Unlock All the Modes: Master Them with This One Exercise 

In two years I'll be 60. I've been a working bass player for over 30 years and a carpenter for 40 years. I always thought it would be nice to retire from my day job at 60 and just pay the bills with my pension and my bass. This channel is helping that dream come to fruition (I'm gigging almost every weekend) Never too old to learn something new or just revisit the fundamentals. Seriously man, thank you. (edited for bad grammar lol)

I don't know how many people watching this channel have had the opportunity to take a private lesson from Rich, but I've got to point out how great he's gotten at making the content on here every bit as personal as the experience I had. keeping his mistakes in the video and laughing at himself, mixing up the modes, and just the way he talks to you. The only thing missing is a 10-minute conversation about Jimmy Haslipp. No other instructional Channel I've seen has come close to that, and while there is some great content out there, I really do think it matters.

You are my favorite teacher on the internet.

The only channel that I hit the like button immediately when the video starts. No need to wait cause the lesson is always on point! I honestly don't do that with anyone but The Brown Stone.

The modes and the understanding of them can truly change the way one can write music. Interesting and out-of-the-ordinary for sure, but fun when you articulate them accordingly. Cheers

This guy’s voice is so soothing that I use his tutorials to sleep!

This has easily helped me learn the modes and with how you described how to look at them as scales.. made all the difference. Appreciate you sir.

Rich you've done more to help me understand and utilize modes than anyone else, and I've been doing this a while. You're a heck of a teacher and one cool cat to boot.😎

This is peak Rich Brown cracking himself up (I'm in the club, too), and I'm here for it. Also, another clear and terrific lesson.

thththth....😀 I like the added bonus of learning the scale on one string up and down as well. Another great lesson!

Man, i just said "Nooooo! Do all the modes!' But what you said stuck with me. Just take my time, get the first two or three modes down THEN move on. I appreciate that! Thank you sir!

Thanks Rich, I love this, not only is it a great way to learn the modes and where the notes are on the neck, it also serves to help relate the notes musically. Peace and love.

awesome as always!

Your intro to modes video was a head slapper for me. Finally, modes are easy, none of that half tone full tone memorization i see everywhere else. Instead, expected simple minor scale and major scale on the diatonics, and memorizing one or two easy changes.yeehaw.

Super cool lesson Rich, Love the hidden lesson as well. The fact you embrace your mistakes and not gloss over them. I have struggled for years with the modes even now I’m in my 60s For me, this is the best way forward I think. Keep the content coming brother. Thank you🤙🏻👍🏾

Love your teaching, you did amazing job on making things simple. The pace of speaking is also super friendly for english as second language. Thank you Rich.

Thank you as always. 🙏🙏

Wow genius explanation! I'm just at the beginning of the video and I just understood how to play the six modes instantly with your formula. So simple I'm blown away, I'm excited to see the rest of the video. Thanks for sharing!

You have a huge gift for teaching . Thank you for this lesson : you make the modes crystal clear . Now I practice random modes with different roots ... wow , I have memorized them with no effort . Thank You !!!!

Nice timing on the "right up there", love your stuff RIch, this is exactly how I picture them and think of them interval values... cheers!

He's one of the best instructors for the way I process information!

love the new editing and advice!

You bring a lot of fun into your tutorials Rich, something perhaps a lot of teachers and players forget...Made me smile...! Nice Bass wishes, Simon

Thanks for another great lesson!!

I have always avoided the modes and i have no idea why. After doing this exercise for awhile I am so excited about how Much information this teaches in one exercise. And also disappointed i did not do this sooner LOL. Great lesson as always. Thank you sir.

Ty so much:) your lessons is the best! Very easily explained. saving for tonight

Perfect - Thank You So Much For Keeping This Tutorial Short And "Simple" - If You Had Asked Me If I Could Play From The 3rd Fret To The 11th Fret, NO Way - Yet, All Those Notes Are There As You Pointed These Out So Eloquently - Really Excited About The Next Two Modes To Master - Again , Congrats On The Subs Go Team Human , Cheers

Mr. Brown you are the best teacher! Your videos are so helpful thank you😎❤️

That is a great exercise! Thank you!

Superb video 👍. It really is a different way to look at this subject ...and a super "bass-y" approach to boot.

🤣so hillarious...rich.. you are the best and greatest teacher of all ! Tnx for everything . I will stay and follow your lessons and amaze my friends in the band!

Thank you Rich, practicing modes is very essential to master the fingerboard and shapes, I practice them all the time with my 6 string bass.

Wow thank you for this

Great Video. Thanks

You're my best teacher ❤❤

great exercise and easy to understand! cant wait to try it all on the G major scale

Excellent as usual your way of teaching n explanation.

Thanks!

Nice learning sir thanks very much

Great lesson

Love the little interlude 😄

Great lesson and exercise and a hilarious interlude, made my day, thank you very much as always 😂

Nice class!

Definitely gonna have to take this one piecemeal

Mr. Brown.... thanks for stopping by today. Great lesson ... you use the word "mussel memory".... Wow that put a lot of presure on me, but I can save this lesson to go back to.... Hey you the man..

Great vid as always! Anthony Wellington has a similar approach to this which totally blew my tiny mind… Such vital info

I think that this guy is secretly a comedian behind the scenes

I've always enjoyed practicing the modes more than the pentatonics.I like to go up one mode and back down another,and vice versa, moving them around the neck. Makes for creating some interesting,unusual sounding bass lines

Great way to view modes! This will help me

Lydian and locrian are my favorite modes.

Hi Rich. Interesting approach use ionian or major scale to figure out each tonal center. I was using the sixth or lydian of a minor scale. So a flat minor for the open e string(emajor) for example. Your approach simplifies it.

The intro is too good

amazing video as always, i know all the modes, but i don't know how to use them in a song for a lick, a fill or a groove, i use the Ionian or the Aeolian mode, and of course the major or minor pentatonic

Rich, I'm long time student of the instrument and yours. I truly appreciate your incredible skills. Lately I've been experiencing sound interruptions on my cable RU-vid viewing, quite irritating. Just a heads up yo.

Hello sir rich. Im number one fans here from philliphines. Can you make a tutorial video. About bass solo using pentatonic substitions to spice up our solos ideas. Thanks teacher rich.

I sat here with my bass on my lap cracking up on this one haha

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LOL (Aeolian) - but the exercise is excellent!

Thanks for this informative video. Now that we learnt them could you please make a video on how to apply them to a song eg a chord progression of 1 4 5 would be a good start

Hello Mr.Brown could you plz go over solid technique that every bass player should work on!!!

As always, brilliant. Thanks your your channel and your work. One question: I'd usually describe Dorian as "minor with ♮6", or "minor with natural 6th", not "minor with ♯6". Is that correct?

Hey, My last name is Brown too, I’m wondering if we are related 😅 I love music and I also play and started learning bass, I played the upright bass in high school but didn’t continue till now, I am really inspired and focus to achieve my uplifted determination effect when playing like healing me emotional and others when I reach that point of view 😊😅

"That's kind of the point." Yes.

So will that mean every key will have a different shape for their modes or it's just same as that of key c?

Rich, I'm a bit confused. I don't get why are we going to the higher 6th (E on 9th fret) and not the full 2nd octave? And how would I loop the exercise, should I go: G Ionian to the 6th, than back down to G, than move to A Dorian play it all the way to it's 6th (F# on the 11th fret), than back down to G, then start again from G (G-A) and continue with B Phrygian to it's 6th etc. At the end I should basically finish with playing the entire G Ionian on the E string and finish with higher octave G Ionian to it's higher 6th (21st fret G)? Sorry if the question is a bit confusing, but I think you'll understand. Also, one more thing, how to adapt it to starting on different strings? Also, if I play, for example B major and want to do it on the E string, should I start from the lowest note - F# Mixolydian? Thank you man, for all the great work helping all of us with no local teacher!

I Don't Particularly Like Modes A Lot How I finally learned the order 😊

It’s so funny when he forgets to put the link 😂

Noticing you don’t always alternate fingers on the right hand. Is it generally speaking wise to alternate fingers?

thanks man. I hear it, and feel it under the fingers, but if I am playing the same notes, different modes, what's the point? Always enjoy your stuff.😎

Hey Rich, when are you applying that A Dorian mode during a song? Are you applying it when the song lands on a Am chord, or can just just throw it into your chops when you feel like it? Thanks, and love your passion!

The Ionean sea outside the Dorian through which we see the Phrygian jam jar. We open the Lydian, to Mixolydian, and look for the Aolian, to Locrian out the Ionean sea outside the Door through which we see the Fig jam jar. We open the Lid, to Mix and look for the key Hole to Lock out The Ionean sea

So modes are kinda like roads . As long as you know where the roads go the names of said roads only mater when giving directions.

super helpful video for working with modes! I will say that aioli mode is my favorite on a nice panini...JK 😂

Brilliant. But I want you to make more mistakes, because that chord progression in the background is beautiful! Would love to see the notation. (or maybe I should do the unthinkable and just figure it out for myself…)

I only solo in super locrian

isn’t it easier to say that whatever major scale you are using, the modes use only the notes of that scale? ( if G is ionian, for example, then Dorian is just a G major scale starting on A…Phrygian is a G major scale starting on B, Lydian is G major scale starting on C…etc etc. the mode shapes are automatic)

Easy way to remember Ionian and Aeolian -- Aeolian starts with "A", the first letter of the alphabet, so it's *NOT* the first scale! Ridiculous, but that's why you'll remember it.

Not to confuse Dorian has a major 6 A flat 3rd and a flat 7th. D E F G A B C D 1 2 b3 4 5 6 b7 8 minor 3 minor 7

Please do a super long video. Scales are never boring. 🤎🧠

Great lesson! Could you do a lesson about how to get from intermediate bass player (stuck in one place practicing 2 octave scales, arepeggios, warm-up exercises, improvising and playing a bass line created on a fly to a backing track) to the advanced bass player and what to do, what to learn, what to practice, some theory to become advanced, some scale and arpeggio exercises but for the advanced bass player? IT WOULD BE SO COOL! And many people would benefit from this lesson. A genre playing lessons would also be GREAT for example how to play rock on bass, how to play metal on bass, how to play soul on bass, how to play motown on bass, how to play country on bass, how to play fusion (jazz-rock) on bass, how to play funk on bass and of course how to play jazz on bass guitar and how to start easily with walking bass lines and slowly become more fluent in playing walking bass (everything for intermediate/early advanced bass players) ! Could you please do lessons like this? It would be awesome! You are a great teacher and thank you for everything! I hope you will do lessons like these ideas I gave you in this comment. WE WOULD LOVE THAT! Greetings from Poland, Mike :)

😂😂🤣 yup I also say Ionian when I mean to say Aeolian All the dam time 🤣🤣😂🤘😊

Thanks!