Modal Interchange | Borrowed Chords
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- Опубліковано 17 тра 2024
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A great way to add some spicy-ness to your chord progression is through the use of modal interchange/modal mixture/borrowed chords. So what are they?
I recently saw a great video by Adam Manness of Open Studio who had a really cool angle for implementing some modal interchange. I talk a bit about it in this video.
Check out Open Studio, those guys really know their stuff. Particularly if you're a keen jazz pianist.
Here’s the video from Adam Manness I was referencing: • Dreamy CUSH Chords
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:40 INTERLUDE 1
00:50 What is Modal Interchange?
05:18 INTERLUDE 2
05:32 Implementing modal interchange technique 1
07:55 Implementing modal interchange technique 2
13:33 INTERLUDE 3
13:40 Outro
I can't wait until I understand wtf you're talking about lmao
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I just sleep with my ipad under my pillow and let the knowledge slowly seep in!
@@MarsCapone Ah yes, the Louis Cole method.
the feeling is pure ecstasy btw you'll know when it hits you
FINALLY I understand the answer to “how do they know they can play that chord!” THANK YOU. This is so incredibly clear in a way it has never been to me before.
Cheers Joe, glad you found it helpful!
ME TOO!
Im not the only one who tought that haha !!
BEST, MOST USEFUL AND CLEAR LESSON ON THE SUBJECT I'VE EVER HEARD.
Cheers Eric! I’m glad it was useful. Thanks for leaving a comment 🙏
Wonderful tones,attitude, lighting,musicality...much appreciated.
Wow, I never had anyone explain me this topic so intuitively and simple... I used to always get frustrated on writing chord progressions because I thought they were generic and uninteresting, and modal interchange was something locked behind complex methods. Thanks for the video!
That’s so great that you’ve got some value from the video! Thanks for watching and thanks leaving a comment. 👍🏼
This is such a casual...interesting....thoughtful video. wow thank you. It's like casually hanging out with a friend and talking piano
Ah, nice! I think that's kind of the vibe I'm going for so I'm really pleased you were feeling it! Cheers!
Agreed. His way of teaching is so easy and intimidating. Anyone can follow.
this dude has a talent of teaching
Ah thanks man, really appreciate your comment. Cheers.
Master teacher no doubt
You’re right. I don’t play any instruments but he makes the concept seem approachable and easy to grasp.
This was incredible. Taught me more methods for chord changes in one episode then my university I’ve been attending for 3 years
😂 Thanks! Glad you got some value from the video, maybe not so much from your university though!
Concise and with cool playing examples. Superb!
Cheers Adam! Thanks for the comment, glad you enjoyed it. 👍🏼
This is the most difficult, albeit initially somewhat confusing, but also the most interesting chord progression lesson I have ever seen. Thanks a lot.
Hey Charles! Thanks for the comment! Really glad you liked the video 👍🏼
Its very simple if you spend a bit of time to understand the basics. E.g notes in major and minor scales for all 12 keys. Relative major and minor scales. Everything scales from there.
Love the shoutout to Open Studio, I literally got into playing piano because of their videos
Yeah, those guys are great and providing such an amazing service!
Thanks for watching! 👍🏼
Good video. Modal interchange is one of those topics than can be difficult for students to understand, but it always leads to an epiphany when it starts to set in. You did a great job explaining it and giving relevant musical examples
Thanks Allan, appreciate your kind comment 🙏
I have been struggling so long to find something like this. Thank you for making such a clear lesson!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for leaving a comment 👍🏼
That D flat change is without exaggeration the most beautiful thing I've heard in music! Now I know how to actually use it... great stuff
Awesome, glad you enjoyed it and could take something away from it. Thanks for the comment, much appreciated. 👍
This is awesome. I finally understand how modes work! 👍
Awesome! Glad it was helpful 👍🏼
Thanks for leaving a comment 🙏
honestly just seeing someone write out + visualize "move these chords here" for each mode is so immensely helpful for somebody like me who has guitar brain, and not piano brain - since everything can just visually slide up and down the neck. thank you so much for this! subbed 👍
Awesome! Really glad it’s been useful for you. Thanks for the comment! 👍🏼
This is so useful, I’ve never even thought of modal interchange in progressions. You’ve opened my mind to new possibilities. Love it! Thanks
Awesome! Thanks for your comment Alex, glad it's been useful. Happy exploring!!
This is a really stimulating lesson. Some of the best thought provoking teaching on the internet. I will need to watch it again to get the best from it. Thank you.
Thanks Chris 🙏
Really appreciate your support and your generous comment. Thanks for watching, I’m glad you’re enjoying the content. 👍🏼
Just fabulous.......thank you.
You are most welcome! I hope it was useful. 👍🏼
Hi Michael, I am absolutely loving your videos. The content is pushing me to places I didn't think I was ready for but I'm learning so many amazing concepts. Your humble and sometimes amusing disposition makes the conent even more enjoyable.
Ah, thanks for your kind words Martin. I’m super pleased you’re enjoying the videos and you feel that you’re learning and growing. I appreciate your support. 🙏 🎹🎵
I have been self teaching myself piano for a year now, no kidding this is the most helpful video to up my game i have watched i had to take down notes
Ah, that’s great to hear! Good luck on your piano journey!
This is so practical 🙏🏽
I do not have words to say about your explanation way to show these subjects. Pretty clear!!! Thanks for sharing with us!!!
My pleasure, glad you’re enjoying the content. Thanks for leaving a comment.
Yep, he can be a big name if he wants to.
i watched your videos several times and then it's revealed what you are teaching. At first it seems complicated but it's really simply.
Thank you for this video. I really enjoy the conversational vibe, concepts then to stick better in my mind from conversations. This certainly has me thinking more about modal chords and how to incorporate them into my music.
Yes! His calm energy and voice makes you absorb what he’s saying easily
Thanks for your comment. Really pleased to hear you enjoyed the video 👍🏼
Your teaching is superb I have learnt so much from your videos. Keep up this great teaching
Ah Terry, thank you! I really appreciate it, it's comments like yours that keep me motivated. Thanks for watching 🙏👍🏻
Your videos are priceless my guy. Appreciate what you’re doing.
Thanks man, glad you're finding some value in them. Thanks for the support 🙏
Great video, Michael! Thanks for staying in C while explaining everything, made it easier to grasp. Loved the tips to figure out borrowed chords, will try for sure!
Thanks for the comment, glad you found it helpful 👍🏼
This is the most concise, comprehensive, and easy to follow explanation of this topic I’ve ever heard. Borrowed chords have always been challenging for me to analyze and/or use. Now, it feels more approachable. Thanks
Awesome, great to hear. Glad there was some value in there for you. Thanks for leaving a comment 🙏
Love the way, you have put it together. Great teaching, well composed verbally, short and helping me to put all music theory and execute it to a practical manner.
Thanks
Ah, thanks for the kind words Thieu. I’m really glad that you enjoyed it, thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. 🙏
Found your channel by accident. Your videos are great, and clarified so much that I previously struggled with. I understood modal interchange before but now understand it on a different level. I've not taken your advice, and I've subscribed here..... you know what you're talking about!
It wasn’t an accident Hew, we were destined to connect! Thanks for your kind comment, I’m really pleased the video was useful for you and I’m glad you’re here. Welcome.
First time I saw that modal interchange video on Open Studio I was like 🤯
Such a DEEP rabbit hole of musical creativity.
Thanks for sharing your take on this. You have a new subscriber 👍🏾
Yeah, it's some good stuff. Love what Open Studio are doing. Cheers for the comment and the sub Bryce! 🙏
This is a great lesson that I will need to work through at a slow pace. Thanks for sharing
Cheers Nathan, appreciate your comment 👍
The knowledge was simple and palpable, great teaching and illustrations
Glad you liked, thanks for the nice comment
you are a blessing to this world. Thank u so much!!❤
Ah, thanks for the kind comment 🙏
Glad you enjoyed the video 👍🏼
Hey, man. I'm 30 years old. I'll be 31 in August. You remind me of my elementary school teachers. I understood what you were teaching. Thanks, man.
Thanks for your comment Joseph, although I’m not sure whether or not to take it as a compliment that I remind you of your school teacher!😂
Saving this video to reference for interesting guitar chord progression. Half the time idk what I'm doing and using my ear but to have a reference to make something more interesting is helpful.
Definitely a great way to think about it, it's a resource should you want experiment with something other than your ears. Happy exploring!
Thank you for the great easy explanation!! 🎶🎵✨️
You are very welcome! 🎹
This is by far the best video on this topic I've found. Thanks so much for making it
Ah, cheers man. That means a lot coming from you! I really appreciate what you're doing too. Thanks for reaching out, I'm pleased you enjoyed the video. 👍🏻
@@michaelkeithson Where in the world are you based? Curious if you'd be up for maybe hopping on a call to talk about some of these concepts? I'm a sort of beginner/intermediate pianist with many holes in my skills & a lot of questions about what and how to practice :) Maybe that could be a topic to discuss? Possibly publishable as a video as well?
@@OscarUnderdog Sounds great. I'm in the UK, what about you? Drop me an email at michael.keithson@gmail.com
Brilliant. This is so well explained. I am one of those musicians that has been using this following my ears but understanding how this works is going to open my ears up to some new places harmonically.
Thanks man, appreciate your comment 🙏
Glad you found it useful. Happy exploring!
So very interesting. Beautiful progressions.
Cheers! Thanks for watching, glad you’re enjoying the videos 👍🏼
Chill & clear. Love it
I remember writing a song (as a guitarist) and stumbling on the iim7b5 and absolutely loving it.
I hadn’t thought about it before, but the iim7b5 interchange is basically the same thing as a iv minor interchange, just a different bass note. That’s why it has such a similar sound when played back to back.
Great video, I hope people that haven’t heard about this concept before watch it. Though I learned all this stuff long ago I haven’t used it much for a number of years, and haven’t composed in a while. This gave me some good inspiration. Much thanks!
Cheers Jesse, appreciate your comment 👍
honestly amazingly helpful
Awesome, good to hear it was useful. Thanks for the comment 🙏
Discovered this channel today and I can’t stop watching the tutorials. Very well explained. Thanks and wishes from India.❤
Ah thanks man, I really appreciate your comment. I’m glad you’re finding some value in my little videos! 👋 Hello from England! 😁
Great explanation. Thanks.
This guy is best teacher i seen so far and he is funny and weird too
I was really enjoying your comment until the last bit - 'weird'??! 🤣
mind blown!
Thanks for clarifying "parallel keys". I was stumped when Adam M. used that term.
No worries Derek, glad the video was useful!
Very clear and instructive
Very clearly explained and illustrated. Thank you!
You are very welcome Rolf, hope you found it useful. 👍
Fantastic description and explanation!!! So good! Thank you
Thanks for your comment Dave! Pleased you liked it, hope you got some useful bits from it. 👍🏼
Brilliant and inspirational. Thank you sir! I’ve played keys in a metal band in my teenage years and now I play keys every day in preschool where I teach. In all these years I composed only one very generic piano piece 😅 I believe this video guide will help me to turn the alphabet song around to amuse the kids and to compose a second less generic piece over the next day off 😊
Thanks for the great comment. Really glad the video was useful and has inspired you to write something new! Good luck!
What an extraordinary lesson
Ah, thanks Jason. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for the comment 🙏
You’re an awesome teacher. Thanks for your videos.
You are very welcome. Thank you for your kind comment!
Very well explained and the graphics made it easily comprehensible. You'll hear it!
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Thanks! I hope you found it useful!
Michael, I'm already subscribed to open studio so I'm absolutely subscribing to you because that was one of the best lessons I've ever had on the subject
Hey Elisa! Thanks for your comment, really glad you enjoyed the video and appreciate the sub! I really value the Open Studio content so it's nice that you feel similar about my content too. Thank you 🙏
I'm totally inspired. It brings together what my ears already know and what I half knew intellectually but now I intellectually understand more fully! 😃 Thanks Amazing
Hey Cyril, that's awesome to hear that you're feeling inspired! Thanks for leaving a comment, much appreciated! 🙏
I've known about modes and borrowed chords forever, but putting them in context of using the tonic chord of the minor scale, and then writing the rest of a chord progression in another mode (especially explaining via shifting down a tone, or up three semitones) before resolving feels like it finally clicked in my head. Makes me look forward to playing keys tomorrow.
Awesome! That's great to hear. Really glad you've found some value in my videos. Thanks for leaving a comment 👍
Hands down the best explanation on this concept on the web I've seen. And I've seen many, including Open Studio's.
Cheers man, that means a lot. Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. I appreciate you. 👍🏼
Most excellent!!!! This lesson explained things I had been doing, but not realizing it was a parallel key with the same tonic. I either did it by accident or stumbled upon it by learning a song that did it. For example, I have done the major 4 chord to minor 4 chord for years, but I did not have the “why” it worked, or how. Now it all makes sense! This opens up so much more now. Thank you!!!!
Thanks David! Really glad it was helpful. Happy exploring!!
Wild. You’re blowing my mind.
Thanks for the nice comment. Glad you got something out of it. 👍
So clearly explained… keep em coming!
Cheers Tyler! That’s the plan, hoping to keep this sort of content coming providing I can keep thinking of things I think I can talk about!!
Thank you this was great 🔥🔥
This is… by far, THE BEST tutorial on modal interchange I’ve seen online. Thank you so much!
Thanks Omar, appreciate your generous comment 🙏
Brilliant!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it, hope it was useful! 👍🏼
Excellent as always Michael.
Thank you John, appreciate your comment 🙏
Thanks for this information!
You are very welcome Kevin, thanks for the comment 🙏
Great stuff! Thank you!
My pleasure! Thanks for watching, I hope there was some useful stuff in there somewhere! Cheers.
Fantastic. Thank you so much.
You are very welcome Tony, hope you found something useful in there!
When I was a beginner long back, the I IV V chord progression were my favorite among all of the progressions, pretty much like all beginners, but one day i find it equally interesting when we move through I VIb and VIIb chords that was not a common progression, but to me i felt it equally interesting like the I IV V, they had sort of a mirrored or reverse effect of the I IV V chord progressions, Didn't know how it was working, until today I saw this video. I felt fantastic, when i was able to grasp this concept and understand how that olden times mysterious chord progression is derived out from the root of this technique, and happy that i can use this concept now to create similar chord progressions in a different way which would be equally beautiful and magical. 🥰
Thanks for your comment man, really appreciate it. I’m glad the video has helped open a new doorway, happy exploring!!
Mind-blowing man....thank you❤
You're very welcome! Glad you got some value from it 👍
Exceptional, thank you 🙏🏾
My pleasure!! Thanks for the comment! 🙏🎹🎵
Excellent man. Appreciate this.
Cheers James, thanks for the comment 🙏
Thanks so much for these detailed examples in different modes! I also saw the Open Studio short you were referencing and loved it, but this vid helped understand what's going on and how to find more options. Excellent stuff.
Thanks for the comment, much appreciated. Thanks for watching, glad you found it helpful 👍
Perpendicular keys! Agreed. Amazing video thank you. Love trying to apply this stuff to guitar. Cheers!
Dude! Just checked out a few of your videos, they're brilliant. I appreciate the amount of work that must go into them, hats off! Great job. Glad you like my humble piece to camera too. Cheers
Great lesson! Well done! Thanks.
Cheers! Glad you enjoyed it 👍🏼
Good stuff! I already knew this but you greatly clarified and expanded the concept!
Wonderful lesson! Thank you so much.
You're very welcome Jose, glad you found it useful. Thanks for leaving a comment, much appreciated 🙏
I'm learning a lot of new stuff on your channel, thank you!
Thank you! Happy to be of assistance! Thanks for leaving a comment 🙏
An eye opener 🥂
Thanks for the comment! Glad you found it useful. Happy practising! 🎹🎵
Thank you for an excellent lesson!
My pleasure Richard, thank you for your comment!
Thank you for sharing this knowledge! @Michael Keithson
My pleasure Nikolay, thanks for watching 👍
I absolutely love how you made this video llike an honest conversation, the way you sit so closely to the camera, the interludes and the funny expressions all add up to a very direct and sensible way of teaching
Ah, thank you for your kind comment. I really appreciate it 🙏
It's great to hear that you receive the videos like this, that's the kind of vibe I'm going for 😊
Excellent lesson!
Thanks Paul, glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for leaving a comment 🙏
Thanks for this video! Super useful stuff
Cheers for the comment Pedro. Glad you found it helpful!
This was one of the best videos I’ve seen in a while. I’m going to have to watch it a couple of times just to get my head wrapped around it because it’s a bit of a brain teaser but I do understand the concept and it’s fascinating! Thank you very much for taking the time to explain this!
You're very welcome, thank you for your kind comment. Glad you enjoyed it 👍
Awesome lesson! 🙏
Thanks Tim!
Awesome! Thank you so much. The explanation you gave was very clear.
Thanks for the comment Francis, glad you enjoyed the video 👍🏼
Every time I watch your videos I get inspired to write! Again, I do this a lot but now that I ACTUALLY KNOW what I’m doing I can use it more purposefully!! Thanks so much Michael!
That’s so good to hear. Thanks for sharing, I really appreciate it!
Great video, Very helpful...
Thank You
My pleasure! Glad it was helpful 👍
Very inspiring, can't wait to try some of this out! Tnx
Awesome, thanks for the comment. Happy exploring!! 🎵🎹
Brilliant lesson. Will really help me in composing. Thanks.
Thanks Daniel, I'm glad you found it helpful 👍
I actually learnt something in this video. Great tutorial, now I know how to use those colorful chords in my composition.
Awesome! Glad you got some value out of the video! Thanks for the comment 🙏
Michael awesome lesson thank you
Cheers Dave, glad you enjoyed it. 👍🏼
Once again, such an amazing video. So happy to have found this channel! You are doing really great work, and I'm so grateful.
Cheers Michael! I'm glad you're here too, thanks for the kind comment! 🙏
Very clear, thank you!
Hey Melle, thanks for the comment I hope it was useful. 👍🏼
Great video, thank you Michael
Thanks Zeno! I appreciate the comment. 🙏
Thanks so much for making this, I found it super helpful!
You are very welcome!
Great video! One of the most helpful on this topic. Love your approach on relative keys with modal interchange, wow. Learned so much and this opens many doors.
Would love to see a video on secondary dominants, as well as other aspects of chromatic harmony like the diminished, Neapolitan, or augmented 6 chords. Your explanations are excellent!
Thanks Ryan. Really appreciate your comment. I’m pleased you’re finding the videos useful and engaging. Thanks for your suggestions, I’ve already got some of those on my list so stay tuned! Thanks for being here.
@@michaelkeithsonangular key?
Hey dude! Have you checked out the videos on diminished chords and secondary dominants?! Thanks for the suggestions!
This has been so helpful as a guitarist. Some reason my theory knowledge isn't based on chords, it's based on modes. I have the modes down as a second language and I know what chords I can build based on these modes. But now with this I can break out of only seeing the fretboard as modes and introduce different emotions into my playing.
Awesome, great to hear it's been helpful. Thanks for leaving a comment, much appreciated