Ultimate hack for learning and *USING* the modes...

Ultimate hack for learning and USING the modes...

Рет қаралды 313,225

7 жыл бұрын

Are you confused with what the modes are… or, how you can actually use them in a real musical setting?!
I was for a LONG time until I found the exercise I’m going to show you in the this lesson.
I’ve also got a VERY special guest with me in the new lesson… one of my favourite all time bass players. Ever. I’d go as far to say he’s one of the most musical and lyrical soloists on the bass I’ve ever heard.
Anyway, let’s do this…
As always, I’d love to hear about you’re experiences too - my feeling is that although many players know what the modes are - most struggle with applying them in a practical way to their bass lines, grooves, fills and solo lines. But… lemme know what you’re experiences are under the video in the comments!
See you in the shed,
Scott :)
=====================================================
GET MORE BASS TIPS 👇
_________________________________________________________________
🙌 Be the first to know - SUBSCRIBE now → bit.ly/sub-to-sbl-yt
🔓 Unlock your FREE trial to transform your bass playing → bit.ly/3fXt4cI
ABOUT SCOTT’S BASS LESSONS (SBL)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
As the largest online bass education platform in the world, with an ever-expanding course library and 40,000+ active members, Scott’s Bass Lessons (SBL) has everything you need to master the bass, all in one place.
Featuring beginner level bass lessons, engaging courses from expert instructors, step-by-step development curricula, direct feedback on your playing, real-time mentorship from A-list bassists and a thriving and incredibly supportive community, SBL is the perfect platform to uplevel your bass playing, whether you’re a total beginner, or an advanced pro-level bassist.
Try SBL Membership today! → bit.ly/3fXt4cI
RECOMMENDED BASS PLAYLIST
-------------------------------------------------------------
Catch up with SBL Content you’ve missed:
➡️ • SBL Full Video Playlist
#bassguitarlessons #bassforbeginners #easybasslines
LINKS
--------------
Tune in to our Weekly Podcast:
🎧 sblpodcast.buzzsprout.com/share
Explore our FREE courses:
🎸 freebasscourses.com
Try our FREE GrooveTrainer App:
📱 scottsbasslessons.com/groove-...

Пікірлер: 488

@B1L1A1C1K1T1V1 7 жыл бұрын

The lesson starts at 5:49, anytime

@dmitrykoynov2254 5 жыл бұрын

...and ends at 14:40

@aldistoteles2919 5 жыл бұрын

🤟👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

@salottin 5 жыл бұрын

THANKS THANKS THANKS

@LordSesshomaru584 4 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU

@eds6889 4 жыл бұрын

Abu 3reefi ... Scott likes to chat.

@Finnvbot 7 жыл бұрын

5:50 definition of modes 9:45 the hack It does work wonders, especially with the drone note. It's also a marvellous way to train the ear.

@NozmoKing 7 жыл бұрын

Scott, Thank you so much! That simple suggestion of mixing modes around a single note rather than referencing the modes back to the root major, may have been the key to finally breaking me out of my mode mental-lock. Like you, when working on the different modes for a given key, it always sounded like the major scale just starting and stopping in different places. It was difficult to her the personality of the different modes in that context. Thank you very much!

@Quintellectual 7 жыл бұрын

Unreal. To be such a monster bassist, brilliant musician and gifted teacher! Every time I watch you I have a break through. And I'm 45!

@samn5564 4 жыл бұрын

I find most of his videos very educational. This one is just frustrating! At the 11:00 mark he's just dancing around without any explanation. Enjoying his own theory knowledge, but not passing it along.

@sonicsheath 4 жыл бұрын

@@samn5564 right! we need more specific explanation for that

@gsharpslayer3287 3 жыл бұрын

I feel exactly the same way

@HDArtzy 3 жыл бұрын

So true

@ankerstang1878 3 жыл бұрын

@@samn5564 Yes he Just dancing around without any explanation,

@matthutchinson1067 7 жыл бұрын

After watching this video I've come up with an easy way (for me) to remember the modes without leaving the root chord and without reference to specific notes (a vestige of years of playing by ear): Memorize the order of the modes, then memorize the "numbers" in the modes where the scale moves a half tone. (Click "Read More.") Ascending: Ionian 4, 8 Dorian 3, 7 Phrygian 2, 6 Lydian 5, 8 Mixolydian 4, 7 Aeolian 3, 6 Locrian 2, 5 Notice that, from the top, the half-tone positions begin with 4 & 8, they descend in pairs from Ionian through Phrygian, then they begin again at Lydian with 5 & 8, descending again in pairs to the end. Think opposite; if you're ascending in the scale, then the half-tone locations descend in general from Ionian to Locrian (but with the "reset" at Lydian). Descending: Ionian 2, 6 Dorian 3, 7 Phrygian 4, 8 Lydian 2, 5 Mixolydian 3, 6 Aeolian 4, 7 Locrian 5, 8 Again, notice the pattern of the half-step positions, this time ascending in pairs Ionian through Phrygian, then from Lydian through Locrian.

@JoeDeanPedro 6 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure what you mean by "scale moves a half tone". Yours seems like a good system, I just don't understand it.

@klousealbers7300 3 жыл бұрын

When you play a progression are you playing through different modes?

@EphFord 2 жыл бұрын

Nice idea! Another way to think about it is imagine playing a major scale but only stepping whole tones (aka whole steps). You can't. Instead, you need to take a half tone (or half step) on the fourth and eighth note. This brings you up against the 3rd and 7th. After the fourth and eighth half steps you start moving whole steps again. Hence the 4,8 for that "chord scale" of Ionian. For another example, on the Lydian, you have to only do a half step on the 5th and 8th.

@Dimas5 Жыл бұрын

@@JoeDeanPedro like in C major there’s a half step between E and F (3 & 4) and a half step between B and C (7 & 8 or 1)

@chrissouthern9596 5 жыл бұрын

Chord scales - genius! Just unblocked 20 years of mystery. Thanks :-)

@Centrista1 7 жыл бұрын

my english is not very good lucking... but your videos, this video, it changes my vision for my instrument et for read the music... THANKS A LOT SCOTT.

@SpencerCHale 7 жыл бұрын

The ultimate hack for remembering these modes: I Don't Particularly Like Modes A Lot

@mentugo 7 жыл бұрын

Nice!

@ivosamuelgiosadominguez6649 7 жыл бұрын

Spencer Hale I was thinking of one of these and just when I had it (in spanish, because that's my mother tongue) I come down and see this one. *sigh*.

@SpencerCHale 7 жыл бұрын

You should post the Spanish one too! pneumonic devices work because they click with people. If someone is more comfortable with Spanish, perhaps it will help them out.

@ivosamuelgiosadominguez6649 7 жыл бұрын

Spencer Hale I will, but it really only works with me. Ivo (that's me) Debe (Must) Parecer (Look) Listo (Smart) Mea ([he] Pisses) Amando (Loving) Lombrices (Earthworms) Ivo is me, people in real life think I'm smart and the sheer absurdism of the phrase makes me remember it.

@SpencerCHale 7 жыл бұрын

Haha! I love it! It's so non-sensical!

@troytolbert2005 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing Scott! You've truly made me a better bassist! God bless you!

@Myrdinn777 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you SO much for this lesson. You managed to summarize all my frustrations learning mods!

@theinsidersduo2867 7 жыл бұрын

I've studied modes quite a bit but just knew I'd get something new from this lesson and taking the modes from one starting point is something I hadn't tried out. Quite a good revision lesson too.

@uberdonkey9721 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fantastic. I've been doing modes alot, and felt the same about not really distinguishing them and this just opened my eyes (and ears!) Such great practice

@thomaskaitatzis5831 3 жыл бұрын

Your tone with this bass is so smooth and satisfying

@cambridgebasslessons 7 жыл бұрын

Great lesson Scott : )

@strengthofthedragon 7 жыл бұрын

These lessons are awesome! I am teaching myself to play bass off of your videos! Keep up the work! (Well, you make it not look like work!)

@gatekeeper3232 3 жыл бұрын

This is the video that cracked the modes open for me. Thank you Scott. You are a great teacher.

@ThisMichaelBrown 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome when you drone around the root note in each and try to find a melody....reveals the character of the mode....great tip! Thanks

@Guitargurrrl 7 жыл бұрын

Oh! This is very helpful, Scott. I was just working on modes. Relating them in this way makes them instantly useful. Thanks!

@1200lupe08 7 жыл бұрын

Wow Scott! This is one of my favorite videos you've done. I'm gonna get a million miles off of this. Between messing with the modes and getting dudes Zawinol moves and finding out about a crazy good bass player, I can't make up my mind what I want to do first. Lol. Thanks Scott! You're the man.

@Keepler22b 10 ай бұрын

ty Scott:) fantastic tone and tech and teacher! The modes are slowly sinking in so this is perfect

@devinebass 10 ай бұрын

So awesome to hear dude, thanks for tuning in to the lesson!

@jafmusicmix7656 7 жыл бұрын

Brilliant, as usual Scott. Thanks!

@sucrier007 7 жыл бұрын

I really like your videos. Very, very fun to watch and learn with the best. I wonder how someone can click not liking but the support SBL get shows that you are on the spot. Thank you and I will join soon!

@Wheelly1 7 жыл бұрын

Scott, even these excercices sound like the fine music! Such a talent

@jordanellisrannells3488 7 жыл бұрын

Excellent stuff Scott and Rich! Seeing your recent videos and especially your artist loft video Rich has made me want to work on solo phrasing like you a lot more! Thanks for the inspiration :)

@vanessablacksmith3200 4 жыл бұрын

FANTASTIC ...thanks

@chadwicks_guitar 2 жыл бұрын

This is a brilliant approach! Thanks for the education and inspiration!!! 😎🎸

@Konss 7 жыл бұрын

That's great and very cool!! Thanks!!

@Elwooddudes 4 жыл бұрын

Great idea Scott, Just in the middle of trying to re-learn my modes. Thanks for the different angle, this should make things a little easier

@khidd7026 5 ай бұрын

great way of explaining it it helped so much!! as a bassist i truly appreciate it.

@IanFrancoAlani 7 жыл бұрын

Just great! Thanks!

@Bassedmen 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent..... what a break through... thanks

@joelgiroux3610 5 жыл бұрын

Another spectacular lesson, Scott.

@tenzazangitsu 7 жыл бұрын

Whoa! Thanks a lot Scott! I've been struggling with modes because I never understood how to apply them. This hack really helped me understand. Thanks alot!

@pucchilovetheme8368 6 жыл бұрын

you guys are great i love watching you

@Ahinaraful 3 жыл бұрын

This makes so much more sense, thank you!

@monicabrown3142 7 жыл бұрын

A long time ago, I made a word out of it. ALIDPLM. Then I start the aolian scale on the A and end the mixolydian on G. Helped me memorize and learn each scale.

@gtrplr42 5 жыл бұрын

Great lesson!

@danwest9900 7 жыл бұрын

What a cool hack! The way I used to practice the modes always sounded like I was just playing the major scale. This could really open up some doors for me. Great video!

@anirbanpl 7 жыл бұрын

hey Scott, really lovely video, it helped me a lot

@KevinJohnson-tw9ip 7 жыл бұрын

wicked lesson Scott...and i love Rich Brown too...i saw a youtube video of him playing Bach...that's when i first learned of him.

@shortEng1998 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks you so much for this important modes on Guitar Bass.

@pinacoco2 7 жыл бұрын

oh man, you made my day. i really had the same problem of totally understanding the theory but not hearing the characteristics… because of always referring it back to the "root". Thanx a lot. Great lesson!

@gernblenstein1541 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful tip for learning the real power of the modes!

@DagemBeedeLemma 7 жыл бұрын

What you said about modes being called chord scales answered a lot of questions for me. Thanks!

@coryflintoff9872 7 жыл бұрын

I learned them best when I switched from guitar to BASS I Don't Play Loud Marshals Any LOnger 😎

@jjones7837 4 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the Dark Side.

@klousealbers7300 3 жыл бұрын

When you play a progression are you playing through the different modes

@coryflintoff9872 3 жыл бұрын

@@klousealbers7300 A chord progression would stay within the mode (key) it is in. So a 1-4-5 is first degree of Major scale, 4th degree, 5th degree. All major. BUT, you could start on the second degree of a major scale and play through and it would be Dorian mode.

@klousealbers7300 3 жыл бұрын

@@coryflintoff9872 thanks much!

@BlackRootsUNLIMITED 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant Scott 👊🏿♥️

@ledzeppelinsucks 7 жыл бұрын

this has helped me so much! thank you!

@koalanectar9382 7 жыл бұрын

This lesson is fantastic because he emphasizes the importance of viewing modes independently of any particular key. You can write entire songs based around modes, where you simply shift the I chord up the major scale. So the ii minor chord of a normal major scale is the i minor tonic chord of the dorian scale, and you can write a tune in dorian around i minor where the cadences and harmonic rhythm imply a different tonic "home" chord (i minor). This can give a whole composition the "flavor" of a particular mode, which can really open up your options when it comes to songwriting. Everything doesn't have to be in major (ionian) or minor (aeolian) all the time!

@blues61 7 жыл бұрын

Brilliant!

@seonghyunyoon4690 7 жыл бұрын

Thx scott this the lesson that i needed

@j.rhodesbass225 3 жыл бұрын

This is great! Thank you Scott!! .......And Joe LOL!

@neirfy01 4 жыл бұрын

Omg, thank you very much, u've really helped me to get out of the major sound! Very useful!

@vincenttume5812 5 жыл бұрын

Scott - Great Exercise! My first teacher was a jazz guy (Dave Field) who showed me this for much the same reason. Thanks for sharing (and great shout-out for Toronto).

@inspector-tech 3 жыл бұрын

Ha! After watching your videos on & off for many years, this is the first one I found useful :-) Really great idea to keep the same root note but shift into a different scale (mode) since the contrast between the two modes is really emphasised and sounds so much more musical than playing each mode within the same key. I can see myself having fun with this for quite a while. Will try this tomorrow. Thanks Scott...

@danielroos5426 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Scott. Nice explanation.

@christopherlord3441 6 жыл бұрын

Fantastic. The years of experence teaching really show.

@rituraj3758 7 жыл бұрын

i love your lessons

@jaredmatthews9403 7 жыл бұрын

Killin' it as usual!

@andre318 7 жыл бұрын

Fantastic ear the modes in this way. Thanks

@fullmoon7192 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you, thank you, thank you. Scott you're worth a million bucks in my books. I understand all the theory of the modes and where they came from but nobody was able to explain to me how to apply this thing in the "real life situation". I'm going back to the shed now to start hearing them. Screw all the theory in the world if one cannot sing/hear them...

@ducielyons2897 7 жыл бұрын

great theory opened my mind to the modes and there beauty thxs

@abhinamghalay7985 3 жыл бұрын

Like always great content

@jazzybass41 7 жыл бұрын

Always struggled understanding the concept of the ' mode sketch ' this has eased my pain a little! Cheers Scott!

@anthonyrobinson226 7 жыл бұрын

real good stuff!

@gsharpslayer3287 3 жыл бұрын

To think, if I didn’t watch this lesson then I would not have came up with this awesome bass line tonight. Playing like a good old jazzy son of a mother funker over here thanks to one lesson lol. Excellent channel

@davetuttle9701 7 жыл бұрын

AWESOME!

@Katalysaattori 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! You can really teach ! I’m just a home hobby guitarist so this is very helpful...

@3vann5567 7 жыл бұрын

"42 is a good approximation." HAHAHA!! Hitch hikers guide to the Galaxy.

@merrymonarch 7 жыл бұрын

excellent. thanks

@BigSima6 7 жыл бұрын

omg this lesson is so EPIC! my mind is blown!! O__O

@brettparson3955 7 жыл бұрын

I don't know why I never tried this. It's genius! Can't wait until I have some time over the weekend to start working on this.

@RaylensrayzOfficial 5 жыл бұрын

So nice..👏

@ianbeardwood8986 7 жыл бұрын

As a saxophone player I know use this system to practice playing modes, fantastic method!

@gumbaix 7 жыл бұрын

Faaaaaantastic thaaaaanks so much!

@jrmybrbr13gmailcom 3 жыл бұрын

I found that for days that you want to use your brain mixing this exercise/study with the one on things to do every time you pick up your bass, IE scales arpeggios intervals.... combining the two is a really good overall bass exercise. it combines muscle memory with brain memory.

@jrmybrbr13gmailcom 3 жыл бұрын

and then always just play around and listen, That's where the rubber hits the road.

@wtfusheeple5383 7 жыл бұрын

great advice

@darrinheike1495 2 жыл бұрын

Haha Those are the “la la la la” warm up scales we used in high school choir. Never heard them referred to as modes but I already know them. We would even mix them around vocally. So cool

@kucingimut6496 5 жыл бұрын

thanks scott,

@fredd6652 7 жыл бұрын

Thank a lot ! Merci Beaucoup !

@maddoxtroy683 7 жыл бұрын

Bloody love you scooter!

@fodera0915 7 жыл бұрын

this was helpful:)

@j.staley7425 4 жыл бұрын

I'm a guitarist, but this information that youve shared is GREAT! Thanks!

@willemniehorster9836 7 ай бұрын

Damn! Once again a great video, I played for two hours all the modes in C major and they all sounded the same, now I saw this video and I will do what you just suggested, thanks again Scott!

@devinebass 7 ай бұрын

Glad to hear this has helped!!

@jcmcclain57 7 жыл бұрын

👍 Good lesson!

@pari-production2324 7 жыл бұрын

I love you Scott !! : )

@kousinkoolaid 7 жыл бұрын

I love these lessons Scott. I'm not getting it yet but I'm trying. My wife hates that I play as well as i do ( for the passed 15 years) and don't even know the notes I'm playing. Keep it up maybe one day I'll get it.

@giovannibortoluzzi1384 4 жыл бұрын

I use famous one-octave-melodies to remember each mode. Check out my latest video if you guys are curious :-)

@jrmybrbr13gmailcom 3 жыл бұрын

I'm picking up base after about a 10-year break and my hands are picking things up quicker than my brain is. this was a huge help.

@samuelmbovya5878 5 жыл бұрын

Keep it up guys

@koop3414 7 жыл бұрын

Richard Brown: 1: I Saw your song Nguyen some year ago but didn't recognize you...it blew my mind! 2: 2 min on your Major 3th below licks... Mind Blown! 3: Allan Holdsworth? Who is it?... Daaamn! Mind Blown X 3! Seriously ! Just 10 min surching info on your music and i have work for a decade ( at least...) Thanks!

@danieleduardoramosmoreno4446 4 жыл бұрын

The way I practice them in both guitar and bass is... Well I play each of the seven modes for a particular tonality-through ALL octaves. Then, practice it through all scales and start blending the seven modes and start composing without dissonances, I mean NOT outside the seven modes for the minor or major scale of the chosen tonality or key center. And then MANY chord options come; that, plus the diatonic circle of fifths chords-I practice for the relative major and the relative minor of the tonality I chose and what you chose on this vid too-then blend ALL together it`s like painting with many different colors your oeuvre. This practice gives you-finger strength, a tendinitis to be proud of lol, hands elegance and if you want to commit dissonances (chromatisms) at least you chose them more consciously. Thanks you very much!

@danieleduardoramosmoreno4446 4 жыл бұрын

As you said-we can play each chord for the seven modes of the chose tonality and then their respective mode througout the octaves and it`s magic...

@antoniogutierrez7218 7 жыл бұрын

Hi Scott, I was trying to figure out a way to practice the modes and make them sink in my mind really well, I'm not there yet, but the same thing you say in this video was suggested to me by a guitar teacher, I don't know if it is useful because I haven't really practiced the modes yet, but I figured something can help me memorize them better, what I will do is to arrange the modes by the number of accidentals and then go through them as you suggest but by the number of accidentals with a logical ordering, for example, I'd like to start doing let's say C Lydian mode, since it has 1 accidental and it is an augmented 4th, then I do C Ionian with no accidentals, next I would play a C Mxolydian which has 1 accidental and it is the flat 7th, then a C Dorian, which adds the flat 3rd to the flat 7th we already had, an so on, from there it is like a pattern, so I think I'll make like an exercise doing that and trying to arrange them in the pattern of accidentals, I think that will be a better way to remember the modes since I really learn something better when I comprehend it rather than just mindlessly memorizing, hope this helps anybody and if you think this is a worst method to learn the modes let me know, maybe I got it wrong. Thanks.

@tangogrrl 7 жыл бұрын

Maybe someone else asked, or I missed it, but what on earth kind of bass is Rich playing? Love the humorous bits too, Scott, thanks.

@richbrownbass 7 жыл бұрын

Hey, Daisy. I'm playing a Unity 6-String made by my friend Kenneth Lawrence.

@maxdewil7453 7 жыл бұрын

Daisy Rothschild hahahaha whaaaaaaaat. Rich just answered !!!! What a community scott has. Crazy !!

@nick.raptis 7 жыл бұрын

Getting a cool "Back to the future" vibe from the Lydian

@lightspeed79 7 жыл бұрын

wow, I usted play the modes over the key center, but thats some great advice, let me try it out.. thx

@cellarseer 6 жыл бұрын

I don't understand why people treat major/minor as the only valid "keys" and treat modes as these esoteric things. They're all the same thing, you just take the interval distance between the major scale and rotate through it to get the permutations. It seems like a false dichotomy to discuss modes as a separate thing from keys. Minor isn't seen as something special and confusing, but it's a mode just like anything else. Likewise, major is just a mode of minor. I also don't understand why people say modes only take on their character in context of the chord they're played over. A-minor has a distinct character which is different from C-major when played in isolation, and so do all the other modes. The concept of relative key is separate from modes, yet it seems like when people talk about relative keys outside of simple major/minor relationships then they all of a sudden become "modes". People over-complicate modes, it seems to me. Maybe it is all relative to how you conceptualize music, but I don't get the voodoo. To me, modes are just more moods to pick from instead of just major = happy, minor = sad. Pick the key flavor you want (major, minor, phrygian, etc.) and then if you want to combine flavors, just find the additional flavor(s) in a relative key. Mix to taste. Example: play E-Phrygian for some dark stuff and then morph to C-major if you want a sudden burst of happy. Super-easy because it's the same exact notes, just stressed differently.

@jaybassist7527 5 жыл бұрын

Well spoken

@sylart57 4 жыл бұрын

Ok, this is new territory for me, but I'm afraid that what you said here actually made sense...after I read it the third time, (with the Pocket Manual of Musical Terms), it became a bit clearer. I'm going to keep on plowing through this until I get it. But thanks a lot. You really actually were a big help...professor!!😉😁

@virgilelafontaine3586 4 жыл бұрын

I'm new to this and correct me if I'm wrong but natural minor is aeolian and major is ionian. I think the terms vary from source to source and gives it unnecessary complexity. If someone is telling you their song is in the key of E minor, the scale is E aeolian, all the playable notes on the fretboard are written in stone before the song even starts! And I recently found that these 7 modes have all the same pattern, so you only need to learn one pattern (shape and fingering) and choose your root note accordingly. When I found out how simple it was I could play any mode in any root without much practice. This topic is really complex to teach it seems.

@gsharpslayer3287 3 жыл бұрын

@@virgilelafontaine3586 yea I think that’s the trick. Music theory has a funny way of saying the same thing different ways. Like E flat major is c natural minor and c aeolian, excep root changes on the minor. I suspect “modes” are the same, essentially if you know the major scales then you know all the modes just not where they start yet. Likewise if you know all the major scales then you know all the minor scales just not where then begin, which is easy to learn.

@ghislaind.6426 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Scott, I love what you are doing. Can you please show some examples in context using fills based on modes to navigate chord changes. For instances, in a a 2-5-1 groove, can you show how to create 7 different fills with the 7 modes (played not linearly)? Best regards