This video is, by far, the most informative and eye-opening lesson on this subject that I've ever seen. Not only does it illustrate the modes but also helps with understanding the notes in all those chords. Fantastic. No need to be subscribed to any other music-theory-teaching youtube channel. This is the only one I need! Thank you!
Been playing guitar for decades...In 17 minutes you have made these concepts completely obtainable! Now I actually feel like I can "Master the Fretboard". Thank you my friend! (BTW, you should think about voice-over work, great pipes!)
yeah he's def one of the least annoying guitar guys online lol. some people I just can't stand their voice, or their style, or how they approach things. this guy is great at communicating and breaking down complex things simply.
Never really been compelled to leave a comment on a TH-cam video until now. I've plateaued at a certain level for years now and after watching this video something has just clicked. Thank you so much. A brilliantly simple explanation of a difficult subject.
Can't call yourself, self-taught, anymore if you watched this or any other video about guitar! I mean, unless you invented the instrument you aren't self taught. Learning from others is ok and it's the only way to overcome any plateaus. Observe. Practice. Slowly.
I think I've watched hundreds of video's, referenced scores of books and pdfs, and I keep coming back to Jake Lizzio. I learn more here than anywhere else, hands down. Thank you, Jake Lizzio you are a true teacher. 🤟🤘🤘
I've known my modal scales for years, but this is the first lesson I've watched that actually explains the how, why, and when of using them in a way that makes sense. Thank you!
Finally, someone who uses the word "tonality" correctly! Too many use the word tonality to describe tone colour or timbre. Tonality is, simply put, whether something sounds major or minor. This is good music education as well as a great guitar tutorial. Well done Jake!
What other terms would you use to describe the tone color or timbre? Since they have to do with tone, I would imagine they fall under tonality as a blanket category. Otherwise, why would microtonal fretted guitars exist? Im seriously asking (because I really dont know, as of right now). I stand by what I said about tonality though, because its literally dependent on the individual schema surrounding the topic.
@@TheCyberSatyr Any discussion around music theory and terminology is interesting and healthy. It’s really good that you are showing such an interest in improving your knowledge of music and because it’s so wide and diverse there is always a lot to learn. Firstly I’d like to point out that I have been playing guitar professionally for many years as a touring musician and studio session player. These days I am teaching music at a secondary college in Australia. I am still playing very regularly, writing and recording. Tonality, as Jake had correctly pointed out, is about whether the music or a particular passage of a piece of music is sounding major or minor eg. is the music in a major or minor key. This is the accepted term to describe this and how it’s used in music and it’s related education. Timbre or tone colour refers to, and this is where it can be confusing, is about the tone of a sound. You could use terms such as glassy, thick, resonant, shrill, dull, smooth, harsh, rich, sonorous, brittle, boomy and so on when describing timbre or tone colour. Timbre (tone colour) is not tonality. As I said earlier this is the accepted terminology that is used universally in music education. I suppose the thing is to get comfortable with these terms and how they are used. Correct use of terminology will make discussions, such as the one we are having, clearer and well focused. I hope this is helpful. Keep enjoying your musical journey. What it really comes down to and the most important aspect is your love of playing and making music. There is nothing more exciting, in my mind anyway. Cheers.
Man... I am a guitarist.. playing for 12 years now... I am a pro... and the way you explain things is exceptional and no one delivers that knowledge as compact snd easy to learn as you do. Thank you
Interesting how many different types of laughter I had throughout this video. Comical laughter at the beginning, then laughter towards the end about how many years I've wasted not knowing this the way you described. Kudos
Dude, this is the most simplistic explanation of modes!!! I have been looking everywhere and mostly encounter over complicated explanations, not this one....this is excellent, great job!
Great video! This was a good demonstration that "a fingering pattern is not a scale". I spun my wheels needlessly for years off and on, just totally overwhelmed with learning scales, until it finally clicked that if you take the time to actually learn major scales and keys properly - the scale construction (the intervals that make up the scale), learning the actual notes (and in doing so, learning all your keys and key signatures), what scale degree each note is in each key, the basic major and minor chords formed in the key, etc., you don't have to learn anything new to play with a modal feel. You just have to actually KNOW the basics. Learning only fingering patterns and root notes is not enough! Now, I have lost count of how many posts I have made in different videos to explain how "a pattern is not a scale, it can be many scales depending on the context", as you do here. So many people try to take shortcuts and learn "this is 'the ionian pattern', and this is 'the Dorian pattern'..." and so on. It's a first step, but any of those patterns can be any of the modes! No shortcuts, guys! If you want to learn this stuff, learn it right! Learn the fretboard, learn your theory, and apply it. In the end, it is much more beneficial and actually easier to learn than all the shortcut methods. It just takes some time to slow down and learn it. Crawl, stand, walk, and run before you sprint!
Had a teacher once telling me after I asked about these modes "you don't need to learn them if you know what notes you're playing, they are just variations of simple major and/or minor scales"
Wow Jake, such great examples of the different modes. Your playing is phenomenal!! When you explained it, then played it, really makes it sink in - tnx.
I've just started learning about modes and stuff. When started talking about starting from the next note and skipping from there to switch modes it just unlocked a whole new different area in my mind which I've never thought of before! Damm.
Clearly explained. No complicated stuff to digest. Excellent teaching method. One of the best. Real teachers makes things simple. And you sre one of them. thanks
This is one of my favorite guitar lesson channels on YT, and that intro was absolutely brilliant! This guy reinforces things I've known for years, but never applied myself to. Now that I took time off, and started playing guitar and bass again, these videos and their pacing have been invaluable tools for practice and most importantly writing new riffs. I've definitely gotten that spark back, and while it's been a huge combination of a bunch of little things put together, these videos have made a huge difference in keeping things new helping me to continue to innovate. 25 years ago when I started playing bass, any information this comprehensive would have been only available on a VHS tape for at least $20 from the local music store, a booklet that might be a little cheaper, or paying for actual physical guitar lessons. My point is this is all free and easily accessible. I would have paid good money to get lessons like this. Cheers fellow musicians!
...same here!!...playing mostly in open tunings, coming back to the roots of standard tuning this really helps me get back into the mood of things!!...
I rarely comment on anything the interwebs has to offer but feel compelled to do so in regards to Jakes material, it's just that good. Informative, great delivery/cadence and very funny to boot. It has me inspired to start creating my own music. I hope Jake becomes rich and famous I think he deserves to be a household name.
You are a very gifted teacher (and performer...) - but speaking as a musician, respect in buckets to you for all you share - crystal clear, personable, professional and purposeful - Thank you!
Been doing this for years and didn’t even realize it. Just thought I was playing some random scale shape and if it sounded good over chords I’d use it in whatever position. Finally taking the time to learn music theory is paying off
I'm in the same boat as you. I learned to play from listening and wearing out records. I learned to make all the sounds, but never knew how it all tied together. When I learned the scales it didn't make sense to me as the notes all ran together. I just learned to play the notes I knew that would fit. It would be nice to find a course that spoon feeds us older guys to understand what the hell we have been playing all these years.
I’ve watched so many videos on modes but none really enlightened me. THIS however was a lifesaver, thank you for clearly explaining and demonstrating 🙏
Bingo... finally someone made this easy to understand instead of trying hard to make it seem complicated. As for the shape, to me that is just the top 3 strings of the 5th position of the 5 position major scale shapes (or "G" shape in CAGED). Great job Jake!
I don't like naming shapes because it creates a lot of confusion and obfuscates the universality of them- BUT the shape I show at the end is commonly referred to as the G Shape from the CAGED system. The small shape we use throughout can be derived from that.
@@SignalsMusicStudio I understand that, I'm currently doing my best to "move beyond shapes" but when I was a kid taking lessons that was what was beaten into me by the mediocre guitar teachers at the local guitar shop... oh how far we have come! Love your channel Jake you do a great job of breaking this stuff down and make it easy to absorb.
You are one of, if not THE, best guitar teacher on TH-cam Your explanations and analogies are simple, and you DON'T skimp on the theory. I can't stand how many guitar "teachers" on TH-cam just gloss over or trivialize the theory. Yeah, I know, it's just theory, but it's still good to understand WHY you're playing what you play! Thank you!!
Finally! Jake thank you so much for your modes lesson. I have watched countless vids by other teachers that say that just one note away in a sequence to achieve a different mode. What none of them say, which you do, is targeting the notes in the triad is what will produce a particular mode. Just moving a one-note sequence is not enough and your explanation and demonstration are the best! At last, I now get the modes, and it is soooo easy when explained properly. This is also a great exercise for triad recognition.
This was the best demonstrations I've ever seen. Everybody just want to teach you the shapes across the neck and something gets lost. I think what did it for me was the fact that you're stressing the 1-3-5 notes of the mode, without the idea of having to total move to a different shape.
This is a good explanation of how to actually use the modes. Most people who have been playing for a while can hear the differences between them when it comes to sound, but its been a long time of studying before I realized how to actually USE the different modes to get the sounds I want. This is a great video for that, thank you!
it's unusual mode but it's cool if you know how to use it. Locrian for me it's more like a "detail mode", for a bridge between parts in a song, a pre chorus, an introduction to something. The reason that it hasn't good popularity it's the actual styles and songs written in locrian. Example, Bjork. It's a genius as an artist but not everyone like her music. Nordic black metal, the same. In contemporany jazz, with atonalities, odd time signatures locrian it's a regular mode, no more good or ugly than the others. Music it's about feelings, mood. If you as composer feel that a solo in F root locrian it's the right choice to express what your mind and souls tells you, welcome locrian and it's beauty
Locrian is neither a major nor a minor mode and is very unstable. It has two minor thirds making the chord a diminished one... For instance, in the key of C major we have a B°dim giving B Locrian a bad rap.. Steve Vai use it a lot though..😞🐮🐴
Jake is the best TH-cam music teacher! I've learned so much since I found your channel. Thank you so much, I only wish I could contribute to your patreon. I'm currently in the infant stages of composing a prog-metal concept album. By learning from your videos, I have been able to inject so much more color than I would've before.
Now I get it! Thanks very much Jake. I've been struggling to get my arms around the concept of modes for more years than I care to admit. Your explanation and visuals made it easy.
Greetings from Philippines. You're great. I've learned so much and everything seems clear to me now. Just need little more practice. Thank you so much.
IMHO: YOUR VOICE WOULD BE GREAT, AS A "RADIO ANNOUNCER"!!!! WOW!!!! THSANKS FOR THIS INCREDIBLY, HELPFUL, AWESOME LESSON!!!! DANG!!!!! THE YEARS YOU SAVED ME!!!! WOW!!!!!
bloody el i played a guitar all my life...hated lessons...could not learn anything with anyone. played all chords but so so wanted to play licks and as a lead singer found it very hard. now i can actually see how to do it and read my guitar. you my son are very good and i will ...and have already learned more in 5 minutes than with any other. well done that young man.
The first 10 videos I watched barely made any sense since I barely knew anything, but it's starting to finally click together; Your channel is GOLD!!!!!!! Thank you, really!!!
Not gonna lie, I came in here because I thought the title was very clicky-baity and my plan was to comment on "such an idiot trick". But dude... that was such an awesome music lesson. A simple comment, "these three notes make it sound like the scale" are so obvious after I heard them that I cant believe I didnt know this. Thank you. This was awesome.
That's your root 3rd and 5th. Their your safe notes. And to get the tonality of the mode youd also add in that modes iconic interval. Like for example in Lydian it would be the 4th interval to get the modal tonality.
You've made music theory unfathomably less intimidating. I've just started learning theory and I can only name the notes on the e string so far and I know the basic chords, but these videos of yours are really encouraging. Subscribe.
Man if you grasped these modes after just learning what notes are on the e string, you're a lot smarter than I am. This showed me how LITTLE I know and to be honest, a bit set back. I need 4 yrs of college and at 55, not happening.
@@dejanmarkovic3040 Hi Dejan. I wasn't questioning you grasping it. I was just saying the more I watch these things, the more I feel overwhelmed. Was never taught when I was taking lessons decades ago. How's your playing coming along???
@@johnmcaleese8459 Woth regards to theory, not so good, but I've been practicing different chords(mainly neosoul, which is essentially jazz) and meddling around...and yeah, I'm getting better due to deliberate practice, but I've noticed another thing as well....just spend a lot of time woth the instrument in your hands...it doesn't matter what you're doing...I've watched entire three seasons of the big bang and in the first episode, I couldn't hit a chord..my fingers just wouldn't go 1-4-3-2...now I can play weird fishes by radiohead, the trooper by maiden(without the solo), omar and frusciante's 0=2, touche the sky by black pumas and lianne la havas' midnight...just by playing the same thing over and over and over and just watching the show...I strobgly suggest you do that. :)
@@dejanmarkovic3040 Awesome. Isn't that the truth though?!!! Just having thay guitar on your lap, even if you're just resting at the moment, guaranteed we're going to start playing again as compared to tucking it away. Steve has a complete grasp on the guitar doesn't he. Man, to have 6 months of private lessons with him...priceless. I'm not on a computer to download all his lessons or I would. Believe he's a genius and he sure can shred. I have to find out what I need to play these backup rhythms thesr guys use. That would be huge.....along with some teaching (obviously) lol Peace bruder !!!
What you're sharing here Jake is truly EXCEPTIONAL. Many thanks. The very best tutors have an adept understanding of their students' requirements. Bravo Sir.
Jake, you have an excellent voice for public speaking, or any area of public speaking, such as radio, TV, news caster, university lecturer, music teacher in college, etc. I encouraging you not to limit yourself, not everyone who is a music instructor on the net has the natural physical gifting of a distinctive voice.
Jake, you are a gifted teacher. Thanks so much for all your videos. I have watched other videos with other people teaching the same material but without the practical element you bring, it has failed to register for me. I think I'm having a bit of a breakthrough thanks to this video in particular. Again, thank you.
You've changed the way I look at the fretboard now. I've been very hesitant with my guitar playing because I couldn't jump from one feel to the next, especially across the fretboard. I mean I cannot do it right now, but I know what to work on now. Thank you so much for this. More power to you!
Glad to hear! I've found that being a good modern musician means knowing a lot about the instruments that are played in your proximity. Taking a year of drum lessons was one of the best things I ever did as a guitarist and musician.
I've been playing for years. I've listened and read about theory and modes so many times and for some reason the dots just never connected. These videos, examples and explanations are amazing and has finally allowed me to completely understand. Thank you Jake!!!!
this is a great simple video for all guitarists. I've been playing guitar for over 20 years and I never realized you can play every mode within the first mode depending on which note you start on. It's so simple, and yet genius. I just always avoided learning music theory for the most part because I felt like it distracted me from listening to myself and playing what I thought sounded good. Just goes to show what just stopping and listening for 10 minutes can do for you.
I will be watching, rewinding and pausing, this video lesson over and over - there’s so much practical application reinforcing the theory - and / vice versa. Almost all music theory learning requires a piano (I now have a full 88 key electronic piano) but Jake has opened my eyes - and ears (!) - to how to learn and play modes on guitar. Learning music theory on both piano and guitar is going to deepen my learning and applying music theory including modes on both. Jake is THE go-to guitar guy on TH-cam.
Fantastic video. I'm just now getting into seriously learning guitar at 72 years of age just for the interest and fun of it. Just watching it once was like a quantum leap in my understanding of the fretboard. Thank you. -
Make sure you check the description to find the links to the jam tracks I used! Also, if you still suffer from Modal Confusion after this video, PLEASE watch the two videos I linked to in the description. Between those two videos and this lesson, you should be able to fully understand how modes work and apply it on your guitar. GOOD LUCK!
Thank you brother, I am learning theory, now on 7-chords, this video is very good! This building modes on example of C-mixolidian in F-major, i tried to build C-major natural from C-mixolidian an d now see the difference , 7th half tone down, and I am starting seeing notes instead of shapes. I mean it seems that shapes are important just to remember on automatic level like some default major or minor scale how it builds, but the sounding of scales and modes and how they relate that is more important and this is looking like majic, opens doors to improvising thank you!
@@coolpoolshark Basically like you'd use the minor and major scale (Aeolian and Jonian). Sometimes you can play a few notes from a different mode to add some colour to your playing
That was the single most useful lesson that I have had in years. Granted that I have been practicing for a long time. Things have been lining up and concepts are linking together. I already knew my major shapes very well. This gave me a quick run through the modes in a way that just made sense. Simple, and succint. You concisely presented what I already knew in a sensible way. Thank you good sir. 👍
Sir I've played for 30+ years and pretty good with technique and have tried to learn modes a few times and tried memorizing them and so on , this is 1st time im actually starting to understand them in a applicable way , awesome video and teaching
Thank you so much for this lesson. This is right where I am. I was learning to play the E,A,B chord progression and follow the chords just by staying within the E major Scale. This is an even easier Way to look at it on those notes on the fretboard. Love it.
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Jake makes you realize how much you already know, he just connects the dots. What an eye opener this video. Thank you very much!
Great incentive
He makes me realize how much I know but at the same time realizing there is so much more
You are right
@@may-ree-oh64 piñol
Exactly how i felt...🤘
This video is, by far, the most informative and eye-opening lesson on this subject that I've ever seen. Not only does it illustrate the modes but also helps with understanding the notes in all those chords. Fantastic. No need to be subscribed to any other music-theory-teaching youtube channel. This is the only one I need! Thank you!
That’s it, I’m legitimately calling you the best teacher here on youtube
Not counting Anyonecanplayguitar.uk.com
Legitimately *
Him and Steve Zine are my favourites
what about scott paul johnson
@@neenjaaa my bad lol that's what happens when you type real fast
Been playing guitar for decades...In 17 minutes you have made these concepts completely obtainable! Now I actually feel like I can "Master the Fretboard". Thank you my friend! (BTW, you should think about voice-over work, great pipes!)
This guy has the ultimate voice over voice or radio voice. He seriously has one of the best voices i have heard.
And he doesn't look a day over 16.
Meat rider
I've been told I have a great face for radio!!! :P
yeah he's def one of the least annoying guitar guys online lol. some people I just can't stand their voice, or their style, or how they approach things. this guy is great at communicating and breaking down complex things simply.
Not as good as chicken hern.😊
Never really been compelled to leave a comment on a TH-cam video until now. I've plateaued at a certain level for years now and after watching this video something has just clicked. Thank you so much. A brilliantly simple explanation of a difficult subject.
I've never understood modes, you're the first person to explain it in a way that makes sense.
Same here!!
Being self taught, I've been stuck in a plateau. This video has opened many doors. Appreciate it.
I raise my glass to that good sir
Can't call yourself, self-taught, anymore if you watched this or any other video about guitar! I mean, unless you invented the instrument you aren't self taught. Learning from others is ok and it's the only way to overcome any plateaus. Observe. Practice. Slowly.
@@joshl.8950 I picked up a guitar and learned completely by ear before I knew a single bit of theory or what I was doing. 😃
Hopefully they're psychedelic.
It's always great when the doors swing wide open and you can break on through to the other side.
I think I've watched hundreds of video's, referenced scores of books and pdfs, and I keep coming back to Jake Lizzio.
I learn more here than anywhere else, hands down.
Thank you, Jake Lizzio you are a true teacher.
🤟🤘🤘
I've known my modal scales for years, but this is the first lesson I've watched that actually explains the how, why, and when of using them in a way that makes sense. Thank you!
He has one of the best speaking voices on TH-cam. Literally amazes me every time :-)
Finally, someone who uses the word "tonality" correctly! Too many use the word tonality to describe tone colour or timbre. Tonality is, simply put, whether something sounds major or minor. This is good music education as well as a great guitar tutorial. Well done Jake!
Imho Jake has a great ability to translate concepts that many turn into a monster in such a easy way to beginners to understand.
What other terms would you use to describe the tone color or timbre? Since they have to do with tone, I would imagine they fall under tonality as a blanket category. Otherwise, why would microtonal fretted guitars exist?
Im seriously asking (because I really dont know, as of right now).
I stand by what I said about tonality though, because its literally dependent on the individual schema surrounding the topic.
@@TheCyberSatyr Any discussion around music theory and terminology is interesting and healthy. It’s really good that you are showing such an interest in improving your knowledge of music and because it’s so wide and diverse there is always a lot to learn. Firstly I’d like to point out that I have been playing guitar professionally for many years as a touring musician and studio session player. These days I am teaching music at a secondary college in Australia. I am still playing very regularly, writing and recording. Tonality, as Jake had correctly pointed out, is about whether the music or a particular passage of a piece of music is sounding major or minor eg. is the music in a major or minor key. This is the accepted term to describe this and how it’s used in music and it’s related education. Timbre or tone colour refers to, and this is where it can be confusing, is about the tone of a sound. You could use terms such as glassy, thick, resonant, shrill, dull, smooth, harsh, rich, sonorous, brittle, boomy and so on when describing timbre or tone colour. Timbre (tone colour) is not tonality. As I said earlier this is the accepted terminology that is used universally in music education. I suppose the thing is to get comfortable with these terms and how they are used. Correct use of terminology will make discussions, such as the one we are having, clearer and well focused. I hope this is helpful. Keep enjoying your musical journey. What it really comes down to and the most important aspect is your love of playing and making music. There is nothing more exciting, in my mind anyway. Cheers.
@@mal9948 appreciate it
One of the most clarifying videos about modes. I really got how to use them. Excellent video!! Cheers!
Fábio Ferreira agree. Perfect
Most clarifying I’ve ever seen
Man... I am a guitarist.. playing for 12 years now... I am a pro... and the way you explain things is exceptional and no one delivers that knowledge as compact snd easy to learn as you do. Thank you
This is, by far, the best explaining of the modes, finding them and use them in a way that you really hear the difference.
That intro is gold Jake! Haha
Yeah, I laughed hard!
"THERE'S GOT TO BE A BETTER WAY!"
He should be an advertiser
That voice is perfect for it.
except he's serious
I can’t believe I actually understood a TH-cam video on music theory...Brqvo sir, what a teacher
Interesting how many different types of laughter I had throughout this video. Comical laughter at the beginning, then laughter towards the end about how many years I've wasted not knowing this the way you described. Kudos
Thats only two types of laughs
@@WhiteTrash2993 , now it's three lol
Music is magic. Play the exact same notes and get an entire different feeling. Illustrates the importance of your perspective.
Dude, this is the most simplistic explanation of modes!!! I have been looking everywhere and mostly encounter over complicated explanations, not this one....this is excellent, great job!
Great video! This was a good demonstration that "a fingering pattern is not a scale".
I spun my wheels needlessly for years off and on, just totally overwhelmed with learning scales, until it finally clicked that if you take the time to actually learn major scales and keys properly - the scale construction (the intervals that make up the scale), learning the actual notes (and in doing so, learning all your keys and key signatures), what scale degree each note is in each key, the basic major and minor chords formed in the key, etc., you don't have to learn anything new to play with a modal feel. You just have to actually KNOW the basics. Learning only fingering patterns and root notes is not enough!
Now, I have lost count of how many posts I have made in different videos to explain how "a pattern is not a scale, it can be many scales depending on the context", as you do here. So many people try to take shortcuts and learn "this is 'the ionian pattern', and this is 'the Dorian pattern'..." and so on. It's a first step, but any of those patterns can be any of the modes!
No shortcuts, guys! If you want to learn this stuff, learn it right! Learn the fretboard, learn your theory, and apply it. In the end, it is much more beneficial and actually easier to learn than all the shortcut methods. It just takes some time to slow down and learn it. Crawl, stand, walk, and run before you sprint!
Had a teacher once telling me after I asked about these modes "you don't need to learn them if you know what notes you're playing, they are just variations of simple major and/or minor scales"
You're an amazing teacher, everything is simple clear and you're personality makes every lesson so enjoyable, Really thank you Jake :))
Wow Jake, such great examples of the different modes. Your playing is phenomenal!! When you explained it, then played it, really makes it sink in - tnx.
I've just started learning about modes and stuff. When started talking about starting from the next note and skipping from there to switch modes it just unlocked a whole new different area in my mind which I've never thought of before! Damm.
Clearly explained. No complicated stuff to digest. Excellent teaching method. One of the best. Real teachers makes things simple. And you sre one of them. thanks
This is one of my favorite guitar lesson channels on YT, and that intro was absolutely brilliant! This guy reinforces things I've known for years, but never applied myself to. Now that I took time off, and started playing guitar and bass again, these videos and their pacing have been invaluable tools for practice and most importantly writing new riffs. I've definitely gotten that spark back, and while it's been a huge combination of a bunch of little things put together, these videos have made a huge difference in keeping things new helping me to continue to innovate. 25 years ago when I started playing bass, any information this comprehensive would have been only available on a VHS tape for at least $20 from the local music store, a booklet that might be a little cheaper, or paying for actual physical guitar lessons.
My point is this is all free and easily accessible. I would have paid good money to get lessons like this.
Cheers fellow musicians!
...same here!!...playing mostly in open tunings, coming back to the roots of standard tuning this really helps me get back into the mood of things!!...
If I had a teacher like him when I was young, I would probably be a established full time music composer by now.
You can support his patreon
Hi Jake, Thanks for explaining the Modes in a way that you can understand them, and how to use them, great video. ( Dave, Essex, UK ).
I rarely comment on anything the interwebs has to offer but feel compelled to do so in regards to Jakes material, it's just that good. Informative, great delivery/cadence and very funny to boot. It has me inspired to start creating my own music. I hope Jake becomes rich and famous I think he deserves to be a household name.
You are a very gifted teacher (and performer...) - but speaking as a musician, respect in buckets to you for all you share - crystal clear, personable, professional and purposeful - Thank you!
Been doing this for years and didn’t even realize it. Just thought I was playing some random scale shape and if it sounded good over chords I’d use it in whatever position.
Finally taking the time to learn music theory is paying off
Great lesson as usual. I am posting a new Lydian backing track next week. This lesson came at the right time.
Hand down best guitar teacher on TH-cam, thank you for everything
OMG. after 40 years of playing guitar i now know how the modes work. Thank you so much.
I'm in the same boat as you. I learned to play from listening and wearing out records. I learned to make all the sounds, but never knew how it all tied together. When I learned the scales it didn't make sense to me as the notes all ran together. I just learned to play the notes I knew that would fit. It would be nice to find a course that spoon feeds us older guys to understand what the hell we have been playing all these years.
Perfect !
Best hands on explanation .
Precise !
To the point !
Simple !
Exceedingly productive !!!!!!!
How is this guy not the most famous instructor ever!?!? He really dumbs down the concept to my level so I can level up to my musical peers!
I’ve watched so many videos on modes but none really enlightened me. THIS however was a lifesaver, thank you for clearly explaining and demonstrating 🙏
Will you marry me??
Bingo... finally someone made this easy to understand instead of trying hard to make it seem complicated. As for the shape, to me that is just the top 3 strings of the 5th position of the 5 position major scale shapes (or "G" shape in CAGED). Great job Jake!
I don't like naming shapes because it creates a lot of confusion and obfuscates the universality of them- BUT the shape I show at the end is commonly referred to as the G Shape from the CAGED system. The small shape we use throughout can be derived from that.
@@SignalsMusicStudio I understand that, I'm currently doing my best to "move beyond shapes" but when I was a kid taking lessons that was what was beaten into me by the mediocre guitar teachers at the local guitar shop... oh how far we have come! Love your channel Jake you do a great job of breaking this stuff down and make it easy to absorb.
Ive learnt more in 5 minutes than I have with years of staring at books of music theory and scales. You Sir, are a steely eyed Guitar Man.
Same!!! That video is life changing
You are one of, if not THE, best guitar teacher on TH-cam
Your explanations and analogies are simple, and you DON'T skimp on the theory. I can't stand how many guitar "teachers" on TH-cam just gloss over or trivialize the theory.
Yeah, I know, it's just theory, but it's still good to understand WHY you're playing what you play!
Thank you!!
Finally! Jake thank you so much for your modes lesson. I have watched countless vids by other teachers that say that just one note away in a sequence to achieve a different mode. What none of them say, which you do, is targeting the notes in the triad is what will produce a particular mode. Just moving a one-note sequence is not enough and your explanation and demonstration are the best! At last, I now get the modes, and it is soooo easy when explained properly. This is also a great exercise for triad recognition.
But wait , there's modes!
lol pissed i didn't think of that
Lmao fucking genius
Nice! And Bill murry to boot
@@srbertoandres woah, dial it back there Copernicus
One mode thing...
I'm living in the golden age of education man
TH-cam has been so helpful with a lot of school shit and music theories, thank you Jake!
Dude this is amazing. You make this stuff so easy to understand, much appreciated!
This was the best demonstrations I've ever seen. Everybody just want to teach you the shapes across the neck and something gets lost. I think what did it for me was the fact that you're stressing the 1-3-5 notes of the mode, without the idea of having to total move to a different shape.
This is a good explanation of how to actually use the modes. Most people who have been playing for a while can hear the differences between them when it comes to sound, but its been a long time of studying before I realized how to actually USE the different modes to get the sounds I want. This is a great video for that, thank you!
I think that locrian track you did sounded pretty chill, it was good
it's unusual mode but it's cool if you know how to use it. Locrian for me it's more like a "detail mode", for a bridge between parts in a song, a pre chorus, an introduction to something. The reason that it hasn't good popularity it's the actual styles and songs written in locrian. Example, Bjork. It's a genius as an artist but not everyone like her music. Nordic black metal, the same. In contemporany jazz, with atonalities, odd time signatures locrian it's a regular mode, no more good or ugly than the others. Music it's about feelings, mood. If you as composer feel that a solo in F root locrian it's the right choice to express what your mind and souls tells you, welcome locrian and it's beauty
I am not a big fan of locrian, either, but he played a very nice "diminished"-sounding lick, which is what locrian is about.
Locrian is neither a major nor a minor mode and is very unstable. It has two minor thirds making the chord a diminished one...
For instance, in the key of C major we have a B°dim giving B Locrian a bad rap..
Steve Vai use it a lot though..😞🐮🐴
Jake, this class definitely was one of the best guitar lesson I had watched. Thank you very much!!!
Jake is the best TH-cam music teacher! I've learned so much since I found your channel. Thank you so much, I only wish I could contribute to your patreon. I'm currently in the infant stages of composing a prog-metal concept album. By learning from your videos, I have been able to inject so much more color than I would've before.
Jakes the BOMB best understandable teacher I ever had !
Now I get it! Thanks very much Jake. I've been struggling to get my arms around the concept of modes for more years than I care to admit. Your explanation and visuals made it easy.
Greetings from Philippines. You're great. I've learned so much and everything seems clear to me now. Just need little more practice. Thank you so much.
when I'm totally lost and frustrated jake appears and saves the day thanks so much man
IMHO: YOUR VOICE WOULD BE GREAT, AS A "RADIO ANNOUNCER"!!!! WOW!!!! THSANKS FOR THIS INCREDIBLY, HELPFUL, AWESOME LESSON!!!! DANG!!!!! THE YEARS YOU SAVED ME!!!! WOW!!!!!
Agreed - he has "that voice" for radio 💯% And a great teacher.
You legitimately "solved" music for me, and I've been playing for over 20 years. Amazing.
bloody el i played a guitar all my life...hated lessons...could not learn anything with anyone.
played all chords but so so wanted to play licks and as a lead singer found it very hard.
now i can actually see how to do it and read my guitar. you my son are very good and i will ...and have already learned more in 5 minutes than with any other. well done that young man.
Occasionally Jake makes you realize how much of his excellent content you wish you'd found a couple years ago. This was an eye opener for me.
A couple?! Ha!!! It's now be 16+ years for me!!! Where has the time gone??? 🤯
Just skip between Jake Lizzio and Rick Beato and research a little, you are set for life.
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True. I'm subscribed to both channels and they are awsome, really informative.... cheers.
don't forget adam neely!
I would also throw some Fretjam in there.
@@yoatzinpenaflor1262 I am going to check that channel. Came in notification but haven't seen until now.
Just as I was getting bored of TH-cam for the evening... Jake comes waltzing in, just made my night!
A well-spoken young man. He is exceptionally good at explaining these concepts. Kudos and thank you. Consider me subscribed!
The first 10 videos I watched barely made any sense since I barely knew anything, but it's starting to finally click together; Your channel is GOLD!!!!!!! Thank you, really!!!
Not gonna lie, I came in here because I thought the title was very clicky-baity and my plan was to comment on "such an idiot trick". But dude... that was such an awesome music lesson. A simple comment, "these three notes make it sound like the scale" are so obvious after I heard them that I cant believe I didnt know this.
Thank you. This was awesome.
Commenting and viewing? that'd show 'em
That's your root 3rd and 5th. Their your safe notes. And to get the tonality of the mode youd also add in that modes iconic interval. Like for example in Lydian it would be the 4th interval to get the modal tonality.
This is really useful video to understand basics of scale tonality I think. Great job!
You've made music theory unfathomably less intimidating. I've just started learning theory and I can only name the notes on the e string so far and I know the basic chords, but these videos of yours
are really encouraging. Subscribe.
Man if you grasped these modes after just learning what notes are on the e string, you're a lot smarter than I am. This showed me how LITTLE I know and to be honest, a bit set back. I need 4 yrs of college and at 55, not happening.
@@johnmcaleese8459 I didn't say I understood everything in the video, I just said it made me feel hopeful:D
@@dejanmarkovic3040 Hi Dejan. I wasn't questioning you grasping it. I was just saying the more I watch these things, the more I feel overwhelmed. Was never taught when I was taking lessons decades ago. How's your playing coming along???
@@johnmcaleese8459 Woth regards to theory, not so good, but I've been practicing different chords(mainly neosoul, which is essentially jazz) and meddling around...and yeah, I'm getting better due to deliberate practice, but I've noticed another thing as well....just spend a lot of time woth the instrument in your hands...it doesn't matter what you're doing...I've watched entire three seasons of the big bang and in the first episode, I couldn't hit a chord..my fingers just wouldn't go 1-4-3-2...now I can play weird fishes by radiohead, the trooper by maiden(without the solo), omar and frusciante's 0=2, touche the sky by black pumas and lianne la havas' midnight...just by playing the same thing over and over and over and just watching the show...I strobgly suggest you do that. :)
@@dejanmarkovic3040 Awesome. Isn't that the truth though?!!! Just having thay guitar on your lap, even if you're just resting at the moment, guaranteed we're going to start playing again as compared to tucking it away. Steve has a complete grasp on the guitar doesn't he. Man, to have 6 months of private lessons with him...priceless. I'm not on a computer to download all his lessons or I would. Believe he's a genius and he sure can shred. I have to find out what I need to play these backup rhythms thesr guys use. That would be huge.....along with some teaching (obviously) lol
Peace bruder !!!
What you're sharing here Jake is truly EXCEPTIONAL. Many thanks. The very best tutors have an adept understanding of their students' requirements. Bravo Sir.
Jake, you have an excellent voice for public speaking, or any area of public speaking, such as radio, TV, news caster, university lecturer, music teacher in college, etc. I encouraging you not to limit yourself, not everyone who is a music instructor on the net has the natural physical gifting of a distinctive voice.
Young man, and yes, I can say that because I'm very old, you have one of the best guitar/music channels on TH-cam!!
Yes. He used the lick.
Here 13:19
long overdue tbh
A bell went off in my head as soon as I heard that
Buuuaaaahhhh!!!!! LICC
Which lick is that
An infinitely ongoing joke in the music community on TH-cam
Finally understood these “-ian” stuff!! Thank you heaps!
Jake, you are a gifted teacher. Thanks so much for all your videos. I have watched other videos with other people teaching the same material but without the practical element you bring, it has failed to register for me. I think I'm having a bit of a breakthrough thanks to this video in particular. Again, thank you.
You've changed the way I look at the fretboard now. I've been very hesitant with my guitar playing because I couldn't jump from one feel to the next, especially across the fretboard. I mean I cannot do it right now, but I know what to work on now. Thank you so much for this. More power to you!
Hey Jake, thanks for making your videos! I'm a drummer myself, but somehow I learn something new here and move this to my field ;D
Glad to hear! I've found that being a good modern musician means knowing a lot about the instruments that are played in your proximity. Taking a year of drum lessons was one of the best things I ever did as a guitarist and musician.
Demystifying Modes.
Yes, this should title of the video. Hehe
I now I truly understand what Modes are.
Thanks a lot bro.
13:20 *the licc*
Scrolled down to find this comment after that.
He had to do it to em
It sounds decent and he builds it all up...
*THEN HITS YOU WITH THE MEME.*
Good Lord he can TALK!!
Yup came here for this.
I've been playing for years. I've listened and read about theory and modes so many times and for some reason the dots just never connected.
These videos, examples and explanations are amazing and has finally allowed me to completely understand.
Thank you Jake!!!!
You my friend and your videos have really opened my eyes. You explain theory better than anyone else. I can't thank you enough....
13:19: THE LICK
Sr I don’t get it...
@Dakoda Leach same😂
Paused it to look for this comment.
What about it ?
That reminds me of catch the rainbow
4 years. I am 4 years late to this masterpiece. I can't thank you enough for what you do!!!
I dare say this is the most practical lesson on the modes that I've seen!
this is a great simple video for all guitarists. I've been playing guitar for over 20 years and I never realized you can play every mode within the first mode depending on which note you start on. It's so simple, and yet genius. I just always avoided learning music theory for the most part because I felt like it distracted me from listening to myself and playing what I thought sounded good. Just goes to show what just stopping and listening for 10 minutes can do for you.
I will be watching, rewinding and pausing, this video lesson over and over - there’s so much practical application reinforcing the theory - and / vice versa. Almost all music theory learning requires a piano (I now have a full 88 key electronic piano) but Jake has opened my eyes - and ears (!) - to how to learn and play modes on guitar. Learning music theory on both piano and guitar is going to deepen my learning and applying music theory including modes on both. Jake is THE go-to guitar guy on TH-cam.
i dont know why, but the beginning of this video had me laughing. I love how it sounds like a TV ad 😂
This is the breakthrough I've been looking for. It put me at a new level and I actually understood it. Thanks
Excellent lesson sir! I will be subscribing to your chanel now.
It's very difficult to find good lessons on TH-cam. This video was very helpful. Thank you!
Fantastic video. I'm just now getting into seriously learning guitar at 72 years of age just for the interest and fun of it. Just watching it once was like a quantum leap in my understanding of the fretboard. Thank you.
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Man I wish your videos were there when I started like 15 years ago, I would have saved so much time and frustration...
Modes over-simplified...really nice video....keep up the good work 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Make sure you check the description to find the links to the jam tracks I used! Also, if you still suffer from Modal Confusion after this video, PLEASE watch the two videos I linked to in the description. Between those two videos and this lesson, you should be able to fully understand how modes work and apply it on your guitar. GOOD LUCK!
Hi, do you do private lesson via Skype?
Thank you brother, I am learning theory, now on 7-chords, this video is very good! This building modes on example of C-mixolidian in F-major, i tried to build C-major natural from C-mixolidian an d now see the difference , 7th half tone down, and I am starting seeing notes instead of shapes. I mean it seems that shapes are important just to remember on automatic level like some default major or minor scale how it builds, but the sounding of scales and modes and how they relate that is more important and this is looking like majic, opens doors to improvising thank you!
The vid is clear about using shape to play modes on guitar. My question is how do you apply modes to chord progressions to improvise guitar solos?
@@coolpoolshark Basically like you'd use the minor and major scale (Aeolian and Jonian). Sometimes you can play a few notes from a different mode to add some colour to your playing
U kick ass dude !!! This chann rocks
I am just 1/2 way through your lesson and in my 32 years of playing, this was the best lesson on modes...PERIOD! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
That was the single most useful lesson that I have had in years. Granted that I have been practicing for a long time. Things have been lining up and concepts are linking together. I already knew my major shapes very well. This gave me a quick run through the modes in a way that just made sense. Simple, and succint. You concisely presented what I already knew in a sensible way. Thank you good sir. 👍
Bro you kinda look minor but your voice is major😅
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Great teaching 👍
Music Ed TH-cam talk about minors every day yet I’ve not seen one of them get leaked propositioning one😂
You mean low-crian
George Thorogood 😊
I was doing the exercises about that CMajor, and suddenly i was playing the mexican anthem lol nice video as always !
Dude you have a classic DJ voice!
Sir I've played for 30+ years and pretty good with technique and have tried to learn modes a few times and tried memorizing them and so on , this is 1st time im actually starting to understand them in a applicable way , awesome video and teaching
Thank you so much for this lesson. This is right where I am. I was learning to play the E,A,B chord progression and follow the chords just by staying within the E major Scale. This is an even easier Way to look at it on those notes on the fretboard. Love it.
5:35 the song of time (in the correct key, even!)
Moonlight sonata too
13:19 I see what my man Jake did there.
thought I was the only one who noticed lmao
Ehat
Thought I was the only one who heard it
lol
@10:45 Jake reveals this one easy secret. Joe Satriani's HATE him!
Exactly what i thought. Bloody excellent.
Yes, I heard a particular mode in Jake's examples that Satriani always plays in. I forget which one, have to study.
For me, this is the best MODE explanation in the planet. Hats off to you Jake !!!
Of all the videos I've watched and things I've read about modes this is the one video that helped make it make sense the most.