I've had modes explained to me a few times before, but never in such an easy to understand way as what you just did. It was practical and not bogged down with theory.
I couldn't help but hear "can't stop" out of that opening piece of the riff lol. Great riff though. Also, a fantastic explanation of mixolydian. I think it's the best explanation I've heard of it yet. Thanks a bunch!
Hey Mark! What's your favourite mode? Mines always been Locrian mode as it makes for odd sounding Riffs and if it's also in an odd time signature then you sound both wierd and original.
Mark you are awesome! This lesson has answered SO many questions for me on how modes are used to make riffs. Now you should do some lessons on how to find the modes used in popular songs,
Thanks Mark ! U r @ the Best out of ur goodness. It would be much better if u include the harmonised infrastructure of the mode. Although the lesson is cherry on The top ! Thanks Again !
Hi Mark, can you please do more individual Mode videos on some of the other Modes? I’m trying hard to keep them all in my head by repetition. Thanks for all you do
My advice how to remember Mixolydian and Doubleharmonic Scales: 1.)Mixolydian Scale - begining of the Pizzigoni's: Light and Shadow valse-mussete, 2.)Doubleharmonic Scale - Dick's Dale - Misirlou ("Pulp Fiction" or "Taxi" OST).
Hi Mark ( trying to bend my head around it all, as you said in your lessons .. maybe over thinking . Or am I getting it ?? ) If your jamming / making a song In 2 5 1 progression in C Is it the Dorian / mixo / Ionian scales patterns What you would use ?? Any notes within those modes. Or just a major scale pattern starting from E G C ( 2 5 1). Regards. Gary
I actually know my modes pretty well but I never know when to use which. When coming up with a bassline over chords I tend to think in modes but can I actually assign one or more chords to a certain mode? After searching around I find a mode that fits but I don't want to go through the different scales every time. It would be easy if when someone told me the chord I could immediately tell which mode to use instead of just lining out the chord itself. Hope this makes sense haha
The standard Greek modes (Ionian etc) were derived from the major scale but that has nothing to do with their application. Modes are used for composition in the same way as a major or minor scale. We don’t say we’re in C major when we write a piece in D Dorian. It’s dorian. The problem a lot of musicians face is seeing modes as being derived from a parent major scale and then assuming they’re ways of moving around that key.
It's an ibsnez SR, I'm not sure The EXACT model, all Sr's have similar looks, the electronics are just a bit different, SR is short for Sound gear, btw Ibanez sound gear
When I was trying to get my head around modes, one of the things that confused me was the way that the tutor used the word scale and mode interchangeably. May I respectfully suggest that you try being more careful in this respect.
Modes are scales. That's the problem. A bigger problem is that people assume a mode is related to a major or minor key, eg. modes of the major scale. But that isn't the case. It just so happens that there are 7 modes that DO relate to the major scale and they are by far the most common in regular use. But modes aren't simply derived from a major or minor scale. To understand modes you simply have to think about the musical application of the term 'modality'. The best definition for that comes from Persichetti: "A central tone to which other tones are related can establish tonality and the manner in which these other tones are placed around that central tone produces modality". From that perspective the terms mode and scale ARE interchangeable but mode is more applicable when dealing with the practical use and characteristics of the scale. To that end, all scales have a modality. Messiaen's modes of limited transposition are a good example of this. They are not related to any other major or minor scale. I say this because the common misconception is that modes are scales built from another scale (starting on a note other than the tonic of that master scale) .
