanks. (I don't understand your point on the minor v in the Mixolydian Mode, though. ML was just Ionian with a flat 7 so the minor 5 is not computing.) See ya again brother.
Remember that chords in a mode (including plain old major and minor, of course) are derived by "stacking thirds". That means we determine the chords in the scale by using the first, third, and fifth note starting from every note in the scale. Think about the V chord in the key of C major. That's G, of course, because starting from G using the notes in C major and taking the first, third and fifth notes from there we get G-B-D. That's a G major triad. But wait: if we're in C mixolydian we don't have access to the B note. Instead, mixolydian has a flatted 7th, which is Bb in the key of C. So if we construct our G chord using the notes in C mixolydian, we get G-Bb--d, which is a G minor. So in C mixolydian, the V is minor, not major. It works the same way in every key, of course, meaning that V chord in mixolydian is always minor.
Hope this helps!
@@spookyroofus Hey Brett, I have read and re-read your nice message. I understand the flatted 7th, which is Bb in C ML, and B is not available in C mixolydian. But, I don't understand "construct our G chord using the notes in C mixolydian we get G-Bb--d..." ??? I do understand that G minor is G-Bb-d. If I construct a G chord using C ML, is it G-B-D? There is a B there, huh? Starting on G? So I'm really confused on constructing the G using C ML. Do I start on C? The Bb seems like a flatted 3rd starting on the G. Not sure why this means the 5th (d) should be minor. I would really appreciate any help you give on this point. Thank you. Marcus
@@marcusmartin511 I can see now how my saying "construct our G chord" could be confusing. I should have said "construct our V chord". Anyway, this is hard to do in UA-cam comments, but I'll give it another shot. ;-)
The notes in C mixolydian are C-D-E-F-G-A-Bb-C. We consturct our V chord in C mixolydian by selecting the first, third, and fifth notes starting on the G (which, of course, is the fifth note in the C mixolydian scale). That gives us the notes G-Bb-D. As you know, that's a Gm chord. So if we're in C mixolydian, our V chord is minor (which means it should actually be denoted in lower case, meaning "v" not "V"). If you do the same exercise with the notes of the C major scale, you'll see that the V chord is G-B-D, which of course is G major. That's why the V chord in mixolydian is minor, while the V chord in a major key is major. In all cases, we construct the chords using only the notes available to us in the mode we're working with. That's also why, for example, the VII chord in mixolydian is major. Go ahead and build a triad using our C mixolydian notes starting on the seventh scale degree (that's Bb in this case), and you'll see that you get the notes of Bb major.
That any better?
@@spookyroofus Wow! Yes I got it. C M/L starting on Bb (7th): Bb, D, G = Bb Major. And I totally understand the rest now. Knowing that G-Bb-"D" is the g minor triad is key; then you know the D should be d (v) not D(V). Thank you so much for taking the time to help me on this Brett. Hope I can return favor someday. Marcus
Great lesson keep em coming 👍👍👍
Thank you. Very helpful
Great work, thanks for your efforts. Very pleasing.
Allow me to stroke your algorithm.
This was helpful, thanks.
Another great lesson - really appreciate you playing through example tunes so we can actually HEAR the mode as it sounds in the wild. You and Stichmethod are my favourite youtube guitar teachers (I could listen to both for hours as you’re both such nice guys) but after your Grateful Dead revelation above (I wholeheartedly agree btw) I suddenly can’t stop wondering to myself which of you would win in a fight 😁
I like Stitch too! If I'm not mistaken, he's from the Philly area, and I'm from NJ so makes sense we see things similarly.
@@EricHaugenGuitar I think he's a massive disciple of GD though, hence my curiosity about who would kick who's ass a in bar fight scenario ;) Of course, I'm only joking, though, I don't want to see you fight and you're both such chilled guys, it was never likely anyway.
Great stuff😎👍
😎👍❤🖖
Love brother
And every AC/DC song 🎧
Hey Eric! You can totally override the 29:59 recording limit on the T5i with Magic Lantern firmware. I've been using it on my t5i since day one.
Aha! Thanks for that - I'll investigate installing it. As you know by now, I'm a huge luddite when it comes to tech!
Sound a bit like "She Sells Sanctuary" when you're noodling around.
Cool! Other folks are saying that too - I actually don't know The Cult very well, sounds like I gotta go back through their discography
Yes! Mixolydian!
I will keep enjoying dipping into your video catalogue... intro sounded perfect curious, how do you get a stereo sound with one mic? I am just starting to learn something about recording and this confuses me
TRICKERY!
I add soundtoys tremolator and Valhalla Vintage Verb once I have the .wav file in garageband
What, Where, Why, When, & How, thx again. Learn a lot again.
You rule Eric
Thanks Gethyn!
When I was a kid in the 60's (I am 68), I used to drool over Fender Mustangs in the catalogues and wanted one so bad. Of course, I have had a few Strats and Tele type guitars but never a Mustang because the Strat was single coil King (Tele in some opinions) and I was unimpressed with the Mustang in the one's I heard. However, your Mustang with the Lace Sensors? sounds sweet and giving me hope that I might find happiness with a Fender Mustang. I would not want a relic version, but a pretty shiny one in Sea Green or white. Maybe they could put a Tele neck on the Mustang and resolve the short fret board challenge. I just love the Mustang body style, but not really the switches and short neck.
ooh new video - what was the opening riff at the top of the video? Sounded really familiar to my ear but I couldn't quite place it
Chorus melody from Neil Young’s ‘Old Man’.
@@karlfarren was Rebel Rebel what i heard
@@tubeguitar1663 I see/hear what you mean (🧑🎤), but my money's still on Old Man (chorus).
Thank you for these videos. Can you please explain why you started with the G major scale and the key of G before moving on to talk about D mixolydian? Or anyone else? Lol
Love the Lou Reed-esque explanatory vocal improvs man 😃 Any chance you could finish off that Miles Davies tangent for us here in the comments? Cheers!
I recommend checking out "So What" and "All Blues" from that record - both simple enough jazz tunes to learn for us rockers, and both do the thing where they stay modal for a while, and then shift.
@@EricHaugenGuitar cool, thanks man! Love that record and listen to it often but I have never really committed to giving it a go, besides half-assing the main riffs.
For those about to Rock....we give you Mixolydian
I love your fender mustang...what year is that?
It's a 1966! I've had it since high school in the 90s!
I finally understand a lesson I took 15 years ago! But isn't it easier to teach that Mixolydian is the major scale of the fourth note in the scale? Eg. Just play G major scale over D
I actually wouldn't recommend it - the notes won't be wrong or anything, but the phrasing will all subtly wrap itself around the tonal center or G instead of D.
For me, it's all about knowing what tones I'm hitting.
@@EricHaugenGuitar got it!
Awesome video! Question: what is the opening riff?
It’s kinda a droney version of Neil Young’s “Old Man” :-)
@@EricHaugenGuitar thank you. Appreciate it.
I would have to say tele as well as I have a '72 RI w/ swapped coiled tapped pu's... so it's my swiss army knife guitar
I love these theory series videos Bruv! as an aside, I hate the way Mustangs look but they sound killer. I know a lot of it is your particular touch but the attack Mustangs carry knock me out
The bridge pickup on Mustangs are very unique - somehow, they sound kinda close to a tele!
@@EricHaugenGuitar Yes maybe even more aggressive than a tele. Though not like a Broadcaster which is just louder. Mustang bridge is much more bite without the thinness of a Jazzmaster. I think its the most Fender sounding Fender and thats hard for a Stratocaster dude to say
Eric I love your videos but just for us mere mortals to stop doubting ourselves. You put up the chords to G Major but please confirm the chords for D mixolydian are identical they just start from D correct? Secondly I know you refer to the 5 major and 5 minor pentatonic scales - I think I know them but a brief demo from you would be great. Many many thanks Eric.
Remember - D mixolydian is the same chords as G major, but modal progressions are SIMPLE
D /// C /// G /// G ///
or
D /// Am /// C /// G ////
@@EricHaugenGuitar Thanks Eric! However when we look at the chords of D mixolydian do we consider D(Maj) = I, E (Min) =II, Fb7 9 (Min) = III, G (Maj) = IV, A (min) = V, B (min) = VI, & C = (Maj) VII - What I mean is do we retain the roman numeral system of G Major as the parent key or do we re-number them when in D Mixiolydian? And have I got it right? Eric your lessons on theory are the best I have come across anywhere and you have a great way of explaining just what we need to know. Thank you.
So i have question. If we are in the key of G major and want some mixolydian, we start from the Fifth, D, and play D major scale? So play the notes D E F# G A B C# D. Or do we play a normal G major scale but just from D to D?
Yeah what Keith said! Play D to D, but leave that C natural!
@Eric Haugen Guitar ok. So when we say just play D to D, I have heard that before and it sounded like that was the one simple step. But now, it sounds like there are two steps. Play the D major scale AND flat the 7th? For moxolydian, of course.
@Keith Elmo those are the same notes as the G major scale though, correct? So i would just play the g major scale but start on D and go D to D but stay in G major(note wise) Sorry if im sounding redundant but i really am looking for clarity.
Awesome
Love me some Eric Haugen lessons, been subscribed for awhile, keep on being you.
Also, you know that Althea is a dead song. That's enough to be a deadhead IMO. Btw, It starts like this..
Bm-A-E-A
Bm-A-E-E
Digging the new(?) Vox amp...AC30??
I'm guessing AC15 Head...?
'I cant pretend to be surprised anymore' - pinching that
(Godzilla emerges from Tokyo Bay)
"....oh that's....new..."
At least 20 thousand, including me!
I always thought of the Mixolydian as the 5 chord scale of the Major Aeolian being the one, Lydian the 4 chord, and so on,but I could be thinking too abstractly
Naw you've got it, Randal!
I think you meant "Ionian" is the one though, but yeah that's a totally valid way of looking at it
@@EricHaugenGuitar you are correct sir!
I’m confused with the Baker Street example….you say the verse is in A major and that the chorus is in the relative mixolydian mode is E although it’s minor. The V chord of A major is E major Can anyone explain what I’m missing?
Eric: "There's a slowdown feature built into UA-cam if you need to slow things down."
Me: *watching at 2x speed*
Dude, you have to listen to Grateful Dead Spring 1990!! 😂😂😂 But for real, you should listen to that album.
What: A scale
Where: The Pub
Why: AC/DC
When: Sundays
How: Any which way but pinky
"Any Which Way But Pinky: The Matt Gilbert Story"
a memoir
@@EricHaugenGuitar Coming soon to all streaming platforms! You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll fail to play jazz chords...
The house where Jerry lives.
But I agree...I’m not a huge Grateful Dead fan either. And Trey Anastasio is a great guitarist but I can’t listen to Phish.
I was thinking jerry and then you said it. I should have known that before. but, I'm lacking
Wow, first thank you so much ! It's the first time i actually understand how modes work cause you've made it so damn understandable ! But then while i was playing i noticed (in comparison with the previous video on dorian mode) that D mixolydian shared the same notes than A Dorian, they jus had different functions, therefore i wonder what's the difference, why would you say it's rather A Dorian or D Mixolydian ? Thank you :)
Remember - it's all about the chord progression context! How the song moves in the background, and how that combines with a melody.
It's true, Dorian and Mixolydian are cousins. Dorian is the jazzy minor and Mixolydian is the funky major.
But:
Am Am to D D = Dorian cycle
D D to Am Am = Mixolydian cycle
@@EricHaugenGuitar Alright ! Thanks for your answer i think i'll have to jam a little bit more to have a better understanding of everything but it's so exciting thank you so much for your videos !
Not talking about pedals -- but I want to know what pedal in the intro has the slowing-down tremolo. I have a Line 6 pedal that does it, but wonder what else is out there.
TRICKERY!
That's a plugin - Soundtoys Tremolator.
I love you, and you should know that
Thanks man! I feel the love!!!
“I’ve been abused by DeadHeads” got me 😂
Спасибо!
I always thought of the mix as a maj scale with a dom7 instead of a maj7.
Bc that’s what it is
He said the same thing when he said it’s a a major scale with a b7
Yeah it's just music theory semantics!
The term "dom7" refers to the V7 chord. According to blah blah blah proper classical theory, intervals cannot be "dominant," hence "flat" 7.
But you've totally got the right idea anyway!
is La Bomba mixalodian and the beetles shake on baby twist and shout also????Roland J Gutierrez from Magdalena New Mexico USA 🇺🇸
Hrmmm la bamba is tricky. I’d say it’s still more in the key of C than G mixolydian.
Remember it’s not just about raw data, it’s how the melody moves and interacts with the chords. What feels like “home. “
Deadhead " you're mot listening hard enough "
So I'm now getting that these modes are more about the chord progression than whats noodled over it.
Yes! Context is everything!
I guess Link Wray's RUMBLE too.
Yeah!
I thought Mixolydian was that little elf-like Mister guy with the funny derby in Superman comics who disappears when Superman tricks him into saying his name backwards.
Thanks, Eric. I won't take the Grateful Dead stuff personally. What about Phish? Any thoughts on Trey as a guitar player?
Trey's definitely a great player!
As you can imagine, I've never really gotten into Phish either - too happy for me.
Is it Roxette at the very beginning?
Not quite! It's the chorus melody from Neil Young's "Old Man." :-)
Anyone who mentions the dead and marquee moon in the same sentence is cool with me!
Clearly, you are a man of discerning tastes :-)
Good info, but hard to hear on my phone. Recorded too quiet in my opinion.
I resisted the Dead for years and just didn’t get it. I liked some of the songs but didn’t understand the meandering. Went to a Dead & Co show in 2019 to mainly see John Mayer, and now I’m hooked. From a theory standpoint I didn’t realize Jerry was actually meaning to hit those notes! I think the stuff he throws in there from his bluegrass banjo days, and all the chord highlights plus mixo is really the essence. Mayer does a great nod to that plus throwing in more pentatonic stuff that sounds like him. Saying all that not to convince you. In my head, I’m not sure there is a parallel universe where Eric likes the Dead! 🤣
hahahahahahaha I don't like John Mayer either! Too safe and pretty boi for me. Plus there's a bit of sour grapes there I won't lie - we were both at Berklee at the same time and he's obviously much more successful than me :-)
"I can' pretend to be surprised anymore" would be a great lyric, song title, or even album title. For real dude. Do people still make albums? No?
Would you care if I used that for a lyric?
Regarding intensive Dead sales-pitches, I have learned that there is no fan collective more willing to deliver the hard sell on the groups they love than the people that are into jam bands. I don't think there's another genre of music where adults are so willing to sit down other adults, throw on a band they like, and then explain to the non-fan that the non-fan actually loves this band, it's just that they don't realize it yet. And the non-fan is often like 43 and has hundreds of vinyl records from various eras of music, but the jam band fan is still absolutely certain that, deep down, the non-fan absolutely loves the band that is being pitched even though they have heard them hundreds (perhaps thousands) of times before and have chosen to not by a single tape, CD, vinyl record or MP3 album (or even steal an LP via Napster) by said artist even though they have purchased hundreds (perhaps thousands) of tapes, albums, CDs and MP3's by artists that often had only one song with a single memorable hook that they liked. This band that is now being marketed to them by a "friend," a band they have heard many, many times before (likely far too many, many times) is a band that they have never spent a cent on, and it is a band that will continue to exist as a group that they dislike more than they should because even though the music isn't entirely awful, the constant sales pitches about how great they are is downright unbearable.
does the mixolydian scale have an extra note or does the myxolydian note replace one of the existing notes? my head hurts
No extras!
Just nudge the ma7th down to a b7th = mixolydian!
@@EricHaugenGuitar thankyou
What!? You're not a Deadhead? No biggie. As my father-in-law wisely advises, taste is personal. You can't criticize it. So let it be. :-) I'll say it again. Lovin' this series man. A lot of good information to unpack, but you present it very well. I've pinned four of these episodes in my browser for periodic replay when I practice.
What I like to say is:
"There is no good or bad music. But there is simple music for simple people."