How to USE modes!!

Learn how to apply your knowledge of modes into your playing.
For years I understood theory behind building modes but never understood how that knowledge could be applied to my playing.
Hopefully this video helps explain how I try implement mode theory into my playing in a practical way.

I've now released a 'Part II' follow up video to this subject of modes that hopefully clears up some of the bits I didn't explain well or skipped over in this video.

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[ParaBellum]

My wife made some hard-boiled eggs the other day, and when I got home, I was amazed at how mixolydian the house smelt!

[slimtim]

I dig how you explain things! You walk it through step by step logically and it feels very intuitive to me

[Howeverwhatabout]

The ‘fish’ analogy does work many thanks, I’m glad I found your channel.

[pedrolourenco]

Amazing lesson! A life time of learning condensed in 15minutes! Let's practice with under this "vision"

[yinoveryang]

Its always about the root note. The root of the scale. Everything you're hearing and making sense of in music, you're always aware of where that tonal centre is. (Leaving out modulation for the moment)
Mis-training modes starts with the teacher saying something like "C major (Ionian) is exactly the same scale as C- minor (Aolian)." Or they say something like Im afraid "if you start with the second note that is a dorian mode" without mentioning that in-fact it's E dorian not D Dorian. So yes it's a dorian scale. But it's a completely different scale, with a different root. The fact it uses the same notes is incidental, and has no musical impact. All the relationships within that scale are different to our ears. To explain them as being the same scale is what leads people off on the wrong path and leads to much confusion,
Each mode has different intervals and different chords, and we are always aware of where the root note is when we are listening (and hopefully playing). The history of where these diatonic modal scales come from is as ancient as their names, they are firmly set within us.

[daviddellemonache]

This is the best video on modes that I’ve ever seen. Well done and thank you sir!

[Thatboybewhat]

This was probably the most challenging video I’ve encountered from you thus far but you still did a great job explaining it 🤞🏾 I’ll definitely come back to it once I have a better grasp on these more chord relationships

[ChinqMiau]

You have a gift to explain things well. The words used, tone, examples, pace, sequencing... Also the lighting and camera, a joy to watch. Thank you for sharing.

[perks]

Wow this caught me right in my learning where I was able to follow along pretty well and it wasn’t over my head or too basic. Great video!

[-jqgt]

Very helpful. So glad I came across your channel. Your videos are a part of my regiment now

[jean.marion]

The YouTube algorithm kindly put this video into my feed. I love finding other music theory teachers on YT. Interesting take on using modes. I tend to think, 'I'm going to write a song in Dorian' and that's it. Or, how can I make this sound different, I know, I'll stick a Lydian tritone here. I've been trying to find songs IN Mixolydian, and having a hard time because a lot of them just have a portion in that mode. That should have been my clue. Entire songs don't have to be in the same mode. It's ok, to mix and match for the sake of the song. Keep up the good work!

[TinyMaths]

It makes a big difference to my ears when you play all the modes starting on the same note. I find it a lot harder to differentiate their sound if all the modes of a scale are played one after the other using the scale tones. And yes, I learned them, but never really tried to figure out how to use them. I'm on a long term haitus from playing but when I go back this is one of the areas that I'd like to get familiar with.

The demonstration you did from halfway through minute four was really useful; actually it reminded me of something Chic Corea would play... Thanks for the demo

[tashaffin]

WOW! This is the first time I've ever heard a useful explanation of mode. Thank you so much.

[cs.sia_music]

Informative on the application, thanks for sharing

[nedim_guitar]

The fish analogy worked fine for me. Great video, very helpful, even for me as a guitarist. Also, I recognized the Mixolydian right away. Nice!

[DrewMcConnellHelsinki]

The fish smell analogy worked perfectly. Subscribed 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[tlbkids]

Learning modes in this way and applying them to improvisation the way you do is infinitely more useful than how it is traditionally taught. Thanks for this. This is the first time I’ve seen you. I’m gonna subscribe and look for content on how you craft your improvised melodies. Quite brilliantly I might add.

[melvinyee]

I take lessons and have also watched a lot of videos regarding theory. I really love the content of this video and feel that you don’t have enough views and likes. This will surely benefit me for a long time~

[GiantAmoeba]

wonderful breakdown, thank you. This squared a lot of circles for me

[saarikivit]

Whoa! The vertical view of a chord blew my mind. From that point of view chords are just voices from scales and modes.