wow i thought i knew the modes back and forth. watching him move through each in the same key was eye opening. same w/ how he explains moving a similar progression through maj to min.
Ionian, aeolian, and Phrygian are the only modes I really use with intention. The other modes don’t really stand out much for me. Phrygian is nice for about 3 minutes before it becomes predictable. Aeolian is where I spend most of my life as a guitarist.
Satch got me into using the modes constantly. even when i'm playing other regular scales as long as I know what key the song is in I know safe places to land my fingers ^_^ I really love Lydian personally. Phrygian has it's place but your right it does sound a lot a like - it's basically middle eastern sounding every time xD. I'd rather play the spanish gipsy scale over that one cus its more sad and less tense.
When it comes to the modes the only to remember them is to associate some song that uses one. Otherwise, you just noodle through them and only get a slight vibe from them.
I'm a long-time Satriani fan. Much of my own playing is derived from him. However, I am disappointed that a player like him, with such harmonic and melodic richness hasn't played more complex music in recent years. I miss some of earlier Satch style.
Daniel Verberne me too. His latest stuff is thin and shit. Often he sounds like he’s making music for you to listen to when you’re buying a shower. Eg Littleworth Lane.
Next time you change the strings, block the bridge, set the spring tension, and tune until its at the tuning you want, and repeat the process until the bridge is level with the body when working with floating tremolo systems. Once the bridge is level and the tension is equal between the strings and springs with the guitar in tune. The block should fall out naturally, and you can then tighten the locks on the nut. Make sure to stretch the strings before locking the nut.
There is actually very less memorization. If you know one major scale pattern, you can play all the modes in all keys. Understanding the underlying concepts is very important.
He knows his stuff, I know what he means, but...he is not the best teacher at all, at least not from this outtake. No offense, he sounds good and seems nice.
@@EclecticEssentric most high end guitarists teach like this, at the kind of "guru" level advice because they're making videos for guitar magasine or whatever so they give general advice, music philosopgy rather than music theory. they're also often expected to ellaborate specifically on their own playing, rather than trying to give specific tutoring to the student. ie. they're not trying to replace your guitar teacher. i used to struggle with this when i first started. all the material i got from my guitar idols wasn't actually all that helpful, lol. this is still an interesting discussion of the modes and how satriani uses them though. for example, the advice about learning the intervals of the modes and their "feel" (by voice), rather than the particular fingering, is great advice.
