Learn the sound (phrygian, lydian, major, minor, mixo, etc.) and play it out of your head. It's very satisfying having your fingers just 'go where they know the notes are', and easy to transpose to other keys. I've got to the point where I actually hear the notes I want before I play them. Yes, it takes a while, and you may become better musicians following the normal course and paying attention to theory. I think I have developed what's called 'relative pitch', at least in the scale sense where I know the tone of the scale before I play it.
Your lessons are amazing, you have a natural ability to teach in an engaging and informative way. I've struggled with Theory my entire playing life - 40+ years! But, I'm finally beginning to see how all the modes work together now - thanks to you!
This video deserves thousand times more views and likes! Especially for the fact that most guitar player use 'minor pentatonic' scale. And he shows how to add the 'characteristic notes'. Awesome lesson.
Great lesson,but I think it would have helped me a little more if you mention the chords used in the backing track,that’s where it gets tricky for me because I can figure out the intervals but not as easy the relative chords, Thx
I love these modal lessons lately :) it is right where I am in my studies . Am I wrong to be practicing all my modes in just one key to get the concept and feel and difference of each one ? And than noticing the differences and exploiting those to get the flavour of each . I like the intervalic thought process of relating them all to a home pentatonic :)
Excellent lesson! Thank you sir. Will that concept work with Lydian and Mixolydian? If in a Lydian progression, moving up two frets and playing Mixolydian?
@@Wallimann thanks,should know about chromatics seeing as I am a classically trained trombonist,been trying to get the Django long chromatic run that finishes with one finger running up the e string forever on guitar ,it is practically impossible to do it on trombone lol
All of these YTbers talk about minor pentatonic scale as if it was "home" and thing that everyone feals the most basic and comfortable... Enyone like me feels much more comfortable with e.g. Aeolian than pentatonic?
Nice to know I'm not alone. I've never felt right trying to use just pentatonics. Dorian, Aeolian and Phrygian seem to be my comfortable spots but I tend to write darker sounding songs in general.