Just wonderful, been searching for "shred on guitar" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you heard people talk about - Ganyatty Guitar Gainify - (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now ) ? Ive heard some incredible things about it and my co-worker got great success with it.
So many years. So many instructors on You Tube trying to explain the modes. This is the first time it actually clicked. Light bulb over the head...singers in the background doing the ..Halleluiah.! Thanks so much. That opened up a whole new world, and man I've been really trying to understand but never heard it so simple .Rock on!
Really enjoyed this video. "Red form" pattern (3 notes in major scale per string) with G as starting note at string 1 fret 3 (G major scale, or Ionian): 1. G Ionian (major scale) 1:29 (Gmaj7 chord, start on G at string 1, fret 3) 2. A Dorian 2:29 (Am7 chord, start on A at string 1, fret 5) 3. B Phrygian 3:37 (Bm7 chord, start on B at string 1, fret 7) 4. C Lydian 4:34 (Cmaj7 chord, start on C at string 2, fret 3) 5. D Mixolydian 5:28 (D7 chord, start on D at string 2, fret 5) 6. E Aeolian (minor scale) 6:29 (Em7 chord, start on E at string 2, fret 7) 7. F# Locrian 7:54 (F#half diminished chord, start on F# at string 3, fret 4)
Exactly ! I have studied modes more than most people ! This guy is a good person im sure but he is not doing any of you a favor ! hes mearly allowing you to hear what a mode sounds like ! And he should tell you this from the start which only causes confusion! Yes notes on a Guitar fret board have no tonal character at all regardless of Major scale pentatonic dont matter ... The underlying tone bring all scales to life...Otherwise Pointless intervals
Thats it... thats finally made it for me. There is soo much confusion out there... people (i) will get stucked for years, and all you had to explain was to imagine the full shape of the major scale, and each notes you start are a mode. So simple and yet people can make it so confusing. Thanks you very much.
Wow, mind blown. I've been racking my brain with my guitar teacher over the modes for 2 weeks and in this short video it totally made sense to me. Thanks for posting. : )
ALL MODES: you can put 7type chords on these modes. Ionian: 1:31 Dorian: 2:45 Phrygian: 3:50 Lydian: 4:41 Mixolydian: 5:30 Aeolian (Natural Minor scale): 6:40 Locrian: 8:00
when I first approached the 7 patts of a major scale, to have full understanding of the fretbord, I asked myself if the modes matches each patt, and I denied that, thinking that modes of a key dont have the same notes. It bothered me for a while, until I saw this video and realized that my wonder was accurate, and the modes of a key dont change in terms of note themselves but their order and when we emphasis the rot of the mode. thanks loads for this video mate!
For years, I have been playing guitar without properly knowing these modes. I mean, i know the major G scale by heart but modes are alien to me. Maybe I have played these modes before but I just do not know their names. Similar to a situation wherein a person is familiar to me but I dont know their names. This video is very helpful to guitarists like me who are lacking knowledge in this area. Genuine Thank you sir Mike for explaining this topic in terms that I could grasp.
Nobody has "natural ability". There are determined people who work to get good. Other love it so much they don't feel it's work. But absolutely nobody comes out of the womb knowing scales and modes better than any other person.
@@PragmaticDany Sure but some take to it very easily and others don't despite of hard work. You think you could be the next Eric Johnson with enough practice? I say no, not musically. Maybe technically. Even better than him. But you don't have his brain so you don't think like him.
The modes follow the qualities of the chords in a given scale. The backing tracks are chords that add and emphasize certain notes (7ths) . The extra tone allows more of the notes in each mode to be played, thus differentiating each mode.
That’s the question I have but I must say that at least I am realizing that different modes sound nice over certain chords, just don’t know why yet. For example, I was just playing the E-G-A-E chord progression while playing in E mixolydian mode (A major scale) over E chord then switched to the E Aeolian mode (G major scale) over the G chord then I played the D major scale over the A chord (A mixolydian mode) and it worked, I just don’t quite get why yet. Even though I was playing the G major scale over the G chord, I was playing in the Aeolian mode to make it sound better. I think I am on the verge of making a breakthrough.
I didn't know that Jackson was related to Samick! I own nearly the same pearl white guitar, but with the Samick name, gold hardware and a mini toggle switch between the volume and tone controls. Love how the neck plays! Oh, and by the way, GREAT lesson! I will incorporate it in my daily practice session. Thank you!
WOW!!! This lesson has a huge impact on me. Well explained and you spelled it out for me. I’ve tried and tried to learn the modes over the years and many times I was discouraged. You sir, your video was the missing piece I needed. Within 20 minutes the mystery and confusion over the years has now SETTLED. Thank you so so much. Only one question: I understand the chord progression but why the 7th? Thanks again for this video, playing will be much more fun now.
Thank you. At last, all the modes, with the notes, in one place...and being played as opposed to looking at diagrams. I'm the 'hands on' type rather than being told look at the diagram. I learn quicker that way. Thank you. Haven't seen you for a while on TH-cam?
Your videos are great , I like the way you teach , not o fast or slow easy to follow , I appreciate that because I'm almost 60. With that in mind can you teach some RUSH riffs?Been practicing about 8 wks now , working on my 6 basic cords and having fun with some basic riffs .
Locrian is my favorite, but long ago, I was taught that Locrian is a C Maj scale that starts and ends on B. It's difficult to remember that it's acceptable to start and end a mode on other notes.
I've been told to always remember to keep cognizant of our picking while doing scale exercises and pick up and down. I notice you picked only down during the first part of the demonstration of each mode. If this was deliberate,I call that genius as it helps a beginner to concentrate more on the scale. Nice
So just to clarify, you start with G Ionian because you're using this shape beginning with G as your root. If you shifted this shape to the C note further up the neck, that would just be C Ionian right? Then you can continue the mode shapes from there by starting with a new root. So C Ionian, E Dorian etc..
Yes if you move the shape up and the first note is C it would be C Ionian. From there if you stay there but think of the next note as your root, it would be D Dorian, then E Phrygian etc.
I’m fairly new guitar player. I’ve learned the minor and major pentatonic scales and the major and minor scales. Which mode or modes should I work on next? Based on classic rock and blues.
Long ago, i decided that i would, sort of, ignore modes and just let my fingers land where they fall during solos. I am not sure if what i am playing is using any modes. To me, i sound repetitious, sometimes, but when i venture out of my comfort zone during a solo and find myself landing on some wrong notes, i wonder if how i recover from that while playing leads me into using modes or parts of a mode when i don't even know i am doing it.
If I wanted to play lead following the chords of a song could I just change to appropriate mode each time as the chords change? What if the song per say is not playing the 7th chords but just the corrosponding major or minor chords? Great lesson! Easy to follow. I was able to free lance immediately. I had a lot of fun with it.
It all sounds like Gmaj to me :) You should try moving the mode root to be G in each mode to really drive the sound home instead of the other way around
Hey Mike that's totally cool showing the modes I wish you all played some solos that deal with them on such as the phrygian mode which is kind of Egyptian sounded and play a solo maybe from Iron Maiden all that uses that load I know not everyone just uses the pentatonic you got to know more than than the Pentatonix be good solo artist thanks for all though great musician
what if ı want to play with arpegios slides and modulations ? do ı have to go and start from 6th string major scale position? that doesnt work in real music.
Any advice on how to train my ears further? I have found this ionian pattern years ago but I can’t differentiate the sound of each mode, it all sounds like a G ionian to me. I do hear the small tension on minor key but differentiating them by ear is hard
Modes are the major scale; you're basically just shifting the root of the scale. So using Mike's example of the G major scale, all the notes are the same, you're just starting and resolving at a different point, which is why modes sound different without being different at all
Modes are just major scales, Using c major fingering in any position then stressing the root of any chord will make it Example c major and u highlight d it would be d Dorian
I can’t find the other 6 color forms on your website is it still available? This lesson really helped me so I was wanting the other ones if available. Thanks!
another excellent lesson ... so, what do you play, as far as which mode shape to chose, when the chord changes from say a "D" to a "C"? ... if you are playing D Mixalydian, over a Dm7, and it changes to a Cm7, do you just simply slide up to the C shape of the Mixalydian? ... this is where I get lost when using modes, in a real world application ... thanks!
That's stuff we'll cover on the site. In the case of what you said you can do a few things, many things actually. You can do Dorian for either of them. So D Dorian over Dm7 and C Dorian over Cm7. When you get deeper you can also think of them both being in the family of the key of Bb Major so over Cm7 you can do C Dorian and Dm7 you can do D Phrygian. Lots of options in the future. :)
Technically yes since D Dorian is the second mode of C Major and they both have the exact same notes it just has a different sound depending on what notes you target or emphasize or start on and it also depends on what chord is being played
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If I had to describe myself as a mode it would be Lydian; Not quite of this world, strangely optimistic, and unstable.
You and me both. Ionian would be too basic, Aeolian would be too somber, and Locrian would be too whacky. Lydian is the way to be.
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Just wonderful, been searching for "shred on guitar" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you heard people talk about - Ganyatty Guitar Gainify - (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now ) ? Ive heard some incredible things about it and my co-worker got great success with it.
That's my favorite mode.
wow
If you want to remember the modes remember that : I Do Play Loud Music At Lunch. Ionian Dorian Phrygian Lydian Myxolydian Aeolian Locrian
Excellent. Thank you.
Or the one I learned : I Don't Particularly Like Modes A Lot :)
Well, i see two "L" words. So, why not distinguish between them by saying, " I Do Play Lydia's Music At Lunch" so we know which L is for Lydian?
@@robbiedaug just remember that lydian and loud both have an l and a d
I come to your site just to feel calm. Oh and you teach guitar too.
So many years. So many instructors on You Tube trying to explain the modes. This is the first time it actually clicked. Light bulb over the head...singers in the background doing the ..Halleluiah.! Thanks so much. That opened up a whole new world, and man I've been really trying to understand but never heard it so simple .Rock on!
I couldn’t agree more!!!
Really enjoyed this video. "Red form" pattern (3 notes in major scale per string) with G as starting note at string 1 fret 3 (G major scale, or Ionian):
1. G Ionian (major scale) 1:29 (Gmaj7 chord, start on G at string 1, fret 3)
2. A Dorian 2:29 (Am7 chord, start on A at string 1, fret 5)
3. B Phrygian 3:37 (Bm7 chord, start on B at string 1, fret 7)
4. C Lydian 4:34 (Cmaj7 chord, start on C at string 2, fret 3)
5. D Mixolydian 5:28 (D7 chord, start on D at string 2, fret 5)
6. E Aeolian (minor scale) 6:29 (Em7 chord, start on E at string 2, fret 7)
7. F# Locrian 7:54 (F#half diminished chord, start on F# at string 3, fret 4)
Thanks 🙏
Hey man, Absolute genius teaching on this one. I got a little too much out of it, can't wait to begin getting into these more in depth
It's the chord that really helps spell the mode that's being played on it.
Yes u can't heat the mode without backing track
Exactly ! I have studied modes more than most people ! This guy is a good person im sure but he is not doing any of you a favor ! hes mearly allowing you to hear what a mode sounds like ! And he should tell you this from the start which only causes confusion! Yes notes on a Guitar fret board have no tonal character at all regardless of Major scale pentatonic dont matter ... The underlying tone bring all scales to life...Otherwise Pointless intervals
Thats it... thats finally made it for me. There is soo much confusion out there... people (i) will get stucked for years, and all you had to explain was to imagine the full shape of the major scale, and each notes you start are a mode. So simple and yet people can make it so confusing. Thanks you very much.
Wow, mind blown. I've been racking my brain with my guitar teacher over the modes for 2 weeks and in this short video it totally made sense to me. Thanks for posting. : )
you think so.... until you hear t from someone else, then ur confused all over again.
ALL MODES: you can put 7type chords on these modes.
Ionian: 1:31
Dorian: 2:45
Phrygian: 3:50
Lydian: 4:41
Mixolydian: 5:30
Aeolian (Natural Minor scale): 6:40
Locrian: 8:00
How do i know where is the root note
@@kiel7302 That depends on the chord that is being played.
when I first approached the 7 patts of a major scale, to have full understanding of the fretbord, I asked myself if the modes matches each patt, and I denied that, thinking that modes of a key dont have the same notes. It bothered me for a while, until I saw this video and realized that my wonder was accurate, and the modes of a key dont change in terms of note themselves but their order and when we emphasis the rot of the mode. thanks loads for this video mate!
Thanks Mike. I've played guitar for a long time but never gave theory much thought until I seen your videos. Greetings from Scotlandby the way
This is the best lesson I have ever seen on this subject, thank you very much!
Is that it?! People make it so complicated yet you made it so simple and easy for me. Thank you! Love from the other side!
For years, I have been playing guitar without properly knowing these modes. I mean, i know the major G scale by heart but modes are alien to me. Maybe I have played these modes before but I just do not know their names. Similar to a situation wherein a person is familiar to me but I dont know their names. This video is very helpful to guitarists like me who are lacking knowledge in this area. Genuine Thank you sir Mike for explaining this topic in terms that I could grasp.
Thank you for making this video! You made it easy to understand. God bless!
I lack natural ability, but love the guitar and music theory and how everything fits together. I really appreciate your channel.
Nobody has "natural ability". There are determined people who work to get good. Other love it so much they don't feel it's work. But absolutely nobody comes out of the womb knowing scales and modes better than any other person.
@@PragmaticDany Sure but some take to it very easily and others don't despite of hard work. You think you could be the next Eric Johnson with enough practice? I say no, not musically. Maybe technically. Even better than him. But you don't have his brain so you don't think like him.
Best explanation of the modes I’ve seen ,thankyou
I appreciate your calm teaching demeanor.
Best lesson on modes so far
Awesome. It is really helpful for improving my guitar skill. Thank you very much.
The modes follow the qualities of the chords in a given scale. The backing tracks are chords that add and emphasize certain notes (7ths) . The extra tone allows more of the notes in each mode to be played, thus differentiating each mode.
But he’s playing all the same notes just starts on a different one depending on the mode? How does that work?
That’s the question I have but I must say that at least I am realizing that different modes sound nice over certain chords, just don’t know why yet. For example, I was just playing the E-G-A-E chord progression while playing in E mixolydian mode (A major scale) over E chord then switched to the E Aeolian mode (G major scale) over the G chord then I played the D major scale over the A chord (A mixolydian mode) and it worked, I just don’t quite get why yet. Even though I was playing the G major scale over the G chord, I was playing in the Aeolian mode to make it sound better. I think I am on the verge of making a breakthrough.
I've watched it, I see what you're doing and my mind is still blown.]
You're literally the best teacher on this subject out there! I've watched so many, and this totally clicked.
great video, demystifying, economic, simple to understand, and musical
Yep, my students will be watching this one for sure. You just took a lot of confusion out of the modes.
Dang. You’re the only teacher who makes these kinds of things click with me. Thank you very much
I didn't know that Jackson was related to Samick! I own nearly the same pearl white guitar, but with the Samick name, gold hardware and a mini toggle switch between the volume and tone controls. Love how the neck plays! Oh, and by the way, GREAT lesson! I will incorporate it in my daily practice session. Thank you!
WOW!!! This lesson has a huge impact on me. Well explained and you spelled it out for me. I’ve tried and tried to learn the modes over the years and many times I was discouraged. You sir, your video was the missing piece I needed. Within 20 minutes the mystery and confusion over the years has now SETTLED. Thank you so so much.
Only one question: I understand the chord progression but why the 7th?
Thanks again for this video, playing will be much more fun now.
I still don’t get it
@@dutcho7894 same
Thank you so much
I finally understood those modes
Which scares me since when I started practicing guitar ❤️
You unlocked my brain here 🙌🙌🌟
Thank you. At last, all the modes, with the notes, in one place...and being played as opposed to looking at diagrams. I'm the 'hands on' type rather than being told look at the diagram. I learn quicker that way. Thank you. Haven't seen you for a while on TH-cam?
I cant focus, a bunny is telling me the world will end
Everybody dies alone.
Your videos are great , I like the way you teach , not o fast or slow easy to follow , I appreciate that because I'm almost 60. With that in mind can you teach some RUSH riffs?Been practicing about 8 wks now , working on my 6 basic cords and having fun with some basic riffs .
Loved this lesson! Great job man!
A greatly pedagogic Lesson, thank you so much.
I had to look up the word "pedagogic" for a friend.
WOW, excellent lesson. Really opened up the modes for me. Thank you so much!
Ok. Not to sound stupid ( which actually am), but it’s all the same notes and the difference is just what you are considering the root?
Yes.
Locrian is my favorite, but long ago, I was taught that Locrian is a C Maj scale that starts and ends on B. It's difficult to remember that it's acceptable to start and end a mode on other notes.
Im a long time musician an an i found thus really awesome
Good lesson makes sense I learnt same thing with different pattern how many patterns are there I don't know that yet.
Great vid. To honour Neil Peart you should do a video of his best techniques
You are a life saver
A pdf would be good for next time you do stuff like this, but thank you so much and i hope you keep doing modal stuff
The website will have all the PDF's. Thanks for watching. :)
How do I find the chords under every modes???
That was extremely Helpful !!
Thanks bro 👍👍👍👍
I've been told to always remember to keep cognizant of our picking while doing scale exercises and pick up and down. I notice you picked only down during the first part of the demonstration of each mode. If this was deliberate,I call that genius as it helps a beginner to concentrate more on the scale. Nice
Thank you it's so easy to understand
So just to clarify, you start with G Ionian because you're using this shape beginning with G as your root. If you shifted this shape to the C note further up the neck, that would just be C Ionian right? Then you can continue the mode shapes from there by starting with a new root. So C Ionian, E Dorian etc..
Yes if you move the shape up and the first note is C it would be C Ionian. From there if you stay there but think of the next note as your root, it would be D Dorian, then E Phrygian etc.
@TheArtofGuitar brilliant thank you :)
I’m fairly new guitar player. I’ve learned the minor and major pentatonic scales and the major and minor scales. Which mode or modes should I work on next? Based on classic rock and blues.
Exceptional! Doesn’t have to be complicated!!
Wish i knew this when i was doing grade 8 years so handy
Good video very informative 👍
you just cracked it; made easy the difficult
3:29
Hey I saw that deliberate zoom!
WOW! i'm a little late but this learning method is simple and so OP! Thank you for posting this video 🙏
This helped. Thanks.
After years of video watched, this is how actually explain modes, 🎉
Best simple lesson 😘😘👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Long ago, i decided that i would, sort of, ignore modes and just let my fingers land where they fall during solos. I am not sure if what i am playing is using any modes. To me, i sound repetitious, sometimes, but when i venture out of my comfort zone during a solo and find myself landing on some wrong notes, i wonder if how i recover from that while playing leads me into using modes or parts of a mode when i don't even know i am doing it.
If I wanted to play lead following the chords of a song could I just change to appropriate mode each time as the chords change? What if the song per say is not playing the 7th chords but just the corrosponding major or minor chords? Great lesson! Easy to follow. I was able to free lance immediately. I had a lot of fun with it.
Most rock songs are in one key so you can just stay in this form, but if you learn all 7 forms you can rule the neck. :)
So this means you’re in the key of G for each mode?
It all sounds like Gmaj to me :) You should try moving the mode root to be G in each mode to really drive the sound home instead of the other way around
thank you. appreciate the modes
Good one Sir.
Pls, can I use Phrygian mode on chord G???
I learned a lot from this, thanks
Hey Mike that's totally cool showing the modes I wish you all played some solos that deal with them on such as the phrygian mode which is kind of Egyptian sounded and play a solo maybe from Iron Maiden all that uses that load I know not everyone just uses the pentatonic you got to know more than than the Pentatonix be good solo artist thanks for all though great musician
Hey are james hetfield lite ?? Cuz you use use one down picking .but ur video is very use ful fir mw .👍🏼
But how do you know which mode to use with a song? I see songs saying in the key of E, G, A etc but don't remember seeing in Locrian, Ionian etc.
what if ı want to play with arpegios slides and modulations ? do ı have to go and start from 6th string major scale position? that doesnt work in real music.
Excellent lesson! Looking forward to the next one!!
Excellent mate, cheers from Toronto.....didn't get your name.....
Any advice on how to train my ears further? I have found this ionian pattern years ago but I can’t differentiate the sound of each mode, it all sounds like a G ionian to me. I do hear the small tension on minor key but differentiating them by ear is hard
Modes is related of 3 notes?? In one string?? I have no idea of modes, pls reply my comment thank u, new subscriber her
Modes are the major scale; you're basically just shifting the root of the scale.
So using Mike's example of the G major scale, all the notes are the same, you're just starting and resolving at a different point, which is why modes sound different without being different at all
At this rate, Mike, you could probably even make the Circle of Fifths understandable and memorable 😁
Finally I got it thanks
Make a guitar scale roadmap on mejor and minor
Which songs can we play in accordance with the series you show? sample song !!!
when i put my finger on a string i hit the one there under to so it gets silenced.. do you know what i do wrong?
Amazing way to Learn modes 👍 great
Awesome video
Love that Soloist. Is it a SL2?
Very cool. Will there be a vid with the orange structure?
The Frank sticker is just awesome
very well explained, thanks!
Utilizing this shape, will help me memorize the modal scales? I know dumb question.
Modes are just major scales,
Using c major fingering in any position then stressing the root of any chord will make it
Example c major and u highlight d it would be d Dorian
@@sherlanmamaril7368 Thanks man!
Thanks bro.. really help me a lot.. but still trying to understand how locrian works
I can’t find the other 6 color forms on your website is it still available? This lesson really helped me so I was wanting the other ones if available. Thanks!
Yep they’re still up there.
another excellent lesson ... so, what do you play, as far as which mode shape to chose, when the chord changes from say a "D" to a "C"? ... if you are playing D Mixalydian, over a Dm7, and it changes to a Cm7, do you just simply slide up to the C shape of the Mixalydian? ... this is where I get lost when using modes, in a real world application ... thanks!
That's stuff we'll cover on the site. In the case of what you said you can do a few things, many things actually. You can do Dorian for either of them. So D Dorian over Dm7 and C Dorian over Cm7. When you get deeper you can also think of them both being in the family of the key of Bb Major so over Cm7 you can do C Dorian and Dm7 you can do D Phrygian. Lots of options in the future. :)
Cool lesson did😎
For example I want to create my own solo in key of C can i use the all modes?
When you play A Dorian, those are same notes like A minor??
"And one shape to rule them all!" (Lord of the Modes) 🤟
Thank you.🙏
If I play the C scale in the second mode (starting with D), am I still playing in the key of C?
Technically yes since D Dorian is the second mode of C Major and they both have the exact same notes it just has a different sound depending on what notes you target or emphasize or start on and it also depends on what chord is being played
Hey I have a qs how long it takes to absorb the modes and to identify them just by listening in a song
Very clever!
Hey quick question, how do you know which chord fits which mode ? Like i want to know why you played those certain chords as the backing track
amazing video thanks
I like the phrygian sound.
Great video thank you