6 Ways To Use Modes On Bass [Finally know what to do!]

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Learn six ways to add creativity to your playing whilst learning your craft. This music theory bass lesson shows you exactly how to use modes on bass guitar.
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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:07 What is a mode?
00:59 - Over chord progressions (e.g. ii V)
02:51 Funk bass playing (Dorian mode)
05:34 Blues bass (Mixolydian mode)
07:45 Borrowed chords from outside the key (e.g. Lydian over Major 7 chord)
10:30 Jazz bass playing (ii V I chord progression)
12:04 Write music!
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Комментарии : 83

@johnfosker7315 11 месяцев назад

Hi Dan haven’t commented for a little while but I must say you are an excellent teacher and the way you are on your videos still makes me feel like I am being taught by my best mate

@leoeyegenartig8473 11 месяцев назад

💯

@OnlineBassCourses 11 месяцев назад

Thanks so much, John. I don’t know anyone on the other end of the screen but I feel the same way!

@markkempster7367 8 месяцев назад

Wow, lightbulbs kicking off now. Will take time over this vid. Again, thank you for your service to the bass community Dan, legend!

@OnlineBassCourses 8 месяцев назад

Glad to hear about the 💡 moments! Thanks for your kind words. 🙏🙏

@fleaSP 10 месяцев назад

I'm starting to learn the modes within C major as a way to add more colors and variety to my playing, as well as expanding and connecting my fretboard knowledge. This video really helped a lot.

@OnlineBassCourses 10 месяцев назад

Glad it helped.

@warrenbutler7747 11 месяцев назад

Another great video Dan thank you 👍🤗

@wmkennard 11 месяцев назад

72.5, that's 1000s of views. Dan is the best Bass teacher and player on RU-vid. Ty Dan I'm slowly getting it as you said.

@OnlineBassCourses 11 месяцев назад

Thanks so much. There are hundreds of players better than me (many of them about 10 years old 😂) but I’m extremely happy to be a part of the wonderful bass community (as you are too).

@kevmac1230 11 месяцев назад

Another great lesson Dan! I love modes and you put them in a very easy to understand and fun way to add to ones vocabulary.Thank you for all you've given me over the years.

@OnlineBassCourses 11 месяцев назад

Really happy to hear that, Kev. Keep it up!

@paultraynorbsc627 11 месяцев назад

Thanks For Sharing Dan 🎸🎵🎶👍

@martin50715 11 месяцев назад

Very useful, practical and simple vídeo as always, Thank you Dan for this great info and playing as always

@OnlineBassCourses 11 месяцев назад

Thanks very much, Martin.

@user-wy5ff1tw9r 11 месяцев назад

Thank you for all your lessons. 🎉🎉🎉

@OnlineBassCourses 11 месяцев назад

My pleasure!

@zur13l13 9 месяцев назад

Dig this vid. Not only very clear and usable, but I also like the flavours you used. Cheers

@OnlineBassCourses 9 месяцев назад

Much appreciated!

@muslumaltay9033 11 месяцев назад

Thank you! With your videos I have the feeling, that I start to understand the modes. Also the pdf-sheets are helpful to practice and memorize!

@OnlineBassCourses 11 месяцев назад

Glad you like them!

@robertbasone7667 11 месяцев назад

Great job! Love your videos! 🔥💥🔥👑

@OnlineBassCourses 11 месяцев назад

Thanks, Robert! Really happy to hear that.

@Bodiddley788 11 месяцев назад

Man! What a great lesson!

@OnlineBassCourses 11 месяцев назад

Thanks very much!

@mikeh66 11 месяцев назад

Dorian mode for Funk, Got it!

@moshikomio 11 месяцев назад

the best bass chanel

@OnlineBassCourses 11 месяцев назад

🙏🙏🙏

@rossco420 11 месяцев назад

Great lesson Dan, 🔥🔥👌🏽

@OnlineBassCourses 11 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@pierpimpi 11 месяцев назад

Great lesson!

@OnlineBassCourses 11 месяцев назад

Glad you liked it!

@MC-qe5qb 11 месяцев назад

Thanks Dan, another great vid

@OnlineBassCourses 11 месяцев назад

My pleasure!

@badcatsgetdissolved4506 8 месяцев назад

such a good lesson bro thank you

@OnlineBassCourses 8 месяцев назад

My pleasure!

@1234drums 11 месяцев назад

You are very good at teaching, Sir. Thank you ❤❤❤❤

@OnlineBassCourses 11 месяцев назад

You are most welcome

@lauriecremore5601 11 месяцев назад

Hi Dan... I used to be in a blues band.. some years ago.. now I'm 70+ and getting the spark back.. am looking to buy a 3/4 bass.. Must say the two books of yours.. will give me a lot to chew on.. So great to come across your teachings. Nice one. 🎶👏

@OnlineBassCourses 10 месяцев назад

Thanks so much. Great to hear the spark’s back!

@lauriecremore5601 10 месяцев назад

Well, it should have read... Short scale, to make life a bit easier of handling. 👌

@nikolasmareske1200 11 месяцев назад

Hi Dan!Thanks for the great lesson!I practice the modes a lot but never really got why or what to do with them….Now you opened up a hole new world for me!!Thank you so much for it!!!Unfortunaly I don‘t have bass with me on my vacation …Cheers Niko

@OnlineBassCourses 11 месяцев назад

Glad it’s a bit clearer! You can try it out when you get back. Have a great vacation.

@mikeh66 11 месяцев назад

@ 12:30, that E Dorian was particularly "Good Times" by Chic!

@AlexandarShmex 11 месяцев назад

That phrygian dominant line sounded a lot like Opeth/Tool/Porcupine Tree :) As always, minimal filler, all great content. The lesson taught me that I dont need to chase the scale tonic. For example, I'd play one mode starting on E string, but instead of playing my next mode on the higher string, I'd go for it on the E string, playing horizontally instead of vertically... Time to practice. Thank you Dan.

@OnlineBassCourses 11 месяцев назад

Thanks very much. Yes, do explore the shapes and patterns all over the neck. The intervals are the same between the different notes as are the sounds. That exploration will open a lot of doors for you.

@paultraynorbsc627 11 месяцев назад

Thanks

@OnlineBassCourses 11 месяцев назад

Thanks so much, Paul!

@user-ft7nj3us9l 6 месяцев назад

Hello, Dan! Thank you for lessons! Can you also please remind me what bass guitar you use in this video? 🙏🙂

@OnlineBassCourses 6 месяцев назад

My pleasure! 1982 Ibanez Roadster with DiMarzio DP126 pickups

@jakeski6488 7 месяцев назад

Oh snap he gets groovy at 3:06

@benh7297 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for the great video 😃 Something that's been confusing me, how do the diatonic chords fit in with modes?

@OnlineBassCourses 11 месяцев назад

Thanks! Download the free PDF that comes with this lesson (link in description). You build a mode on each different degree of the scale. Then, the diatonic chords are built from those modes. So they fit very closely! That’s the magic (or part of it anyway).

@garymulter1571 11 месяцев назад

Always good Dan. You mention 21 modes. I'm familiar with 7: Ionian, Dorian, etc. Can you do a lesson explaining what the other 14 modes are? Here I am thinking I know the modes yet I only know 1/3 of them.

@OnlineBassCourses 11 месяцев назад

Check this out: onlinebasscourses.com/lessons/theory/bass-guitar-modes/

@RobWood-gi8ly 11 месяцев назад

Dan, Just curious about you Ibanez bass. Can you share more about it. What year, what you did to it. What year. Maybe how you found it.

@OnlineBassCourses 11 месяцев назад

I actually made a couple of videos on it. Here’s the first: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_eGPEX7bEQ4.html It’s a 1982 Ibanez Roadster with DiMarzio DP126 pickups

@piopio3288 5 месяцев назад

It was like meeting Morpheus.. I'm aware of what I hear now.. 😎

@OnlineBassCourses 5 месяцев назад

😂🙏👍

@Bodiddley788 11 месяцев назад

Dan, can some notes in the different modes be mixed and matched?

@OnlineBassCourses 11 месяцев назад

Since all the modes from the same key share exactly the same notes, yes you can. If you use a different mode from the same key, you’re using the same notes just starting from a different place. That can sound great. E.g you’re in E Minor and it’s an E Dorian situation. Play G Lydian and you’re starting E Dorian from the 3rd note. You do not need to over analyse like that though! Just play the notes and if that sound good…carry on!

@kevb6313 5 месяцев назад

So have I got this right, if the song was in the key of D then that would be the Ionian, E therefore Dorian etc & presumably C being Locrian? Not able to watch the whole vid yet so soz if that’s explained or is it just those specific modes work with each of those specific chords

@OnlineBassCourses 5 месяцев назад

It would be C# Locrian since that’s the seventh note (not C natural). You’ve got it otherwise!

@kevb6313 5 месяцев назад

Thanks, I’ll watch thoroughly when I can

@alexm4104 5 месяцев назад

Maybe a stupid question, I can move this mode on other notes, for example i can sound C Lydian or B Mixolydian ?

@OnlineBassCourses 5 месяцев назад

Yes! You just move the pattern to a different root note and you’re playing the same mode but on a different note.

@alexm4104 5 месяцев назад

@@OnlineBassCourses thanks

@KirkDickinson 11 месяцев назад

Did you say 21 modes? 7 diatonic modes, 7 modes of harmonic minor, 7 modes of melodic minor, 5 pentatonic modes, and once you get past those, I there are a lot more modes of all the weird scales. What are your 21 modes?

@OnlineBassCourses 11 месяцев назад

7 harmonic, melodic, and major scale modes. Those are the main ones but there are others.

@stevewilson6352 11 месяцев назад

Hey Dan, I Don’t Play Like Mister Abe Laboriel…

@OnlineBassCourses 11 месяцев назад

Is that a song or a statement?

@johnnyappleseed5029 11 месяцев назад

Got a serious question for anyone who'd like to answer. I struggle with why modes are worth the time and effort it takes to learn tnem. Aren't ear training combined with learning shapes and intervals more practical? Thanks

@AlexandarShmex 11 месяцев назад

Both are, and the video answered your question: different scales/modes evoke different moods.

@OnlineBassCourses 11 месяцев назад

It isn’t a case of one thing or another. What you mention is incredibly important and useful. But it doesn’t mean that modes aren’t. I use modes and scales with shapes and intervals. It’s all relevant. And, you’re right, it is effort. But it’s worth putting the effort in. It all becomes clearer when you do. You see the connections much better and it all becomes a lot easier.

@silencedones4421 11 месяцев назад

When I first started playing modes (scales within scales) I thought it was pointless at first. Then I realized it wasn't the notes I was retaining it was the patterns and by knowing the patterns I had a huge variety of notes available without thinking about it. Everything on the bass is a puzzle of patterns that work anywhere on the neck. When you first start you just hear the simple do re mi... Over and over until you think you are about to go insane. All of a sudden the notes will no longer be just a sound it will have a melodic tone that you build from. At first you just hear noise. Time is the only thing you can offer the guitar that it will accept. I spent weeks playing just one mode over and over until it was embedded in my brain of that pattern that I could make multiple bass lines just from one mode. Then I would take on a new mode to not overwhelm myself. You will never learn everything on the guitar so learn your style and what you want to learn but stay solid on all techniques because one day you will need a unique sound to cut through the mix without sounding muddy and a good picking or slap technique might give you that sound needed for just that one song. There will be moments you feel in a rut playing the same thing over and over. Stay consistent and your mind will open new doors you never knew possible. Good luck friend and hope something shared helps. I remember the frustration like it was yesterday.

@silencedones4421 11 месяцев назад

To put playing guitar into a visual understanding use math as an example. If you never knew math (guitar) (addition, subtraction, multiplication etc.) You would first have to learn about numbers (notes + a little music theory ) once you understand how numbers work you can add them subtract them divide them or multiply them. No different than a guitar. Understanding the notes are your goal. What tools are available to putting those notes on the fretboard in a way you can understand it with "patterns". Just an analogy I remembered that helped me a lot to understanding music better.

@landonp4726 День назад

Why would you need to memorize modes if the key signature is the same? Couldn’t you just emphasize the 2 when the D minor is playing or the 5 when the G Major is playing since it’s all gonna be the notes of C Major anyway?

@OnlineBassCourses День назад

You can do that, yes. Whatever works for you! I find it useful to learn all the modes though because it’s quicker in the long run and I can just go to it immediately without having to work out the original key. One is called the parallel and one is called the derivative approach.

@landonp4726 День назад

@@OnlineBassCourses but are you actually learning another scale if it’s just a subset of the C Major scale? Why wouldn’t you just play the C Major scale and use the 2 as the priority note?

@OnlineBassCourses День назад

I think of it as another scale as the interval formula is different from the parent scale as is the chord and the sound.

@landonp4726 День назад

@@OnlineBassCourses yea I guess it is a good way to memorize the interval formula or chord tones for that particular mode/shape instead of deriving it from the C Major scale

@neilbarnett3046 Месяц назад

Dan, this is good, but please, from an experienced teacher (20 years of science, chemistry, maths and computing) don't confuse "the best way to explain it..." with "here's a C major scale", that is, don't say you're going to EXPLAIN and then do an EXAMPLE. Examples are NOT explanations. Anyway, I think I need a simpler explanation, I still don't get it.

@OnlineBassCourses Месяц назад

Neil. My way of teaching is not going to resonate with everyone. It’s probably a bit like your teaching too. You can’t reach every single student and that’s ok. With 20 years of experience in those tough subjects you’ll understand this eventually with no problems. It’s not difficult. You can check out some of my other videos or just search for another.