Guitar Lesson 2 "The Dorian Mode"

[dirkmcgurk49010]

i'd say the dorian is probably my favorite mode. the raised 6th makes it really pop

[tommy8247]

@dirkmcgurk49010 Dorian is flat3 flat7 not raised 6

[GasparXR]

@tommy8247 He meant raised 6th from a minor scale. But yes, it is flat3 flat6 from as major scale

[zezimadude13]

@berlits well not in the grand scheme of things. However, learning the positions is the first step towards using the modes fluently in your playing. Without knowing the positions, you could never use them to spice up your playing.. EVER! haha :)

[ozzy358]

F# not E# :)

[FenixiaDuo]

Instead of saying the "one and a two and a" pattern, why don't you just say it's in Triplets, or 16th note Triplets? cause that's what they are.

[ZombieUnderground69]

man those strings are loud...

[BellumSacrumBellum28]

Robert, I want to get this straight. Originally in lesson One,we started the major scale(Ionian) in G,and the key of G has one sharp(F#),GABCDEF#. Now,we are building the next scale starting on the second note of the original GMajor scale, which begins on the A note.Since we now start on the A note, do we call this scale A Dorian, even though initially we began in G Major? Meaning A Dorian scale is now the VERY SAME NOTES as in G Major, only starting and ending in a different pattern (ABCDEF#G)?

[darkoanton5]

@BellumSacrumBellum28 Yes. But, I think people get obsessed with the scales and forget about the chords. Everything relates to the chord that your playing over which is why knowing the arpeggios is probably more important.

[gerwinong]

thanks for the great lesson. I 'm just a biginner and I'm a little bit confuse. Withs all the notes that you gave, what key are you on? Assuming you are in the Phrygian mode and you got someone palying rythm, what chord should the other person be on?

thanks

[bmr21021975]

@gerwinong HE IS IN KEY OF G

[bandroom03]

Dude , such a good method to train the speed and scales , modes

[guiterry]

Good stuff man. I'm completely self taught and I've been playing by ear for YEARS. But I've gotten stagnate because I think I've gone as far as I can go as a self taught guitarist. After looking at a few of your vids, I realize I need learn theory and scales to get to the next level. THANKS FOR THE POST!

[lefthandedguitar]

same here, but only 2 years until I found this.

[nickish77]

Damn smart people

[ajatkinson2004]

If you wanna learn to be technical, you do need theory! Theory helps a ton with composing too...

[TheBJKiD]

Explain the modes in theory Im studying some theory, I know major, minor, harmonic minor modes/scales but I dont know dorian, and the rest what would the theory be?

[andrwrhds21]

Think of it this way, we have the Major and Minor scales, but they are actually just 2 parts of a large set of "scales" which we call the modes.

There are seven of these in order, Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, and Locrian.

Ionian is exactly the major scale, just by a different name. Aeolian is the same as the minor scale, just with a different name. So if you know major and minor you already know 2 of the modes.

[andrwrhds21]

Let's Start from the first mode, Ionian or Major. We will use C major which we now know is also C Ionian. It has no flats or sharps, its notes are C D E F G A B C.

Now lets compare it to D Major, which has 2 sharps, D E F# G A B C# D. These two scales D Major and C Major will have the same "sound", D will simply sound slightly higher since its starting a whole step up.

But what if we took the C Major (Ionian) scale, but instead of starting it on C we started on the next note, D?

[andrwrhds21]

Our notes would be D E F G A B C D....not the same as C Major, but not the same as D Major either, as we saw earlier.

We are now playing in D Dorian. This is because we are taking a note (C) and playing off the 2nd note of the scale, which is D.

If we were to take C Major and start on the 3rd note of the scale (E), we would be playing in E Phrygian.

The 4rth note would be F Lydian, the 5th G Mixolydian, the 6th would be A Aeolian, the 7th would be B Locrian.

[andrwrhds21]

Each of these have a different "sound" than the Major scale and are to be used in different ways. If you are already familiar with Minor scales, then you know that each Minor has a relative Major. In our key of C Major (Ionian), our relative Minor is A. This because A is the 6th note of C Major, and the 6th note of a major scale is its relative.

Notice that the Aeolian mode is based off the 6th note of the Major scale as well....this is why Minor and Aeolian mode are synonymous.

[andrwrhds21]

If you were to take each of these modes and compare them to the major scale and minor scale which we already know you will find that there are two "major " modes, and 3 "minor" modes. I could go on for a long time about why these are what they are, and how it affects things, but if you want to just know how to play them then think of it this way..

Lydian is the exact same as a Major scale, except the 4th note of Lydian is sharpened, or raised a half step (1 fret).

[andrwrhds21]

Mixolydian is the same as a Major scale, except the 7th note is flattened, or lowered a half step (1 fret).

Dorian is a Minor scale with a sharp 6.

Phrygian is a Minor scale with a flat 2

and Locrian is a Minor Scale with a flat 2, and a flat 5.

So just take the major and minor patterns you already know, and adjust them as said.

[andrwrhds21]

Knowing the modes, and using them well are two completely different things btw...It may only take you a few days or weeks to get all the patterns down on the fretboard, but understanding how they work and change things takes much more work...message me if you want to know more.

[Vladiniho]

teach me!!!:DDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[ConstantineGuitar]

This guy picks really loud

[Boritosai]

IT's not about the theory

[Tomgrandelf]

where is his hair?

[emmallica]

behind him

[Tomgrandelf]

lol

[Tuscopa]

:):):)

[DarkMedievalTimes1]

i'd say it's under his hat...

[bylcote]

your tuning is e flat

[themarzvolta2112]

youre lessongs ar cool but hard to play along to when youre not in tune

[illucid1982]

great lesson... many speed and dexterity exercises aren't focused on scales and modes(that i've seen) more chromatic or unexplained legato or stacatto or alternate picking styles with no explained root.

[TheBrownTrooper]

Yeah I realized that too! I like these lessons :)

[smartonevonda]

fast and clean~!

[huyiy]

best teacher ive seen on youtube... and ive checked out a lot of highly rated youtube teachers, and this guy is much better at explaining...

[rolibrother]

Cool! I've never seen this kind of picking technique before. You are moving only you thumb up and down, no wrist movement at all.

[RedLion502]

Yeah that's called alternate picking. it's good for speed and fluidity in solos and stuff.

[thuglyfe91332]

well a lot of people more their wrists when they alternate pick too lol

[RedLion502]

Really? i didn't know that! lol

[musicprodave]

Great lesson

[JazzGuitarist2007]

dude you are a great teacher and a master guitarist thanks for teaching me.

Thank you so much for this lesson you are no officially my guitar teacher on youtube

[khbgkh]

and why did i get this comment?

[mooch666]

great player and great lesson but i hate his vibrato

[thunderinblack]

dorian is great because you can use it in a very similar postition to pentatonics and use it in place of pentatonic scales in a solo where the natural minor wouldent work in the song

[khbgkh]

argh i can almost keep up

[estring777]

This is not how to play Dorian. This is G Major in the fifth position. You have to explain the relationship between the mode and its chord. In this case Amin7th would be an obvious choice. Simply running through some 7note patterns is not playing a mode.

[ArmTheHomeless86]

Um, the dorian scale is (in terms of notes) 1st, 2nd, flat 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and flat 7th, so technically this is right.

[estring777]

True..but you have to have a harmony attached to it. If you play this enough over and over its going to sound like G major..because it is. You need underlying chords. He is showing positions which in way is a start but he should explain the application as well.

[ArmTheHomeless86]

I agree I kind of wish these lessons explained more of how to use the modes, rather than just showing them and giving shred exercises.

[dondeestasquenoteveo]

Agreed. It's all about the arrangement. But remember modes are nothing more than the same scale beginning and ending in a different degree.

[estring777]

INcorrect...thats how you get the notes of the mode only...but not how you use a mode. It dosent matter what note you start or end on. Only the notes you USE.

[FIM2k7]

pretty cool

[commonmisconceptions]

If that says gibson on the tress bar... which is a bit blurred.... your gibson may be fake...

[NumbNutz12000]

What about the $50,000 worth of equipment behind him? is that fake too?

[xxpoisexx]

Hahahahaha, word.

[NumbNutz12000]

Oh and by the way, what the hell is a stress bar? I think you're the fake.

[socerkid279]

ur retarted u have no clue what the hell ur talking about ~tard

[automaton5]

It says "Standard". Gibson printed that on the truss rod covers of some of their Les Paul Standards-not sure if they do it anymore.

[AmericanScamp]

Great player....keep up with the the NOTES....NO TAB..force todays guitarists learn music!  NOT TABS. Tabs are the 'lazy' way to learn. If you learn to read music you'll be able to write for any instrument!

GREAT LESSON!!!

[khbgkh]

actually tabs are very useful for music with lots of position shifts and things like that. but i know how to read to and i agree that it is very useful

[mattmosher96]

lol it would be so much easier for him to say tab rather than notes lol

[NumbNutz12000]

If you're looking for easy just throw your guitar away and buy a tabourine now.

[MusiciansQuarters]

Beautiful Les Paul!!

[zoso11]

spot on, this is how lessons should be rather than over complicating things with more talking then playing.

[dadodoido]

execelente explicação otima!!!!