MODES: How to Understand & Actually Use Them

MODES: How to Understand & Actually Use Them | Music Theory

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Instead of thinking of modes as subsets of the major scale, learn their unique characteristics.
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#musictheory #modes #harmony
0:17 One way to think of modes
0:59 A different way
2:07 Ionian
2:40 Mixolydian
3:24 Lydian
4:00 Aeolian
5:15 Dorian
6:18 Phrygian
7:05 Locrian
8:16 What makes them special?

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@RyanLeach 2 жыл бұрын

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@jamclass Жыл бұрын

Ryan, Great video. Have you seen “Harmonic Experience” by W. A. Mathieu? He has a wonderful approach to the modes. Great video.

@iamfrankbiesta 2 жыл бұрын

Finally an extremely clear explanation of modes. I love your use of the ranking from light to dark - makes a lot of sense. Thanks a million!

@RyanLeach 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it was helpful!

@aysegulozguler7712 Жыл бұрын

it's pretty common to rank them like that. you'd find it in almost any book

@iamfrankbiesta Жыл бұрын

@@aysegulozguler7712 Although that may very well be true not all books explain this as clearly as Ryan does. So: well done Ryan!

@aysegulozguler7712 Жыл бұрын

@@iamfrankbiesta yes he indeed did a good job! well done ryan!

@adaptercrash Жыл бұрын

Just go to the store buy a book

@epicbo 2 жыл бұрын

The way I'm going to remember them is as following: If we start with the major scale, we got Ionian. Want to go brighter? Sharpen the 4th, and we have Lydian. Want to go darker? Flatten the 7th, and we have Mixolydian. Both modes close to the major scale have lydian in their name, I'm sure that's helpful. If we start with the minor scale, we got Aeolian. Want to go brighter? Sharpen the 6th and we have Dorian. Want to go darker? Flatten the 2nd and we have Phrygian. Want to go even darker than that? Flatten the 5th and we have Locrian. In other words, I think it's easier to remember, Dorian, Phrygian and Locrian by their relation to the minor scale, rather than to the major scale.

@thermitty_qxr5276 Жыл бұрын

Phrygian is the darker one. Mixolydian is the mellow one. Dorian is a less sad mode for cheerless songs. Give hope and brightness. Aeolion has a cool more laid back sound. Locrian sounds bad because of the b5 a tritone. So use the phrygian to avoid the tritone. If you want to use locrian avoid the 5th. Lydian has a magical sound.

@thermitty_qxr5276 Жыл бұрын

Dorian is like a minor but with a b6. Making it less minor edit：Oops i meant because of that sharpend 6 from the minor scale

@kelasbebas8742 Жыл бұрын

Is it really work for any kind of genres? I will give some try...

@CrankyRayy Жыл бұрын

@@thermitty_qxr5276 oh i guess you’re like the magical gatekeeper of subjective music then. I’ve heard songs in Ionian major which sound dark.

@thermitty_qxr5276 Жыл бұрын

@@CrankyRayy wdym

@ignatiusjackson235 Жыл бұрын

I think it's CRUCIAL to know BOTH ways of interpreting the modes. I found it more confusing when it was explained this way. Once I started interpreting modes as "scales" beginning on certain degrees of the major scale - the method against which you advise, then everything made sense to me. From there, I was able to piece together the "major with a flat 7" approach. It probably depends on how you first learned it. BOTH METHODS OF INTERPRETATION ARE NECESSARY, and people are usually only taught how to think about it from one direction. That leaves you staring at the wall instead of looking around the room. It doesn't matter which wall you're facing. This was a very thorough explanation of one approach, though. Well done!

@scottmoyer1357 Жыл бұрын

Very true. I was never able to comprehend altering the C Major scale in so many ways because there was no explanation as per how everything in music is relative and must be placed into it's proper "context." to fully see the whole picture. When I started to see that there are 7 C modes located in 7 different Keys, it all started to make more sense. Here are all of the C modes and the actual Keys each C is contained within. G, C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, & Db. Uniquely, these Keys are all conveniently located on the Circle of 5ths in a perfect sequence moving counter-clockwise in 4ths. Since this kind of musical perfection can happen for the Key of C, then it can also happen for all modes which will summarily show up in 7 Keys with each starting point on the 12 degrees of the Circle. All of the answers are right in front of us all the time. We just need to perceive how to see them. The key to learning this thought process is knowing your scales both alphabetically and numerically. All the rest will fall in place when you begin to think alpha-numerically..

@prettygneissproductions Жыл бұрын

Exactly. This is a little more towards just memorization, vs a fun trick that can help you if you can’t remember. I have a memory disability, so the fun trick is what got me through school. I do wish my professor had spent more time relating the darker scales to minor, though, this was really helpful, even if I won’t remember what to flat or sharp.

@angelacherrington208 Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Very useful. I had only considered starting on different degrees of each scale before. The examples are very helpful.

@lucashatt8871 Жыл бұрын

@@scottmoyer1357 what is the name of your channel ?

@Mikemcjr Жыл бұрын

Yep.

@sarahstyles6859 Жыл бұрын

What's so important about knowing this is being able to transpose to any key easily. When everything is learned from C, people struggle to do this.

@mariecarie1 28 күн бұрын

This. This is my problem.

@zachkester3 Жыл бұрын

I really appreciate your dry/strait forward approach. A lot of youtubers try to 'spice up' the info, but I find this much more helpful.

@gavinmackinney8484 Жыл бұрын

Excellent explanation, thanks. Those “dark” modes don’t sound so dark in cultures that use them a lot, eg Greek, Persian, Turkish, Arabic have gleefully happy music that is all kinds of minor. Ethiopian music often uses flattened 5th scales/ modes. Balkan music often includes flattened 2nd with major 3rds.

@VRNocturne Жыл бұрын

I was going to ask if Locrian was rarely used in music in general or rarely used in Western styles of music. You named a lot of Middle Eastern/Eastern Europe cultures and an African culture as using these "rarely used" types of scales.

@MechaUsagi 10 ай бұрын

Yes, the whole light-dark thing is self-reinforcing cultural biases.

@thermitty_qxr5276 Жыл бұрын

Heres every information i have wih these modes. Dorian- a less sad mode. Giving more brightness and hope for cheerless songs. Applying ethereal intriguing quality to a melody. A less minor mode Phrygian - Sounds dark & unnerving but also exotic. Gives elusive mysterious sort of sound. Most appear in rock and hiphop songs giving the right tonality and mood. Lydian - has a bright, ethereal magical sound. Has a potent sound. Mixolydian - sounds mellow, relaxed, bluesy yet bold sound. Its a less directional than a major scale. Its like a cool c major scale and gives joy to a song Aeolian - has a mournful solemn sound. Gives a song a cooler more laid-back sound Locrian - Not recommended and hard to use for composing music because of the dissonance of the b5 a tritone. Instead use the Phrygian to avoid the dissonance. But if you wanna use locrian just avoid the 5th.

@chameleon-dream-band-official 2 жыл бұрын

Perfect! This is exactly how I think of modes and I also think it's easier for the brain to remember differences relative to other scales than remembering all the absolute intervals.

@ipudisciple Жыл бұрын

Also, Phrygian is strongly associated with Spanish guitar. For example, _concierto de aranjuez_ (second movement - the famous bit) is basically just a phrygian scale.

@RicardoMarlowFlamenco Жыл бұрын

Actually it is just B minor normal key stuff. Spain by chick corea borrows the form. However the solo cadenza passage toward the end, is actually in G# Phrygian. Compare the two sections to hear the difference

@SheetFiber Жыл бұрын

I associate phrygian for arabic and metal music

@murk4552 7 ай бұрын

@SheetFiber that's Phrygian dominant, as most Arabic music uses a ton of semitonal, if not microtonal degrees for their styles. Spanish music is typically diatonic and will frequently "borrow" chords, other voicings, etc

@sandgaijin 2 жыл бұрын

For me, instead of memorizing which notes are flattened from it's major or minor counterpart. I figured which notes have the half step between them. Each mode should have two, everything else is a whole step.

@FishingForLife28 7 ай бұрын

This is by far the best guide to modes I've found. I'll be watching this atleast once a day for the next month and a half when I have my entrance exam for the music conservatory

@mikescofield Жыл бұрын

I have spent many hours in workshops, reading and watching KZfaq videos trying to understand modes. I mostly understand them now and how to use them. However, I wish I had seen this video before all that. This is the clearest, easy-to-understand, dare I say 'obvious' explanation of modes I've encountered. I find all your videos terrific. Thanks.

@tmusic99 3 ай бұрын

In addition, 1) Lydian, Ionian, Mixolydian are built on a major pentatonic; 2) Dorian, Aeolian, and Phrygian are built on a minor pentatonic.

@wwjjss33 4 ай бұрын

I really like this angle on modes; the arrangement from 'brightest' to 'darkest' appeals to my emotional memory vs the intervals moving which appeals to my logical memory Thank You! --instant new subscriber👍

@danielyapesque 2 жыл бұрын

Super clear. And a pro tip on modal interchange, mixing chords from different modes. Makes me wanna write.

@InventorZahran 2 жыл бұрын

Even when playing existing pieces, I sometimes use modal interchange to accentuate the emotion of a certain musical moment. For example, if I want to inject some hope or triumph into a song that's written in Aeolian, I might play a major IV chord where a minor iv should be, momentarily moving into the Dorian mode.

@lucasimmons075 2 жыл бұрын

Ever since I started listening to Yes I have been fascinated with the way they (Steve Howe especially) jumps around keys with modes so fast you can't tell half of the time. I recommend them for learning some interesting ways to use modes and parallel keys

@SheetFiber Жыл бұрын

@@InventorZahranIsn't in Aeolian mode the 4th already in major?

@InventorZahran Жыл бұрын

@@SheetFiber No. In Aeolian, all the primary chords (1, 4, and 5) are minor. Dorian is the mode where the 4 chord is major.

@SheetFiber Жыл бұрын

@@InventorZahran Ah yeah, I count it wrong. In A aeolian, the 4th note is D not F.

@FractalMelody Жыл бұрын

This is the best explanation of modes I have seen, and I genuinely feel more informed. Thank you!

@TheJonesy138 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant, I’ve known for a while the relation modes have with the major scale, but not really come across clear examples highlighting their purposes before now!

@PIANOSTYLE100 2 жыл бұрын

After years of playing. Mostly by ear on 🎹 and 🎸. I started hearing about modes.. possibly 10 years ago and only learned their purpose last year A very quick way to learn them is write out 12 major scales. I only learned them accurately about a year ago Anyways .copy them in a row. All the modes there. It's amazing. Let's worked with just a few. Bb is not for beginners, but is a confidence builder. Bb (C D Eb F G A Bb) C D( Eb F G A Bb C D Eb) F G A Bb C D Eb F G A Bb.. It really is amazing that the Eb Lydian is in the third parentheses. Lydian is the major scale with a #4.. An A I think this works in every scale. Eb Lydian is as above is (Eb F G A Bb C D Eb), Eb major scale has no A in it.. Just write out the C scale continuously ..as I did the Bb scale. C D E F G A B C D E .... Try to G to G. A quick way to get the G mixylydian G A B C D E F G . Scale degrees of G 1 2 3 4 5 6 b7 .. It's amazing that this can be done in all 12 keys.

@polyrhythmia 2 жыл бұрын

I find it is definitely easier to think of modes as modifications of major and minor scales. Mixolydian and Dorian are quite common in pop music.

@tarasmith3696 Жыл бұрын

I was a music education major in college, and I have never heard the modes explained so well and clearly! Thank you!

@ChristopherJGould Жыл бұрын

Very clear explanation - this video (and one from Jason Zac) finally unlocked my understanding of modes. All of your videos take concepts otherwise presented as obscure and difficult and reveal their simple inner elegance. We are indebted.

@brayden1306 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been trying to understand these concepts for years, whereas I considered only 14 scales now you opened my eyes to 98. (Or 91 I’ll use). Thank you so much!!

@tsongyt7539 2 жыл бұрын

For the beginners thats even more confused as me Ionian = all white keys starting with C Dorian = D Phrygian = E Lydian = F Mixolydian = G Aeolian = A Locrian = B It confused me even more for some reason But I still learn something on this video, like when to use those kinds of scales. Still a great video

@sarahstyles6859 Жыл бұрын

But can you play them in every key easily? You need to know the pattern of each in order to play in every key. Add what you know about starting on C then add all of this so you can move around the keyboard with ease. I have an issue with teachers stick with C and in the middle of the keyboard. Students are then scared of black notes and the other octaves. They cannot easily transpose.

@maddog2314 Жыл бұрын

Nice! I was wondering because he mentioned it but never revisited it

@sharonkaplan6674 2 жыл бұрын

I like the way you think. When I teach the modes, and my students are supposed to recognize them aurally, my first question is always "is it basically major or basically minor." They get it easily that way.

@rxw.8862 8 ай бұрын

This is INCREDIBLY helpful and clear!

@patrickrobinson317 10 ай бұрын

The Best explaination I've ever heard !!! 😀 You were born to teach !!! Thanks !!!

@laapprentisorciere5241 Жыл бұрын

A great video and thank you very much for this. Every time I'm having trouble, or I'm stuck, or even when i am just trying to relax, your videos really help me through anything. This is also how a friend taught me these modes, with the characteristic interval and thinking with sharps and flats instead of mode names. Again, thanks..

@peterchetty3169 9 ай бұрын

This video is brilliant and awesome explanation of how to practically use modes, love the description of what kind of music it used for too. Bravo!!

@jamiebriggs8277 Жыл бұрын

This is a great primer on modes, and I wish I had found it a year ago :) I don't know a lot of music theory, but I've spent the last couple years trying to learn more. Originally learning about modes I was convinced I'd just never get it. Every source I ever found make it so opaque... I eventually did the same thing you do here, by starting with Ionian, and diagramming which degrees differed and how, and identifying the major vs minor modes. I was blown away by how relatively simple it actually is to understand. The extra details you've included here really help tie it up for me.

@kevincage1641 Ай бұрын

Thank you Mr Leach. Way back in the 1970’s when I was at college, was a guy from NoVA who “knew the 7 Modes.” He played a fender Stratocaster. and he kept the info to himself, and wouldn’t even tell his fraternity brothers. Now, 43 years later thanks to You, I can apply it myself with some work. Additionally, thanks for pairing a specific mode with various sentiments…purely medieval mindset. Thanks greatly.

@Panos.Koutroumanis 2 жыл бұрын

This video is amazing!!! As a composer myself, I find these informations extremely helpful!!! Thanks a lot!

@keithlillis7962 Жыл бұрын

This is great - I have been confused watching other videos, but this explains Modes well 🙂

@oliverlacota3112 10 ай бұрын

A fantastic explanation! I have a piano student who's interested in learning about modal scales, and another student who's exploring composition - this video (and your other video on the music in the Lord of the Rings films) will be perfect to help them!

@muralist_ Жыл бұрын

I'm so happy I already learned all of that when I was a 9 year old kid. Using the different modes and the 'colour palettes' of chords and sounds that typically come with each mode is therefor like a natural thing to me to apply when composing and looking for a certain feeling, a mood an thus... a MODE. 🙂

@blackfootelite2800 Жыл бұрын

That was a good refresher. Thanks for taking ur time to explain.

@CMVM1990 8 ай бұрын

I couldnt for the life of me figure out the practical use of modes until you broke it down with examples. Great video. Thank you.

@tomtoss2463 Жыл бұрын

You are the first person to actually explain this. I am subscribing.

@jncrook5409 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't realize each mode had such a specific character, thanks for enlightening me!

@miladeskandari7 Жыл бұрын

It's interesting from the perspective of a middle eastern watching how you interpret phrygian. For us it is synonymous with the sound of sadness and grief

@jameslabs1 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful and clear. Thanks

@domacimacak7502 2 жыл бұрын

best explanation so far on yt

@RyanLeach 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks!

@tag1123 3 ай бұрын

This was the way I was taught modes in my theory 1 class in undergrad, and I'm so, so grateful for it, because it was so clear and made so much sense relative to scales I was already familiar with (major/minor). It took me until my second year of grad school (right now, and about 7-8 years after aforementioned theory 1 class) to understand the scale degree version at all, and I would still not use it if given the choice between the two methods.

@joshuaholke 2 жыл бұрын

This is very interesting to me. My first theory teacher briefly introduced us to finding the modes by knowing which notes are sharped/flatted, and then he said "but there's an easier way" and showed us the first way you described, the starting on different notes in the major scale. I still find that way easier when it comes to finding the notes of the mode I'm looking for, but I'm gonna try using the other tips you have to know when to use each mode in compositions and what each one sounds like.

@Zeromusicvideos 3 ай бұрын

I cannot thank you enough for this video and how you approached this. So helpful, man! SUBSCRIBED!

@kushito3693 Жыл бұрын

Finilly someone who explain the modes very clear!!! Thank you!!

@Blondesax 2 жыл бұрын

I so hope we keep talking about and talking about this mode brightness hierarchy on the internet until colleges go beyond "There are modes. They start on these scale degrees. Cool." I totally agree: I was left feeling "Ok... well that sounds kinda unhelpful. What do I do with them, though?" There should be SOOOO much more discussion on this, especially mode mixture/parallel modes and what kinds of chords you get. Then you can move beyond "C major has C Dm Em F G Am and Bº" and say "It also can have Eº Gm and Bb from mixo, Bm D F#º from lydian, etc. etc." Then it's like "Oh! We have more color here than I thought!

@Theo-oh3jk Жыл бұрын

If you mix the modes, you're not in a mode anymore but are making chromatic music.

@psychoticbreaks167justletm4 Жыл бұрын

Mixing modes involves chromatic movement. Changing tonal center basically requires it. And yet, we do not refer to pieces with one or two key changes as "chromatic music." Because it still sounds (and largely still is) diatonic and not like Flight of the Bumblebee. Like, putting borrowed notes in a chord or melody does not make chromatic music by default - it can be otherwise diatonic with a splash of chromaticism or atonality. Even The Beatles did that.

@ncpolley 2 жыл бұрын

I have a really big question: How do you keep the gravity of the scale around the 1st degree? How do I keep the Dorian C from falling into the BbM or the Gm?

@maheshpadalingam3137 2 жыл бұрын

Probably the same way Mozart pinned down chromaticism to a key. Chords, triads, open triads probably? Maybe that would work.

@ncpolley 2 жыл бұрын

@@maheshpadalingam3137 I've been experimenting with this ever since asking. I'll try incorporating open triads as a concept. I really like the sound of that wide tone spread.

@PhucNguyen-yn7ng 2 жыл бұрын

Just end at C, you will make C sound like the tonal

@JohnnyBoy14532 2 жыл бұрын

Figure out the things that make Bb Maj/Gm sound like Bb Maj/Gm and stay away from these things. For example (Bb Maj): the chords **Bb** - Eb - F (these can also sound like they belong in Gm), melodies from the Major Scale and common chord progressions like 1-5-6-4 or 2-5-1. You _could_ use these eventually but if you do use them sparingly You can play melodies from the Dorian (Focus on the 1, b3, 6, b7) or use a V7 (G7 in this case) to make your rote note C, more significant. (V7 in Dorian would be out of key but acceptable.) You can also just Play Cm very often and for a very long time. Dorian is a very ambiguous mode. It doesn't really have a clear sound of its own. Its not _quite_ Major and it's not _quite_ minor. It is Closer to Minor than Major however, hence the Cm chord being the root of the Dorian mode. I would suggest listening to music in Dorian to get a better feel the mode. One example would be 15 Step by Radiohead

@tonybarron282 2 жыл бұрын

the actual pitch of the written notesvaries from one mode to another (he does touch on this) Enharmonic equivalence is a artefact of equal temperament,and doesnt work in just intonation

@thandosilinda2590 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, I start music college in the fall and I don't want to fall behind in classes! amazing and simple video.

@vikingguitar 6 ай бұрын

You put a BIG smile on my face using Link to the Past for the Dorian example. 🙂

@Markrspooner 2 жыл бұрын

Really great video Ryan. I think this is a better way to think about modes

@RyanLeach 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, then mission accomplished!

@midwinter78 Жыл бұрын

Another handy thing to remember about the six non-locrian modes is their relationship between major and minor pentatonic. I like to think of major pentatonic as the background of lydian, ionian and myxolydian, and minor pentatonic as the backbone of dorian, aeolian and phyrigian. The modes are about how you make seven from five, and where you put those pesky minor seconds and tritones.

@MrElfOwl 8 ай бұрын

Excellent footnote. Very useful.

@soulmusic7979 2 жыл бұрын

Just found your channel two days ago and I’ve been binging

@davidkempmail Жыл бұрын

Great explanation - this is how I remember the modes from bright to dark. But always good to refresh your memory - fave for electronic music is definitely Phrygian 🖤

@jslonisch 2 жыл бұрын

That’s really helpful. I already knew how to derive the modes relative to the major scale but a lot of them seemed really complicated. I hadn’t twigged that you when you do the minor modes relative to the minor scale it’s just one single accidental each.

@HenryPley 3 ай бұрын

Super clear and concise explanation in less than 10 minutes. Thank you!

@vincentbobun4575 2 жыл бұрын

So open minding ! THANKS SO MUCH !!!

@HansPeter-hx5dx Жыл бұрын

Perfect Explanation. Thank you very much.

@iwanjones4705 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I needed that explanation

@MikeDial 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for this explanation. I had heard the first explanation and had only recently made baby steps toward your explanation, but the ranking of brightest to darkest put it all in context.

@dpadilla1127 Жыл бұрын

this was SO helpful THANK YOU!

@paulstodolny3091 2 жыл бұрын

GREAT EXPLANATION!!!

@vspatmx7458 Жыл бұрын

I love David Ben and also his video bout modes and brightness and darkness. But this video is absolutely superb. I love ur approach and data. Infact I can't wait to binge watch ur videos over the wkend. You rock. And you now have me as a subscriber.

@Steven_Beddall 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video, very well explained. Subbed!

@thedesignnerd 11 ай бұрын

THANK YOU! I FINALLY UNDERSTOOD THIS CONCEPT! ugh I was so exhausted with all that theory coming at me in the other 184892 KZfaq videos I had to watch to finally get to your video. I just wanted to understand how to apply it and you finally helped me understand this. You're a great teacher

@GDM223SR Жыл бұрын

Thanks - you’ve changed my understanding of modes.

@ML0694 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. It's brilliant! Really helped me understand and appreciate it.

@DepressedCapitalist 11 ай бұрын

As usual, thank you Ryan for your top notch videos. It would be interesting if you could make a video on the harmony used with modes, the tonic and the dominant/sub dominant chords, the harmonic rhythm, the strong and weak stress, the chords that should not be used since they imply resolution to the I. the duration of vamps, chord line cliches, ostinattos and such and such. I took Modal harmony at Berklee and I still believe there is a lot to be said about the harmony. Even more than the melodic aspect of modes. Cheers from Argentina.

@louie1litk619 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for using video games as examples and thanks for breaking down the interval formula for all the modes

@larissarose4796 Жыл бұрын

This was an amazing explanation. Very helpful!

@cheshirecat5824 6 ай бұрын

This finally makes sense to me. Great work!

@fionanogawa1730 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for a fantastically useful and interesting lesson

@GregHarradineComposer Жыл бұрын

This is great Ryan, very succinct - I'll point my students to this video when we start talking about modes. Thanks!

@anzatzi Жыл бұрын

Clear, concise and musical--fun examples!

@Iconoplastt Жыл бұрын

One of the best explanations of the modes, nice

@zach_in_space5150 2 ай бұрын

This was incredibly helpful! Thank you so much. I've learned the "starting from X scale degree" in the past, but never understood to apply it to the HARMONY. It lead to me trying to do a Dorian Melodic phrase over a C Ionian backing track (when the D would come by) and feeling like it was just over complicated. Especially as when I Improvise I try to follow the chord changes anyways. Hearing the different harmonies and 1-4-5 examples using different modal positions made it much more clear what the characteristics/feelings and purpose of each mode is. Thank you very much

@aleenashafaat2295 Жыл бұрын

Wow.. You actually made sense of modes. Made it easier to get. Thanks

@NomeDeArte 2 жыл бұрын

Great way to think about the modes, thank you!

@kymanimc3599 2 жыл бұрын

Do you think you could do a video similar to this talking about the modes of the harmonic minor scales etc? Your explanations are so well recieved… hoping to take lessons in the future🤞🏽

@wewereborn2beloved Жыл бұрын

Great video I will be watching this over and over.

@justinreilly3107 Жыл бұрын

Great job explaining this 🎉

@McGuire40695 Жыл бұрын

I've been telling people for YEARS about relating modes to the major and minor scale. I pretty much tell everyone that there's 3 modes based around a major chord (Ionian, Lydian, Mixolydian), 3 minor chords (Aeolian, Dorian, Phrygian), and a diminished one. Modes are often taught rather ineffectively, and so many people get confused with them. This was a great video! I also try to explain to people that learning how resolutions happen and where the progression resolves would be your tonic, or the key of the song. I pretty much tell everyone keys are most likely going to be in a major or minor key, and the characteristic notes of the modes are just unique accent note within the key that provide extra color and tension to the root.

@christianleonardotalarico7080 2 жыл бұрын

So interresting this connection between light and Darkness and the Modes and their chords: Yin Yang translated into music, so beautifull and amazing!

@Joselito1951 7 ай бұрын

Great and simple way to explain modes. Excellent job.😊

@nealgoldstein4578 Жыл бұрын

Great clear lesson. Thank you.

@Whoiskimb Жыл бұрын

Dude used modes to make a pokemon type chart and explained everything in 8 minutes🤯🤯this some top notch music education!

@wanyinclara Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for explaining this so simply! I feel like I’ve been unlocked! 👍🏻

@sachachanyan Жыл бұрын

Best approach I‘ve heard of so far.....

@zara11135 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! You made them so understandable

@Mr.SharpNumber1 2 ай бұрын

This video is great, it gets to the point and teaches exactly what is needed, kudos to

@Goingsideways346 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. that is the video i was looking for. simple and very understandable.

@kintubeats 6 ай бұрын

Thank you, ur explanation is superb!!

@Smoothhh_One Жыл бұрын

Wow man, I actually understand this ! Thank you so much

@adicsbtw 8 ай бұрын

This is *so* much more helpful than the typical style of teaching. When I was first taught modes, I was just like "ok, that's cool, how is this any different from the major scale?" and then immediately forgot about it because it seemed useless, and now I'm realizing how incredibly indispensable it is

@DPiano Жыл бұрын

Thank you soo much for this video ! Very informative and clear one 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@stephenbingham5935 Жыл бұрын

Best lesson on modes I have seen and better understood. Wonderful work, thank you.

@RyanLeach Жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks!

@bz101 Жыл бұрын

Intuitive explanation. Well done

@mosomara Жыл бұрын

What a great video. Thank you

@ramonawilliams7269 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@MrShaktirock 3 ай бұрын

Finally a good explanation. I tried the so-called easy ways several timed but never really understood. This one is easier to understand for and easier to remember.

@sharpproductions-frankbria8380 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant video. Literally I was thinking, hey I just need to know these modes differ, but I'll probably have to watch 7 videos to figure it out. Nope! You've got them all covered. Nice job.