How to Learn MODES on Guitar (and USE them INSTANTLY)
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- Still struggling HOW to Learn MODES on Guitar? This Fully Animated Guitar Lesson will take you step by step through everything you need to know about the seven modes of the major scale ionian dorian phrygian lydian mixolydian aeolian and locrian. Including the relative/parallel approach how to memorize the intervals in each mode quickly and what chords or musical context each mode works in. hope this helps demystify the much misunderstood subject of modes for all the guitarists out there - enjoy!
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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 😊
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 👌
Major:
Ionian
Lydian #4
Mixolydian b7
Minor:
Dorian #6
Phrygian b2
Aeolian
Lociran b2+b5
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!
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
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 👌
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.
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!
He’s finally back!!!
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!
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!
Hands down best explanation of modes on the internet
Much appreciated 👌
I agree 💯
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!
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'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!
I struggled a lot until I saw this video. Thank you very much.
Glad it helped!
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!
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!
This is the best explanation of modes for guitar I have ever seen thank you 🙏
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!
I can’t tell you how much just the first 45sec helped me. Thank you 🙏
No probs! cheers!
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!
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!!
Absolutely fantastic. You are a very talented teacher. Best video i have ever seen on explaining modes. Congrats
Glad you enjoyed it!
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 👌
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!
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👍👍👍
It's like I've just awakened something that was dormant all this time. Thank you so much.
That's brilliant!! Thanks for watching 👌
Absolutely the best instruction on modes I’ve ever seen/heard. Thank you.
Wow, thanks!
Love this guy’s direct down to business approach to his vids.
Thanks! This is what I'm striving for across the whole channel!
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'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 👌
THANK YOU!!!! I have been having such a difficult time understanding relative vs parallel modes until this vid. Well done!
Thanks! Glad it helped👍👍
I do believe this is the most helpful tutorial on the modes that I've come across. Thank you!
You're very welcome!
Brilliant. The best explanation of modes I have yet seen....and I've seen plenty!
Wow, thanks!
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%
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!
One of the best explanations and examples on the subject! Thanks for making it so clear!
Liked & Subscribed!
Fantastic! Welcome to the channel!
So far the very best, most comprehensive explanation of modes and scales I've found so far. Thank you 😊
You're very welcome!
These lessons are superb. Just simple and accurate information. Top work!
Many thanks!
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!
This is a kick ass lesson on modes. Well done Sam
Cheers👌
Great video! The most straight forward and clear video I've found on this topic.
Thanks!
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!
This is a fantastic explanation of applying the modes and understanding them . Finally !!! Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you Sam. This lesson came to me at the right time in my guitar journey.
Awesome 👌
Huge like! amazing, concise and effective explanation, the best I've seen on the topic.
Many thanks!! Feel free to browse my other videos and share around to wake up the TH-cam algorithm👌👌👌
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.
Thank you very much this was VERY HELPFUL!
Cheers 👌
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!
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!
Finally, a decent explanation that doesn't lose me halfway. Thx, man
No probs!
One of the best and clearest lesson I’ve ever learned..thanks
Glad it was helpful!
This is admirably clear and concise.
Thanks!
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?
One of the best videos explaining modes on the Internet!
Glad it was helpful!
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!!
Mein Gott! Das is fantastische!!! Clear explanations / logic. Wow! Subscribed instantly.😊
Welcome aboard!
you teach me how to practice,the best teacher i have ever met.
Glad to help!
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!
@@SamjamguitarPlease tag me if u end up making it! legend
No probs!.. in the meantime get 'all notifications' turned on👌
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Homestly bro this answered so many questions and unlocked a lot in my brain thanks dawg👍🏻
Brilliant thanks!
You are the goat of all guitar youtube tutorials. Thank you SamJam!
My pleasure!
i've been waiting for a new video for sooo long. by far the best guitar youtuber
Thanks!
Excellent lesson Sam. These videos have helped me improve my playing exponentially!!!!! Thank you 💯💪🎸
Happy to help!
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
Best discussion of modes that I have seen.
Thanks!
Perfect lesson. Thank you.
You're very welcome!
Great lesson short and to the point 👍 helps me understand.
Awesome, thank you!
Simply excellent. The fog has cleared. Thank you.
Excellent!
Once you realize that you only need the 5 regular Major/Minor scale patterns but need to move it on the fretboard to match the key to the root note of the mode it becomes pretty easy.
The channel Fret Science explained this pretty well by showing how the patterns match geometrical shapes. Makes visualizing and remembering very easy.
Amazing man!!! Absolutely amazing!
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👌
this is the clearest and most helpful video i have come across 🙏
Thank you! You make me learn theory and practice more!🤩
Happy to help!
Thank you very much Sam, this is very helpful!!
Thanks!!
Joe Walsh’ Duesenberg insertion was a nice touch. Lovely guitar. This the one you’re playing?
Thanks! unfortunately not! its a USA strat👌
When you said that you got to play the right chord under the mode you are playing in, my mind was blown
I hope your find more viewers, you’re great at explaining
I appreciate that!
The best explanation.. Thank you so much.
Glad it was helpful!
Very helpful lesson! I took notes; thank you
You're very welcome!
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
Keep going!🤙
you teach this by far the best!!
Thanks Ariel😊👌👌
Thank for this video, I’m definitely in a good mode now.
Cheers👌
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!
You are a gentleman and a Scholar
I thank you! 🧐🎩
This is incredible. Thank you! Subbed
Awesome, thank you!
Omg Sam I have watched dozens of videos much longer and still came away more confused than before. You have an amazing talent for explaining music in simple terms...I will have to watch this several times and follow your recommendations on practice but it's is the greatest tutorial I have ever seen on this topic....thank you so much for your time and effort 💯.
Happy to help!
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!
Hippie tie dye color for the Mixolydian mode cloud seems appropriate. :)
the optical illusions on this video go crazy!
This is great. The complete absence of superfluous waffle is an absolute joy.
I try my best!
this is pure gold
Thanks!
At last I get it!! Thank you so much👍
Glad it helped!
thanks i finally some how know scales mode works
Glad to hear it!
Your videos are the best guitar videos on youtube. Hands down, doesn't come close. Every guitarist should watch all your videos
Wow, thanks!
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
Music aside, the creation of this and the editing, graphics, effects is Impressive to say the least.
Packed with great work. There is So Much going on I think of a New York City cab driver. It may be moving faster than would seem ideal but if it wasn’t it would take an hour and a half to get there. Well done. 🤙🤙
Thanks I really appreciate that! I would prefer to slow the pacing of my videos down and go into more detail however the youtube game doesn't quite work like that! I am planning on eventually making my own courses in which I can create much longer and detailed breakdowns of my lessons! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment👍👍👍
Thank you for the lesson
no probs! thanks for watching!
That was a great lesson not sure my brain was ready for all that 😅 but when I get enough seat. Time practicing I think it will help me greatly