The 3 Modes MOST Guitarists Use MOST Of The Time 

This is the way

I reckon the major/Ionian is the absolute key to it all.

@@TheDanification So say we all! ;)

Does anyone really think here comes a Dminor, I should play Dorian and it is leading to a G, I need to switch to my Olympian, what a waste of mental energy, stick with the chords and the melody and yo will be just fine, Modes are BS,

@@waynehicks1969 It's not so much like that. The modes are more like "scale perspectives" that happen during "harmonic events". Yeah you can just improvise in the key that your in, but then you probably won't be considering the chord tones of the chord at the moment. Playing in the modes is kind of like "playing in a different key", only you're still in the same key, but considering everything in a different way. Hopefully, during practice, you won't just be "thinking about" all of this, but also hearing it too. THEN, hopefully, when you're actually performing your ears and hands will respond to all of this muscle memory you've built up. The modes aren't so much a conscious choice, more like in the "peripheral of your thoughts". Does that make sense? Modes are supposed to be "under the hood". Of course, if you can just play and sound awesome all the time, then who needs practice at all, just play! But it's obvious that modes are useful when a guy like Guthrie Govan is endorsing their use in practice routines.

I would like to enjoy anything as much as he seems to enjoy playing.

I was thinking the same thing.

edit: i need to learn the modes....

Completely accurate, yes. It's literally just one scale for all the modes; it's just a matter of placement. E phrygian is A minor over E , E mixolydian is F sharp minor over E, E lydian is A flat minor over E.....and so on.

@@yragnellaable guys, tht is a total misunderstanding of how modes are used. Tim's explanation is also wrong.

@@louiscyfer6944 Do you mean "used musically"? Then I suppose you're right. Otherwise they're completely right. They're parallel modes, just like C Major and A Minor are parallel, which means they're the same notes, just a different reference (bass) note. Of course the use for a C major, A minor or G mixolydian scale is very different, still its the same notes.

@@NormenHansen yes, musically..

@@louiscyfer6944 But musically the meaning of your C Major scale changes when you play an A Minor chord below. It's both right, just looked at from different angles.

Frank is a legend

That's exactly how I look at them too, because that's how they sound. If I think of them in their actual key it confuses me because that's not how they sound. He alludes to that when he says that G mixolydian is just really G blues. I look at things basically three ways, pure minor with no major 3, 6, or 7 notes, pure major, with no minor 3, 6, or 7, and dominant/blues, where everything works except the minor 6, and you can use the minor and major 3, and the minor and major 7, with the major 7 over the 5 chord only, because it's the 3 of the 5 chord. But, you can't use the minor 6 in blues, unless it's a minor blues, where it's the 3 of the 4 chord. Like he says when talking about blues, you can use major and minor pentatonic of the root in a major blues over all the chords, and you can also use the major pentatonic of the 4 chord over that chord, and the major and minor pentatonic of the 5 chord over that chord. Because I have limited chops, I play over the chords a lot to give me more melodic possibilities, and you can use a major pentatonic of the chord over any major chord, and a minor pentatonic of a minor chord over that chord, which is basically what Tim is doing here, just changing scales with the chords and playing over the chords.

Thanks I'll check it out!

Thanks. BTW the Ionian is the major scale.

You da real MVP. 😜

I guessed as much

Thank you

Not getting why the Aeolian is considered to be essentially the same scale. I see the meaning (and I use relative major / minor all the time) but the same applies to all the modes. Or am I missing something 🤔

Saw a great video recently using that very song, that very example

@@kidglove14 WOW, great!! Would you put the link here please? Love to see that. I've watch a Dave Brewster lesson on Alex's style but he didnt mention Between the Wheels (nice lesson btw).

@@glaucosouza1971 You bet bud! Go to the 14:43 mark for discussion on 3rds and Rush "floatiness". Michael Palmisano attempts to learn it live: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gElx2L1BamE.html

Also, brief mention of it at 9 min mark and then at 22:10 when he's breaking down solo

Yep... I feel the same way. I need the "for Dummies" version of this class.

@@bluegroove536 first just learn six of the seven. Three are major and three are minor. Can't use a pentatonic over the seventh mode.

Ah got it, it's in the masterclass. Definitely getting it.