11:48 slight typo - the chart for Lydian should read 7 instead of b7!! Join the SAMJAMGUITAR official PATREON CLUB Patreon: www.patreon.com/samjamguitar Grab a GUITAR MUSIC THEORY POSTER at the SAMJAM MERCH STORE my-store-cb48d5-2.creator-spring.com/listing/guitar-theory-poster
@barrycooper1631 I doubt if any of the greats before Miles and Bill Evans knew about them. I'm willing to bet even Coltrane was thinking D min to Eb min during So What. To me modes are pushed by academicians in jazz music schools.
In a chaotic pool of extremely unhelpful, bloated, "15 tips to confuse you even more" guitar lesson youtube, these videos are the clearest and most helpful I've found in 18 years of playing.
Dude yes. I’ve been playing around 16 years, fully self taught using TH-cam and holy hell I’ve seen some awful videos lmao. So happy channels like this exist
I believe music theory is only confusing to me because in music theory one thing has like 5 different names. It makes sense when you learn why, but from an outsider's perspective it's just meaningless jargon. I need to sit down and write everything out, cross out the redundancies, and learn how stuff works.
Unbelievable clarity. I've tried to really dive deeper into guitar theory for so many years but have only found myself confused and frustrated after struggling to understand. This video helped me tremendously and I feel like I'm finally breaking through that wall of comprehension. Thanks so much! I look forward to watching more of your stuff! right here
This has been the most valuable lesson I've ever learned on the guitar! I always struggled with modes, and the reason was that I was too stubborn to learn all the notes, intervals, and the major scale. Now that I understand how to change the intervals, it feels so much easier. I used to downvote this video because I was frustrated with my lack of understanding, but that has completely changed. As a self-taught guitarist, it’s been challenging to know what to learn first. After years of searching, I’m finally making progress!
Adding to the chorus here: A brilliantly simple explanation of modes, clearly presented. I've learned a great deal from this video, both as a guitar player and as a (maths) teacher. What you say, how you say it, and how you impart the knowledge in sensible steps are very much appreciated. For years, I've gotten the impression that real knowledge of modal music was the province of a secret society: simple to describe, maddeningly hard to understand... and those who knew couldn't - or wouldn't - explain it in a way that made it accessible or useful. Well done, and thank you!
Thanks for the kind words Rob! It's nice to know that my videos are helping people make breakthroughs with often overcomplicated topics! Feel free to check out my other videos too!
Very nice lesson and explanation! Thank you! Im 61 and been playing since i was 12. 2 years ago I stumbled upon a different you tube modal lesson that explained what you call the relative approach. It blew my mind and opened up a whole new approach and world to my lead playing and improvising. I was able to apply major scale patterns I already was comfortable with in a different way! I knew bits and pieces of mixolodian shapes and minor scales prior. Added them to pentatonics forca little spice but it was still very limiting. Exploring the relative approach has helped me grow so much the last few years. Having to think backwards is sometimes confusing and I can certainly see the advantages to the parallel approach. I will have to start working on that now. The good information available is really really helpful. Prior attempts to get anywhere with modes did not sit well with me. Im finally getting somewhere....Thanks much!
Glad to hear the lesson helped! If you already have a grasp on the relative approach then you have a great headstart in taking on the parallel approach! Let me know how it goes👍👍👍
I've been watching your videos all evening. Now this one I have to comment but they are all equally profound. Really impressed by all of your lessons. I can't say enough. This is the best description available, it's the best way to teach modes, you did in fifteen minutes, it's perfect.
Dear Mr. Sam, your dry yet darkly, comedic, instructional video on modes has finally clarified what has been so mysterious to me for so long. Linking the modes to the harmonic context in which they are effectively played was an important feature of understanding how modes work. That particular insight has been so conspicuously absent from so many other “mode tutorials”. Thank you for posting this illuminating video . Damn the neighbors ! Sam jam rocks !!!
As someone who grew up learning modes on guitar I am happy with this explanation more than other youtube explanations to be honest and respectful. There are so many forms to play all of these modes so there is a breakthrough that will happen that is worth it for guitar playing . Especially if you are a visual player seeing mostly where you can go all over the neck. Cheers 🫡👽 keep jammin
Thank you SO much! To me, your summary of the Parallel Approach FINALLY made sense of the practicalities of playing in modes to me. Now I can finally understand Rick Beato. You deserve as many subscribers as he has!
Good video but I guess I have noticed a wrong note at 11:49 and Lydian scale. There should be only #4. b7 is wrong and it should be only 7. In the end of day this is the best video of all I have seen on the TH-cam helping me to understand the modes. Big thank you.
Great video. I needed this overall picture for guitar. Most tutorials only focus on relative to ground the concept but the second concept was integral to understanding where I need to end up.
This video has absolutely captured my attention and focused my guitar practice. Things are suddenly making sense where modes are concerned. A thousand thanks.
I learned from training people on various things in life that if they don't get then you want to try teaching it differently because most problems have several ways to reach a solution. This video really helped me because it had a different way to approach modes that made sense. Thanks for making the video!
If you know your major scale shapes and are able to move it to other keys, you can improvise over any mode emphasized progression. Over an E Prygian riff for example, all you need is C Major. Your ear will guide you to the tonic. When I learned this my improvising improved 100%
I've been teaching guitar for off and on for 30 years and this the best explanation of the modes I've seen yet as I used to learn patterns from books but ended up noodling and couldn't use them with confidence this an excellent source for understanding and practicing the modes but however I found the Locrian quite useful in classical to build tension then resolve to the Aeolian. Awesome video 🔥🎸🔥
I have to agree with the other comments. This is excellent. Exactly what I was looking for. I was searching for a path to improve my understanding of the modes and no other video has done it this well. Very simple and concise with great visualization. Thank you!
You did it. You cracked the code of modes for me. I’ve struggled to understand the concept of modes, but once you look at modes as major and minor, it became perfectly clear. Your production skills are top notch. I can’t thank you enough for furthering my understanding of the guitar. The best of luck. Cheers from California.
Brilliant video . Well articulated and compared. Great editing. The relative method in my opinion is best to learn once the parallel method has been understood and practiced well first. The relative method on its own and taught first I think is what throws a stumbling block at the feet of many a guitarist and leaves them confused , frustrated, and near paralysed. Trying to improve because very slow and clunky. Best just to think of the modes as scales that are totally unrelated . Practice them all in the same Key. Harmonise them to get their chords and make lots of modal chord progressions to improvise over. It sounds hard but it’s incredibly simple to do.
As a guitar tutor I can say that this is a truly epic video. I can see a lot of effort and expense has been spent on this video. Bravo my friend. It explains it very well also.
11:51 why does the Lydian mode show both a sharpened 4th and a flattened 7th? I thought this slide was to show the difference between the major scale and these modes? I.e. one note difference when comparing modes derived from the major scale
My man. I'm new to the guitar and the music theory on general. After watching many videos you're video are the best. the way you explain it make it easy to digest Great work
A guitarist friend of mine told me about modes for the 1st time 7 years ago. Luckily, he had shown me the previous day how to play the C major scale using its 3 major chords, 3 minor chords, and 1 diminished chord, so after practicing modes for a few days it suddenly dawned on me that I was hearing sounds that seemed to correspond with the chords in the scale of C major that I had recently learned. When I asked my friend if the modes were based on those chords, he thought about it for a moment and said, "Yes." After that, I started to watch TH-cam videos about modes to learn more, but all of them had me so baffled within the first few minutes that I wondered how anybody could understand them. (Sometimes, I even wondered whether my understanding from my friend's teaching was right.) This is the first video I've seen that relates modes to their corresponding chords in scales, so I can understand why other viewers are experiencing genuine Eureka! moments here. Even I am relieved, and I've known about it for 7 years! What baffles me now is how could something so simple be overlooked by so many teachers for so long?
Thanks Samjam this was very clear and accessible. Especially liked the emphasis on playing around with the different modes on the regular to really "get" modes.
Yo man....finally I get it!! I've been trying to understand the modes for sooooo long. This put it in perspective! THANK YOU. Very well explained and maybe now the stuff I've been hearing in my head I can translate to my fretboard.
My head aches after the video but I think I learned so many important infos about modes. I need to rewatch this again and again and practice every chance I get. I hope to truly understand this soon. I've been playing the guitar for more than 5 years and I still consider myself at a level between beginner and intermediate 😢
I've been struggling to understand how to identify modes & in particular, how to use them. Although I've still got a long way to go, this video has brought me one step closer to understanding the basics. Thx :)
Best explanation ever! I know the 2 methods but could never articulate it like this nor explain why I saw it this way...This might be my light bulb moment. Finally, something to work on that makes sense
I’ve been playing guitar for ever but never really got into the modes . I always liked the sound of melodic minor used a lot in Yngwie malmsteens work . I’ve played a bit with that and also like the Lydian tones of Satriani and vai . But now at age 51 I really want to understand this stuff and the reasoning behind it all . This video made a lot of sense as it went . Thankyou .
good explanation. but, in the parallel method, even you said that there is no need to compare to the mayor scale, all the characteristics are to the mayor scale. for example in the natural minor scale all the flats there are compared to the major scale anyway. and so on. all the music language was built compared to the major scale.
True; however, for the parallel method, starting with a natural minor scale for minor modes and a major scale for major modes will mean that you have fewer intervals to adjust to arrive at each mode, making this a far easier way to get going.
Paused the video at 12 minutes; found a B mixolydian backing track and wowzers… just started playing…freaking amazing… Now if I can just memorize all that other info you gave I’ll be gigging soon…LOL. 👍❤
Great video, one mistake I noticed was at 12:46 the minor scale is up labeled as the natural "major" scale. Had me confused for a sec but overall great video
It's all very easy I think what is confusing for a lot of people is because when you practice these modes you don't get the full understanding unless you're playing them over the chords that correspond with each mode the best way I tell people about modes a scale is a scale but a mode becomes a mode when it's played over other chords so if you're just at home by yourself on a guitar you're not really going to hear much differences than tonality but when you're playing along with that corresponding cord you start to hear the notes that are important
Extremely well presented. Sometimes the relative approach (which I often ressort to) makes me miss what the distinctive notes should be. I realise this should be much more obvious thinking in the parallel approach. Again, thanks. Much appreciated.
Thanks, another simple, to the point video. Another thing that seems to work for me is connecting the 5 pentatonic positions to a scale mode and add in the 2 missing notes. Major P1 Ionian, P2 Dorian, P3 Lydian, P4 MixoLydian and P5 Aeolian, back to P1. Phrygian and Lokrian don’t fit in, but I don’t miss them.
This is why I think it’s better to learn modes first before pentatonics You get the bigger picture. Many people don’t know there is a minor pentatonic skeleton hiding inside Aeolian for example Begin teaching Aeolian then once that’s ingrained then develop the pentatonic .
Yes it can be head scratcher think , why are there 7 mode shapes but only 5 pentatonics ? It’s because Phrygian and Lydian are almost identical and overlap . Remember the 3rd and 4th intervals are right next to each other a semitone apart . Same with locrian and Ionian , they are almost identical and a semitone apart
Every time i start trying to learn anything about modes and other theory items, I'm just wasting practice time. Especially in the first couple years. I have 4 composition books full one side only but front to back. It never does anything for me. I keep hoping I'll have some epiphany and everything will come together, but not yet. And i will keep trying! So...thank you for the effort you put into these videos:)
Take a look at my 'Guitar Theory in Order' playlist! this will walk you through theory step by step. th-cam.com/play/PLcIs25jv9P97q7UOrR8xbReCCGvxX0PX1.html
Omits a crucial point to understanding modes: tonal centers. indeed context is important, but the context is NOT given by the chord you're playing over, it is established by the tonal centre of the song (or part of a song as long as it's long enough to lead your ear/brain to hear a different temporary tonal centre). Quotes at 1:42 and 5:10 are not correct: I can play melodies with notes from the b-dorian scale over chords other than b-minor and make it sound dorian as long as the chord progression establishes b-dorian as the tonal center. The challenge is to create a composition or chord-progression that is perceived by your ear/brain as dorian. In other words: how do you make your ears hear a chord progression that resolves to Bm as dorian instead of one of the other minor modes? Well that comes down to composing (check Frank Gambale, he has some good simple examples to illustrate this). 1:42> the difference lies in the context in which you play the mode, or in other words: the chord you're playing over. 5:10> it's important to know that without context, i.e. the correct chord behind the mode it would be difficult to distinguish one mode from another and your ear would probably just hear the major scale.
Watch it again! I'm simply referring to listening to a typical rock/pop/blues backing track and knowing that a pentatonic scale would fit..nothing to do with lydian!
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11:48 slight typo - the chart for Lydian should read 7 instead of b7!!
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Joe Pass knew nothing about modes!
@barrycooper1631 I doubt if any of the greats before Miles and Bill Evans knew about them. I'm willing to bet even Coltrane was thinking D min to Eb min during So What. To me modes are pushed by academicians in jazz music schools.
Not true even Edward they know the Note sequence. Modes are for Newbies US LOL😮
9:45 😅😅😅 12:17 12:25 😊
Shoulda checked comments first lol, replayed that part a few times trying to see if I missed something about a flat 7th in the Lydian scale
In a chaotic pool of extremely unhelpful, bloated, "15 tips to confuse you even more" guitar lesson youtube, these videos are the clearest and most helpful I've found in 18 years of playing.
Brilliant! Always Great to get comments like this!
Dude yes. I’ve been playing around 16 years, fully self taught using TH-cam and holy hell I’ve seen some awful videos lmao. So happy channels like this exist
Thanks!
Same here. Love this guys videos so much
This is it fam. I NEVER comment on videos. But this here video is IT.
THANK YOU!
Thank you!! It's very much appreciated 👌
You are the best teacher on YT. You are the first person to teach this in a way that I understand.
Thanks! It's much appreciated!
@@SamjamguitarI agree! YOUR ABILITY TO EXPLAIN IS AMAZING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
Cheers!
Major:
Ionian
Lydian #4
Mixolydian b7
Minor:
Dorian #6
Phrygian b2
Aeolian
Lociran b2+b5
That is a much better explanation using sharps and flats instead of using patterns.
After 6 years modes actually make sense now......
glad to hear it!
I believe music theory is only confusing to me because in music theory one thing has like 5 different names. It makes sense when you learn why, but from an outsider's perspective it's just meaningless jargon. I need to sit down and write everything out, cross out the redundancies, and learn how stuff works.
Oh great!! Lol I can't wait to tackle theory and modes 😑 I've only been playing for about 35 years maybe it's time??
35 years here lol 😮😂
So I have 3 more years of brain hurting
Unbelievable clarity. I've tried to really dive deeper into guitar theory for so many years but have only found myself confused and frustrated after struggling to understand. This video helped me tremendously and I feel like I'm finally breaking through that wall of comprehension. Thanks so much! I look forward to watching more of your stuff! right here
Glad to help!
I mess with the scale for a little bit then just break out into random iconic riffs that I know.
This has been the most valuable lesson I've ever learned on the guitar! I always struggled with modes, and the reason was that I was too stubborn to learn all the notes, intervals, and the major scale. Now that I understand how to change the intervals, it feels so much easier. I used to downvote this video because I was frustrated with my lack of understanding, but that has completely changed. As a self-taught guitarist, it’s been challenging to know what to learn first. After years of searching, I’m finally making progress!
Adding to the chorus here: A brilliantly simple explanation of modes, clearly presented. I've learned a great deal from this video, both as a guitar player and as a (maths) teacher. What you say, how you say it, and how you impart the knowledge in sensible steps are very much appreciated.
For years, I've gotten the impression that real knowledge of modal music was the province of a secret society: simple to describe, maddeningly hard to understand... and those who knew couldn't - or wouldn't - explain it in a way that made it accessible or useful. Well done, and thank you!
Thanks for the kind words Rob! It's nice to know that my videos are helping people make breakthroughs with often overcomplicated topics! Feel free to check out my other videos too!
This is the single greatest explanation of modes I've ever seen, heard or read. After playing guitar for 40 years.....THANK YOU!
Glad you think so! Thanks for watching 👌
Very nice lesson and explanation! Thank you! Im 61 and been playing since i was 12. 2 years ago I stumbled upon a different you tube modal lesson that explained what you call the relative approach. It blew my mind and opened up a whole new approach and world to my lead playing and improvising. I was able to apply major scale patterns I already was comfortable with in a different way! I knew bits and pieces of mixolodian shapes and minor scales prior. Added them to pentatonics forca little spice but it was still very limiting. Exploring the relative approach has helped me grow so much the last few years. Having to think backwards is sometimes confusing and I can certainly see the advantages to the parallel approach. I will have to start working on that now. The good information available is really really helpful. Prior attempts to get anywhere with modes did not sit well with me. Im finally getting somewhere....Thanks much!
Glad to hear the lesson helped! If you already have a grasp on the relative approach then you have a great headstart in taking on the parallel approach! Let me know how it goes👍👍👍
I've been watching your videos all evening. Now this one I have to comment but they are all equally profound. Really impressed by all of your lessons. I can't say enough. This is the best description available, it's the best way to teach modes, you did in fifteen minutes, it's perfect.
Many thanks! It's much appreciated!! Feel free to share it around!!
Between the graphics, dialogue, and just the right touch of humor, this is by far the very best description of MODES I've ever heard. Kudos to SamJam!
Thank-you very much! Glad to hear it's appreciated!
Dear Mr. Sam, your dry yet darkly, comedic, instructional video on modes has finally clarified what has been so mysterious to me for so long. Linking the modes to the harmonic context in which they are effectively played was an important feature of understanding how modes work. That particular insight has been so conspicuously absent from so many other “mode tutorials”. Thank you for posting this illuminating video . Damn the neighbors ! Sam jam rocks !!!
Thanks! Glad to hear it!
Hands down best explanation of modes on the internet
Much appreciated 👌
I agree 💯
Thanks!
Cheers for the SUPERTHANKS!! It's very much appreciated!
He’s finally back!!!
I've learned Grateful Dead music through the use of the relative approach of understanding modes. Thank you for this! Enormously helpful
Mixolydian is a favourite of Jerry garcia👌👌 thanks for watching!
Thanks
Thank-you for the SUPERTHANKS Rob!! it's very much appreciated!!!
A Huge thanks to you from up here in Canada. I've been trying to get my head around this for months!! Very well explained.
You're very welcome!
Quite honestly, it is the best lesson in modes I have ever seen. Thank you for this.
Much appreciated!! Glad you enjoyed it!
As someone who grew up learning modes on guitar I am happy with this explanation more than other youtube explanations to be honest and respectful.
There are so many forms to play all of these modes so there is a breakthrough that will happen that is worth it for guitar playing . Especially if you are a visual player seeing mostly where you can go all over the neck.
Cheers 🫡👽 keep jammin
Thanks!
Thank you SO much!
To me, your summary of the Parallel Approach FINALLY made sense of the practicalities of playing in modes to me.
Now I can finally understand Rick Beato. You deserve as many subscribers as he has!
Excellent!
Good video but I guess I have noticed a wrong note at 11:49 and Lydian scale. There should be only #4. b7 is wrong and it should be only 7. In the end of day this is the best video of all I have seen on the TH-cam helping me to understand the modes. Big thank you.
Yes! That was a graphical typo! Well spotted👌
Great video. I needed this overall picture for guitar. Most tutorials only focus on relative to ground the concept but the second concept was integral to understanding where I need to end up.
Awesome, thank you!
This video has absolutely captured my attention and focused my guitar practice. Things are suddenly making sense where modes are concerned. A thousand thanks.
Great to hear!
I learned from training people on various things in life that if they don't get then you want to try teaching it differently because most problems have several ways to reach a solution. This video really helped me because it had a different way to approach modes that made sense. Thanks for making the video!
No probs 👌
I must say this has to be the most simple and effective way of explaining. Understood. Thank you sir
Glad it was helpful!
If you know your major scale shapes and are able to move it to other keys, you can improvise over any mode emphasized progression. Over an E Prygian riff for example, all you need is C Major. Your ear will guide you to the tonic. When I learned this my improvising improved 100%
Absolutely fantastic. You are a very talented teacher. Best video i have ever seen on explaining modes. Congrats
Glad you enjoyed it!
I've been teaching guitar for off and on for 30 years and this the best explanation of the modes I've seen yet as I used to learn patterns from books but ended up noodling and couldn't use them with confidence this an excellent source for understanding and practicing the modes but however I found the Locrian quite useful in classical to build tension then resolve to the Aeolian. Awesome video 🔥🎸🔥
Many thanks! It's much appreciated 👌
This is the best lesson on YT. Clearly having a visualisation is what my brain needed to understand this. Thank very much sir you sir !
Thank-you! It's very much appreciated!!
I have to agree with the other comments. This is excellent. Exactly what I was looking for. I was searching for a path to improve my understanding of the modes and no other video has done it this well. Very simple and concise with great visualization. Thank you!
Fantastic!! Great to hear that this is helping people out👍
This is the best explanation of modes for guitar I have ever seen thank you 🙏
Many thanks!
I can’t tell you how much just the first 45sec helped me. Thank you 🙏
No probs! cheers!
You did it. You cracked the code of modes for me. I’ve struggled to understand the concept of modes, but once you look at modes as major and minor, it became perfectly clear. Your production skills are top notch. I can’t thank you enough for furthering my understanding of the guitar.
The best of luck. Cheers from California.
I struggled a lot until I saw this video. Thank you very much.
Glad it helped!
Love this guy’s direct down to business approach to his vids.
Thanks! This is what I'm striving for across the whole channel!
Brilliant video . Well articulated and compared. Great editing.
The relative method in my opinion is best to learn once the parallel method has been understood and practiced well first.
The relative method on its own and taught first I think is what throws a stumbling block at the feet of many a guitarist and leaves them confused , frustrated, and near paralysed. Trying to improve because very slow and clunky.
Best just to think of the modes as scales that are totally unrelated . Practice them all in the same Key. Harmonise them to get their chords and make lots of modal chord progressions to improvise over. It sounds hard but it’s incredibly simple to do.
As a guitar tutor I can say that this is a truly epic video. I can see a lot of effort and expense has been spent on this video. Bravo my friend. It explains it very well also.
Glad you liked it!
You are the goat of all guitar youtube tutorials. Thank you SamJam!
My pleasure!
THANK YOU!!!! I have been having such a difficult time understanding relative vs parallel modes until this vid. Well done!
Thanks! Glad it helped👍👍
11:51 why does the Lydian mode show both a sharpened 4th and a flattened 7th?
I thought this slide was to show the difference between the major scale and these modes? I.e. one note difference when comparing modes derived from the major scale
Typo!
Absolutely the best instruction on modes I’ve ever seen/heard. Thank you.
Wow, thanks!
you teach me how to practice,the best teacher i have ever met.
Glad to help!
So far the very best, most comprehensive explanation of modes and scales I've found so far. Thank you 😊
You're very welcome!
My man. I'm new to the guitar and the music theory on general. After watching many videos you're video are the best. the way you explain it make it easy to digest
Great work
Many thanks! It's really appreciated!
It's like I've just awakened something that was dormant all this time. Thank you so much.
That's brilliant!! Thanks for watching 👌
Finally, a decent explanation that doesn't lose me halfway. Thx, man
No probs!
I do believe this is the most helpful tutorial on the modes that I've come across. Thank you!
You're very welcome!
A guitarist friend of mine told me about modes for the 1st time 7 years ago. Luckily, he had shown me the previous day how to play the C major scale using its 3 major chords, 3 minor chords, and 1 diminished chord, so after practicing modes for a few days it suddenly dawned on me that I was hearing sounds that seemed to correspond with the chords in the scale of C major that I had recently learned.
When I asked my friend if the modes were based on those chords, he thought about it for a moment and said, "Yes."
After that, I started to watch TH-cam videos about modes to learn more, but all of them had me so baffled within the first few minutes that I wondered how anybody could understand them. (Sometimes, I even wondered whether my understanding from my friend's teaching was right.)
This is the first video I've seen that relates modes to their corresponding chords in scales, so I can understand why other viewers are experiencing genuine Eureka! moments here. Even I am relieved, and I've known about it for 7 years!
What baffles me now is how could something so simple be overlooked by so many teachers for so long?
Brilliant. The best explanation of modes I have yet seen....and I've seen plenty!
Wow, thanks!
Thanks Samjam this was very clear and accessible. Especially liked the emphasis on playing around with the different modes on the regular to really "get" modes.
Glad it was helpful!
Could you possibly do a video on connecting these modes along the fretboard? (No pressure) Thank u i love ur vids its nice to have you back
Great suggestion!
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Yo man....finally I get it!! I've been trying to understand the modes for sooooo long. This put it in perspective! THANK YOU. Very well explained and maybe now the stuff I've been hearing in my head I can translate to my fretboard.
Glad it helped!
One of the best videos explaining modes on the Internet!
Glad it was helpful!
One of the best explanations and examples on the subject! Thanks for making it so clear!
Liked & Subscribed!
Fantastic! Welcome to the channel!
These lessons are superb. Just simple and accurate information. Top work!
Many thanks!
My head aches after the video but
I think I learned so many important infos about modes. I need to rewatch this again and again and practice every chance I get. I hope to truly understand this soon. I've been playing the guitar for more than 5 years and I still consider myself at a level between beginner and intermediate 😢
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is a fantastic explanation of applying the modes and understanding them . Finally !!! Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
i've been waiting for a new video for sooo long. by far the best guitar youtuber
Thanks!
I've been struggling to understand how to identify modes & in particular, how to use them. Although I've still got a long way to go, this video has brought me one step closer to understanding the basics. Thx :)
No probs!!
This is a kick ass lesson on modes. Well done Sam
Cheers👌
Thank you Sam. This lesson came to me at the right time in my guitar journey.
Awesome 👌
Best explanation ever! I know the 2 methods but could never articulate it like this nor explain why I saw it this way...This might be my light bulb moment. Finally, something to work on that makes sense
Many thanks!
Great video! The most straight forward and clear video I've found on this topic.
Thanks!
I’ve been playing guitar for ever but never really got into the modes . I always liked the sound of melodic minor used a lot in Yngwie malmsteens work . I’ve played a bit with that and also like the Lydian tones of Satriani and vai . But now at age 51 I really want to understand this stuff and the reasoning behind it all . This video made a lot of sense as it went . Thankyou .
good explanation. but, in the parallel method, even you said that there is no need to compare to the mayor scale, all the characteristics are to the mayor scale. for example in the natural minor scale all the flats there are compared to the major scale anyway. and so on. all the music language was built compared to the major scale.
True; however, for the parallel method, starting with a natural minor scale for minor modes and a major scale for major modes will mean that you have fewer intervals to adjust to arrive at each mode, making this a far easier way to get going.
@@Samjamguitarit would be interesting to re build all the structures compared to another scale and see which is easier to learn.
Paused the video at 12 minutes; found a B mixolydian backing track and wowzers… just started playing…freaking amazing… Now if I can just memorize all that other info you gave I’ll be gigging soon…LOL. 👍❤
Great news! And many thanks for watching 👌
Wow! Thank you !!!! Rick Beato had me pulling out a slide rule every time I wanted to play!!!!!
Great video, one mistake I noticed was at 12:46 the minor scale is up labeled as the natural "major" scale. Had me confused for a sec but overall great video
Well spotted! Yup that was a typo!
One of the best and clearest lesson I’ve ever learned..thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Huge like! amazing, concise and effective explanation, the best I've seen on the topic.
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It's all very easy I think what is confusing for a lot of people is because when you practice these modes you don't get the full understanding unless you're playing them over the chords that correspond with each mode the best way I tell people about modes a scale is a scale but a mode becomes a mode when it's played over other chords so if you're just at home by yourself on a guitar you're not really going to hear much differences than tonality but when you're playing along with that corresponding cord you start to hear the notes that are important
Excellent lesson Sam. These videos have helped me improve my playing exponentially!!!!! Thank you 💯💪🎸
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Mein Gott! Das is fantastische!!! Clear explanations / logic. Wow! Subscribed instantly.😊
Welcome aboard!
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Wow, thanks!
You are a gentleman and a Scholar
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When you said that you got to play the right chord under the mode you are playing in, my mind was blown
Why is on 11:50 in the table the 7th note lowered to flat 7 for the lydian scale?
Typo!
This is admirably clear and concise.
Thanks!
Extremely well presented. Sometimes the relative approach (which I often ressort to) makes me miss what the distinctive notes should be. I realise this should be much more obvious thinking in the parallel approach. Again, thanks. Much appreciated.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks, another simple, to the point video. Another thing that seems to work for me is connecting the 5 pentatonic positions to a scale mode and add in the 2 missing notes. Major P1 Ionian, P2 Dorian, P3 Lydian, P4 MixoLydian and P5 Aeolian, back to P1. Phrygian and Lokrian don’t fit in, but I don’t miss them.
Good method!
This is why I think it’s better to learn modes first before pentatonics
You get the bigger picture. Many people don’t know there is a minor pentatonic skeleton hiding inside Aeolian for example
Begin teaching Aeolian then once that’s ingrained then develop the pentatonic .
Yes it can be head scratcher think , why are there 7 mode shapes but only 5 pentatonics ?
It’s because Phrygian and Lydian are almost identical and overlap . Remember the 3rd and 4th intervals are right next to each other a semitone apart . Same with locrian and Ionian , they are almost identical and a semitone apart
Best discussion of modes that I have seen.
Thanks!
this is the clearest and most helpful video i have come across 🙏
First video that made me understand modes. Thanks!
Glad to hear it!
Great lesson short and to the point 👍 helps me understand.
Awesome, thank you!
Thank you! You make me learn theory and practice more!🤩
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Every time i start trying to learn anything about modes and other theory items, I'm just wasting practice time. Especially in the first couple years. I have 4 composition books full one side only but front to back. It never does anything for me. I keep hoping I'll have some epiphany and everything will come together, but not yet. And i will keep trying! So...thank you for the effort you put into these videos:)
Take a look at my 'Guitar Theory in Order' playlist! this will walk you through theory step by step. th-cam.com/play/PLcIs25jv9P97q7UOrR8xbReCCGvxX0PX1.html
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It looks like there is typo on 12:33
Natural Minor titled as Natural Major
well spotted!!😂 yup typo
Homestly bro this answered so many questions and unlocked a lot in my brain thanks dawg👍🏻
Brilliant thanks!
@Samjamguitar
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Maybe it's a typo, but this is the natural minor scale, right?
Well spotted! Yes a typo👍
At 6:38 why would you play D Dorian on a Dmin chord and an Emin chord?
Typo! Make that E phrygian
I hope your find more viewers, you’re great at explaining
I appreciate that!
you teach this by far the best!!
Thanks Ariel😊👌👌
At 11:51, Lydian mode shows a Flat 7. Is that a mistake? Lydian was not demonstrated with a Flat 7 a minute or so before. Confused?
Yup typo!
Omits a crucial point to understanding modes: tonal centers.
indeed context is important, but the context is NOT given by the chord you're playing over, it is established by the tonal centre of the song (or part of a song as long as it's long enough to lead your ear/brain to hear a different temporary tonal centre).
Quotes at 1:42 and 5:10 are not correct: I can play melodies with notes from the b-dorian scale over chords other than b-minor and make it sound dorian as long as the chord progression establishes b-dorian as the tonal center.
The challenge is to create a composition or chord-progression that is perceived by your ear/brain as dorian. In other words: how do you make your ears hear a chord progression that resolves to Bm as dorian instead of one of the other minor modes? Well that comes down to composing (check Frank Gambale, he has some good simple examples to illustrate this).
1:42> the difference lies in the context in which you play the mode, or in other words: the chord you're playing over.
5:10> it's important to know that without context, i.e. the correct chord behind the mode it would be difficult to distinguish one mode from another and your ear would probably just hear the major scale.
Nice explanation and nice video edit! You put hours of work, well done.
videos take along time to put together! Thanks for watching! Really appreciate it👌
Simply excellent. The fog has cleared. Thank you.
Excellent!
8:29 im confused. Why Minor pentatonic scale is the right choice to improvised with Lydian which is on Major camp? anyone can answer?😅
Watch it again! I'm simply referring to listening to a typical rock/pop/blues backing track and knowing that a pentatonic scale would fit..nothing to do with lydian!
@@SamjamguitarGot it! Thank you so much.
More power to you and your channel! This helps me a lot. you should have millions of subs! You are blessed.
@raizen53 many thanks!