The Melodic Minor Modes and What Chords To Use Them For

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Once you understand this chord structure, your piano playing will never be the same. It's used commonly in both Jazz and Neo Soul, but you'll really hear it used in an absolutely gorgeous way in modern Neo Soul-Inspired tracks that cross genres as well. A really important part of this sound is the dim(maj7) chord, i.e. a diminished triad with a major 7. The structure comes down to being built like a block chord, but with a major 7 instead of a 6. Use this over any melody or chord progression for a modern sound. Enjoy this jazz and Neo Soul piano tutorial with Noah Kellman.
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Which scales come from Melodic Minor? Where and when can we use them for jazz improvisation over chord progressions? Let's talk about Dorian b2, Lydian Augmented, Lydian Dominant, Mixolydian b6, Locrian #2, and Altered!
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@dwgraham22 2 жыл бұрын

I wish KZfaq was available when I was a youth. A lot of what Noah thought in this lesson took me years of personal research as well as listening to other musicians to figure out. This platform is clearly one of the greatest creations of this century.

@johntrojan9653 Жыл бұрын

SUPER DITTO ! ✔️✔️✔️✔️

@johntrojan9653 Жыл бұрын

Other "Musicians" that I hung around kept their 'Magic' tightly to themselves - "UGH !" 😩 😡 😩

@rockettroll1507 Жыл бұрын

I agree 100%. It also took me years to figure it out and then only after a master guitarist was willing to share his knowledge with me. He was 40 and had great teachers. I was 60 and had no help until he assisted . Now it’s all here on Ttoob. Now if we just had placed to play with other players ….

@johntrojan9653 Жыл бұрын

@@rockettroll1507 Ya, I know what you mean about Practice Space: my parent's garage is currently used as Storage Space for my Ex- wife's -boyfriend's- Crap. 🔪😡🔪😡🔪

@JT-rg7kl Жыл бұрын

@@johntrojan9653 I hear you on this, and lord knows I've met my share of less-than-candid older musicians in my years of playing and touring. After awhile, though, I learned to be careful about being too quick to put players in this category. I started to understand that in many cases, not all, it was more of a difficulty in communication, or of some guys being unable to express themselves in the manner they'd like... You know, they know the melodies, changes, all the rhythmic permutations, they're good at it or else they wouldn't be there, of course. Maybe they learned it all by ear, or they were the 'let my playing do the talking' types. For myself, as I aged, I found that I rather enjoyed sharing any knowledge I had, any little tricks of the trade, secrets, hacks as they're now known. I found it exhilarating to give a younger player something new to chew on, especially when they were really into it. I found that passing it on helped me too, by stretching to recall things that I otherwise may have forgotten, sometimes, when trying to illustrate a certain idea. Nothing too profound, just my two cents after almost 40 years with a bass hanging off by neck :-p

@davidgerber9317 3 жыл бұрын

Noah, your tutorials ALWAYS deliver top-notch material, demonstrated with exemplary technique! And you

@NoahKellman 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, David! Much appreciated.

@1TreukFlyyy 3 жыл бұрын

DO you read people's mind ? That is exactly what i needed !!!

@NoahKellman 3 жыл бұрын

Hah! Glad to hear it, and thanks for the comment.

@PlayitonPan 2 жыл бұрын

Noah, I’ve been waiting for such a demystification of melodic minor chords for over five years. None of the content I’ve searched (books, videos, articles) have explained it this well. Giving thanks.

@NoahKellman Жыл бұрын

My pleasure! And sorry for the late reply.

@jettgoforth6453 3 жыл бұрын

You’re helping me a lot with my playing, it’s hard to find nice intermediate lessons like these. It seems like you put a lot of time into these, thank you so much man🙏🏼

@Marco-bh9im Жыл бұрын

Honestly guys, there are others that teach nothing like Noah and I scratch my head because they have way more subscribers but the content is nothing like what you learn from Noah. Give a thumbs up man I can't believe he only has 105k after so many years of uploading valuable content. It doe's my head in how some of the dumbest stuff on youtube has millions of views or subscribers

@edwardvivenzio5843 3 жыл бұрын

Highly recommend the JPS course,I’ve taken the course,and in my humble opinion,this is the best course on the Net. Noah is a great teacher,and his concepts are amazing,a systematic approach,that yields results,if you seriously want to improve your playing,take this course!

@NoahKellman 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Ed, thanks so much for the shoutout here! Really appreciate it and I look forward to working with the new group very soon.

@samuelbeltrami5647 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe you could do a tutorial on how to achieve a perfect technique like yours ;)

@NoahKellman 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Samuel, thanks appreciate that and I'll definitely think about if there's a good way to summarize into a methodology suitable for a YT video.

@davidwhite2949 3 жыл бұрын

Good idea. I second that

@davidwhite2949 3 жыл бұрын

Another splendid video, Noah. It’s funny, if I think in terms of scale degrees, all of this is pretty easy to follow. I just have to remember the fancy names🙂

@DenverLiveMusic504 3 жыл бұрын

@@NoahKellman I finally had the chance to study with an in-person teacher, and some of the things that have made a huge difference for me are weight transfer into keys; centering with arm behind fingers 4-5, grouping of notes, avoiding gripping with fingers. My suggestion for your video would be on 1) what types of exercises to practice technique on, (of course tunes can work as well) and 2) specifically what to think about when you practice. I was practicing things like 7th arpeggios and running into terrible tension because of bad form. Was probably getting negative value out of valuable practice time. Cheers, and thanks for the videos!

@sanidhyachauhan5578 3 жыл бұрын

@@NoahKellman please do it kind sir

@98BlackTransAm 3 жыл бұрын

11:30 is gorgeous, really refreshing and innovative stuff

@patrickleduc7712 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for the videos! I've been working on your hand independence exercises over the past few weeks and I'm really starting to see the improvement-- keep up the great work!

@maneli 3 жыл бұрын

Guitar player here but loved your explanation here 👏🏼

@topexrachman Ай бұрын

Same

@FarrinD12 3 жыл бұрын

Loving all of your videos! You and Chad LB are really upping my jazz chops!

@NoahKellman 3 жыл бұрын

Hah glad to hear it! Thanks for the comment

@michaelokeefe-daw5543 3 жыл бұрын

Hands down best video on these modes I have watched! Thank you!

@philemonthejazzy-merchant 3 жыл бұрын

The tutorial I was waiting for!

@NoahKellman 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you found it useful!

@davaxschinko 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Noah, your work is much appreciated.

@grizzyb4149 3 жыл бұрын

Some of the nicest playing on the tutorials I’ve seen. Great content. Thanks!

@glennlangford5897 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic tutorial, so much valuable information delivered in a concise enjoyable format. Thanks Noah

@marcusarnstrom7211 Жыл бұрын

Extremely useful and well explained. Thanks

@jonaspersson3344 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! For me as a 52 years old former rock coverband amatuer trying to learn some jazz piano, your teaching is very helpful.🙏

@fleet4fingers 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video! I like playing the whole tone scale over the dominant

@thekingreginald 3 жыл бұрын

This video is absolutely gold!!!!

@NoahKellman 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Reginald! Glad you liked it!

@chriscoghill6386 Жыл бұрын

I'm basically an old rock guitar player who in an effort to make my solo's sound a little more sophisticated stumbled into your video and got a lot out of it. I'll definitely be tuning in more.

@thepianocornertpc Жыл бұрын

That opening solo was absolutely beautiful.

@NoahKellman Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@newmanbekoe6439 3 жыл бұрын

You’re soo humble and good I learn everyday

@jose111229 3 жыл бұрын

Another great video, Noah!

@Wachnin13 3 жыл бұрын

Just fantastic. Thank you!

@larryk.watson2778 3 жыл бұрын

OMG! Absolutely WONDERFUL session. As a gospel musician, I do a lot of this stuff intuitively.... I will absolutely hang out with scales... I have never done that before... I see where that will absolutely take my playing to another level.. thank you...

@Leomusicalheart 3 жыл бұрын

Great video as usual Noah! Hope you're keeping well 😊

@AndrewStopfords Жыл бұрын

You’re an excellent teacher. I am learning very valuable stuff from you ❤

@pianoproductions9059 3 жыл бұрын

Really great stuff Noah thank you! :)

@luxolontamo4440 3 жыл бұрын

The intro is amazing man, I have never seen this use of melodic minor modes and your patterns are phenomenal. Very useful video

@NoahKellman 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, Luxolo! Appreciate that. Glad you found the video useful.

@luxolontamo4440 3 жыл бұрын

Pleasure! Immediately I get to the piano I'll jump right into it. This completely changed the way I used to see things and opened my mind a little wider. That said, thank you man.

@francospadi1732 3 жыл бұрын

A very gooood job! Thank you so much!

@ewallt 2 жыл бұрын

One way thinking of C melodic minor is as a B-flat major scale with the B-flat raised a half step to B natural. This way the chords line up. That is the second mode of B-flat major is C Dorian, the third mode is D Phrygian, the fourth E Lydian, and so on. This corresponds to C minor major, D Phrygian (natural 13), E Lydian (Augmented 5th), and so on. So if you know the modes in a major key, you know them for the melodic minor scale one note higher, except you have to adjust one note (the seventh note of the melodic minor scale is a half step higher).

@whitsi1 Жыл бұрын

👍

@rockettroll1507 3 жыл бұрын

I am another guitar player who appreciates the clarity. Thank you! So many of the you tube guitar videos are nonsense.

@jackmocherman1296 3 жыл бұрын

Great video as always Noah! It was funny to hear you put a name to "hanging out on a scale". I've found, as a relative beginner, something I've come to enjoy is sitting with a new voicing or scale without worrying about where I'm coming from or where I'm going. Beyond just getting the shape underneath my hands, it also gives me more space to improvise comfortably and get familiar with the tonality and colors of each scale tone. Loved the Locrian #2/Altered for minor 2-5s at the end!

@NoahKellman 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Jack! Glad you got some good info from it. Yeah, that’s a really fun exercise. I’ve always found it really critical for solidifying a concept, not even just scales, as you say!

@mattytrane 2 жыл бұрын

You make great content! Keep it up!

@julie4377 3 жыл бұрын

Great lesson, I learned a lot and I subscribed for future videos

@davidsummerville351 Жыл бұрын

Great stuff! Thanks

@RachaelMagidsonjazz Жыл бұрын

I Love your lessons ! They give me hope that one day I won’t just be a square with a horn ! Even just listening to you play through your ideas is a joy !

@NoahKellman Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Really glad you are enjoying them.

@sneswap 3 жыл бұрын

You are the best Pianist I saw in You Tube. You are also one of the best Pianist I have heard. You have the best choice of notes and chords. I love watching your useful videos.

@rebanelson607 Жыл бұрын

This is SO helpful! Thanks!

@ankurjahagirdar9670 3 жыл бұрын

Great lesson man!

@patrickrice6941 3 жыл бұрын

Great content!! 🙏🏾

@perrotjeanmichel5883 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Noah

@Alvarocardenasjr 3 жыл бұрын

So nice ! Thanks

@AmandaWhitingharp 3 жыл бұрын

you are such a superb teacher..thank you

@hernannieto1 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man !! really useful

@arnaldodemaio9485 2 жыл бұрын

Great job!

@SammyGyang 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for inspiring me more sir

@trevortimoko7512 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Noah Great lesson

@sweettoot1 3 жыл бұрын

I love how you explain it Noah but you can do this cuz you have perfect technique. It may take me 10 yrs to just get somewhere near.

@wintermute2874 3 жыл бұрын

commenting for the algorithm, love the work noah! :)

@richarpadilla1891 Жыл бұрын

This is the best video i've ever seen about melodic minor scale modes, and in general one of the best videos about jazz improvisation !

@NoahKellman Жыл бұрын

Thanks Richar, really glad you liked it!

@OZRIC1985 Жыл бұрын

I just very luckily stumbled upon this video! You are an excellent pianist and piano teacher! I thoroughly enjoyed watching you explain the Melodic Minor scale and the modes. You turned a light bulb on in my head that will help me in my further exploration of jazz piano. I had usualy faked my way around attempting to play jazzy sounding stuff on the piano. Now, I have a tool to at least start to try to play some real jazz changes on piano. Thanks for this video, Noah, and I will be definitely watching more of your great videos here on KZfaq! :)

@NoahKellman Жыл бұрын

Hey John, my pleasure! So glad you found it helpful.

@robertomui333 9 ай бұрын

Very helpful lesson ! Thx 🎉👍

@avcc1407 3 жыл бұрын

Oh wao!!!! This is the video that has the best visual view to see how modes work. When people tried to explain to me what a mode was I got so confunsed, it's so easy to understand thoug.

@tjazztony14 3 жыл бұрын

Man I never heard of piano players good as you wow thanks Awesome man

@garycitro1674 3 жыл бұрын

You're really summed it up properly at the very end. All of these whiz-bang modes are gobbledygook. I don't even think it matters whether you know their names so much as you can play a chord and know how to improvise around it using mostly chord tones. The key is what you did after you showed us each scale and how you improvised using it. And is high and mighty as I sound, I'm not anywhere near your level in being able to jam around within a scale. So you are spot on that that's where the work needs to be done.

3 жыл бұрын

Great as usual.🎹

@NoahKellman 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Victor!

@88KeysMan Жыл бұрын

Great lesson!

@spencermartin5622 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic lesson! Subscribed. Thanks

@HernanGnesutta 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Noah!!!!

@pabliyin29 11 ай бұрын

I’m a bass player and this stuff os very interesting.I’ve been practicing the melodic minor,harmonic minor and minor modes for the past months 👏🏼

@ivandacosta9339 2 жыл бұрын

Great!

@GarrettMusic1 2 жыл бұрын

such a cool sound! thanks

@MichaelCollins-mt5iq 3 жыл бұрын

Gr8 vid bro appreciate you

@janivelic2316 Жыл бұрын

beautiful video and playing. Bravo! :)

@nebbykoo Жыл бұрын

You're a great teacher.

@claragary 3 жыл бұрын

Great!! Thanks👍

@thomasvariale3338 2 жыл бұрын

This gentleman explains things well he's very good

@andrewyerkes4287 Жыл бұрын

Superb lesson, thank you very much. Helping me solidify these concepts after reading them in Mark Levine's book.

@Cooper349 3 жыл бұрын

Great explanation!👌

@NoahKellman 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad it was helpful.

@aivrsn75phila 3 жыл бұрын

Noah you got the best intro on youtube!

@NoahKellman 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, much appreciated!

@harryharry3794 3 жыл бұрын

Cool!

@shanghainightflow3039 5 ай бұрын

Great job bro

@debralynnpaxton5238 9 ай бұрын

Beautiful playing !

@NoahKellman 9 ай бұрын

Thank you, Debra!

@dailyrum2203 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. I had no idea that melodic minor had modes.

@theeverydayshow9356 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@TheSoundConnoisseur 2 жыл бұрын

Bro that was a great lesson

@meekrobbbeatz7862 2 жыл бұрын

genial ,en el piano se ve claramente la cantidad de notas agregadas de tension que se son caracteristicas de cada modo de la escala , excelente material ! toco guitarra ,pero esto ayuda mucho visiualmente a reconocer los sonidos dentro de la escala y como pueden funcionar de forma diferente .exitos!

@skittlesstarburst4532 2 жыл бұрын

Top Notch... I’m from the Syracuse area. As a guitarist I love ur knowledge. It’s a good refresher on some rusty theory..

@NoahKellman 2 жыл бұрын

Oh awesome what part of Syracuse?

@stepanglaser1272 3 жыл бұрын

Noah dimensions . . Thank you . . .

@allianees 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely bro

@KarlBonner1982 2 жыл бұрын

Most melodic minor modes have two names. This stems from the fact that melodic minor can either be thought of as a major scale with a flat 3rd, or a dorian scale with a raised 7th: I. Ionian b3 = Dorian #7 II. Dorian b2 = Phrygian #6 III. Phrygian b1 = Lydian #5 ("augmented") IV. Lydian b7 ("dominant") = Mixolydian #4 V. Mixolydian b6 = Aeolian #3 (Aeolian dominant) VI. Aeolian b5 = Locrian #2 VII. Locrian b4 = Ionian #1 (Altered)

@williamcompitello2302 9 ай бұрын

Ionian #1, huh? I knew someone would interpret the Altered scale like this.

@millycanta Жыл бұрын

you're brilliant

@yvansebastienthomas716 9 ай бұрын

It s marvelous

@TarnaBarTM 3 жыл бұрын

Guitar student, came here for the modes, but the format and how everything is explained is awesome 🤤 The only tip would be maybe you can tune the microphone to not pick up the keys being pressed? I gets a bit distracting when trying to hear the "sound" Everything else is top notch. Awesome channel.

@Thayne2222 3 жыл бұрын

NOAH!! as always love your videos. What do you use to make the second piano layer that highlights which keys you're playing?? trying to make some tutorial vids for my band for new keys players to learn. all the resources I'm seeing are for over the top synesthesia style piano visualizers

@Maxi.Ledesma.musica 3 жыл бұрын

Dude ask people to comment! That boosts the algorithm too. Thanks for the data, you're awesome

@ig2413 20 күн бұрын

Deep dive Cool beans! Thanks!

@AaronAsherRandall 2 жыл бұрын

Noah this is amazing, thank you! Is there a course you sell that goes through the different RH licks and patterns that can be played for each mode?

@IN2music2 2 жыл бұрын

Play professor Noah! I felt that improv at 11:30-11:45, 14:05-14:20 🎹🔥🔥.

@user-eg4zk5ko3o 3 жыл бұрын

You know this is very useful!!! helps alottt I have searched far and wide for the actual CHORDS. they say all the scales and they dont share the chords its very useful... or just sharing a 251 combo its just bullshit. I can play piano but i cant read music so i could never figure out chords, If you ever get the chance to show more chords of each or any of the scales please it would help so many musicians. thank you heaps!!

@eduardoinke2943 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful little something from 7:04 to 7:10

@chromosomegun5845 2 жыл бұрын

I learned so much thank you Noah, but also it sounds like the licc a lot lol

@samuelmaylor6634 3 жыл бұрын

good info and ways to hear the scale, i will use. how did you get chordie to give you the mode names

@wolfazarstudios5655 3 жыл бұрын

I love the G mixolydian b6

@grantholland421 2 жыл бұрын

Noah, excellent lesson! This is the first video I have seen on the modes of some scale that goes beyond the triads of each note of the scale being discussed. You cover seventh chords for each note as well as extensions as well as the chord scale for each note of the subject scale. And , you discuss further alternatives. Not only that, but your explanation is so good that I think I replicate what you did here for the Natural and Harmonic minor scales too. BTW, do you happen to have videos on the modes of the Natural and Harmonic minor scales also?

@NoahKellman 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Grant, not yet but definitely plan to work one for the Harmonic minor modes! The natural minor scale though is actually part of the major Modes, which I do have a video on.

@grantholland421 2 жыл бұрын

@@NoahKellman Great news. Looking forward to the Harm Minor video. Currently I'm working on modal interchange between the Major scale and all 3 of its parallel minors (in 12 keys). I picked Nat Minor first, and did not analyze it like you suggested (as Aeolean) and made a mess of it. Back to the drawing board! Thx again. Your video and suggestion, are a great help.

@anthonysilva5312 2 жыл бұрын

Dude beautiful tutorial and wonderful playing. Subscribed. You laid it out in a very interesting and conceptual way. I have a couple of stupid questions for you. First, are the modes of the melodic minor primarily used in a minor cadence? In other words, are there times where you would use a mould of the melodic minor when going from the five dominance to a major one cord. Ex. Galtered scale going to a C major seven chord. Also, it would appear to me that the Lydian dominant and the altered scale are two of the most applicable modes of the melodic minor. Do you have any videos or advice on breaking down, practicing, and applying those modes in a harmonic context. Looking forward to your other videos🇨🇦