This is a great lesson. Thinking in thirds is what helped me with the modes. I hope you have music of your own that I can listen to, I really liked the backing tracks and your style of playing.
I've noticed that the bullshit scam artist types have way more views. This is the best content I've seen on you tube and it's way less popular than the garbage.
I think if you add the fourth to these Locrian arps you get the modal pents that David talks about in another lesson. and conversly, if you take the fourth away from the modal pents, you get these Locrian arps.
Man, your improvisation is masterful! Outstanding picking technique also. To my ears you are up there with Quayle, Hutchings, Graham, and all those UK fussion guitar players (that´s where they are from if I´m not mistaken). Is also great that you get rid of all the flashy bits (at least in this demonstrarion). Cheers!
Really helpful, I knew the theory but great to see your approach to its application. Can the m7b5 arpeggio be used in combination with other arpeggios as well as scale modes?
@TheMikeWatson666 Major7 arps sound very nice along with the locrian arps, just a different kind of "outside". For A locrian try Eb and/or Bb Major7 arps. These arps will contain only the notes of the mode scale, just like the locrian arps.
hi, very intersting and usefull, thanks very much, as i see this way of use the locrian is like using and seven minor chord arpeggio, for example in A dorian you can think in d7/9 arpeggio, without playing the root (D) I think this can help in memorizing the lesson, thankyou again, I suscribed!
Your teaching methods are brilliant. Very easy to learn from. I've never really experimented with the Locrian Mode until now. Thanks a lot! I subscribed!
Hello Walliman: just found you, very glad I did! I play violin & guitar but it's violin I love. I just realized I can do these locrian arps, although I've been thinking of them as minor 6 arps for quite a few years, and they appear to be exactly the same thing. What a great surprize! and now I now how to apply them over these 4 modes. Thank You!
Also, I was doing Cmaj7 arps over the A dorian section which seemed to work very well. What's up with that?
i just discovered you and enjoy the way you teach.but i am a very basic guitar player. and would love to learn to solo but i just dont know how to start. HELP PLEASE.
that was good and all but you used the locrian scale where it fits into the major scale.
while this still may sound a little different i thought you would show us how to actually use the locrian mode over a locrian backing track, which is, indeed, impossible :)
@GV1UK The backing is called "Minor groove licks". It's on guitarplayback(dot)com. I added the direct link to that track at the end of the video description. :-)
@bennettdrew I recommend a good book called "The complete idiots guide to music theory". Also check out musictheory [dot] net ... they also have an iPhone/iPad app so you can keep learning constantly. I've been learning for about 4 days now and I understand much much more than I ever did. Real eye open and instantly changes they way you make music if you didn't know it before (like myself).
Hey Wallimann! Blukper again....man your C Aeolian flow is awesome! Very smooth and articulate! I've got to learn these modes and break from this blues!...lol My playing needs to evolve. :P thx for posting!
you are absolutely amazing !! nice play and very nice teaching!! even feel like I wish i gave you a present!! thanks man, it's really helpful and inspiring me.
@Wallimann ahh ok ...well i love your vids man i really appreciate them i have been playin for a while...never went to school and have always bought lessons or books or whatever and you explain the modes the best i have found....thx!
@superreverbfreak muscle memory and knowing your guitar helps. I could tell you where any fret on my guitar is without dots and find pretty much any other fret relative to my current playing position.
@PhilippineCreation Thanks! I spent a few months in a school called "Centre des Musiques Actuelles" in Valenciennes, France. But you can learn anything you want without school in magazines, Youtube, and just talking to other musicians.
You also might be interested in some of my lessons on guitarplayback(dot)com. Check out my "Applied theory for guitar players", its a best seller... :-)
@Wallimann i myself started by trying to emulate what i heard on my favorite records... later of course i studied to know what the hell i was doing haha...but above all comes your inner ear and what you wanna do...
I dont see how this is using the Locrian sound. If your playing in D Mixolydian then your in D Mixolydian. Nothing to do with the Locrian mode. As you are playing the notes within that mode. Same with all these examples. Not trying to rip on you, just not quite understanding what you mean exactly.
@ExcitingHat try playing a lick over the d mixolydian but use the F# as your root note, remember modes are really the same scale using different roots, so any thing you play within a key will sound modally no matter where you start or finish. Hope that made sense?
great lesson! I use it as a substitute for Phrygian every now and then, I just need to get more practice to know how to go from one mode to the other more seamlessly, my problem is that I sometimes end phrases in a note that doesn't really imply the mode outlined by the chord progression
@Wallimann I have to agree! I never thought of using the arpeggios of all the relevant modes like that. As you say, it really opens things out. Thank you so much :-)
When I clicked on this video I expected to see you use the locrian mode over a progression that hanged onto a diminished chord for a little while... I'm really glad this wasn't the case, I never really thought about using different modes during a time in a progression where one certain mode is most harmonically appropriate (as long as they're all in the same key, right?). That really adds some good color. Thanks for the vid!
Dude, you are just a crazy player. Wish you were closer so I could get some lessons from you. I just can't seem to get that modal feeling like I want to.
Your F#m7b5 arpeggio is pure gold. I have been tearing my hair out composing a piece around a Gsus2/6 that I call the "Stravinsky G" chord. I tried the arpeggio against it and IT FITS LIKE A FREAKIN' GLOVE!!!!! I may actually finish this thing now,and if I do, it looks like I'm gonna have to give you co-writing credits. ANOTHER BARRIER COMES CRASHING DOWN TO THE GROUND!! thanks again pardner, I will be watching ALL of your stuff, starting right now!
@bogdan1231 You should see them as different alphabets. Depending on the place you're in (the music you play over) you will pick a certain scale. It helps!
can i ask something? when you say D myxolydian and you use the F#m7b5, that means you use a D chord and play over it using those arpeggios that you say..? right..? sorry to bother... you trace back the notes from G Ionian, B Phrygian down to D Myolydian and play the F#m7b5? is that it? ^^...really sorry..trying to understand this mode thing..would appreciate an answer.
any chance you have a guitar that has frets on the front of the neck? That would probably be helpful to the viewer who's trying to follow on here(especially someone just learning).
I always thought that modes were extrapolated scales off of the major scale in which the tonal center (root) was shifted. In this presentation, I get the sense you are using it as a scalar overlay to more commonly-used modes rather than positioning the tonal center on the 7th degree and constructing harmony and cadential movement to coincide with the scalar motion. Am I missing something?
I really enjoy your treatments and explanations in all I have seen. Thanks for making music theory valued.
@tomtowle You are right, but I find that approaching it this way rather than seeing them as related to a common major scale really helps. Most students I have come to ma after playing for years seeing modes as all related to each other and feel that their phrasing isn't very targeted. Seeing modes as unique and individual scales will really help... Avoid the modal "shortcut" ! :-)
@Wallimann I agree wholeheartedly and hope I can explore and make use of this methodology. Your licks sound splendid. Meshing half-diminished arpeggio and Locrian mode...have you ever looked at Vincent Persichetti's 20th Century Harmony? He mentions 'modalizing' synthetic and exotic scales and those possibilities as well.
This is so funny in a way, I play the keys, but 2 of my best teachers are guitar players. You and the other guitar player explain this so clearly that I can apply this to playing the keyboard and I don't even play guitar.
Hi I was wondering how I could figure out when I use my locrian scale (or any scale) over chords. Most of the time it's just a guessing game. I'm losing interest in guitar fast cuz I can't figure this stuff out. I have no idea what Abm7b5blahblah stuff is either. Could u help me out?
@killchargemembrfrank Yeah, I think you need to work on intervals first. That will be a good start as it will give you all the foundation of how scales and chords are built.
Check out my applied theory for guitar players on my site guitarplayback(dot)com. That should help! :-)
Absolutely amazing, thank you for this insight. On top of the great lesson, it was worth watching just to hear your great playing. Thanks for the post! Definitely subscribing.
@TheRockerInside I think you're taking it the wrong way. If your backing track is in E Aeolian, no matter which position you use it will remain Aeolian. It's kind of like saying the alphabet, but starting from the letter F. You're still in the alphabet. You should look at getting a collection of modal backing tracks. Check my website guitarplayback(dot)com. The pack called "Church modes backing tracks" should really help.
Thanks. My other question is this. I've heard people refer to playing a song in "...." mode, but isn't the mode constantly changing. Do you just consider the whole song in the context of one modal scale, or should you change your entire melodic perspective on the neck when you change chords?
Got a question. If I'm using a C major chord (in the key of C major), and then play B locrian scale, is it true that even though I'm playing locrian scale, the mood will be C Ionian because of the chord. I've noticed that if I go up the C major scale while using an E pedal point, despite the fact that I'm playing the C major scale, the mood is E phyrgian.
It all has to do with the bass note. That bass note attracts the notes you play.
That's why when playing B Locrian over a C chord, it sounds like C Major because all the notes you are playing are attracted to that C on the bass. When you change that bass note to an E, your notes are attracted to E creating the Phrygian feel.
so you can just take your dorian or aeolian and play the half diminished arp for the corresponding locrian mode within that diatonic key? (so for d dorian, you would play a bm7b5?)
@roccckkerrr Yeah, exactly. You would still be playing in the key of the track (the chords determine the key, not the soloist), but because of the unusual arpeggio it will sound a bit different.
one more question. In another video you mentioned using a raised 7th as a passing tone in aeolian based melodies and solos. Was there a reason you did not mention its connection to harmonic minor?
Ahh, that makes sense then. It seems to me like theres just something I'm missing though. It almost seems like when i do try to solo i end up playing very rhythmically. Not quite sure what it is though, its like if to write a continuous melody you just have to jump from ledge to ledge, with each ledge being a theme or idea. It almost feels like when i try to jump from ledge to ledge I'm missing and falling flat on my face.
question, how long have you been playing? You play amazingly, yet seem to mispronounce components of basic theory. I have been playing for nearly 5 and a half years and have a fair understanding of music theory. I'm great at writing rhythm parts, but whenever i try to solo it sounds pretty gross (I'll start uploading when I have at least a few of my songs recorded in the coming month). Is there a method to your madness or are do you just have a natural ear for what sounds good in soloing?
I've been playing for 19 years. Yeah, I mispronounce a bunch of words, I know... :-/
It's because English is my second language.. I'm French.
I think the solo process is a combination of both.. Understanding theory concepts enhances your ear. I would start with a good knowledge of intervals on the fretboard as it will help your leads sound more focused...
at 4.11 it's massive
dfhwze 7 hours ago
This is a great lesson. Thinking in thirds is what helped me with the modes. I hope you have music of your own that I can listen to, I really liked the backing tracks and your style of playing.
BlikeNave 1 week ago
wow love Eric johnson
DeadHappyFilm 1 week ago
I've noticed that the bullshit scam artist types have way more views. This is the best content I've seen on you tube and it's way less popular than the garbage.
Morningstarguitar 1 week ago
U R hardcore! i wish understood what the hell ur talkin about.....
MrRedpickle 1 week ago
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sinXcrossfire 2 weeks ago
i was paying guitar classes until i found your videos
dislajk 2 weeks ago in playlist plejalong
@dislajk Thanks man! :-)
Wallimann 2 weeks ago
Dude your guitar playing is so beautiful....I came when you played 3:18
assasinator1980 2 weeks ago
Thanks alot. Transforms a practically unusable mode into something you can tap into all the time.
zodiacbluesbaby 2 weeks ago
This is how I memorize the modes.
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ZeppelinFloydRoses 3 weeks ago 2
I think if you add the fourth to these Locrian arps you get the modal pents that David talks about in another lesson. and conversly, if you take the fourth away from the modal pents, you get these Locrian arps.
MrBluesviolin 4 weeks ago
Man, your improvisation is masterful! Outstanding picking technique also. To my ears you are up there with Quayle, Hutchings, Graham, and all those UK fussion guitar players (that´s where they are from if I´m not mistaken). Is also great that you get rid of all the flashy bits (at least in this demonstrarion). Cheers!
casanovajako 1 month ago
@casanovajako That means a lot, thank you!
Wallimann 1 month ago
I'm creating a song in C mod7 locrian right now, this is how i stumbled upon your video. I think it sounds really nice actually
Quiestre 1 month ago
Really helpful, I knew the theory but great to see your approach to its application. Can the m7b5 arpeggio be used in combination with other arpeggios as well as scale modes?
TheMikeWatson666 1 month ago
@TheMikeWatson666 Yeah, you cam do that!
Wallimann 1 month ago
@TheMikeWatson666 Major7 arps sound very nice along with the locrian arps, just a different kind of "outside". For A locrian try Eb and/or Bb Major7 arps. These arps will contain only the notes of the mode scale, just like the locrian arps.
MrBluesviolin 1 month ago
Outsanding playing, reminds me of Eric Johnson. I find it hard to land on some of those cooler less obvious tones.
BaaMooSki 1 month ago
Can you build pentatonic scales off of the other modes? (As in aside from the Ionian and Aeolian) and if so how do you do it?
jacobi2393 1 month ago
@jacobi2393 Yeah, you will actually find that the Ionian, Lydian and Mixo have a Major penta and the Dorian, Phrygian and Aeolian have a minor penta.
You should check my "Applied Theory for Guitar Players" pack on guitarplayback(dot)com
Wallimann 1 month ago
What's the song at the beginning of the video?
zubberguitar 1 month ago
@zubberguitar It's a royalty free song from Imovie...
Wallimann 1 month ago
hi, very intersting and usefull, thanks very much, as i see this way of use the locrian is like using and seven minor chord arpeggio, for example in A dorian you can think in d7/9 arpeggio, without playing the root (D) I think this can help in memorizing the lesson, thankyou again, I suscribed!
guillejazzy 1 month ago
@guillejazzy Exactly! Thanks a lot for the sub! :-)
Wallimann 1 month ago
sounds a bit like Japanese scales
ArpeggioBear 1 month ago
This lesson is fucking Life-changer
coche9009 1 month ago
tres bon!! thats a damn useful arpeggio!! thanx for teaching it ;-))
mifski 1 month ago
@mifski Merci!!
Wallimann 1 month ago
Your teaching methods are brilliant. Very easy to learn from. I've never really experimented with the Locrian Mode until now. Thanks a lot! I subscribed!
Hellsidion 2 months ago
@Hellsidion Thanks so much!
Wallimann 1 month ago
Ah, tu es Francais? mais ton anglais est incroyable! Well french isnt my main language but great lesson
AcDc109 2 months ago
@AcDc109 Merci, merci!
Wallimann 2 months ago
super tuto !! tu les fais en français aussi malgré que je comprenne l'anglais quelques fois sa peche un peu ^^
ah081187 2 months ago
@ah081187 Merci! Malheureusement le temps me manque pour les faire en Français...
Wallimann 2 months ago
Hello Walliman: just found you, very glad I did! I play violin & guitar but it's violin I love. I just realized I can do these locrian arps, although I've been thinking of them as minor 6 arps for quite a few years, and they appear to be exactly the same thing. What a great surprize! and now I now how to apply them over these 4 modes. Thank You!
Also, I was doing Cmaj7 arps over the A dorian section which seemed to work very well. What's up with that?
MrBluesviolin 2 months ago
i just discovered you and enjoy the way you teach.but i am a very basic guitar player. and would love to learn to solo but i just dont know how to start. HELP PLEASE.
vjdarsoo14 2 months ago in playlist More videos from Wallimann
@vjdarsoo14 Thanks! You should get my "Applied theory for guitar players" from my site guitarplayback(dot)com
Wallimann 2 months ago
that was good and all but you used the locrian scale where it fits into the major scale.
while this still may sound a little different i thought you would show us how to actually use the locrian mode over a locrian backing track, which is, indeed, impossible :)
ImaDjentleman 2 months ago
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@Wallimann Great stuff man, I hope to hell you are playing a lot of JAZZ with your buddies you've got a nice style.
1138thz 2 months ago
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1138thz 2 months ago
3:40 was beautiful. Actually gave me tingles. You should make a track using C Aeolian.
GV1UK 2 months ago
@GV1UK The backing is called "Minor groove licks". It's on guitarplayback(dot)com. I added the direct link to that track at the end of the video description. :-)
Wallimann 2 months ago
IDFLMAL
cladny 2 months ago
Where did you study music, if you don't mind me asking?
bennettdrew 2 months ago
@bennettdrew Mostly in my room. :-)
Youtube, magazines, books....
Wallimann 2 months ago 2
@bennettdrew I recommend a good book called "The complete idiots guide to music theory". Also check out musictheory [dot] net ... they also have an iPhone/iPad app so you can keep learning constantly. I've been learning for about 4 days now and I understand much much more than I ever did. Real eye open and instantly changes they way you make music if you didn't know it before (like myself).
GV1UK 2 months ago
thanks 4 teaching me how all the scales are related to each other Walliman! :D
xrigoxyx 2 months ago
Hey Wallimann! Blukper again....man your C Aeolian flow is awesome! Very smooth and articulate! I've got to learn these modes and break from this blues!...lol My playing needs to evolve. :P thx for posting!
blukper 2 months ago
A little bit advanced for me, I'm beguinner, anyway, very cool to hear to make my hears working and get usuall to these differents mode, thank you
abdounnour 2 months ago
you are absolutely amazing !! nice play and very nice teaching!! even feel like I wish i gave you a present!! thanks man, it's really helpful and inspiring me.
KoreanGuitarists 2 months ago
@KoreanGuitarists Thanks so much buddy!
Wallimann 2 months ago
@Wallimann honored to have your comment. thanks a lot again. and Take care it's getting cold :)
KoreanGuitarists 2 months ago
i dont see how you play a guitar with no dots i would get lost so fast lol
superreverbfreak 2 months ago
@superreverbfreak The dots are on the side of the guitar. :-)
Wallimann 2 months ago
@Wallimann ahh ok ...well i love your vids man i really appreciate them i have been playin for a while...never went to school and have always bought lessons or books or whatever and you explain the modes the best i have found....thx!
superreverbfreak 2 months ago
@superreverbfreak muscle memory and knowing your guitar helps. I could tell you where any fret on my guitar is without dots and find pretty much any other fret relative to my current playing position.
sacredgeometry 2 months ago
@sacredgeometry *instantly tell
sacredgeometry 2 months ago
Great tutorial! for example if i'm playing B locrian, i can play C ionian on it right?
dpsd 2 months ago
@dpsd Yeah, you would still be in Locrian, but you can use the corresponding Ionian position.
Wallimann 2 months ago
Great tutorial! for example on playing B locrian, can i play the ionan of C on it right?
dpsd 2 months ago
Very cool lesson! Thanks
666frankh 3 months ago
@666frankh Thanks man!
Wallimann 3 months ago
Hey man! nice improvisation, What music school did you attended?
PhilippineCreation 3 months ago
@PhilippineCreation Thanks! I spent a few months in a school called "Centre des Musiques Actuelles" in Valenciennes, France. But you can learn anything you want without school in magazines, Youtube, and just talking to other musicians.
You also might be interested in some of my lessons on guitarplayback(dot)com. Check out my "Applied theory for guitar players", its a best seller... :-)
Wallimann 3 months ago
@Wallimann i myself started by trying to emulate what i heard on my favorite records... later of course i studied to know what the hell i was doing haha...but above all comes your inner ear and what you wanna do...
nemogre 2 months ago
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PhilippineCreation 3 months ago
I dont see how this is using the Locrian sound. If your playing in D Mixolydian then your in D Mixolydian. Nothing to do with the Locrian mode. As you are playing the notes within that mode. Same with all these examples. Not trying to rip on you, just not quite understanding what you mean exactly.
ExcitingHat 3 months ago
@ExcitingHat this is using the locrian sound he's using 4 notes based on the scale, it sounds different and jumps out whenever he plays it. ..
metallica5252 3 months ago
@ExcitingHat try playing a lick over the d mixolydian but use the F# as your root note, remember modes are really the same scale using different roots, so any thing you play within a key will sound modally no matter where you start or finish. Hope that made sense?
Eduardot12345556 3 months ago
and it still sound like a sshit scale
annabatarowicz 3 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
@annabatarowicz you sound like a shit scale.
metallica5252 3 months ago
great lesson! I use it as a substitute for Phrygian every now and then, I just need to get more practice to know how to go from one mode to the other more seamlessly, my problem is that I sometimes end phrases in a note that doesn't really imply the mode outlined by the chord progression
jesusgnr12 3 months ago
You remind me of my former guitar teacher!
TheAJB1996 3 months ago
Awesome lesson. Thank you
HumblePie76 3 months ago
@HumblePie76 Glad you liked this!
Wallimann 3 months ago
cool strap (satriani), nice guitar and BEST VIDEO!
div911X 4 months ago
@div911X Thanks a lot!
Wallimann 4 months ago
@Wallimann I have to agree! I never thought of using the arpeggios of all the relevant modes like that. As you say, it really opens things out. Thank you so much :-)
beeflin 3 months ago
@Wallimann bad volume on this
annabatarowicz 3 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
When I clicked on this video I expected to see you use the locrian mode over a progression that hanged onto a diminished chord for a little while... I'm really glad this wasn't the case, I never really thought about using different modes during a time in a progression where one certain mode is most harmonically appropriate (as long as they're all in the same key, right?). That really adds some good color. Thanks for the vid!
funkyfreshguitar 4 months ago
@funkyfreshguitar Thanks for watching!
Wallimann 4 months ago
Et j’ai oublier...
Tu sonne grave :)
maxigoodvibes 4 months ago
@maxigoodvibes Merci!
Wallimann 4 months ago
Ben comme quoi...
Étant guitariste dit "avancé", je m'dit :
"Encore une de ces vidéos pour les nuls ou on explique les modes et ou on passe plus de temps à dire le nom des notes qu'à les joué (les notes...)"
Et pi j'me dit:
"Rohhh allez! Il une bonne tête et il parle sacrement bien l'anglais pour un français l'salo..."
Au final je redécouvre l'arpège du mode Locrian que bordel... j'utilise jamais.
Donc merci pour tes supers vidéos qui font bcp d'bien aux intermédiaires comme aux avancés!!!
maxigoodvibes 4 months ago
@maxigoodvibes Haha! Merci beaucoup!!
Wallimann 4 months ago
Dude, you are just a crazy player. Wish you were closer so I could get some lessons from you. I just can't seem to get that modal feeling like I want to.
musicprodave 4 months ago
@musicprodave Thanks for this! A lot of it has to do with the backing track you play over really. :-)
Wallimann 4 months ago
Thanks! Good lesson.
jwobrien7 4 months ago
@jwobrien7 Thanks for watching!
Wallimann 4 months ago
hi, i am struggling to understand a concept -
over the key of g major you can play the d mixolydian scale
or you can start the mixolydian scale on G, and play the 5 mixolydian scales from there
so for this arpeggio, you can play f#m7b5
but if we start playing the g locrian (in the key of gmajor) could we not play the arpeggio gm7b5???
jwobrien7 4 months ago
@jwobrien7 Yes, you are absolutely right!
Wallimann 4 months ago
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jwobrien7 4 months ago
I THINK THIS GUY IS THE BEST TEACHER IN THE WORLD....
aledelverne 4 months ago
@aledelverne Thank you so much for the nice comment, it means a lot!
Wallimann 4 months ago
@aledelverne Thank you so much for the nice comment, it means a lot!
Wallimann 4 months ago
Your F#m7b5 arpeggio is pure gold. I have been tearing my hair out composing a piece around a Gsus2/6 that I call the "Stravinsky G" chord. I tried the arpeggio against it and IT FITS LIKE A FREAKIN' GLOVE!!!!! I may actually finish this thing now,and if I do, it looks like I'm gonna have to give you co-writing credits. ANOTHER BARRIER COMES CRASHING DOWN TO THE GROUND!! thanks again pardner, I will be watching ALL of your stuff, starting right now!
jpalberthoward9 5 months ago
@jpalberthoward9 Thanks so much!
Wallimann 5 months ago
how about playing what sounds good? we're musicians not engineers lol
goawaiii 5 months ago
@goawaiii why not to be an engineer and musician?
Nowhy 4 months ago
Very nicely presented! Good job bro!
GibsonTick 5 months ago
@GibsonTick Thanks!
Wallimann 5 months ago
am i suppose to get confused? i had no idea what is going on.
FlippyMyDog 5 months ago
@FlippyMyDog Are you familiar with all the modes and intervals?
Wallimann 5 months ago
Respond to this video... You should check my "Applied Theory for Guitar Players" on guitarplayback(dot)com
It explains in detail all that. :-)
Wallimann 5 months ago
fuckin scales how do they work?
bogdan1231 5 months ago
@bogdan1231 You should see them as different alphabets. Depending on the place you're in (the music you play over) you will pick a certain scale. It helps!
Wallimann 5 months ago
dude you flat out rock im headed over to the site now get some maptracks !!!
Bunn4Funn 6 months ago
@Bunn4Funn Thanks man!
Wallimann 6 months ago
Excellent lesson! I'm gonna get a LOT of miles out of this one!
tneatrour 6 months ago
@tneatrour Thanks for watching!
Wallimann 6 months ago
What's up with the secret pass??
pablo12co 6 months ago
@pablo12co That was for an old contest...
Not relevant any more...
Wallimann 6 months ago
Thanks a lot Mr.Wallimann ^^
JoshuaVergara2777 6 months ago
can i ask something? when you say D myxolydian and you use the F#m7b5, that means you use a D chord and play over it using those arpeggios that you say..? right..? sorry to bother... you trace back the notes from G Ionian, B Phrygian down to D Myolydian and play the F#m7b5? is that it? ^^...really sorry..trying to understand this mode thing..would appreciate an answer.
JoshuaVergara2777 6 months ago
@JoshuaVergara2777 You got it! Whichever key you are in, you can find the relative Locrian and use the m7b5 arpeggio. :-)
Wallimann 6 months ago
i got pretty bad nosebleeds when i hear about modes..hopefully this video can patch things up...
JoshuaVergara2777 6 months ago
@JoshuaVergara2777 Modes can lead to headaches, it's true! :-D
Wallimann 6 months ago
You said you got a guitar 3 weeks ago that has frets(that we can see). What kind of guitar did you get?
verbaly5 6 months ago
@verbaly5 I got a Fender Telecaster. :-)
Wallimann 6 months ago
Very nice. What did you get? Btw, really good job on these lessons. You have a new fan.
verbaly5 6 months ago
@verbaly5 Thanks a lot! What do you mean by "what did you get"?
I don't understand?
Wallimann 6 months ago
any chance you have a guitar that has frets on the front of the neck? That would probably be helpful to the viewer who's trying to follow on here(especially someone just learning).
verbaly5 6 months ago
@verbaly5 I do now, I just bought a new guitar 3 weeks ago... :-)
Wallimann 6 months ago
"more and more people are watching" : i'm starting right now i need lessons when i'm having my summer break.
"please subscribe" : right now
"salut" : man i'm french, you've convinced me to watch your videos regularly
NeverendingMaze 6 months ago
@NeverendingMaze Cool! Tu es Français aussi? Tu es d'où? Moi d'Aix-en-Provence...
Wallimann 6 months ago
@Wallimann Aix-en-Provence, dire que j'ai cru que tu venais des U.S.A (Fort Collins). Pour ma part je viens du Poitou-Charentes.
NeverendingMaze 6 months ago
@NeverendingMaze Excellent! :-)
Wallimann 6 months ago
I always thought that modes were extrapolated scales off of the major scale in which the tonal center (root) was shifted. In this presentation, I get the sense you are using it as a scalar overlay to more commonly-used modes rather than positioning the tonal center on the 7th degree and constructing harmony and cadential movement to coincide with the scalar motion. Am I missing something?
I really enjoy your treatments and explanations in all I have seen. Thanks for making music theory valued.
tomtowle 6 months ago
@tomtowle You are right, but I find that approaching it this way rather than seeing them as related to a common major scale really helps. Most students I have come to ma after playing for years seeing modes as all related to each other and feel that their phrasing isn't very targeted. Seeing modes as unique and individual scales will really help... Avoid the modal "shortcut" ! :-)
Wallimann 6 months ago
@Wallimann I agree wholeheartedly and hope I can explore and make use of this methodology. Your licks sound splendid. Meshing half-diminished arpeggio and Locrian mode...have you ever looked at Vincent Persichetti's 20th Century Harmony? He mentions 'modalizing' synthetic and exotic scales and those possibilities as well.
tomtowle 6 months ago
@tomtowle Thank you very much! I am not familiar with that book. It's a book, right? I'll check it out!
Wallimann 6 months ago
@Wallimann Twentieth-Century-Harmony-Creative-Aspects-Practice
tomtowle 6 months ago
dude ur awesome, but can u plz increase the volume of ur vids?
nine9live5 6 months ago
@nine9live5 Thanks buddy. Those were old video, sound should be better with the newer vids. :-)
Wallimann 6 months ago
Great playing & love those backing tracks too!
CarlosMacMartin 6 months ago
@CarlosMacMartin Thanks!
Wallimann 6 months ago
great teacher thanks a bunch really salut
cawlishaw 6 months ago
@cawlishaw Thanks for that buddy, it means a lot!
Wallimann 6 months ago
This is so funny in a way, I play the keys, but 2 of my best teachers are guitar players. You and the other guitar player explain this so clearly that I can apply this to playing the keyboard and I don't even play guitar.
Torn80cj 7 months ago
@Torn80cj Awesome! Thanks man!
Wallimann 7 months ago
thats really nice , man ! wonder how do you figure chords over wich use a certain mode ?
SepaXP 7 months ago
@SepaXP Good question! Check my channel and look for "which scale should I use"...
Wallimann 7 months ago
Hi I was wondering how I could figure out when I use my locrian scale (or any scale) over chords. Most of the time it's just a guessing game. I'm losing interest in guitar fast cuz I can't figure this stuff out. I have no idea what Abm7b5blahblah stuff is either. Could u help me out?
killchargemembrfrank 7 months ago
@killchargemembrfrank Yeah, I think you need to work on intervals first. That will be a good start as it will give you all the foundation of how scales and chords are built.
Check out my applied theory for guitar players on my site guitarplayback(dot)com. That should help! :-)
Wallimann 7 months ago
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scootermandan 7 months ago
Absolutely amazing, thank you for this insight. On top of the great lesson, it was worth watching just to hear your great playing. Thanks for the post! Definitely subscribing.
statexs4223 7 months ago
@statexs4223 Thanks so much buddy!
Wallimann 7 months ago
@AcceptNoBullshit That was C#m A/C# B/C#
Wallimann 7 months ago
@TheRockerInside
in addition to what wally said, you might check out joe satriani and his pitch axis method.
stillnessinmovement 8 months ago
@TheRockerInside I think you're taking it the wrong way. If your backing track is in E Aeolian, no matter which position you use it will remain Aeolian. It's kind of like saying the alphabet, but starting from the letter F. You're still in the alphabet. You should look at getting a collection of modal backing tracks. Check my website guitarplayback(dot)com. The pack called "Church modes backing tracks" should really help.
Wallimann 8 months ago
Thanks. My other question is this. I've heard people refer to playing a song in "...." mode, but isn't the mode constantly changing. Do you just consider the whole song in the context of one modal scale, or should you change your entire melodic perspective on the neck when you change chords?
WeepingBurma 8 months ago
@WeepingBurma Great question! You would consider the chord that is the most stable (generally the 1st one...).
That chord attracts all the notes of your leads and all the other chords. That's your key...
Wallimann 8 months ago
Got a question. If I'm using a C major chord (in the key of C major), and then play B locrian scale, is it true that even though I'm playing locrian scale, the mood will be C Ionian because of the chord. I've noticed that if I go up the C major scale while using an E pedal point, despite the fact that I'm playing the C major scale, the mood is E phyrgian.
WeepingBurma 8 months ago
@WeepingBurma Yeah, you're exacly right1
It all has to do with the bass note. That bass note attracts the notes you play.
That's why when playing B Locrian over a C chord, it sounds like C Major because all the notes you are playing are attracted to that C on the bass. When you change that bass note to an E, your notes are attracted to E creating the Phrygian feel.
Wallimann 8 months ago
great lesson ;)
highintel 8 months ago
@highintel Thanks man!
Wallimann 8 months ago
i love you:)
losburrakos 8 months ago
@losburrakos Thank you!
Wallimann 8 months ago
I must say: I really enjoy your tone. The Parker sounds nice with the reverb and creamy delay. Thanks for the post!!
hunterlpdc94 8 months ago
@hunterlpdc94 Thank you buddy!
Wallimann 8 months ago
so you can just take your dorian or aeolian and play the half diminished arp for the corresponding locrian mode within that diatonic key? (so for d dorian, you would play a bm7b5?)
roccckkerrr 8 months ago
@roccckkerrr Yeah, exactly. You would still be playing in the key of the track (the chords determine the key, not the soloist), but because of the unusual arpeggio it will sound a bit different.
Wallimann 8 months ago
excellent lesson! i really learned a lot! thanks!!!
simpleone1989 8 months ago
@simpleone1989 Thanks man!
Wallimann 8 months ago
really good video :) well explained
Rorre65 8 months ago
@Rorre65 Thanks man!
Wallimann 8 months ago
one more question. In another video you mentioned using a raised 7th as a passing tone in aeolian based melodies and solos. Was there a reason you did not mention its connection to harmonic minor?
Parmenides480BC 8 months ago
@Parmenides480BC No real reason, just didn't want to confuse some viewers. :-D
Wallimann 8 months ago
Ahh, that makes sense then. It seems to me like theres just something I'm missing though. It almost seems like when i do try to solo i end up playing very rhythmically. Not quite sure what it is though, its like if to write a continuous melody you just have to jump from ledge to ledge, with each ledge being a theme or idea. It almost feels like when i try to jump from ledge to ledge I'm missing and falling flat on my face.
Parmenides480BC 8 months ago
question, how long have you been playing? You play amazingly, yet seem to mispronounce components of basic theory. I have been playing for nearly 5 and a half years and have a fair understanding of music theory. I'm great at writing rhythm parts, but whenever i try to solo it sounds pretty gross (I'll start uploading when I have at least a few of my songs recorded in the coming month). Is there a method to your madness or are do you just have a natural ear for what sounds good in soloing?
Parmenides480BC 8 months ago
@Parmenides480BC Thanks for the comment buddy!
I've been playing for 19 years. Yeah, I mispronounce a bunch of words, I know... :-/
It's because English is my second language.. I'm French.
I think the solo process is a combination of both.. Understanding theory concepts enhances your ear. I would start with a good knowledge of intervals on the fretboard as it will help your leads sound more focused...
Wallimann 8 months ago