Basic Jazz Music Theory: Scales in C : Locrian Musical Scales with Root of C: Part 1

[ryan0reese]

This is a Lorian mode. One way to think of it is half-whole-whole-half-whole-wh­ole-whole. It's the same as playing a major scale but the tonic is the 7th, or Lorian degree. Thus it uses all the same notes as the C# major, which has 7 sharps, but the tonic of the scale is the seventh degree instead of the first.

[Brucy6666]

Since when did Expert Village employ people with downs?

Oh yea.... in every single one of their videos....sigh

[loud1evgpodr]

he is troll )

[IIISanCHEZYIII]

that keyboard is pissing me off

[rainbowstarfield]

horrible teacher

[juniorbabla2001]

good.

[Flaitesexy]

U SUK

[Kingpin0072001uk]

wait........... what?

Key of C, Locrian mode just means that you start on the B I thought?

C - Ionian

D- Dorian

e - phrygian

f- lydian

g-mixolydian

a - aeolian

b - locrian.

I'm so much more confused now. why hit the sharps? I thought you'd use the same notes within the key of C but just start on "B" ....... sooooo confused

[deluxmaster]

@Kingpin0072001uk

hey, I made the same mistake of thinking about it earlier.

"Key of c, locrian mode just means you start on B" is wrong. a c locrian scale starts from c and is built like a scale from b to b with just white keys(means c scale). do you understand now?

[Jmarrero2525]

@Kingpin0072001uk That's only if you're in the key of C Ionian...you can have E Ionian as well..or any key. The the names Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixoliday, Aeolian and Locrian are actually just names for the degrees of the scale...So if you you have Ionian as any key, then the second would be Dorian...and so on...Like the C to D or A to B....if you're in the key of C, then the second is D...if you're in the key of A, the second is B. If you're in Ionian then Dorian is the second

[olflatop]

This guy's a good teacher. I wish I could subscribe, but it's mixed in with all that other expertvillage stuff. Too bad.

[krispig123123123]

Why do you but flats behind the notes when you already put it by the G claf :S your C flats is going to be a C then :S because you dubble lower it :S thats really bad for being a good musician.

[billythehelper]

The sound of the Rhodes is distant and clunky but the videos are very helpful. Thanks for posting them.

[Jkove]

hahha why do you write the accidentals down on the score when you have the key signatures written down alr?

[MrGptreviews]

i wish this cat could do as good a job as austin mcbride does. get your shit together man!

[GhostGuitars]

@MrGptreviews Yeah that guy is my hero

[Soapface]

it explained the scale but did not demonstrate the practicality of the jazz theory at all.

[Drawthemoral]

@Soapface Once you know the scale, you can build chord progressions from it. From the chord progressions you can improvise solos and melodies...and from those solos and melodies, you create songs. Even for non jazzers, you can still use the modes to enhance your songwriting. There are TONS of examples in pop/rock music of Ionian, Aolian, Dorian and Mixolydian scales and derivative chord progressions. Once you understand the modes and how they interact with the major scale, you can go anywhere.

[DeezNutzNurJaw]

stop showing off your fingering

[yoyoman0]

its called a fender rhodes its very rare

[MarcusWrit]

hahah you're a dick but that was a funny comment.

[6Pagan6hate6]

Wouldn't an expert have a better instrument ? We can hear the plastic of the keys...

[yoe91]

yeah he uses the worst possible effect. Completely blurry and distant...fun videos though.

[liannedabethovenic]

@6Pagan6hate6 thats a fender rhodes, a very rare instrument...

[Yimmery]

Locrian has a flat 7. You dont need to ad the flats as accidentals in the stave if the Dflat key signature already indicates the notes.

[shubus]

Meanwhile, I'm still waiting for someone to say why the Lorican mode is useful, when it's root chord is a diminished chord.

[slyglen]

@shubus

Because it's fucking badass and sounds good when a skilled artist uses it.

[lideemer]

You should use either accidentals OR the key signature-not both!

[bfiorvante]

that would be the phrygian mode

[oregonskateok]

Phyrgian doesn't have a diminished fifth. A halfd iminished seventh chord has a minor seventh. There is no such thing as a regular seventh. This video doesn't explain how to use locrian mode at all, good luck finding one that does, people have a pretty bad understanding of modes in general.

[bfiorvante]

are you a guitar player or a piano player?

[oregonskateok]

I play both pretty evenly.

[pmasta333]

actually its like a phrigian mode and a diminished scale phrigian is the second mode and has a faltted 2nd and a diminished scale has a flat five

[stepminestepminestep]

@pmasta333 that made no sense and you spelled Phrygian wrong. Phrygian would be 3rd mode to maj(ionian) and to the locrian would be 4th. I would have mentioned also, sense we are on the subject of the PhrYgian mode, that you can use that over a major pedal like Dimeola uses and it sounds great although there is no maj 3rd built from it.

[pmasta333]

@stepminestepminestep dued youre an asshole i just fucked up the spelling. and locrian is def the seventh mode of the major scale. i was just saying locrian is almost the same idea as phrygian if you just use the fifth as the root its basically the same except natural minor based instead of harmonic minor.

[pmasta333]

@stepminestepminestep yea i fucked up on that comment im just one of those people who knows the theory in my head i just mess up writing it down if i dont have the piano in front of me to make sure.

[pmasta333]

@stepminestepminestep yea i was juat learning modes then i get it alot bettter though now. its just scales i already know. with different roots than usual

[pinksynth]

@stepminestepminestep I have way better stuff to do than argue on the interweb, but…yeah, if you're going to be a smartass and correct people, you probably shouldn't mistake the Locrian for the Lydian, which are, accidentally speaking, the two furthest scales from each other.

[vagweside86]

thanks for these videos.. i'm good at music theory when written but when i apply it in piano.. i suck big time.. don't know why.. thanks a lot..

[gingervytis]

Just watching that spongy Rhodes action makes my hands hurt. I had one and hated it.

[eerieyellowlights]

lol, that's funny you write you key signature backwards... to each his own i guess!

[cacho29mx]

Help I got a flat scale, any one have a jack :)

Actually this is the only I really just couldn't make sense of, thanks for this vid !!!

[alistdirector]

how come most guys who know advanced theory inside out can't write a song to save their life?

[unibomber111]

thats a false statement.

[Jazzper79]

Let me give you another tip to get how this scale is played, instead of thinking af half step up -- think Db major scale played from the c. Think that is a more easy way to learn it.

[FarrSight]

Sounds as unstable as I thought it was going to be

[mayorde18]

i think this guy is talking bullshit... i didn't hear any fifth altered.. wtf

[rugdoctor]

He does play the flat 5th, the scale is correct.

The title is a bit misleading. The Locrian mode of C is B Locrain, this is being built as though D# were the root.

[mayorde18]

actually I understanded what he was talking about right after posting... when he talks about the altered fifth, actually he was talking about the dominant of the VII note (wich is the VI in the Major scale) and he plays a Dominant chord with F,C#(alt, since the fifth of F is actually a C) and Eb (skipping the third, an A), and then he plays the VII Bb-7 ... in other words, he does V/VII(5+) and then VII

sorry my english!!!

[oncelosthorizon]

Awesome!

[saxophonetim]

uhhhh you wrote the key signatue the wrong way around!!

[legato29]

does it matter as long as it is the same in the end?

[saxophonetim]

well is it so hard to write key signatures the right way around like everyone else in the world does?