I'm doing this to help us all : ((: Ionian : 2:37 Dorian : 2:59 Prygian : 4:48 Lydian: 6:15 Mixolydian: 7:19 Aeolian: 8:17 Locrian: 9:02 Your welcome (:
Music theory has the weirdest learning curve. It seems so simple with only 12 keys per octave, but the order in which you hear it gives entirely different feelings. Insane how easy it is to sound off key, yet everything can technically be in key.
Really, these modes other than locrian sound in key as long as you’re playing the respective scale for the mode that you are in. This is because our western ears are very familiar with the sounds that the modes of the major scale can bring. Locrian is different, for it has a flat 5, and a half diminished tonic chord does not sound very nice.
Piano Pig is such a brilliant name for almost anything. A pub, restaurant, recording studio, web site, doner kebab shop. A method of rolling jazz cigarettes and a type of ice cream. Very good, i'm subscribing.
I’m 45 years old, have always been heavily into music, I play drums and I play the bass guitar. However, theory is a weak point. What I know simply comes naturally. In order to improve my game, I’m starting to look into reading and theory to become a better player. This video helped me a lot.
Music school, like college. You'll get all the info for cheap at city college and credit, also. Wait'll you get to marimba, lol. Basically, laid out like piano, but more percussive. You can major in drums all you like, but trust me, keyboards make theory easier to see. I'm a drum major, as is a classmate. We're both doing theory and aural skills (singing) on keys. There's lots of older people, though you'll probably be closer to the age of the professors than the students overall. It isn't really an issue.
Not sure it will make you better. It may but it may not. I have been using those variations long time, just now i learned their names. Wont change things better nor worse.
Actually, The Simpsons is in a Lydian Dominant scale, with a B-flat in the scale as well. Ordinary Lydian has B-natural. Best way to distinguish is Lydian Dominant begins on 4th degree of melodic minor, whereas ordinary Lydian is just a major scale with an augmented 4th
I like to understand the relationship between the modes by placing them in circle of fifths order beginning with Lydian then Ionian, Mixolydian, Dorian, Aeolian, Phrygian and Locrian. Each mode in the sequence differs from the previous by flattening one note. #4->4, 7->b7, 3->b3, 6->b6, 2->b2, 5->b5. In this way they form a kind of continuum from brightest or most major to darkest or most minor. Dorian sits in the middle perfectly balanced and symmetrical.
That's u talking in term of scale playing... But u dont play scale during real piece play.. so those distances keep on changing.. A minor scale sound lil gloomy to u cause we anchor on first note so important are first note changes. But u easily get lost when u play real pieces. Its distance between its pattern notes thats gonna make it sound like what it sounds rather than major or minor. Cause technically major minor has no difference they same scale. So how could they sound different. They sound different cause u play them like that. And those changes get registered in your mind. A trill of CD and DE sound different no matter how long u play it. Unless u break that spell in-between through some means whatever they may. Same way CDE loop or ECD loop will sound different. Or CDEDC .. and EDCDE.. repeats will sound different cause of start notes changes. Though after one repeat u playing same notes in same sequence. So how certain tune or pattern sound doesnt depend that much on scale whether its major or minor but notes pattern themselves I guess. And if u can assume a song can start from any note of a scale... Where is the minor major difference?. I mean as far as natural minor and major scale is concern. Other minors are certainly different than major. I guess if I remember correctly harmonic got minor 3rd distance between 6th and 7th I guess like blues and some other system scales. But then again between 2nd and 4th of major u had minor 3rd difference u c. 😀 And yep...melodic is I guess that has 5 chromatic notes at end. I mean if u add ascending and descending. 😀🙏
You're right it is a huge amount of information to take on but it was so well broken down and explained that I felt I understood it perfectly by the end of the video. Thank you for such a perfectly paced tuition video.
Bass player -been working on understanding modes for many a long year - and have remained in darkness all that time. The lightbulb went on around 1:49. Many thanks! Hope you'll come back to this topic.
North Indian classsical music has 10 modes , which are very similar to these , primarily there were 72 modes prepared using simple mathematics but later pandit bhatkhande dumped 62 of them and said that only 10 are aesthetic . mode is called "thaat" in Indian music . 1. bilawal : similar to ionian e.g., raga bilawal , alhayia bilawal , hansdhwani etc belongs to this mode . 2. kalyan : similar to lydian e.g., raga yaman , suddha kalyan , yaman kalyan etc belongs to this mode. 3. khamaj : similar to mixoydian e.g., raga desh , manjh khamaj , khamaj etc belongs to this mode. 4. kafi : similar to dorian e.g., raga bhimpalasi , kafi , pilu , jaijaiwanti etc belongs to this mode. 5. bhairav : I don't know anything similar to this mode. e.g., raga bhairav , ahir bhairav , jogiya etc belongs to this mode. 6. bhairavi : similar to phrygian. e.g., raga bhairavi , malkauns , bilaskhani todi etc belongs to this mode. 7. purvi (or poorvi) : I don't know anything similar to this mode. e.g., raga poorvi , puriya dhanashree , basant , shree etc belongs to this mode. 8. todi : I don't know anything similar to this mode. e.g., raga todi , gurjari todi , multani etc belongs to this mode. 9. marwa : I don't know anything similar to this mode. e.g., raga marwa , puriya , lalit , sohini etc belongs to this mode. 10. asavari (asawari) : similar to aeolian e.g., raga ashavari , sindhu bhairavi ,darbari kanada etc belongs to this mode. I cannot say any Indian mode similar to locrian though !
This is very easy for those who have knowledge in Indian Classical Music (which may be why you keep saying "eastern sound"), as only the names and other few small things are different. I was able to learn this very quickly. Ionian - Thaat Bilawal Dorian - Thaat Kaafi Phrygian - Thaat Bhairavi Lydian - Thaat Kalyan Mixolydian - Thaat Khamaaj Aeolian - Thaat Aasaavari Locrian - ?? (Coudn't figure that one out)
I’ve been banging on the piano for 60 years, knowing I am very limited in my understanding. I’ve been sawing away on an accordion for ten years, and love the sounds but find it a mystery. But after watching this video, I can barely express how my mind is drinking in this information about modes. Why have I never heard about this stuff? It’s so basic! I learn so slowly but everything you said and showed registered in my brain and made sense. It really helps that you show the visual, that I hear it, and that you explain it slowly enough that I can process it. This is wonderful. Thank you! I LOVE it! This is like when God gave me the ability to learn a song, and to immediately change it to another key. He showed me the structure and relationships of the chords and melody so I can just shift them to another key. This is going to change my playing.
Thank you! I've being taking guitar lessons for two years during the pandemic. I've always been interested in music theory but didn't understand what the modes were. You've explained it perfectly. And what I think I'm gleaning is that it's not just the notes in the key but the starting note as well that determines the sound. What it seems to me is that all the different key signatures in ionian mode also have a second mode by using C as the root note.
Really interesting and helpful. Other vids started downstream of where you started and as a newbie their messages went past me. Once I understood Modes were starting some key on a particular note other than the root note, >pow< I got it. Thank you.
Thank you for this explanation......takes me a long way along the understanding journey....got to watch a couple more times and then research into other keys than C. Great teaching.....I’ve now subscribed for other gems!
Excellent! Although a review, definitely a big help towards full clarity, especially coming from a guitar background. Very logically explained. Thank you. Definitely the best explanation I've seen thus far.
I love Aeolian(Good ol minor) a lot. Its probably my favorite. From, the Skyrim theme, to shine on you crazy diamond. It just has that epic vibe to it. But Locrian also has a pretty cool sound to it. I'm all for that dissonance sound.
In fact I always make notes..you have opened my music mind..I'm still internalising... Because everything you teach is new...I really don't want to miss a thing...I just knew your tutorial yesterday..and I have watched over 10 of them..revisiting again and again...#my teacher
My piano teacher tried to show me this when I was 9 years old. I thought it was stupid and something that I would never need to know. Now that I am in my 30's and discovering jazz, I am dying to know and understand this. Wish I could go back in time and relearn it with EXAMPLES. Hearing their use in popular songs really helps. Thanks for this great video.
In Skyfall, it alternates between C Minor (Aeolian) and C Dorian and uses some aspects of the melodic minor. It uses part of the Dorian when an A natural is played in a chord like Fmaj or F7, which normally isn't in the C Minor scale. The chord progression in the verse is Cm - Ab - F7 (From Dorian Mode) - Fm7. The chord progression in the chorus is complicated, but it is Cm - Cm7/Bb - Ab - Abmaj7/G - Fm7 - Ab/Eb - Cmadd9/D - G7 (From Melodic Minor), then the second time around it is Cm - Cm7/Bb - Ab - Abmaj7/G - Fmaj (From Dorian) - F7 (From Dorian) - D7 (From A Mode I Forget) - G7 (From Melodic Minor).
Hello Sir, I must say that I am extremely, and wholeheartedly grateful to you for posting this video. I thank you from the depths of my heart. However, I really, really need to know more about these modes. Could you please post separate videos on these MODES? I humbly request you to please, please, post separate, individual videos on the DORIAN and the MIXOLYDIAN MODES, with detailed explanation on these modes, for a better understanding. THANK YOU SO MUCH, in advance!! GOD BLESS!! -Lots of love from India. 😊😁
I've always known Modes have a direct connection to a major scale. I just needed a simple formula to help me memorize it all. This is it!!! PERFECTLY concise. I've just tucked this into my "Best Tutorials Ever" folder and will be referencing this many times! THANKS, A MILLION, SIMON!!!! YOU ROCK! I mean... JAZZ!!!!!!!
Thank you very much for this lesson.Your video, resolved my questions about MODES and brought this subject home for me. I have a tendency to let these things scare me off because it seems like so much information. This video had the perfect pace, and was presented in a style that I like. Thank again!
Thank you so much for this information. The main thing I was able to understand is that essentially the modes are the scales of another key that represents that position number in the key you are playing in. You said we should not try to remember them that way but looking at them that way is what makes me remember them. Also another problem I had was trying to remember the names of all of these particular modes so I came up with my own word ID-PLY-MALO (Ionia Dorian Phrygian LYdian Mixolydian Aeolian LOcrian). Thanks again!
Very nice work done. Thank you. For the last one 7 Locrian, its more understandable to relate it to Db major than to C# major, since they share same key signatures ))
I've been watching alot of your videos the last couple of days and I must say that you do some great lessons. My fingers are litterly glued to the piano now. Thanks for the lessons and for bringing back the piano player in me. Cheers!
Wow, what a great video!! Explains it really well, gives great examples, nice clear speaking voice, and (most importantly) isn't trying to show everyone how wonderfully smart he is (are you listening guitar teacher Paul D?) You should be very proud of putting this fine work out there for students eager to learn. Thank you Pianopig.
Thank you immensely! I followed through each modes and it was such a pleasure to learn them as your pace and description are so nice and straight to the point. Also myy brain is having a feast as, thanks to your comparison with the other chords' major scales, I could predict the last 2 or 3 scales before learning it from you. Instantly subbed!
Been struggling for a long time with this but this video has helped so much. This sort of theory isn’t for everyone which is fine but for those of us who are interested at this point I’m sure this is massively appreciated. Thanks PP x
I find there are so many different ways to explain the modes, some people just don't understand certain explanations of them, and other people only understand the others. The way I taught it here is the way I first understood it and I'm glad it's helped you out as well :)
This should be THE go to video for modes. I have seen so many other people stumble all over the place, particularly guitarists, trying to explain something really hard, but just ending up confusing people in the comments. The answer (of course) is to sit someone down at a keyboard. The WHITE NOTES the white notes the white notes - That’s it. Every interval and scale can be worked out from the white notes. Presented, in the clearest style I have ever seen. Bloody well done! C Ionian D Dorian E Phrygian that’s the way to do it. Now all that’s needed is a decent mnemonic - I have one but it’s really stupid. IAN opened the DOOR of the FRIDGE, LYDIA MIXED it up and I’LL LOCK it. Rubbish eh?
Without doubt the clearest explanation and lay out of modes anywhere on the net. Thank you so much for all you effort producing these videos; particularly like you input on how to think about each mode-really helps me to cement them in my mind. 10/10 - really wish I could afford to join the piano pig academy, so these free videos are a god send. Thank you
@ PianoPig No one, I mean absolutely NO ONE has been able tos give me a correlation between modes and the major scales and how they relate. I can't thank you enough for this video. Once I fully comprehend this I'll go on to your next modal lesson. I, along with a lot of folks, would really like to see the modes cheat sheet you offer for free. Unfortunately the link says there is no content there. If that cheat sheet is no longer free, please change your video description. If it is still free, and up on your service, please correct the link to it. Personally, I would be VERY grateful! Again, thank you so very much for the video!
Okay if u wanna play modes like boss says. What u need to know is in which scale certain note falls at certain position. Or actually u have to go back same interval distance. i.e. M2, M3 P4, P5, M6, M7 etc. Simply distances at which major scale notes fall... Right?... Now everybody has his/her own way of getting to that. But for newbie I tell a easier method till u haven't mastered the keyboard mentally. Just as you see a octave is basically divided into two blocks. 2 black note block and 3 black notes block. Just link the black notes of one block with white notes of other block & vice versa. So u will get 2 cross linked chain across whole keyboard... Right? ..In which notes are tone distance apart. So lets say u have to play phrygian mode from some note. Lets say Ab note. Just walk back 3 notes in the chain that will be Ab F# & E I guess since chain is criss cross linked. These are 3 scales in which Ab falls in that note position .. so just play E. Now if u go forward in chain u get first 3 notes of a major scale. Now for 4th u have to step up a semitone distance and count rest 4 notes from other chain like for E scale they are E, F#, Ab, step up semitone - A B C# D# . They the scale notes of E major scale. Same way u reverse the process for finding scales in which a particular note fall. As for Ab ..those scales are. Ab, F#, E step down a semitone count 4 notes- Eb Db, B, A ..and they the scales on which E falls and in that order. 😀 And obviously it means any note falls in 7 & only 7 scales. Now as one more example lets say we have to play a mixolydian mode from F# key. Count back 3 in chain ... F# E D... Now go back a semitone. i.e. to Db count rest 4 notes from that chain. Which are Db, B A & G. As u see at 5th it was B note ... So just play B from F#. Now if u wanna play like other method. What key is at mixolydian position in C scale. Its G note right?. Now what black notes it got?.. just one at 7th position. So just suppress 7th note of F# scale ..and u will see it B scale now. 😀 F# and B scale has just 1 note difference... Right that is F & E in case of B scale. Simple.. cya guys bye. So null set whether u go back in chain and play that scale from this note. Or play this very scale from its that note position both are mixolydian modes. Like whether u play B scale from F# note or F# scale from its 5th note i.e. C# note. Both are mixolydian.. only whose mixolydian ...u decide. But boss say its when u play B scale from F# then its F# mixolydian. I agree but lets then call it mixolydian mode from that key not of that scale. Anyway agar aap nahin manoge toh main koi case thodi karunga aap pe... Aap ki cheez hai jo marzi kaho. 😂🙏
Thank you so much for this. My piano teacher was good, and while she taught me to read music, scales, circle of fifths… and drummed into me (no pun intended) the necessity of proper fingering (while keeping fingers in position), she never taught me any of the more advanced theory like modes. I'm trying to teach my kids and this is incredibly helpful. If I might add a suggestion and if it's not too difficult, could you perhaps add fingering notation on the basic notation you already show (thank you thank you thank you!) to further assist? Having learned it's a no-brainer, but for those starting out, it's hard to know when and where to nearly break your thumb in crossover & conversion. It's necessary for the notes three measures down the line but often uncomfortable when it needs to be done, but the earlier learned, the better and easier it is. *Edit* -- You're right up there with Rick Beato and David Bennet, but in a different and VERY helpful direction which helps me to help teach others. Please never stop being so awesome. I'm bingeing on your videos; you bring a hell of a lot to the party. Please let me know if there's anything I might be able to do (research, script editing, etc.) to help you.
Best of all clear simply beautiful lessons direct to the matter with the music notes.... Please continue for us all in far lying corners of the developing world..
This video definitely explained the modes in a way I actually _get_ more than other videos I've seen on it. Just the first part alone, where you showed that merely by playing the same white notes only but going down a starting note each time, was clearer than other things I've seen. It was at that point I had to put a like on it. :)
I'm doing this to help us all :
((:
Ionian : 2:37
Dorian : 2:59
Prygian : 4:48
Lydian: 6:15
Mixolydian: 7:19
Aeolian: 8:17
Locrian: 9:02
Your welcome (:
Thanks! I probably should have done this in the description haha
manzarek bless you friend!
1 Terathanks!♥♥♥♥♥
Phrygian, not Prygian
Thanks man
Music theory has the weirdest learning curve. It seems so simple with only 12 keys per octave, but the order in which you hear it gives entirely different feelings. Insane how easy it is to sound off key, yet everything can technically be in key.
Absolutely true
Perfectly said!!!
Yeahh I totally agreee
Learning music theory is like trying to get a home run off of a major league pitcher who can throw the best screw ball in the world.
Really, these modes other than locrian sound in key as long as you’re playing the respective scale for the mode that you are in. This is because our western ears are very familiar with the sounds that the modes of the major scale can bring. Locrian is different, for it has a flat 5, and a half diminished tonic chord does not sound very nice.
dude. this dude taught me more than my music teacher, and that's ok, because as long as you get knowledge somewhere, it's still knowledge
Unless you're paying for music college...
hi
Phrygian = boldness, exuberance, passion, courage, leadership, but in excess pride, rashness, irascibility, violent anger.
Lydian = good cheer, optimism, sublimity, friendliness, laughter, love and song.
Dorian = sleepiness, lethargy, laziness, slowness, mental dullness, forgetfulness, calmness, internal equanimity, well being.
Mixolydian = solidity, firmness, steadfastness, rhythm, but with a certain indolent tenacity.
Piano Pig is such a brilliant name for almost anything. A pub, restaurant, recording studio, web site, doner kebab shop. A method of rolling jazz cigarettes and a type of ice cream. Very good, i'm subscribing.
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I’m 45 years old, have always been heavily into music, I play drums and I play the bass guitar. However, theory is a weak point. What I know simply comes naturally. In order to improve my game, I’m starting to look into reading and theory to become a better player. This video helped me a lot.
Music school, like college. You'll get all the info for cheap at city college and credit, also.
Wait'll you get to marimba, lol. Basically, laid out like piano, but more percussive.
You can major in drums all you like, but trust me, keyboards make theory easier to see. I'm a drum major, as is a classmate. We're both doing theory and aural skills (singing) on keys.
There's lots of older people, though you'll probably be closer to the age of the professors than the students overall. It isn't really an issue.
Not sure it will make you better. It may but it may not. I have been using those variations long time, just now i learned their names. Wont change things better nor worse.
Mode 4 - Lydian - The Simpsons! What a way to memorize this! :D
Actually, The Simpsons is in a Lydian Dominant scale, with a B-flat in the scale as well. Ordinary Lydian has B-natural. Best way to distinguish is Lydian Dominant begins on 4th degree of melodic minor, whereas ordinary Lydian is just a major scale with an augmented 4th
Being an old guy. I have NEVER (Nope, NEVER) watched Simpsons, or heard their theme song.
would of never knew life is strange 🤣
What's the use of knowing these modes? 🤔 Reply pls
Although I loved the video, Im sorry to say he played the simpsons theme wrongly.. I think the 4th note from the end shouldnt be on it
Concise and authoritative - scales fall from my eyes. Thank you.
Thanks Phill :)
I see what you did there
8:35 characteristics for the _ÆƏŒØÖĻÎÅÑ_ mode
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Amen!!!!!!!!!!
Awesome
So cool that Paul Mccartney is showing me how to use the modes
Gorgeous accent.
Haha what are you on about? Paul McCartney has one of the most distinctive British accents
Sound more like Ross Geller
got me excited for a sec
He does not have a Liverpudlian accent like PM but a southern English accent - called received pronouciation
I like to understand the relationship between the modes by placing them in circle of fifths order beginning with Lydian then Ionian, Mixolydian, Dorian, Aeolian, Phrygian and Locrian.
Each mode in the sequence differs from the previous by flattening one note. #4->4, 7->b7, 3->b3, 6->b6, 2->b2, 5->b5. In this way they form a kind of continuum from brightest or most major to darkest or most minor. Dorian sits in the middle perfectly balanced and symmetrical.
That's u talking in term of scale playing... But u dont play scale during real piece play.. so those distances keep on changing.. A minor scale sound lil gloomy to u cause we anchor on first note so important are first note changes. But u easily get lost when u play real pieces. Its distance between its pattern notes thats gonna make it sound like what it sounds rather than major or minor. Cause technically major minor has no difference they same scale. So how could they sound different. They sound different cause u play them like that. And those changes get registered in your mind. A trill of CD and DE sound different no matter how long u play it. Unless u break that spell in-between through some means whatever they may. Same way CDE loop or ECD loop will sound different. Or CDEDC .. and EDCDE.. repeats will sound different cause of start notes changes. Though after one repeat u playing same notes in same sequence.
So how certain tune or pattern sound doesnt depend that much on scale whether its major or minor but notes pattern themselves I guess.
And if u can assume a song can start from any note of a scale... Where is the minor major difference?. I mean as far as natural minor and major scale is concern. Other minors are certainly different than major. I guess if I remember correctly harmonic got minor 3rd distance between 6th and 7th I guess like blues and some other system scales. But then again between 2nd and 4th of major u had minor 3rd difference u c. 😀
And yep...melodic is I guess that has 5 chromatic notes at end. I mean if u add ascending and descending. 😀🙏
Finally I get it quickly without to much thinking. Example: Dorian count down 2 to Bb Phrygian count down three Ab etc. Thank you sir. 😎
Never heard the modes explained this way. For the first time in for ever, I get it!!! Thanks for this easy to understand video!!
Thanks for watching! Good to hear you found it useful 😀
Yh. Me too. I'm blown away
Yes, me too.
You're right it is a huge amount of information to take on but it was so well broken down and explained that I felt I understood it perfectly by the end of the video. Thank you for such a perfectly paced tuition video.
Bass player -been working on understanding modes for many a long year - and have remained in darkness all that time. The lightbulb went on around 1:49. Many thanks! Hope you'll come back to this topic.
That's great to hear! Glad I helped you to understand 😀
dude, i'm a teenage bass player, and i finally understand modes from this video as well!! Glad i'm not the only one...
Been playing for 35 years. You just might be the one that actually helps me see modes. Thank you.
They can be tricky to get your head around! Good to hear I may be your answer to figuring it out :)
This answered many quotations that I've had for a long time. So great. Saved to my playlists. Gotta watch it few more times to understand everything.
North Indian classsical music has 10 modes , which are very similar to these , primarily there were 72 modes prepared using simple mathematics but later pandit bhatkhande dumped 62 of them and said that only 10 are aesthetic . mode is called "thaat" in Indian music .
1. bilawal : similar to ionian
e.g., raga bilawal , alhayia bilawal , hansdhwani etc belongs to this mode .
2. kalyan : similar to lydian
e.g., raga yaman , suddha kalyan , yaman kalyan etc belongs to this mode.
3. khamaj : similar to mixoydian
e.g., raga desh , manjh khamaj , khamaj etc belongs to this mode.
4. kafi : similar to dorian
e.g., raga bhimpalasi , kafi , pilu , jaijaiwanti etc belongs to this mode.
5. bhairav : I don't know anything similar to this mode.
e.g., raga bhairav , ahir bhairav , jogiya etc belongs to this mode.
6. bhairavi : similar to phrygian.
e.g., raga bhairavi , malkauns , bilaskhani todi etc belongs to this mode.
7. purvi (or poorvi) : I don't know anything similar to this mode.
e.g., raga poorvi , puriya dhanashree , basant , shree etc belongs to this mode.
8. todi : I don't know anything similar to this mode.
e.g., raga todi , gurjari todi , multani etc belongs to this mode.
9. marwa : I don't know anything similar to this mode.
e.g., raga marwa , puriya , lalit , sohini etc belongs to this mode.
10. asavari (asawari) : similar to aeolian
e.g., raga ashavari , sindhu bhairavi ,darbari kanada etc belongs to this mode.
I cannot say any Indian mode similar to locrian though !
one of the things I love about India is its music. It's so rich and loud and full of statements.
Love from Philippines 😊
I'd love to learn Indian music scales. That'd be awesome
Bruh wow
This is very easy for those who have knowledge in Indian Classical Music (which may be why you keep saying "eastern sound"), as only the names and other few small things are different. I was able to learn this very quickly.
Ionian - Thaat Bilawal
Dorian - Thaat Kaafi
Phrygian - Thaat Bhairavi
Lydian - Thaat Kalyan
Mixolydian - Thaat Khamaaj
Aeolian - Thaat Aasaavari
Locrian - ?? (Coudn't figure that one out)
Your voice tone is well spoken , made separate hand written pages for each mode with each chord. Bravo to you !
Thanks, glad you enjoyed the video!
My mind is blown every time you play the major scale with same notes as the mode. Haha
I’ve been banging on the piano for 60 years, knowing I am very limited in my understanding. I’ve been sawing away on an accordion for ten years, and love the sounds but find it a mystery. But after watching this video, I can barely express how my mind is drinking in this information about modes. Why have I never heard about this stuff? It’s so basic! I learn so slowly but everything you said and showed registered in my brain and made sense. It really helps that you show the visual, that I hear it, and that you explain it slowly enough that I can process it. This is wonderful. Thank you! I LOVE it! This is like when God gave me the ability to learn a song, and to immediately change it to another key. He showed me the structure and relationships of the chords and melody so I can just shift them to another key. This is going to change my playing.
Thank you! I've being taking guitar lessons for two years during the pandemic. I've always been interested in music theory but didn't understand what the modes were. You've explained it perfectly. And what I think I'm gleaning is that it's not just the notes in the key but the starting note as well that determines the sound. What it seems to me is that all the different key signatures in ionian mode also have a second mode by using C as the root note.
Great tutorial. I hope you can make videos explaining how to apply each mode in jazz music
Really interesting and helpful. Other vids started downstream of where you started and as a newbie their messages went past me. Once I understood Modes were starting some key on a particular note other than the root note, >pow< I got it. Thank you.
FINALLY, a clear explanation on the keyboard. Thank you.
Tnx ... love the way you explain ...
Thank you for this explanation......takes me a long way along the understanding journey....got to watch a couple more times and then research into other keys than C. Great teaching.....I’ve now subscribed for other gems!
I'm trying to improve my guitar playing skills and this tutorial has helped me an aweful lot! Thanks for putting it out here.
No worries! Glad I could help out a fellow guitar player :)
One tutorial is not enough.. In every tutorial you have posted their is a new thing..May God bless you
Haha no there are far too many things to teach!
Now modes make sense to me. Thank you!
WOw, this really unlocked modes for me. Thank you!!
Thank you sir....
We still waiting for the second part of mode tutorial
Excellent! Although a review, definitely a big help towards full clarity, especially coming from a guitar background. Very logically explained. Thank you. Definitely the best explanation I've seen thus far.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it :)
I love Aeolian(Good ol minor) a lot. Its probably my favorite. From, the Skyrim theme, to shine on you crazy diamond. It just has that epic vibe to it. But Locrian also has a pretty cool sound to it. I'm all for that dissonance sound.
Aeolian was also the name of a line of pianos, now defunct I believe.
I’m learning jazz piano, and I’ve been taught modes before, but they are very hard to remember! This was a great lesson!
In fact I always make notes..you have opened my music mind..I'm still internalising... Because everything you teach is new...I really don't want to miss a thing...I just knew your tutorial yesterday..and I have watched over 10 of them..revisiting again and again...#my teacher
My piano teacher tried to show me this when I was 9 years old. I thought it was stupid and something that I would never need to know. Now that I am in my 30's and discovering jazz, I am dying to know and understand this. Wish I could go back in time and relearn it with EXAMPLES. Hearing their use in popular songs really helps. Thanks for this great video.
In Skyfall, it alternates between C Minor (Aeolian) and C Dorian and uses some aspects of the melodic minor. It uses part of the Dorian when an A natural is played in a chord like Fmaj or F7, which normally isn't in the C Minor scale. The chord progression in the verse is Cm - Ab - F7 (From Dorian Mode) - Fm7. The chord progression in the chorus is complicated, but it is Cm - Cm7/Bb - Ab - Abmaj7/G - Fm7 - Ab/Eb - Cmadd9/D - G7 (From Melodic Minor), then the second time around it is Cm - Cm7/Bb - Ab - Abmaj7/G - Fmaj (From Dorian) - F7 (From Dorian) - D7 (From A Mode I Forget) - G7 (From Melodic Minor).
We all know the the only true mode is sicko mode
Sickian Mode
lmaoo
No
Our favourite chord is probably D Suspended Sickth.
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after reading and seeing so many explanations about modes this finally cut the Gordian knot, you are my hero, bro!
Hello Sir,
I must say that I am extremely, and wholeheartedly grateful to you for posting this video. I thank you from the depths of my heart.
However, I really, really need to know more about these modes. Could you please post separate videos on these MODES?
I humbly request you to please, please, post separate, individual videos on the DORIAN and the MIXOLYDIAN MODES, with detailed explanation on these modes, for a better understanding.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, in advance!! GOD BLESS!!
-Lots of love from India. 😊😁
I've always known Modes have a direct connection to a major scale. I just needed a simple formula to help me memorize it all. This is it!!! PERFECTLY concise. I've just tucked this into my "Best Tutorials Ever" folder and will be referencing this many times! THANKS, A MILLION, SIMON!!!! YOU ROCK! I mean... JAZZ!!!!!!!
Thanks man! I appreciate that 😃🙏
Thank you very much for this lesson.Your video, resolved my questions about MODES and brought this subject home for me. I have a tendency to let these things scare me off because it seems like so much information. This video had the perfect pace, and was presented in a style that I like. Thank again!
4:40 that was one crispy jingle got dam
“So what” - Miles Davis
Nice explanation, I use this video with my students. Thanks
Glad it's helpful 🙂
Ionian (I) (Major Scale)
Dorian (II) (b3, b7)
Phrygian (III) (b2, b3, b6, b7)
Lydian (IV) (#4)
Mixolydian (V) (b7)
Aeolian (VI) (b3, b6, b7)
Locrian (VII) (b2, b3, b5, b6, b7)
Thank you so much for this information. The main thing I was able to understand is that essentially the modes are the scales of another key that represents that position number in the key you are playing in. You said we should not try to remember them that way but looking at them that way is what makes me remember them. Also another problem I had was trying to remember the names of all of these particular modes so I came up with my own word ID-PLY-MALO (Ionia Dorian Phrygian LYdian Mixolydian Aeolian LOcrian). Thanks again!
Very nice work done. Thank you. For the last one 7 Locrian, its more understandable to relate it to Db major than to C# major, since they share same key signatures ))
Fascinating...
Music becomes so much more interesting when you learn to experiment.
Absolutely!
Thank you so much for this wonderful video. It is very easy and depth.
I've been watching alot of your videos the last couple of days and I must say that you do some great lessons. My fingers are litterly glued to the piano now. Thanks for the lessons and for bringing back the piano player in me. Cheers!
That's great! That's the reason I make these videos, to add value to people's lives, keep it up :)
@@Piano_Pig Thanks man! :)
For the dorian mode the characteristic chord is the 4 chord! The major 3 and minor 5 are shared with aeolian or natural minor
Could you explain why please ?
Please could you do videos with examples on how to use the modes with the chords ?
Useful video thanks. It would help with an explanation of what characteristic chords are.
The simplest video I have watched about modes 🔥🔥🙌🏽🙌🏽thanks bro
Wow, what a great video!! Explains it really well, gives great examples, nice clear speaking voice, and (most importantly) isn't trying to show everyone how wonderfully smart he is (are you listening guitar teacher Paul D?) You should be very proud of putting this fine work out there for students eager to learn. Thank you Pianopig.
Thanks, I appreciate that! 🙏
Love it.. really helpful to understand modes. 🤗
Thank you immensely! I followed through each modes and it was such a pleasure to learn them as your pace and description are so nice and straight to the point. Also myy brain is having a feast as, thanks to your comparison with the other chords' major scales, I could predict the last 2 or 3 scales before learning it from you. Instantly subbed!
Using this to study for my Music praxis exam. Thank you for the help!
Awesome P Pig! Keep them coming.
Thanks - appreciate the comment!
PianoPig what chords are the intro?
Merci for this. I'm a Noob, and have seen some videos on Modes, but you had a very unique presentation that I hadn't seen before.
ahhhh, its starting to click now. Thanx for the chart above in the description.
No worries! Glad to know you are beginning to understand it all, once it clicks it all begins to become much more straight forward!
This is the clearest explanation of modes! Thank you!
Great explanation. You're crisp. To the point. Fabulous.
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
Thank you very helpful…..gratitude🙏
Been struggling for a long time with this but this video has helped so much. This sort of theory isn’t for everyone which is fine but for those of us who are interested at this point I’m sure this is massively appreciated. Thanks PP x
I find there are so many different ways to explain the modes, some people just don't understand certain explanations of them, and other people only understand the others. The way I taught it here is the way I first understood it and I'm glad it's helped you out as well :)
The reference point is hugely helpful, before that it made no sense to me.
This meant the world to me. Thank you so much.
Well educated now with modes from this video.
This should be THE go to video for modes. I have seen so many other people stumble all over the place, particularly guitarists, trying to explain something really hard, but just ending up confusing people in the comments. The answer (of course) is to sit someone down at a keyboard. The WHITE NOTES the white notes the white notes - That’s it. Every interval and scale can be worked out from the white notes. Presented, in the clearest style I have ever seen. Bloody well done! C Ionian D Dorian E Phrygian that’s the way to do it. Now all that’s needed is a decent mnemonic - I have one but it’s really stupid. IAN opened the DOOR of the FRIDGE, LYDIA MIXED it up and I’LL LOCK it. Rubbish eh?
Thank you so much! I like how you are clear and to the point without getting sidetracked!
Without doubt the clearest explanation and lay out of modes anywhere on the net. Thank you so much for all you effort producing these videos; particularly like you input on how to think about each mode-really helps me to cement them in my mind. 10/10 - really wish I could afford to join the piano pig academy, so these free videos are a god send. Thank you
Glad you found it useful 😀
So well explained
musician : come on. it's not rocket science
scientist : come on. it's not music theory
Out of all the music info videos, this one is the best
I love that your videos describes these better than my prof did. Thank you!
amazing; glimmers of understanding for me. Thankyou so much...
Fantastic. Thank you.
@ PianoPig No one, I mean absolutely NO ONE has been able tos give me a correlation between modes and the major scales and how they relate. I can't thank you enough for this video. Once I fully comprehend this I'll go on to your next modal lesson.
I, along with a lot of folks, would really like to see the modes cheat sheet you offer for free. Unfortunately the link says there is no content there. If that cheat sheet is no longer free, please change your video description. If it is still free, and up on your service, please correct the link to it. Personally, I would be VERY grateful! Again, thank you so very much for the video!
Okay if u wanna play modes like boss says. What u need to know is in which scale certain note falls at certain position. Or actually u have to go back same interval distance. i.e. M2, M3 P4, P5, M6, M7 etc. Simply distances at which major scale notes fall... Right?... Now everybody has his/her own way of getting to that. But for newbie I tell a easier method till u haven't mastered the keyboard mentally.
Just as you see a octave is basically divided into two blocks. 2 black note block and 3 black notes block. Just link the black notes of one block with white notes of other block & vice versa. So u will get 2 cross linked chain across whole keyboard... Right? ..In which notes are tone distance apart.
So lets say u have to play phrygian mode from some note. Lets say Ab note.
Just walk back 3 notes in the chain that will be Ab F# & E I guess since chain is criss cross linked. These are 3 scales in which Ab falls in that note position .. so just play E.
Now if u go forward in chain u get first 3 notes of a major scale. Now for 4th u have to step up a semitone distance and count rest 4 notes from other chain like for E scale they are E, F#, Ab, step up semitone - A B C# D# . They the scale notes of E major scale.
Same way u reverse the process for finding scales in which a particular note fall. As for Ab ..those scales are. Ab, F#, E step down a semitone count 4 notes- Eb Db, B, A ..and they the scales on which E falls and in that order. 😀 And obviously it means any note falls in 7 & only 7 scales.
Now as one more example lets say we have to play a mixolydian mode from F# key. Count back 3 in chain ... F# E D... Now go back a semitone. i.e. to Db count rest 4 notes from that chain. Which are Db, B A & G. As u see at 5th it was B note ... So just play B from F#.
Now if u wanna play like other method. What key is at mixolydian position in C scale. Its G note right?. Now what black notes it got?.. just one at 7th position. So just suppress 7th note of F# scale ..and u will see it B scale now. 😀
F# and B scale has just 1 note difference... Right that is F & E in case of B scale. Simple.. cya guys bye.
So null set whether u go back in chain and play that scale from this note. Or play this very scale from its that note position both are mixolydian modes. Like whether u play B scale from F# note or F# scale from its 5th note i.e. C# note. Both are mixolydian.. only whose mixolydian ...u decide.
But boss say its when u play B scale from F# then its F# mixolydian. I agree but lets then call it mixolydian mode from that key not of that scale. Anyway agar aap nahin manoge toh main koi case thodi karunga aap pe... Aap ki cheez hai jo marzi kaho. 😂🙏
Really good! Thank You!
Thanks! Marvelous explanation. Very interesting!
Thank you so much for this. My piano teacher was good, and while she taught me to read music, scales, circle of fifths… and drummed into me (no pun intended) the necessity of proper fingering (while keeping fingers in position), she never taught me any of the more advanced theory like modes. I'm trying to teach my kids and this is incredibly helpful.
If I might add a suggestion and if it's not too difficult, could you perhaps add fingering notation on the basic notation you already show (thank you thank you thank you!) to further assist? Having learned it's a no-brainer, but for those starting out, it's hard to know when and where to nearly break your thumb in crossover & conversion. It's necessary for the notes three measures down the line but often uncomfortable when it needs to be done, but the earlier learned, the better and easier it is.
*Edit* -- You're right up there with Rick Beato and David Bennet, but in a different and VERY helpful direction which helps me to help teach others. Please never stop being so awesome. I'm bingeing on your videos; you bring a hell of a lot to the party. Please let me know if there's anything I might be able to do (research, script editing, etc.) to help you.
Very good tutorial n melodic examples to show the different textures of the 7 modes on C...!! Plz make some more videos on this... 👍👍
Absolutely a great lesson on clarifying major scale modes. Highly appreciated.
Glad you found it useful :)
Best of all clear simply beautiful lessons direct to the matter with the music notes.... Please continue for us all in far lying corners of the developing world..
Best explanation on TH-cam
Thank you! You explained this so well and in a way that is easy to remember!
Thank you for explaining this in a way that is fairly understandable to someone with very little music theory knowledge!
Very good clear.... Please make more videos with examples of use in jazz.... You have inspired viewers.
Fantastic, thanks!
This was amazing thanks
Beautiful class !
This video definitely explained the modes in a way I actually _get_ more than other videos I've seen on it. Just the first part alone, where you showed that merely by playing the same white notes only but going down a starting note each time, was clearer than other things I've seen. It was at that point I had to put a like on it. :)
Thank you. My journey has begun
Thank you very much. I was reading about Greek modes. This video helps so much. In India it is called as GRAHABHEDA.
Thanks, I'm gonna work on that. NH, USA 😎
Thank you great video!
Is it just me or is TH-cam a better way of learning stuff than school is?
Great examples and explanation! Thanks!
Thanks I love your class, regards and blessings from Colombia 👋😁