Why No One Understands Modes

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This video is called "Why No One Understands Modes." To find out why, we'll cover the essential scales, chords and tendency tones of the seven diatonic modes. Strap on your thinking cap and let's get to it.
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@ShredmasterScott 4 жыл бұрын

What's your favorite mode?

@metal_helm 4 жыл бұрын

I tend to automatically write in Phyrgian without realizing it, so I guess that!

@modafoto 4 жыл бұрын

Depeche Mode... Ok seriously, I’m a locrian dude

@metal_helm 4 жыл бұрын

@@modafoto punching myself for not thinking of that DP joke

@brotherdoom2406 4 жыл бұрын

Shredmaster Scott Phrygian dominant

@caseyjones831 4 жыл бұрын

Major scales all the way G Ionian

@thesoundengine 4 жыл бұрын

I do that laugh in my head constantly.

@ShredmasterScott 4 жыл бұрын

me too

@cheersbro7347 3 жыл бұрын

Me and my brother do it since age of 4 or 5. Now I realised we arent the only two. Our mum hates it xd

@BrianZoeu 4 жыл бұрын

I'm a saxophonist and I like your work!

@c.g.6495 4 жыл бұрын

Same!

@ShredmasterScott 4 жыл бұрын

awesome brother, I'm pumped to have non-guitar viewers

@God4445 4 жыл бұрын

Same here, dude I got a got a huge member and I approve of this

@NathanielBTM 4 жыл бұрын

0:36 "Does this sound musical to you?" *Clip plays* me: Ye... (Gets cut off) *No!* Me: Oh... Ok.

@thegoldenfret123456 4 жыл бұрын

just a little tool to help out 1:28 ionian 2:18 dorian 3:15 phrygian 4:16 lydian 5:07 mixolydian 6:05 aeolian 6:59 locrian

@efa666 4 жыл бұрын

For years I found modes impossible to grasp because I thought they were just random notes and shapes. Now when I'm explaining it to beginner musicians I focus on intervals and it's so much easier to explain.

@oneeyemonster3262 4 жыл бұрын

There's more than just the Major scale thou. The mode term simply help identify the various interval..and sort of group Them. So you can retrieve from the top of your head on the fly once you memorize it...it's not that hard... Ive memorized harder codes braking crap in USELESS video GAMES...FFS So you can MODULATE over the same TONE CENTER or chord Example...over the A min chord ( A, C, E) Every one of these MODES/INTERVAL has the A,C, E note in it.. ROOT from A.... aeo dor phy lyd #2 Lyd b3 mix #2 mix #2,#4 aeo #4 dor #4 phy b4 dor b2 Harmonic min Melodic min Harmonic min b2 melodic min b2 Harmonic min #4 Melodic min #4 some mode you can play over whatever chords such as Mix #2, #4 1, 3, 5 or 1,3, 5, b7 1, #2. ,5 or 1, #2, 5 , b7 1, #2, #4, ,6 or b7 ( full or half diminished) or the phygian b4....the b4 is still the is sort of like a Maj3 b3, b4.........The 4th got lowered. example....Ion b6 = Harmonic MAJOR you could play these notes.....1, 3, 5 or 1, 3, b6 ( Maj or augmented)

@metal_helm 4 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: from happiest to evilest the modes are: Lydian Ionian (major) MIxolydian Dorian Aeolian (minor) Phrygian Locrian

@kenhv74 4 жыл бұрын

Helm of the Anti-lemon I think Ionian sounds happier than Lydian. the augmented 4th in Lydian can create a lot of sad tension

@metal_helm 4 жыл бұрын

@@kenhv74 you might be right. My guitar teacher taught this to me 25 years ago. and you'll never see me hanging around the Lydian-->Dorian neighborhood; it's not in my wheelhouse so I don't know too much about it \m/ \m/

@ShredmasterScott 4 жыл бұрын

I agree except I'd flip #1 and #2

@noone-jw4gm 4 жыл бұрын

What about harmonic and melodic minor modes, symmetric scales like half-whole and other non natural major modes?

@viniciusbertucci 4 жыл бұрын

Lydian is brighter, but not happier than Ionian to me. But you're pretty much right. If you add modes from Melodic Minor and Harmonic Minor, you'll get even darker sounding modes than Locrian.

@6stringhellion 4 жыл бұрын

Your evil laughs still kills me 😂

@carcar5084 4 жыл бұрын

6stringhellion MWAHHAHHHAHHA

@holysmokes4493 4 жыл бұрын

50% of why I'm here tbh.

@carpepesci 4 жыл бұрын

I didn't understand modes until I started studying jazz about 15 years ago. My instructor explained how they related to the chords and it clicked. I'm glad you discussed this topic in an easy to understand way.

@ShredmasterScott 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent. Yeah, my approach to modes is very jazz or film score ish

@andysixxlett2632 4 жыл бұрын

This is sooo helpful!! Keep up the good work man! I’m loving this channel

@orangeiceice12 2 жыл бұрын

Those formulas are clutch. I was thinking, "Hey, I understand modes," but that definitely taught me something. There's a song I love, Temazcal by Monsters of Folk, that's got a deceptive cadence. It goes G#m F#, repeat, then goes E - B - E - F#. You start out thinking you're in F#, but really you're in E with a major 2 (or G# Minor). Only later in the song, in the chorus, is the truth really revealed when it goes E - B - E - B - B7 - A - E. That A tells you, indeed, you are in E. Didn't think it through to realize it was suggesting Lydian. Salute.

@olivergebauer2406 3 жыл бұрын

I really like the way you're teaching! Just bought your Modal Mayhem course and I'm pretty excited to finally understand the modes haha

@TheTektronik 4 жыл бұрын

That laugh gets me every time. As of now, I'm studying B Aeolian I love how it sounds to me.

@wannaberabbi9302 4 жыл бұрын

Methane yep. The comfortably numb solo is in that mode

@altarsofplague7394 4 жыл бұрын

Man I absolutely loved this video and all your other ones they just keep getting better! Also a fan of your humor👍 keep it up brother!

@MadnessOpus 4 жыл бұрын

Dude. You look AND sound like the older brother of Ben Eller.

@Cthulhu_Awaken 4 жыл бұрын

They are two sides of the same coin, imho.

@seamdye147 4 жыл бұрын

Step brother, his step dad's son.

@imsupposedtobeasleeprightn9107 4 жыл бұрын

I was gonna comment this lol

@powermetallistic2293 4 жыл бұрын

Haha, thats nice.

@matt_2139 4 жыл бұрын

more like his biological step dad!!!

@phils8215 4 жыл бұрын

Great Scott! Excellent content as always. Best guitar channel EVER!

@cancerousordo6314 4 жыл бұрын

Always love your stuff Master Scott!

@wesleytrott6397 4 жыл бұрын

I think this was the best explanation of modes I've seen yet. I love how you included the tendency tones/sensitive pitches. I found that quite helpful. Keep it up man! Love your channel!

@ShredmasterScott 4 жыл бұрын

glad to hear it brother 🤘

@larrydicus7822 4 жыл бұрын

This is way above my pay grade.

@johnberg1326 4 жыл бұрын

How can one so evil, so dark, give us such great lessons and keen insight? I would think that the hounds of Hades would have shredded you by now but we are all fortunate that they have not. Thank you for your efforts and great content.

@EsotericallyObvious369 4 жыл бұрын

Best guitar KZfaq channel on the internet. Thanks for all the info you provide!

@ShredmasterScott 4 жыл бұрын

Appreciate you brother 🤘

@TheGazza83 4 жыл бұрын

You're intro's and evil laugh always cracks me up.

@gregfinn3800 4 жыл бұрын

Your channel is awesome! Thanks for making these videos.

@Astronomater 4 жыл бұрын

love practicing with your lessons on my piano. I need to be trying these things on my uke more though. Someday soon. Thanks for the excellent lesson!

@maxmustardman298 4 жыл бұрын

You#re a great teacher man. Back then when I started I had a teacher that was nowhere near as encouraging, but I thought it was cool that he could solo away while I was plucking the intro to Nothing Else Matters during my first lesson ;)

@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS 4 жыл бұрын

Did you watch to the end? @ 9:08 He played Nothing Else Matters riff on acoustic man, you could cut and loop that to solo over like the old days!

@ShredmasterScott 4 жыл бұрын

thanks brother, teaching is definitely a different skill than playing

@maxmustardman298 4 жыл бұрын

@@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS I'm afraid Lars might sue me ;)

@fibonaccipaite4364 4 жыл бұрын

I just bought your course! I have been a bedroom player for long. But i feel i really needed this lesson. Hope i learn something new . Cheers from India!!

@ShredmasterScott 4 жыл бұрын

That's excellent to hear brother, enjoy your new found modal power!

@albertdebulhoes3611 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing dude, when you're into classical you don't learn theory you just play the pieces and raise your level.

@ShredmasterScott 4 жыл бұрын

exactly, it's a whole other thing to study theory

@mikeraia2605 4 жыл бұрын

I needed a teacher like this guy when I was 7 and first went to the music store for lessons. This guy probably would have told me, "hey kid you dont have to play it upside down if your left handed, we can restring it with the fat string on the top like me". Instead I was told sorry kid you need to learn right hand if you want to play guitar. So after a few months I went back as a right hander, and been right handed ever since. So for that reason later in the years I bought a left handed strat and restrung it upside down . The guitar teachers these days are on another level. Great video!

@EpicTetsu 4 жыл бұрын

This stuff always reminds me that I'm still Guitarded 😞

@jjrusy7438 4 жыл бұрын

this is a great perspective. I learned theory from piano lessons and high school band, so I learned everything relative to scales, for example that em/am/bm is just the relative minor to g major etc etc. excellent video. I learned something today. fwiw, for me, the shapes on the guitar actually make it easier for me to think in modes, because there aren't white and black keys set in stone, it is an unlabeled grid and you make your own shapes.

@TheLastSolo 4 жыл бұрын

Great explanation once again Shred! - Modal Mayhem was the turning point for me finally learning how to use the modes!

@ShredmasterScott 4 жыл бұрын

That's great to hear brother...it's like a super power once you really get modes right?

@TheLastSolo 4 жыл бұрын

@@ShredmasterScott It was like getting bitten by a radioactive shred-spider! I find I actually end up using the modes sparingly to add some flavor! Maybe just a quick melodic section or using the modal chords!

@laoxhype9067 3 жыл бұрын

This dude is a literally a musical genius

@CMM5300 4 жыл бұрын

Great lesson Scott! I didn't know the primary chords.

@bornindissonance6312 4 жыл бұрын

You're the reason I now understand modes. Cheers🍺

@zac1710 2 жыл бұрын

Wish I’d found this channel years ago. I know some theory, but was never really able to piece it together like this. Glad I did though.

@RainDelay 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video!

@EclecticEssentric 4 жыл бұрын

A nice refresher! To all modal noobs, the easiest way to grok these modes is to take C Major (no sharps/flats) and just walk down the modes: C Ionian CDEFGAB, D Dorian DEFGABC, E Phrygian EFGABCD, F Lydian FGABCDE, G Mixolydian GABCDEF, A Aeolian ABCDEFG, B Locrian BCDEFGA.

@titanoboaoficial2014 4 жыл бұрын

Man youre the best thank you

@majikpillzburyrey637 4 жыл бұрын

Looks I need 2 take notes. Seriously, thanks bro 4 the tutorial.😈🔥🎅

@ShredmasterScott 4 жыл бұрын

you're welcome

@sevenity2677 4 жыл бұрын

Like the music lesson! Still learning them but keeping at them

@rxg6948 4 жыл бұрын

You're just the best my brother. 🤘

@ShredmasterScott 4 жыл бұрын

cheers my man!

@voronOsphere 4 жыл бұрын

This is a great ADVANCED lesson on modes that is a welcome challenge for me (and I've been pounding all 84 modes and their places within the 12 keys), but I doubt anyone confused by modes became any less confused by this cool lesson. Actually, so many people are confused by modes, because NOBODY teaches THE SEVEN DIATONIC MODES WITHIN ONE SCALE and how butt simple modes can be. "The 7 diatonic modes of the A minor/C major scale." THAT should be the FIRST lesson on modes.

@ShredmasterScott 4 жыл бұрын

It’s always a difficult topic for sure. My main point is to shift the emphasis from scales to chords. Understanding the harmonic implications of modes will allow you to actually make music

@voronOsphere 4 жыл бұрын

It's definitely a great lesson for me, because I'm not as focused on the chords as much as I should be and you're covering stuff I never heard of, with my limited smattering of music theory. Great channel, btw!

@ShredmasterScott 4 жыл бұрын

That’s what I like to hear, cheers brother 🤘

@mrkrunch4340 4 жыл бұрын

5:50 - Shredmaster manboob jiggle. My day is complete.

@Yuki-lf4dr 4 жыл бұрын

LMAPOO

@guichaky3918 3 жыл бұрын

Shred Master Scott; 50% Good Lessons 49% Evil Laughter 1%Memes

@playswithknives 4 жыл бұрын

i'm not even a musician and i find these videos informative as hell

@BrianHill 4 жыл бұрын

Your Ionian chord progression at 1:02 is such a good sound it would be cool to hear a whole song built around it. Maybe an anthem or ballad lyric.

@natas.cancioncitas 4 жыл бұрын

Dude, your Primary Chords approach is pure gold. lml

@ShredmasterScott 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah dude, modal chords will change your life.

@kenlee5015 4 жыл бұрын

I don't understand the modes and that's OK, I'll get there. What scares me is, I'm starting to understand Shredmaster Scott.

@TheRichie213 4 жыл бұрын

You don't need to. If it sounds good, it's good. Rules in music are just closed doors. Think about when you were young and you just made up a song easily. You felt it and found it but weren't forced to look in a certain place.

@YouTw1tFace 4 жыл бұрын

Email me if you want help: ouchris@gmail.com

@diegod.h.2745 4 жыл бұрын

Great !

@martinversalusmartin8708 4 жыл бұрын

Greetings Professor 🤓 Scott. I thank you so very much for your interest in sharing knowledge about the universe of metal music 🎼. I have to tell you that you have an incredible trained memory, thus , you are an amazing 😉 theoretical dude. I show you my respect ✊ because you are very good teacher 👨‍🏫. Good for you.

@ShredmasterScott 4 жыл бұрын

thanks brother, appreciate you!

@x12spm21x Жыл бұрын

Nice la villa strangiato lick in the beginning

@user-ym6dl8tq6u 4 жыл бұрын

thank u shred

@TheCandoheavy 4 жыл бұрын

Thank You, this is a great lesson, hope you could make more videos like this but with the modes from other scales ( harmonic minor, major, melodic minor, major, etc ), just to understand better how to work the chord progressions with the other modes. The guitar Grimoire books are very good, but sometimes it's hard to understand everything alone. Thanks, Shred till you're Dead !

@ShredmasterScott 4 жыл бұрын

Agreed my man, we need to hear musical examples for the modes. Cheers

@giveusascream 4 жыл бұрын

This guy is a frickin legend!

@ShredmasterScott 4 жыл бұрын

Cheers brother 🤘

@WizardOfArc 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you thank you thank you!

@ShredmasterScott 4 жыл бұрын

cheers brother

@TarnTarn-zv6cp 4 жыл бұрын

At last I get it ( well I sort of do ). Kudos Master

@ShredmasterScott 4 жыл бұрын

boom brother

@wade_pisani 4 жыл бұрын

Love this guy 😂😂

@tieukhavu8832 4 жыл бұрын

Shine on you Crazy Diamond by Pink Floyd [1975] From the Album "Wish You Were Here" is also in G minor dorian

@khanyay6262 4 жыл бұрын

That shredding on a nylon string guitar was sick lol hail satan

@xoseaserestevezalvarez6242 4 жыл бұрын

Shredmaster Scott : Ahahhaahahhaaha...!!! Give me the Harmony Baby...! Ahahhaahahhaaha...!!! So GREAT & FUNNY...! Thank's so much for the tutorial lessons and you GREAT and so FUNNY HUMOR...! Salutation from Galiza...!

@randytritt4610 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome brother!!🤘😈🎸💀🖤💀

@ShredmasterScott 4 жыл бұрын

Shred Till You're Dead my man

@geronimodiaz2310 3 жыл бұрын

Shred is a cult dude with a cool personality 🤘

@user-py6zr9gs2k 4 жыл бұрын

Dude! You are really COOL!!!

@O_Menelaos666 2 жыл бұрын

1st- time i heard Shred's laugh...? Iz the way i go like muaha ha haaa ...on my LOL-possession!!! I have already sold my soul but i don't have any guitar yet, n a lots of bum of questions... Can afford neither...

@user-ym6dl8tq6u 4 жыл бұрын

I love u shred

@hadleymanmusic 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Scott. I couldnt bare yesterday to watch this. Its all for drill and not for the " bellringers"

@ShredmasterScott 4 жыл бұрын

not sure what that means

@Havanacuba1985 4 жыл бұрын

Mixolydian lick reminded me of sprit of radio by rush

@harbard642 3 жыл бұрын

A locrian funky lick would be awesome

@deadaccount5063 3 жыл бұрын

I know music theory but I always end up writing stuff in the chromatic scale, but always coming back to a pedal tone. However, if I ever run out of ideas I just pick a scale or chord progression that fits the other parts I already wrote for the song and write something based on that. But in the end, we all know the Harmonic Minor scale is the best

@hellonblades 4 жыл бұрын

Killer channel

@giorgiomatraxiamusic4874 4 жыл бұрын

5:36 i'm gonna flat *YOU* 😂😂😂😂

@shannonmitchell8515 3 жыл бұрын

5:36 - When a GTA V npc walks infront of your car

@powermetallistic2293 4 жыл бұрын

This guy finds it joyful to edit his videos. 😆 I don't mind it.

@ponceponce4431 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Shredmaster Scott, I am not worthy of this knowledge.

@maximio212 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks again for the great info. Question I have is did you randomly pick the primary chords or does each mode have a specific chord progression aside the I IV V standard progression? Or are they based on the sensitive notes? Thanks for the answer!!

@bboss8048 4 жыл бұрын

Dude, you straight up fuckin RULE!!!!!!

@marcususa 4 жыл бұрын

I love this guy's videos. It's like a viking Keanu Reeves.

@ShredmasterScott 4 жыл бұрын

that's about right actually

@Xacksar 4 жыл бұрын

Could you make a video on primary chords? They seem interesting and important.

@sudeephembrom325 4 жыл бұрын

I always enjoy that evil laugh

@eduardodavila2587 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you shredmaster, really helpful... hey what's the music at the end, before nothig else modes, in violin?

@ShredmasterScott 4 жыл бұрын

Psycho theme by Bernard Herrmann

@ahmedhosni6932 3 жыл бұрын

Phrygien is my favorite mode

@Rain593 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Scott could we get a video with some hybrid picking tips/tricks? It is the one technique that trips me up

@ShredmasterScott 4 жыл бұрын

That’s a good idea

@filipefrancoafonso 4 жыл бұрын

This is a controversial issue since the renaissance. At that time common practice was not to think harmony in a vertical way (chords) but horizontaly (melodies). People still won't understand completely modes but at least they'll know why. I love them all but my favourite is phrygian. Harsh Iberian sound.

@sammavitae114 4 жыл бұрын

Pie a la mode, my favourite mode.

@guitboxgeek 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome vid, man. Thanks. Oh, and hail Satan

@ShredmasterScott 4 жыл бұрын

you got it, praise saton

@thedevilofmetal5335 4 жыл бұрын

Chris Yes praise the dark one

@michalvacek498 4 жыл бұрын

Hello, question... What made you choose E - F# as primary chords (in Lydian mode) and not E - G# instead (for example). The same question for the rest of the modes.

@Hypetreme 4 жыл бұрын

If you want to hear a good representation of the Dorian mode then listen the music in Castlevania, most of the pieces there are in Dorian.

@ShredmasterScott 4 жыл бұрын

I need to do more video game videos

@Thiago_Alves_Souza 4 жыл бұрын

Also Phrygian. The Tragic Prince is a good example.

@Geotubest 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. Apologies, but just wondering though how you arrive or "calculate" via the "formula" to the primary chords..(i.e. why they are the primary in this context and how you determine them). Your response is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

@ShredmasterScott 4 жыл бұрын

The basic idea is to take every other note from the scale when finding the chords. Also, you look at how chord progressions are used in songs. If you wanna get really deep, it comes down to science and the harmonic series.

@AliJr_MetalGames_MetalGuitar 4 жыл бұрын

3:18, it's amazing how you have time to make such awesome compositions while grinding to make these highly edited videos.

@ShredmasterScott 4 жыл бұрын

appreciate you brother!

@gregward1016 2 жыл бұрын

I would like to learn more of the E Iommi-an mode.

@Bonde334 4 жыл бұрын

The best guitar teacher in the world.

@ShredmasterScott 4 жыл бұрын

extra points for you brother

@Bonde334 4 жыл бұрын

Shredmaster Scott you took your time, to write a comment to me. Me, a simple peasant got a comment from god himself Shredmaster Scott. My life is fulfilled. Thank you.

@HowlingFang6258 4 жыл бұрын

Are the primary chords of the modes the same across all 12 keys? For example, is the "i-bII" in E Phrygian the same in, say, G Phrygian?

@ShredmasterScott 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, G Phrygian would be Gm-Ab. These are magic formulas to create music

@declanl2167 4 жыл бұрын

If something is in C ionian for example and i use D Dorian will that work. That's how i understand modes is it kind of right

@guitarded5198 4 жыл бұрын

🤯🤯🤯🤯

@DBrown_XD 3 жыл бұрын

Car Horn @ 2:35

@Juan_Teppa 4 жыл бұрын

(Everything) Lydian!

@YouTw1tFace 4 жыл бұрын

Took me 20 years to realize this. I was focused on the scales and not the chords. Couldn’t figure out why I wasn’t getting it. Once I realized the sound actually comes from the chord progression, it clicked.

@ShredmasterScott 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly, I wish there was a way to communicate this to people. It's just impossible to pull the attention away from scales for some reason