@@neilanadams5173 It's just a bit more advanced. I'm not very good at theoretical harmony an stuff like that. So I need a quick and simple explaination sometimes. Beato is a boss though
Mr. Metalhorse funny I always said I was a musical savant ! Where some people have perfect pitch I have the uncanny ability to find the most sour note of any key and to be off time on every beat! Glass breaks and babies cry and adults vomit 🤢 🤮
Being an ex-teacher (20 years), my curiosity always has me checking out the vids of teachers I don't know. Just wanted to say I agree with the praise you have received. A REALLY well prepared and presented lesson both from a video production point and a teaching. You did a much better job on it that I ever did with my students. Great work.
@@elymolloy8333 Hi Ely, I agree, Jake's videos are great and he teaches solid concepts. Being you are a teacher as well, I'd love your opinion. We know that what makes Lydian, Lydian is the sharp 4. Rick Beato teaches that highlighting that #4, and the half step between the 4 and 5 notes while playing is essential to give the scale the new sound. What is your opinion, do you agree?? I'd appreciate your input.
Here's how I learned (R is Root and the numbers are the amount of half-steps): R-2212221 - Major/Ionian R-2122212 - Dorian R-1222122 - Phrygian R-2221221 - Lydian R-2212212 - Myxolydian R-2122122 - Minor/Aeolian R-1221222 - Locrian Once I figured out it's the same pattern just shifted, music all fell into place for me.
that's a very unnecessary, awkward way to learn . just build them all from the major scale and remember the names so Dorian starts on the 2nd note ( of a major scale) and Phrygian starts on the 3rd note and Lydian starts on the 4th etc. If you want B Dorian just ask yourself what note comes before B , it's A. so B Dorian starts on the 2nd note of the A major scale. *of course it's the same pattern because it is always a major scale* You have that written down somewhere so whenever you're unsure, at the beginning, you look at your paper. After a short while you won't need to look at any paper any more.
Hello. I just wanted to thank you for not treating modes like they are some huge complicated thing. Several years back I explained what the modes where using my keyboard to my then 11 year old daughter (who was an orchestra) student at the time and her response was, "Oh, that's easy." The next day she went to school and told her teacher what she had learned Her teacher was blown away and said that modal theory was college level material. My daughter was then asked to explain to the class what the modes were. I laughed when she told me. Especially the "college level" comment.
Sorry for replying to a 4 years old comment. I've seen old, bitter "teachers" explain the how to build the major scale not for an entire class but for an entire damn month! I know not every musician comes into existence with ultimate knowledge but some "teachers" are an insult to even an absolute beginner who doesn't know what a note is. I've come to believe it's gatekeeping at this point and even overheard some of these people talking about it among themselves in their pathetic little circles. I'm glad we have the internet now. It's still a little difficult to stumble upon gems like these but it's at least possible now, for everyone.
dude, that's the best video on ANY modal topic I've ever seen. Most "explanations" iften miss key bits of info that are important to a complete understanding. great work. thank you!
Thank you! I "knew my modes" for like 4 years before I finally realized wtf they were all about, so I figured there's probably a lot of confusion out there. I intend to do a modal master-class series one day but it would be an astronomical amount of work. Until then, I'll do a few more videos like these where I just go over the fundamentals of each mode.
You truly are a great teacher. You teach in a way that follow the learning thought process of most people.. which helps tremendously..!! Showing us how random notes of a scale sound.. then working out the important intervals and so on for chords and etc.. all of this is a brilliant way to teach which we dont get enough of!
I agree. I know exactly what he is talking about. But when I try to teach a friend the same thing such as lydian, and how to use it, I find it hard to explain. This instructor spoke more clearly on the subject than I have ever seen before. I think his earlier point of treating Lydian like it's the only scale while we study was the best approach. I think that it takes some pressure off a student to throw some of the theory aside, and just concentrate on what's important in the musical moment. Excellent video, thank you.
Yea man this video really made sense to me. I've been watching a lot of modal guitar videos and this one really conveyed how to capture that modal sounds using particular scale degrees. thanks @signals music studio
Lupocide not a bad observation. However, the whole step between the iii and the IV+ in Lydian is what gives it that spacey feeling. In this case, it’s changing what would be a semi tone to a whole tone.
With Mixolydian I always felt that the flavor came from the whole step bw minor 7th and root, but one could also argue that it comes from the half step distance bw minor 7th and major 6th, so yeah
Dude! Your common sense approach...no ego...no overly complicated, theoretically-saturated mystery lesson that leaves out the most important takeaways - the feeling. Today I truly understand modes, how they are constructed, why and when to use them, the feelings that each of them invoke, etc......all because of you! Thank you! Your communication skills are exceptional! I'll head over to support you on Patreon. Keep up the amazing work!
Also known as "Raag Yaman" in Indian Classical Music, I always treat it as it's own thing. As you mentioned before it has a very unique spacey feel to it.
But the problem is that it is associated with chords and a key.So it has a Key with a Tonal Centre. That is all you need.A separate Tonal centre is more practical. Indian Classical has more melodic depth since it is based nearer a drone tone.Rather than chordal. These modal chord videos are pointless really. Aaah but he says he's avoided calling it Modal......by saying Lydian. Yeah. Right.
I just can't get over how awesome it is that you have taught me literally everything I have wanted to know since I started playing. Not how to play music but WHY to play music. Loveeee it
Lydian mode sounds hot so im still about to watch this video, but this man just earned a like simply for cutting the bs and letting you know you can skip to the end before investing all this time into it. So refreshing in this current youtube climate of making your videos as long and drawn out as possible for ad revenue
@@Prefabfan-q2q We're all trying to learn here, so them mentioning other channels isn't going to hurt anyone. If people find out that those channels teach in a way that suits their style more then that is good. If Jake was so offended by his viewers mentioning other music theory youtuber then he wouls probably blacklist them.
I'm joining everyone in saying HOW FREAKING WELL you present these traditionally difficult topics. You, sir, have a gift, and you have developed it and chosen to share it with anyone who is willing to listen. I've pointed my grandson, who is learning piano, to your videos. He asked me why I showed him guitar lessons, and I had him watch your vid on the minor plagal cadence. He watched the entire vid without saying anything, and sat quietly for about a minute after. He finally said "every fret is a key, and it doesn't matter where you start, does it? it's all about the intervals between." His face lit up and he exclaimed "It doesn't matter what instrument you play, it's all about the interval between the notes! And if you figure out the intervals that make you feel a certain way, you can tell people how you feel without saying a word! How cool is that?" Watching his face light up when it all came together was a priceless moment for me. Thank you for that. But I do have one issue: Every time I hear those three notes now, all I hear is "Meet George Jetson!" And now you will, too. Heh, heh, heh.
When it comes to practical application(which is what lessons are all about!) your lessons are light years ahead of anything else on TH-cam. I can use everything you teach in your videos. I'm already familiar with most of the concepts you talk about but applying them is what nobody is good at teaching. I seriously look forward to seeing this channel grow an develop over time. No pressure lol.
Hello teacher! Thank you for this class. Now I learned how to use the Lydian scale when playing and keepimg the rooth G, the 3rd B, the 4th C# and the 5th D to play along. I just would like to suggest to put a big sharp symbol (#) before the C and F note in your written notes of your video. Something like this: G Lydian Scale : G, A, B, C#, D, E, F#, G In the scale chart should be better to have it in the 3rd freet instead the 1st freet to go with the G Lydian scale instead the F Lydian scale... In the chord chart in the Fm was omitted the # symbol. The chord is F#m... Thank you for this video! Greetings from Tijuana!
I like these videos because they are taught with the humility we all need to admit we all had trouble learning these things and didn't understand them at some point. And they are concise and right to the point.
Not one 'ah' or 'you know'. Your concepts are clearly thought out and well spoken. I can't believe I actually watched someone talk about the Lydian Scale! Well done!
Great stuff man!!! I spent years not really understand what modes were UNTIL I realized that certain key notes in a mode is what really makes a mode unique. That's when the light bulb when on.
Ive studied music for many years so, this info is very familiar. This guy is an excellent communicator. His elocution is masterful. Many people don't appreciate the value of powerful communication.
I should call you professor. You are helping me up a lot with theory and modes. Thank you so much. Finally my musical ideas are falling into place and I'm improving my understanding of my instrument.
Man, I’ve just got to say that this is an awesome channel with very clear and well thought out content. Having the blackboard beside you with bullet points throughout is about the best teaching format I’ve ever seen. Keep doing these videos, man!
BRO! what a great tutorial. I came here after listening to Jacob Collier keep talking about Lydian and I didn't know what he was talking. So here I come to learn...and I was really happy that you focused on the guitar also, since although I do play Piano, this helped me understand how to tie it to the guitar. Your tips were excellent and really helped me understand how to directly apply it and start experimenting. Thank you for this video!
Thanks. Modes are starting to make sense to me thanks to lessons like this. For a long time, I sort of dismissed them like you did. I figured that they were just regular scales only starting on a different note. The idea of the tonal center is what I was lacking.
I love that you happened to be playing from the same root as the mode I've been playing with all day... I just looked up baking tracks to work on my soloing to play over the rhythm section, and I landed here. Good stuff as always, thanks!
I've had trouble understanding Lydian for the longest time but you cleared it up for me in an instant. Your teaching style is perfect, what the scale is, how to use melodically, how to create chord progressions with it... Nothing left behind. Awesome job dude.
I love your videos. Your pacing is great. Not too fast, not too slow. You are great at explaining things in an easy-to-understand way. You are a great instructor
Hi, "what is the point?" That is exactly why your lessons are so interesting and this "little" content is so often forgotten by other TH-cam teachers. Very appreaciated. Thank you. I have just one suggestion which makes later learning easier for beginners and later for advanced pupils. I think it is much easier to devide the modes in two sections and sort them to major / minor. And not learn them by counting whole- and half-steps but instead learn them by knowing their intervals. That makes is so much easier later on with advanced stuff. This old fashioned way is still tought by most teachers but I think it is a cumbersome way. The advanced way: a) Major (Ionian) - Lydian: with raised 4th step of major scale (Lydische Quarte) - Mixolydian: with lowered 7th step of major scale (Mixolydische Septime) b) Minor (Aeolian) - Dorian: with raised 6th step of minor scale (Dorische Sechte) - Phrygian: with lowered 2nd step of minor scale (Phrygische Sekunde) - Locrian: with lowered 2nd and 5th step of minor scale (Lokrische Sekunde + Quinte) I hope I do not bother with that but I think this is important because I firstly learned the scales and modes using the WT/ HT system and it made me big problems to play them fast blindly. Than I read a very good and profound book about new Jazz theory and there I got the hint for the above mentioned system in within some few practicing hours I was able to understand the modes and play the modes blindly from every key on.
You sure do have taught me some helpful, practical ways to USE the notes or chords of a Lydian mode in the key of G major. Thank you so much, Mr Good Teacher.
I gotta thank you so much for your content! A couple of years ago I was struggling with guitar and was learning a cover song called 'alone with you' by the Sunny boys. I realised the chords seemed a little different from a typical major progression and as it stood it was in Aeolian mode. When your channel popped up on this mode everything started to fall in place for me and since then I have written 4 songs that I have been supper happy with and now I seem to go from strength to strength with music. Thanks so much!
thank you Jake for explaining and teaching how to use my fav scale next to the obvious pentatonics. I love your very clear and friendly style of speaking which helps folks like me. You’re one of the best on youtube!
Your description of the sound of the mode, ie. Spacey, is going to be so helpful in identifying the mode in a song. I can now listen to a song and say, "Oh yeah, he's in the Lydian mode"
Hi Jake! I know you're probably not reading comments on these older videos of yours, so you probably will never read this, but this video helped me immensely. I've wanted to nail the Lydian sound ever since I heard it first. I adore the tone it gives and I've always wondered how I would nail it, and this video really helped me. I finally can give off the dreamlike feel in my own writing and improvising, and it feels great. Thanks so much for this video and all your others too.
When I realized "something minor" isn't the same thing as "something aeolian" I started to hear things I've never noticed before. Insta subbed thank you!
Wonderful, thank you. Especially the bit explaining why G lydian and D major scales will sound different based on where your 'home' is, and that that is true of modes in general - wonderful insight.
You’re the best Jake. I think Lydian is my favorite mode. I just love that spacey Joe Satriani Flying in a Blue Dream feel. Excellent explanation and improv. Esp appreciate the mini-patterns so I can co pose my own licks instead of just running the scale.
Came here because I was curious about what to do with the Lydian mode - I'm learning my modes on bass. I did NOT expect that voice from what looks like a kid barely out of high school. Unless you've done some serious time to cultivate it you have god given radio voice! I for one am jealous :) Also, really great lesson. I learned a lot and will check out your other stuff. Cheers!
Hey Jake I love your videos. That’s the mixolydian scale diagram at 1:48 or so. Just to reiterate, you are the best instructor on music theory I’ve ever heard. I’m pretty sure I’ve got this right and if I am, it’s because of your tutoring.
What a splendid lesson. Lots of talent, love and research put into the mix and a nice glimpse of your personal experience with bad learning methods (to which most of us can relate). I would rate this video as 10 out of 10.
I just wanted to say I'm too much of a beginner to understand any of this, however I do enjoy your videos, you have a deep resonant voice, which is very relaxing to listen to. Cheers!
I'm so glad I found this channel. A bit late, but here nonetheless🙏 I love his way of teaching, it has opened my mind once more about the way I see music. Thank you so much for that. I'm going to start making music again❤🎶
Thank you, I could never understand the modes and why you wouldn’t just say you were playing in c major vs f Lydian for example, but when you mentioned you have to focus on the root it really put it into perspective
10 minute mark is golden. What’s the difference between a G Lydian and the D Major? Answer is “what you focus on”. Finally I have a practical answer. Thank you.
I'm really happy I found your channel. It is by far the most comprehensive, yet entertaining channel I've come across within the field of music theory. Thank you!
Should say F#m for the vii chord 😉 Cool lesson- I like what you do. I also really like that you explain how to get the essence of the mode. Which notes/chords are more/less “important “. Good stuff.
I was also confused for a bit😄 It was just a typo indeed. He defined the note triad correctly, including F#, A, C#. Just forgot to add the # in the chord name.
This actually opened my eyes to many things that I can use during improv. Thank you so much, for so long I was confused about something I didn't know about.
Hey Jake, first of all let me say that your teaching skills are superb. You teach in a very cohesive, logical and lucid manner. Like so many have said here before me, I am thankful for you taking the time to teach what you know, and for doing so in such an effective way; i'm so very blessed and thankful to have found your channel. One point though, at approx. 8:00' of your video, your chart shows the VII chord as F minor !!??, that should be F# minor, right ? Great teachings mate, keep up the excellent work and, Thank You!!!
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I agree totally. It is a great explanation. But also the C#major chord on the list has changed to C, what's also wrong and irritated me for an instant.
For me personally, I use lydian mostly when building around a shell voicing shape on the root. It kinda feels like major but darker, more melancholic. Though I haven't seen anyone on youtube explain it in that way. Also about those 1-2-7 chords, literally the only chord progression I've written in lydian (and my fav chord progression that i can think of) is a 1-2-7-4.
I hope you make another video about the Lydian scale. This mode is why I started learning guitar, and my goal is first to be able to cover "Flying in a Blue Dream" and then compose songs like that, like 11:17 here, etc.
So applicable. Got interested in this scale because of a recent Dream Theater song called Invisible monster, and root, major, #4 and 5th is the main intro of that song once it blasts off. It does give a certain vibe to it. Very bombastic / heroic.
Thank You for another enjoyable and understandable lesson as always. Just one point though - the 4 and 7 chords should surely be written as C# and F# on your chart at around 12 mins in. It might confuse beginners.
Thanks man, you have the ability to communicate the complexities of playing in modes. It's all one big scale, just depends on where you start. Cool, Thanks again. Dig your channel.
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This is the channel I go to when I don't understand what Rick Beato is talking about.
Yeah Beato not so simply and clear in his explanations.
@@neilanadams5173 It's just a bit more advanced. I'm not very good at theoretical harmony an stuff like that. So I need a quick and simple explaination sometimes. Beato is a boss though
Ikr..xD I never understand what that guy says
They're both great channels tho!
Yup.
I have the superpower to sound boring in every scale I play
You may consider writing elevator music?
Signals Music Studio lol
STUPID LOL
dude me too! let's start a boring band called The Snores!
Mr. Metalhorse funny I always said I was a musical savant !
Where some people have perfect pitch I have the uncanny ability to find the most sour note of any key and to be off time on every beat!
Glass breaks and babies cry and adults vomit 🤢 🤮
Being an ex-teacher (20 years), my curiosity always has me checking out the vids of teachers I don't know. Just wanted to say I agree with the praise you have received. A REALLY well prepared and presented lesson both from a video production point and a teaching. You did a much better job on it that I ever did with my students. Great work.
being a current teacher of 20 years i must absolutely agree, i recommend your videos to all my students
Serious, I tell all my musical friends to watch the Signals channel!
@@elymolloy8333 Hi Ely, I agree, Jake's videos are great and he teaches solid concepts. Being you are a teacher as well, I'd love your opinion. We know that what makes Lydian, Lydian is the sharp 4. Rick Beato teaches that highlighting that #4, and the half step between the 4 and 5 notes while playing is essential to give the scale the new sound. What is your opinion, do you agree?? I'd appreciate your input.
@@jackh577 the Lydian mode is the brightest mode of a simple key, whereas the locrian mode, which is also half-diminished, is the darkest mode.
Here's how I learned (R is Root and the numbers are the amount of half-steps):
R-2212221 - Major/Ionian
R-2122212 - Dorian
R-1222122 - Phrygian
R-2221221 - Lydian
R-2212212 - Myxolydian
R-2122122 - Minor/Aeolian
R-1221222 - Locrian
Once I figured out it's the same pattern just shifted, music all fell into place for me.
ma meeshka mow skwoz going to give it a try =)
Awesome, thank you
that's a very unnecessary, awkward way to learn . just build them all from the major scale and remember the names so Dorian starts on the 2nd note ( of a major scale) and Phrygian starts on the 3rd note and Lydian starts on the 4th etc.
If you want B Dorian just ask yourself what note comes before B , it's A. so B Dorian starts on the 2nd note of the A major scale. *of course it's the same pattern because it is always a major scale*
You have that written down somewhere so whenever you're unsure, at the beginning, you look at your paper. After a short while you won't need to look at any paper any more.
I think that's pretty much what Mishka Moscow implied.
? looks to me likes he's saying he memorised lists of numbers (R-1222122 etc)
you could have your own radio station with a voice like that.
Perry podcast is the way to go hehe
What if he does tho, but the topics aren't guitar related?
His voice is relaxing..
Absolutely. He should, plus he can play his own music. Theme and otherwise.....
Totally professional voice and teaching and playing.
Hello. I just wanted to thank you for not treating modes like they are some huge complicated thing. Several years back I explained what the modes where using my keyboard to my then 11 year old daughter (who was an orchestra) student at the time and her response was, "Oh, that's easy." The next day she went to school and told her teacher what she had learned Her teacher was blown away and said that modal theory was college level material. My daughter was then asked to explain to the class what the modes were. I laughed when she told me. Especially the "college level" comment.
I'm 12, AND a girl! I know a bit of music theory, too!
Sorry for replying to a 4 years old comment.
I've seen old, bitter "teachers" explain the how to build the major scale not for an entire class but for an entire damn month! I know not every musician comes into existence with ultimate knowledge but some "teachers" are an insult to even an absolute beginner who doesn't know what a note is. I've come to believe it's gatekeeping at this point and even overheard some of these people talking about it among themselves in their pathetic little circles. I'm glad we have the internet now. It's still a little difficult to stumble upon gems like these but it's at least possible now, for everyone.
dude, that's the best video on ANY modal topic I've ever seen. Most "explanations" iften miss key bits of info that are important to a complete understanding. great work. thank you!
Thank you! I "knew my modes" for like 4 years before I finally realized wtf they were all about, so I figured there's probably a lot of confusion out there. I intend to do a modal master-class series one day but it would be an astronomical amount of work. Until then, I'll do a few more videos like these where I just go over the fundamentals of each mode.
You truly are a great teacher. You teach in a way that follow the learning thought process of most people.. which helps tremendously..!! Showing us how random notes of a scale sound.. then working out the important intervals and so on for chords and etc.. all of this is a brilliant way to teach which we dont get enough of!
@@SignalsMusicStudio Great idea by this time I'll watch them all.
I agree. I know exactly what he is talking about. But when I try to teach a friend the same thing such as lydian, and how to use it, I find it hard to explain. This instructor spoke more clearly on the subject than I have ever seen before. I think his earlier point of treating Lydian like it's the only scale while we study was the best approach. I think that it takes some pressure off a student to throw some of the theory aside, and just concentrate on what's important in the musical moment. Excellent video, thank you.
Yea man this video really made sense to me. I've been watching a lot of modal guitar videos and this one really conveyed how to capture that modal sounds using particular scale degrees. thanks @signals music studio
Radio voice. It's a gift. I'm telling you this guy needs his own podcast.
You are truly talented. Thank you for all your hard work on our channel.
THE PLEASURE WAS ALL MINE!!!!!
+1 Your explanations and examples are excellent.
It's the notes that lie a semitone apart that really give each mode their tonal flavour
Lupocide not a bad observation. However, the whole step between the iii and the IV+ in Lydian is what gives it that spacey feeling. In this case, it’s changing what would be a semi tone to a whole tone.
I have to memorize the formulas for the 1s I dont know
that's why pentatonic feels so neutral
With Mixolydian I always felt that the flavor came from the whole step bw minor 7th and root, but one could also argue that it comes from the half step distance bw minor 7th and major 6th, so yeah
Dude! Your common sense approach...no ego...no overly complicated, theoretically-saturated mystery lesson that leaves out the most important takeaways - the feeling. Today I truly understand modes, how they are constructed, why and when to use them, the feelings that each of them invoke, etc......all because of you! Thank you! Your communication skills are exceptional! I'll head over to support you on Patreon. Keep up the amazing work!
Phillip Hanson that’s why this channel is so much better than Rick Beato’s. I feel like he’s drinking his own juice sometimes
Musical prowess is everywhere. The ability to explain things this clearly is rare.
3:00 and on is such a brilliant demonstration. Beautiful the way Lydian shines through out of nowhere
Also known as "Raag Yaman" in Indian Classical Music, I always treat it as it's own thing. As you mentioned before it has a very unique spacey feel to it.
But the problem is that it is associated with chords and a key.So it has a Key with a Tonal Centre.
That is all you need.A separate Tonal centre is more practical.
Indian Classical has more melodic depth since it is based nearer a drone tone.Rather than chordal.
These modal chord videos are pointless really.
Aaah but he says he's avoided calling it Modal......by saying Lydian.
Yeah. Right.
I just can't get over how awesome it is that you have taught me literally everything I have wanted to know since I started playing. Not how to play music but WHY to play music. Loveeee it
Lydian mode sounds hot so im still about to watch this video, but this man just earned a like simply for cutting the bs and letting you know you can skip to the end before investing all this time into it. So refreshing in this current youtube climate of making your videos as long and drawn out as possible for ad revenue
You're the goat. Never had a teacher but you feel like the closest thing. Concise, succinct and applicable. Thank you.
Jake Lizzio has got to be one the the greats in TH-cam music theory channels, up there with sean daniels and 12tone!
Don’t advertise others in Jakes space.
@@Prefabfan-q2q We're all trying to learn here, so them mentioning other channels isn't going to hurt anyone. If people find out that those channels teach in a way that suits their style more then that is good. If Jake was so offended by his viewers mentioning other music theory youtuber then he wouls probably blacklist them.
I'm joining everyone in saying HOW FREAKING WELL you present these traditionally difficult topics. You, sir, have a gift, and you have developed it and chosen to share it with anyone who is willing to listen. I've pointed my grandson, who is learning piano, to your videos. He asked me why I showed him guitar lessons, and I had him watch your vid on the minor plagal cadence. He watched the entire vid without saying anything, and sat quietly for about a minute after.
He finally said "every fret is a key, and it doesn't matter where you start, does it? it's all about the intervals between."
His face lit up and he exclaimed "It doesn't matter what instrument you play, it's all about the interval between the notes! And if you figure out the intervals that make you feel a certain way, you can tell people how you feel without saying a word! How cool is that?"
Watching his face light up when it all came together was a priceless moment for me. Thank you for that.
But I do have one issue:
Every time I hear those three notes now, all I hear is "Meet George Jetson!"
And now you will, too. Heh, heh, heh.
The focus on the base note was also my problem understanding the difference between the scales. Thank you for resolving this knot in my head :)
When it comes to practical application(which is what lessons are all about!) your lessons are light years ahead of anything else on TH-cam. I can use everything you teach in your videos. I'm already familiar with most of the concepts you talk about but applying them is what nobody is good at teaching. I seriously look forward to seeing this channel grow an develop over time. No pressure lol.
great teaching
Hello teacher! Thank you for this class. Now I learned how to use the Lydian scale when playing and keepimg the rooth G, the 3rd B, the 4th C# and the 5th D to play along. I just would like to suggest to put a big sharp symbol (#) before the C and F note in your written notes of your video. Something like this:
G Lydian Scale :
G, A, B, C#, D, E, F#, G
In the scale chart should be better to have it in the 3rd freet instead the 1st freet to go with the G Lydian scale instead the F Lydian scale...
In the chord chart in the Fm was omitted the # symbol. The chord is F#m...
Thank you for this video! Greetings from Tijuana!
This is the most understandable explanation of Lydian I’ve seen on TH-cam ever!
I like these videos because they are taught with the humility we all need to admit we all had trouble learning these things and didn't understand them at some point. And they are concise and right to the point.
I love how you explain modes . Its so smooth and I dont find it so difficult to understand. Love and support from the Philippines
I think this is the best music channel I've discovered so far..
Not one 'ah' or 'you know'.
Your concepts are clearly thought out and well spoken. I can't believe I actually watched someone talk about the Lydian Scale!
Well done!
Every time I want to improvise on Lydian scale, I watch this awesome video! Thanks a lot for this awesome tutorial.
Great stuff man!!! I spent years not really understand what modes were UNTIL I realized that certain key notes in a mode is what really makes a mode unique. That's when the light bulb when on.
Nicely done, very well explained. I feel much more informed having watched this video over most other videos on the topic. Thank you.
Jim Miller
Ive studied music for many years so, this info is very familiar. This guy is an excellent communicator. His elocution is masterful. Many people don't appreciate the value of powerful communication.
I should call you professor. You are helping me up a lot with theory and modes. Thank you so much. Finally my musical ideas are falling into place and I'm improving my understanding of my instrument.
really do love watching these, you have a great way of explaining stuff, and also just an amazing guitar player!
I'm so glad I found this channel. Of the many music theory channels I've watched, you are the most talented at explaining concepts. Thank you!
Amazing description of the Lydian mode. Best of all the ones I’ve watched so far, and that’s a bunch! Thanks!
This guy is a natural teacher.
Man, I’ve just got to say that this is an awesome channel with very clear and well thought out content. Having the blackboard beside you with bullet points throughout is about the best teaching format I’ve ever seen. Keep doing these videos, man!
I agree, his use of various Lear int techniques - musically, visually, etc. makes him a step above the rest IMO
BRO! what a great tutorial. I came here after listening to Jacob Collier keep talking about Lydian and I didn't know what he was talking. So here I come to learn...and I was really happy that you focused on the guitar also, since although I do play Piano, this helped me understand how to tie it to the guitar. Your tips were excellent and really helped me understand how to directly apply it and start experimenting. Thank you for this video!
Thanks. Modes are starting to make sense to me thanks to lessons like this. For a long time, I sort of dismissed them like you did. I figured that they were just regular scales only starting on a different note. The idea of the tonal center is what I was lacking.
I love that you happened to be playing from the same root as the mode I've been playing with all day... I just looked up baking tracks to work on my soloing to play over the rhythm section, and I landed here. Good stuff as always, thanks!
I've had trouble understanding Lydian for the longest time but you cleared it up for me in an instant. Your teaching style is perfect, what the scale is, how to use melodically, how to create chord progressions with it... Nothing left behind. Awesome job dude.
I love your videos. Your pacing is great. Not too fast, not too slow. You are great at explaining things in an easy-to-understand way. You are a great instructor
Hi,
"what is the point?" That is exactly why your lessons are so interesting and this "little" content is so often forgotten by other TH-cam teachers. Very appreaciated. Thank you.
I have just one suggestion which makes later learning easier for beginners and later for advanced pupils.
I think it is much easier to devide the modes in two sections and sort them to major / minor. And not learn them by counting whole- and half-steps but instead learn them by knowing their intervals. That makes is so much easier later on with advanced stuff. This old fashioned way is still tought by most teachers but I think it is a cumbersome way.
The advanced way:
a) Major (Ionian)
- Lydian: with raised 4th step of major scale (Lydische Quarte)
- Mixolydian: with lowered 7th step of major scale (Mixolydische Septime)
b) Minor (Aeolian)
- Dorian: with raised 6th step of minor scale (Dorische Sechte)
- Phrygian: with lowered 2nd step of minor scale (Phrygische Sekunde)
- Locrian: with lowered 2nd and 5th step of minor scale (Lokrische Sekunde + Quinte)
I hope I do not bother with that but I think this is important because I firstly learned the scales and modes using the WT/ HT system and it made me big problems to play them fast blindly. Than I read a very good and profound book about new Jazz theory and there I got the hint for the above mentioned system in within some few practicing hours I was able to understand the modes and play the modes blindly from every key on.
You sure do have taught me some helpful, practical ways to USE the notes or chords of a Lydian mode in the key of G major.
Thank you so much, Mr Good Teacher.
I love your explanation of how you took the root note of G and play those notes for Strings phenomenal such a revelation thank you
One of the better modes lessons out there and for one of the coolest modes. Finally I can jam with Lydian!
I gotta thank you so much for your content! A couple of years ago I was struggling with guitar and was learning a cover song called 'alone with you' by the Sunny boys. I realised the chords seemed a little different from a typical major progression and as it stood it was in Aeolian mode. When your channel popped up on this mode everything started to fall in place for me and since then I have written 4 songs that I have been supper happy with and now I seem to go from strength to strength with music. Thanks so much!
thank you Jake for explaining and teaching how to use my fav scale next to the obvious pentatonics. I love your very clear and friendly style of speaking which helps folks like me. You’re one of the best on youtube!
Lydian mode is basically Raag Yaman in Indian classical music ☺️ thanks for the lydian lesson will surely use for the next composition 😊
Yep alot of raags have similar modes, i find it really interesting that although they were developed separately they have very similar notes
You make it easy by teaching in a very clear and straight forward manner Thanks Bro
Your description of the sound of the mode, ie. Spacey, is going to be so helpful in identifying the mode in a song. I can now listen to a song and say, "Oh yeah, he's in the Lydian mode"
Hi Jake! I know you're probably not reading comments on these older videos of yours, so you probably will never read this, but this video helped me immensely. I've wanted to nail the Lydian sound ever since I heard it first. I adore the tone it gives and I've always wondered how I would nail it, and this video really helped me. I finally can give off the dreamlike feel in my own writing and improvising, and it feels great. Thanks so much for this video and all your others too.
When I realized "something minor" isn't the same thing as "something aeolian" I started to hear things I've never noticed before. Insta subbed thank you!
You have a way of explaining theory better than anyone else has, to me.
Wonderful, thank you. Especially the bit explaining why G lydian and D major scales will sound different based on where your 'home' is, and that that is true of modes in general - wonderful insight.
Most teachers sucks to teach modes, but you present it very well. Thank you.
This scale sounds very progressive. I love it. Thanks Jake.
I learned more how to improvise from your blogs than my music teacher.
You have the best explanations about scales and modes I've ever seen on TH-cam. Thanks.
Wow. Now that is some serious quality content!
Finally starting to understand what I have been reading in books over and over again.
You’re the best Jake. I think Lydian is my favorite mode. I just love that spacey Joe Satriani Flying in a Blue Dream feel. Excellent explanation and improv. Esp appreciate the mini-patterns so I can co pose my own licks instead of just running the scale.
I have to say.. FANTASTIC explaination. You make it so simple and easy to understand. Thank you for sharing. ☺️☺️
Your videos have taught me music theory I have been waiting to understand for so long now. Thank you so much
You are a great teacher. Thanks for the written screen diagrams. They help a lot.
Man, I sure hope you're getting paid because you deserve to be. You're a wonderful teacher. Future you is doing an amazing job!
Dude, this stuff is golden, you are re-assuring everything I thought I knew about modes but wasn’t sure about.
Came here because I was curious about what to do with the Lydian mode - I'm learning my modes on bass. I did NOT expect that voice from what looks like a kid barely out of high school. Unless you've done some serious time to cultivate it you have god given radio voice! I for one am jealous :) Also, really great lesson. I learned a lot and will check out your other stuff. Cheers!
Hey Jake I love your videos.
That’s the mixolydian scale diagram at 1:48 or so.
Just to reiterate, you are the best instructor on music theory I’ve ever heard. I’m pretty sure I’ve got this right and if I am, it’s because of your tutoring.
What a splendid lesson. Lots of talent, love and research put into the mix and a nice glimpse of your personal experience with bad learning methods (to which most of us can relate). I would rate this video as 10 out of 10.
I try to learn orchestral music writing and I really enjoyed your bright explanation
I just wanted to say I'm too much of a beginner to understand any of this, however I do enjoy your videos, you have a deep resonant voice, which is very relaxing to listen to. Cheers!
Agree... I’m already a musician who knows some theory and I always find interesting your approach , pointing the key elements of any subject.
I'm so glad I found this channel. A bit late, but here nonetheless🙏 I love his way of teaching, it has opened my mind once more about the way I see music. Thank you so much for that. I'm going to start making music again❤🎶
One of the best lydian tutorial.
O.K. I've been bothered and bugged by modes longer than the category of Pluto. Today you opened my ears. Great.
Thank you, I could never understand the modes and why you wouldn’t just say you were playing in c major vs f Lydian for example, but when you mentioned you have to focus on the root it really put it into perspective
8:01 lol that chord sequence is in the pre chorus of "time after time" by Cyndi Lauper! Great stuff, new sub!
Wow!!!! You just made me understand the use of modes!!! For years I knew of them but to put it to practice was frustrating!
Thank you👍
10 minute mark is golden. What’s the difference between a G Lydian and the D Major? Answer is “what you focus on”. Finally I have a practical answer. Thank you.
I'm a huge Satriani fan so understanding the Lydian Mode is important to me in my writing and playing.
This is the best lesson on modes ever, even though it was intended to be a lesson on a scale.
I'm really happy I found your channel. It is by far the most comprehensive, yet entertaining channel I've come across within the field of music theory. Thank you!
Should say F#m for the vii chord 😉
Cool lesson- I like what you do. I also really like that you explain how to get the essence of the mode. Which notes/chords are more/less “important “. Good stuff.
Same thing I was thinking. There is no F in the scale. Probably a mistake..
I was also confused for a bit😄
It was just a typo indeed. He defined the note triad correctly, including F#, A, C#. Just forgot to add the # in the chord name.
I use the word Flavor instead of the word modes and they seem to follow it much more easily that way
They are Flavors .. Thanks Jake
Such a good teacher love this channel
This actually opened my eyes to many things that I can use during improv. Thank you so much, for so long I was confused about something I didn't know about.
Nice presentation! 9:35 Getting the sound of scales, modes and chords in one's ears is especially essential to good improvising.
YOU HAVE A WAY OF SIMPLIFYING THINGS AND DELIVERING A CLEAR MESSAGE ! AWESOME WORK (Y)
Thanks, helped a lot. Keep up the good work and expanding the consciousness of the tangable love of music.
Excellent presentation , finally one that doesn't put me to sleep.
Well done, thank you !
Hey Jake, first of all let me say that your teaching skills are superb. You teach in a very cohesive, logical and lucid manner. Like so many have said here before me, I am thankful for you taking the time to teach what you know, and for doing so in such an effective way; i'm so very blessed and thankful to have found your channel. One point though, at approx. 8:00' of your video, your chart shows the VII chord as F minor !!??, that should be F# minor, right ? Great teachings mate, keep up the excellent work and, Thank You!!!
I agree totally. It is a great explanation. But also the C#major chord on the list has changed to C, what's also wrong and irritated me for an instant.
For me personally, I use lydian mostly when building around a shell voicing shape on the root. It kinda feels like major but darker, more melancholic. Though I haven't seen anyone on youtube explain it in that way.
Also about those 1-2-7 chords, literally the only chord progression I've written in lydian (and my fav chord progression that i can think of) is a 1-2-7-4.
I hope you make another video about the Lydian scale. This mode is why I started learning guitar, and my goal is first to be able to cover "Flying in a Blue Dream" and then compose songs like that, like 11:17 here, etc.
I know it's an old video but this helped me out a lot. Modes just didn't make sense up until now. Thank you
So applicable. Got interested in this scale because of a recent Dream Theater song called Invisible monster, and root, major, #4 and 5th is the main intro of that song once it blasts off. It does give a certain vibe to it. Very bombastic / heroic.
Another brilliant lesson from the archive. Thanks Jake!!
You are a great teacher. This explanation is clear and concise and easy to understand. Subscribed
Thank You for another enjoyable and understandable lesson as always. Just one point though - the 4 and 7 chords should surely be written as C# and F# on your chart at around 12 mins in. It might confuse beginners.
Thanks man, you have the ability to communicate the complexities of playing in modes. It's all one big scale, just depends on where you start. Cool, Thanks again. Dig your channel.
As always - an excellent rundown. So beneficial
Wow, man! This is just fantastic. I've never heard a mode explained so well. And what's more important, what to do with it.