Use the Phrygian Sound In your Songs 

Sean, you have literally taken the most elementary song, and made it a doctoral thesis! SMH Amazing!!

Good stuff 🙌🏾 I’ve never understood this mode really until watching this video. Thanks ‼️💪🏾

It not very often a video is posted and the message is delivered the way you delivered today....thanks bro. I will keep watching

Man, looking at this video. I have alot to learn in playing piano. You actually made me miss it alot. I have to make you be my music teacher. Love from 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

@2:07 - You suggest these are the same notes in an Ab scale, but it's actually the Db scale (With the Gb)

I love this sean

The best explanation on the use of the Phrygian Scale. This video offered clarity to something which I've always wondered. Thank you!

Wow amazing! That sounds great.

1:33 its a c major7 9 13 chord over the 13, so it can still be considered as a c but a slash chord or rootless. I think.

Great video! I've always heard this sound as more of a b2 Lydian rather than a b6 Phrygian. Thank you for the alternative perspective!

This was beautiful

Thanks senior Sean

you are one of my favorite pianist and a good teacher...greetings from El Salvador

Thanks boss.. got it. ❤️❤️❤️

what a nice idea that I have been realized

Where are you at the mode videos? I really learned a lot. Thanks.

yikes i wanna play that!

So helpful and insightful, also you have a beautiful sound and approach. ✊🏼

Can I please have the video link of the guy playing Total Praise at the beginning?

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Super interesting, seeing a lot of confusion in comments with lydian though and I think I know why. Coming from Jazz theory, all scales can be linked to chords, Dmin7 = D Dorian, G7 = G Mixolydian, Dbmaj7#11 = Db lydian etc. with the roots being the same. What I see you doing here is adding a passing chord (usually) between your V and I chords to end your song fluidly. This passing chord is a bIImaj7#11 (which looks like a LOT written like this haha) and your playing the scale linked to this chord, the lydian scale. So G7 - Dbmaj7#11 - Cmaj7. The Db lydian scale you're playing over that chord IS THE SAME as a C Phrygian scale, but coming from Jazz theory I see it as a lydian scale played over a Dbmaj7#11 passing chord, rather than C Phrygian over a Db bass note. You're not wrong, it's all just how we approach these things, but it took me a bit of time to fully understand what you were doing here - the effect (the main thing!) sounds awesome, have been wanting to know how to achieve this sound for a while, so thanks!

We call it the Jewish scale. So basically if want the "ancient, Jesus born in manger" sound, you do a modal interchange to a major 3rd down from original key (Db major scale) and the new b9 of the new mode (Gb) becomes the "4 chord" of the Db major to be the new home per se. Use on Easter and Christmas service, not only on the ending but also on intermittent cadences and bridges. Also movie scores, do this in an effective but cringy way

I really like the explanation but I am having a problem listening.. do you have reverb on your voice? I am only hearing it on your video

The scale at 1:59 and 2:13 is Locrian, not Phrygian.

Boss you made it simple with that technical eye

But how do you create the chords (that is technically in a different key but not in a different key)

Hmm isn't that the same thing as the triton substitution of C? When you ended the song on F#?

Sean is it the Gb or g?

1:55 Isn't that the C Locrian Scale you're playing instead of the C Phrygian Scale?

Sean - I’m always locked in to your vids all the way from UK, Reading. Too dope bro. What do you think of the intro to this song ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ei7Kt6TLtOw.html Would be awesome if you could break this down

Hard following you through this ....but okay ...