@nickofthenorth 💯 it's all about what chord is currently being played. To get there though, I think it's very important to understand what notes work most of the time for your song so you know where your "escape route" is when things get too weird. 🤘
Love this video, but it inspires a rant that is totally not your fault: The phrase “D Mixolydian is a mode of the G-Major scale” drives me absolutely crazy. This method of explaining the modes is why I never understood music theory in band class. Yes, I get that D Mixo uses all the same notes as G Maj, but that is just a counterintuitive way to teach it. It should just be that each Key has 7 modes. We should think of the major scale not as the basis of everything, but simply as the Ionian mode. Knowing that D mixolydian shares the same notes as G Ionian is entirely beside the point in most cases. To me, memorizing one interval pattern and shifting it over seven times for each key is infinitely easier that memorizing all the major scales and then this bizarro logic matrix of how to convert the major scales into all the other modes.
@S.E.Walker I think I agree with you about 50/50. It's counterintuitive because it discounts the root note and home chord. With you on that. However it is useful to know it's from the G Major "Family" if you will because that opens up more areas of the fretboard to play with. I also just don't see how we can get away from the major scale being the foundation of the modes, since literally all intervals in music theory as a whole go back to referencing where a note "should" be according to the major scale.
@garyeggleton1142 Respectfully, no. That is the single thing that makes D Mixolydian a separate entity. It is the same notes as G Major but with D as the Tonic Center. As shown in the video, it doesn't make a difference to the available notes, but it DOES make a big difference to what notes you should target for soloing/melody inside of the available notes.
@ericthiemann 1) this is a theory video, not a technique video. 2) does it matter how good I play if people still learn to play better themselves? 3) appreciate the comment! All boosts to the algorithm are welcome, cheers. 😎🤘
The way you play/approach the «G »and «D» is COMPLETELY different. Hence: WAAAAY far from objective comparison! The one (in your opinion should sound good) is played WITH - MORE -ENTHUSIASM, on contrast you play/approach the other one more likely BORING etc..
@pKova55 this is a valid point. However, I also played literally just the 2 notes themselves over the chord progression to be as objective as possible.
A Mode in music is a group of notes from a key that starts and resolves to a different note other than the (normal) root note. Even though the key signature on sheet music would be 1 Sharp (AKA G Major), in this case you'd want to resolve to D instead of G as shown in the video. I'd say this is exactly the type of situation for Modality, especially since the vocal melody basically outlines a Dadd11 chord, making the case for a D Mixolydian Modality even stronger. Out of curiosity, what definition of Modality are you operating under?
@TheBaldGuitarist Well, before, I used to think just in terms of which key I'm in when playing. The song may have had just two chords, F and G resolving to F and I was thinking and being aware that I'm in key of C major. But now I'm comfortable playing and thinking in terms of F Lydian mode and landing on F or using that sharp IV for the feel of the mode. I'm still aware I'm playing in the key of C major, though, so I can use all the notes of a C major scale on the instrument. I just have to know what key I'm in. Modality for me was just the next step. I took time to get the feel for the modes and use them as intended.
@@TheBaldGuitarist I'm just realistic... You play like you're using feet, not fingers. Dont ruin somebody's chance to play with your "lessons", take some yourself.
@@031degra if your such a brilliant guitarist, show us some amazing tuition then!. The content here is very useful and is to the point. 45+ years guitar player here!
@@jadonx I play for 40 years. Professionaly 30. If you play for 45 years then you started decade before your birth :) Dont waste time, you have good channels with good guitarists. If you want to, thats your choice, its just my advice. This is RIDICOLOUS, do you hear the guy with guitar? He can't play ONE NOTE in right tempo. ONE NOTE, hey?!
The more you learn, the more you understand when and when you can’t deliberately use a “wrong” note. I love going off key on occasion.
@nickofthenorth 💯 it's all about what chord is currently being played. To get there though, I think it's very important to understand what notes work most of the time for your song so you know where your "escape route" is when things get too weird. 🤘
Slash doesn’t even know what key it’s in 🤣
@wallofrock6725 LOL he's got great ears though so just plays all the right notes anyways. 😂
Nice shirt
Love this video, but it inspires a rant that is totally not your fault: The phrase “D Mixolydian is a mode of the G-Major scale” drives me absolutely crazy. This method of explaining the modes is why I never understood music theory in band class. Yes, I get that D Mixo uses all the same notes as G Maj, but that is just a counterintuitive way to teach it. It should just be that each Key has 7 modes. We should think of the major scale not as the basis of everything, but simply as the Ionian mode. Knowing that D mixolydian shares the same notes as G Ionian is entirely beside the point in most cases. To me, memorizing one interval pattern and shifting it over seven times for each key is infinitely easier that memorizing all the major scales and then this bizarro logic matrix of how to convert the major scales into all the other modes.
@S.E.Walker I think I agree with you about 50/50. It's counterintuitive because it discounts the root note and home chord. With you on that.
However it is useful to know it's from the G Major "Family" if you will because that opens up more areas of the fretboard to play with.
I also just don't see how we can get away from the major scale being the foundation of the modes, since literally all intervals in music theory as a whole go back to referencing where a note "should" be according to the major scale.
G major while resolving on D is still G major
D mixolydian is G major bud
ACTUALLY, F#B3^7TH
@garyeggleton1142 Respectfully, no. That is the single thing that makes D Mixolydian a separate entity. It is the same notes as G Major but with D as the Tonic Center.
As shown in the video, it doesn't make a difference to the available notes, but it DOES make a big difference to what notes you should target for soloing/melody inside of the available notes.
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@@amulyarai2350 😂
❤️ good lesson
Your theory is spot on... but your playing really sucks... a case of, if you can't do, teach?
@ericthiemann 1) this is a theory video, not a technique video.
2) does it matter how good I play if people still learn to play better themselves?
3) appreciate the comment! All boosts to the algorithm are welcome, cheers. 😎🤘
The way you play/approach the «G »and «D» is COMPLETELY different. Hence: WAAAAY far from objective comparison! The one (in your opinion should sound good) is played WITH - MORE -ENTHUSIASM, on contrast you play/approach the other one more likely BORING etc..
@pKova55 this is a valid point. However, I also played literally just the 2 notes themselves over the chord progression to be as objective as possible.
It's in key of G major because it's got F#...Modality is a different thing.
A Mode in music is a group of notes from a key that starts and resolves to a different note other than the (normal) root note. Even though the key signature on sheet music would be 1 Sharp (AKA G Major), in this case you'd want to resolve to D instead of G as shown in the video.
I'd say this is exactly the type of situation for Modality, especially since the vocal melody basically outlines a Dadd11 chord, making the case for a D Mixolydian Modality even stronger.
Out of curiosity, what definition of Modality are you operating under?
@TheBaldGuitarist Well, before, I used to think just in terms of which key I'm in when playing. The song may have had just two chords, F and G resolving to F and I was thinking and being aware that I'm in key of C major. But now I'm comfortable playing and thinking in terms of F Lydian mode and landing on F or using that sharp IV for the feel of the mode. I'm still aware I'm playing in the key of C major, though, so I can use all the notes of a C major scale on the instrument. I just have to know what key I'm in. Modality for me was just the next step. I took time to get the feel for the modes and use them as intended.
You should first PRACTICE just a decade or two and then TRY to make a channel .
@@031degra is this one of the legendary TH-cam haters you get when you're on the path to building something?? Nice. 😎🤘
@@TheBaldGuitarist I'm just realistic... You play like you're using feet, not fingers. Dont ruin somebody's chance to play with your "lessons", take some yourself.
@@031degra if your such a brilliant guitarist, show us some amazing tuition then!. The content here is very useful and is to the point. 45+ years guitar player here!
@@jadonx I play for 40 years. Professionaly 30. If you play for 45 years then you started decade before your birth :) Dont waste time, you have good channels with good guitarists. If you want to, thats your choice, its just my advice. This is RIDICOLOUS, do you hear the guy with guitar? He can't play ONE NOTE in right tempo. ONE NOTE, hey?!
@@031degra haha wish I was 35 :)