7 modes in one key 1/2

[markway16]

i kno one day when i really get into modes im gonna need to come back here,this vid will be helpful

[ChiroVette]

Great stuff! Funny, I have a totally different approach to the modes, and so I found your methodology both different from mine and quite eye-opening since I hav always looked at them differently. Like some of the modal riffs you play! Ha, you should give everyone the disclaimer that learning to improvise riffs like that is NOT nearly as easy as you make it look! Keep it up man!

[johnhguitar]

I guess I try to make people think it's easy so they at least try to progress in this area. Making good music out of it requires experience I guess. Playing on the bandstand night after night and not sounding like you're just practicing scales may be more difficult than I let on. Thanks for your interest.

[wesmatron]

@johnhguitar It works...watching you has given new life to my playing. I have been stuck in the pentatonic scale for too bloody long. Now I'm flirting with modes....which has lead me to to see all sorts of coincidences up and down the neck where scales collide. The guitarist out of Crowded House once said 'All you need is the major scale'. After all these years I'm seeing what he meant.

[jb1563700]

This is interesting if you already understand the concept of modes, but for a beginner it gets really confusing if you consider phrasing and accents and all that. I started out by learning the modes as scales, swapping out 2nds, 3rds and 6ths in the first place, and 4ths and 5ths as well after that.

[spoilt14]

at 1:47 reminded me of George McFly lol

great vid though.

[MrGutsy1200]

Did you play a G natural in about :48-:50? I mean it works by all means and sounds pretty but G natural isn't A major!!!!!xD

[MrGutsy1200]

I have aalllmost got this and it's eluded me for years, I looked at the Lydian video apart from this one and I thought the key of F was phrygian for the c major scale. When you went over phrygian did you play a relative minor of C wich is A minor and then just stick with F as it isinC?Cause I think the third chord would be C#minor in the A major scale!!! I'm goin nuts herexD See Dorian Makes sense...kinda? so it's just...wtf!!? I think if I knew my notes in every scale this would make more sense

[MrGutsy1200]

I have aalllmost got this and it's eluded me for years, I looked at the Lydian video apart from this one and I thought the key of F was phrygian for the c major scale. When you went over phrygian did you play a relative minor of C wich is A minor and then just stick with F? Cause I think the third chord would be C#minor in the A major scale!!! I'm goin nuts herexD

[Bugera369]

3:29 'Round Midnight.

[hudsontoronto]

This video is ver well put together. An easy way to explain modes, there are many ways to approach this topic and this videos nailed it in a very simple way.

Two thumbs up!

[punkiassjunki]

so... would an A dorian be in the same key as G Ionian?

[johnhguitar]

YES

[anthonym612]

Love you guitar tone, John - you're a truly gifted musician! Thank You for the lesson. I'm tired of my "boring" sounding major scale and blues scale solos. I've followed your lesson but now I just need to know how to apply these scales into a song context with my praise and worship band. Any additional ideas you''d care to share?

[johnhguitar]

Play what you hear within yourself. Do it enough and it will happen. Thanks

[Shi7Disc0]

@anthonym612 hang in there and watch this video even though its boring, it will explain how to expand your improv. youtube.com/watch?v=E9T_p7h8vd­8&feature=related

[kakashihatake1321]

really useful lesson i thought the modes went up like g ionian A dorian and so on never seen it like this but im gunna learn this sounds awesome

[punkiassjunki]

soo. say ive learnt all the modes in one key and i know that i can omve it up or down the neck but i just dont know WHEN or HOW to improv with them. what do i do? what mode do i choose for what key? help please?

[johnhguitar]

Start by using a C major scale over a Cmaj Dmin Emin Fmaj G7 or Amin chords.

[ricomajestic]

So if I have a I-IV chord progression in the key of C (so C - F) and I want a spanish (phrygian)feel for that whole progression i would start playin an Ab major scale over the C chord and switch over to a Db major scale over the F chord? Is that correct?

[johnhguitar]

You're correct but you don't hear C to F very often; C to F minor maybe. You could use your theory of changing scales to match the chords but you'd have to be tasteful to say the least. It would be a tough....

[c3rveja]

It's a good way to learn modes, the only thing you have to know is the major scale for any key everywhere on the neck. But I learned modes by a different way. Just with G key and play G ionian, A dorian, C lydian, B phrygian, D mixolydian, E eolian and F# locrian so the G major scale :D. After that you just have to transpose the scale and the key therefore B phrygian with E key is E eolian etc...

But I prefer your method.

[kenmerloo]

OK, great, That now makes sense.

Many thanks

[kenmerloo]

Thanks for a great lesson. One thing I am not too clear about. Say I want to play A Phrygian over an Am progression. I believe that I could play the F Major scale. But, do I start in F and resolve in A , or start and resolve in A, within the F Major scale.

Sorry for the dumb question, but I am new at this.

Many thanks

[johnhguitar]

Resolve to the 1 b3 5 of the key is a confirmed option.

[Lachy101]

STOP SHOUTING AT ME!!!

[alt9001]

Probably the only modes lesson on Youtube that's got the concept of modes right, bravo.

[codeman11845]

OMG I GET IT! Thank you! =D

[heartattackmack2]

Thanks for putting these excellent videos on Youtube! I've been playing for many years, but never got into the modes - until now! You've managed to explain this in such an understandable way, it's a joy just to watch. You're one hell of a player as well! Please keep posting more vids, both reviews and playing tips. Thanks again!

[johnhguitar]

@heartattackmack2  Thanks you very much. You're making our efforts worthwhile.

My book "Guitar Workout" is loaded with tips about modes. Go to Amazon if you're game to purchase it. Thanks again.

[macalex1234]

ooooooo ok im starting to get it. I understand the modes in relation to the c major scale but Im having trouble relating the modes to the other major scales. this is probably a dumb question. but can you go ver that please?!! thx

[johnhguitar]

@macalex1234 Against a C in the bass; C major scale =C Ionian Major sound.

C note in the bass with a Bb Major scale= C Dorian minor

C note in the bass with an Ab Major scale= C Phrygian minor

C note in the bass with a G major scale=C Lydian major

C note in the bass with an F major scale= C Mixolydian major

C note in the bass with an Eb major scale= C Aeolian minor

C note in the bass with a Db major scale= Locrian minor

Keep the questions coming till you know. John

[macalex1234]

what do you mean play the g maj with an A at the base?

[johnhguitar]

Play the diatonic G major scale over an A minor chord and the sound you get is A Dorian minor.

[tomthefunky]

If the lydian is the fourth of the seven modes and mixolydian is fifth, why do you play the E maj scale for the lydian mode and D maj scale for mixolydian? I would think it would be the other way around since the E is the fifth in the key of A and D is the fourth.

[KayaButterBread7]

I'm also wondering why too. . . and the dorian. this confuse me. Dorian should be Maj scale played against Minor key 1 step above.

[johnhguitar]

Play a G major scale against an A minor chord if you want to hear the A Dorian minor sound. The A Dorian minor scale is the same notes as the G major diatonic scale.

[paraglidermx]

John,that hollow body sounds great!!nice axe!!

[RUOCCOLOCO]

A Dorian Scale and G Major are NOT the same scales...

the have ALL notes in common...

but its not the same Scale... Sorry...

Imagen you start calling your Girlfriend ANJA... but her name is JANA... I don't think she will be happy just because the names share the same letters...

Am Dorian is one thing and G Major Ionian is another thing!!

[johnhguitar]

Maybe this is just a misunderstanding? What I'm saying is that the notes or tones of the G major scale are the same notes and tones of the A dorian minor scale. If they're not I'm sure the world wants to know what you're talking about. Who cares what all this is called as long as you know how to find the notes and use them? They are not chicks. I have a question, 'Are you British?'

[RUOCCOLOCO]

Hi John.... jea you are right in this... No I'm not Brithish I'm from Germany-Bayern... Thanks for the Vids

[johnhguitar]

Oh God, the one place on earth I need to visit before I pass away, Germany. My ancestors are German and there's even a Countess Von Heussenstamm in Austria that I've yet to meet. Someday. Someday. Thanks for the comments.

[megaladon73]

Thanks for posting John, I've been playing guitar over 20 years, and I'm only starting just now to pay close attention to my scales and modes - I watch this video a lot to get a feel for the modes. Can feel a ton of improvement already!! Thanks again -

[johnhguitar]

Sometimes one tip can make your playing explode.

It's like 2x whatever you had before. Glad you like the segments. Thanks for the comments.

[3rdeye47]

Your guitar sounds beautiful :))

[Testacabeza]

Hi John,

I've been playing and trying and watching this video over and over again and I finally understood. Thanks, a million thanks for the knowledge.

Cheers man.

[junka22]

hey John, good stuff. I just began wondering where you make these videos? it seems like a spacey room, is it in your home?

[johnhguitar]

A friends home.........

[windmills20]

the augmented sound of the lydian mode is so beautiful. lydian and mixolydian both sound really good, but i suppose any mode can sound good under the right context

[cebfolk]

great lesson! 5*

[skengeboy]

Incredibly helpful, keep those theory lessons coming!

[Testacabeza]

What I don't understand is why now you start backwards and in the previous videos you started forward , i.e. from the C Major scale you played an Eminor chord and you called it (and sounded) phrygian, but now you play the F Major scale over the A and again it sounds phrygian!

Wait, the third grade of the FMajor is A, so that's why!

You are doing exactly the same but in the opposite direction so given a certain chord you can rule out the different scales to get the different modes...

[grewejames]

I think its coming together for me. thanks. screen illustrations help alot

[Splagl]

Really nice tone. Sounds so crisp and clean.

[darkender000]

the most useful guitar lesson i've ever had

[guitarG321]

i find this so comfussing

[johnhguitar]

go to the website and start at the beginning.

-jc

[Orionsglare]

hey john,way to go man,excellent illustration about modes...could you give an

inside on the diminished scale???

by the way, incredibly stunning solos!

[johnhguitar]

You want my lesson from 1972 I got at West LA Music from Tito? Half step whole step half step whole step for a dominant major.........Whole step half step whole step half step for a minor........????

[Orionsglare]

No

more on if you would use it , what ideas spring in your mind about diminished.simple as that

cheers

[v0lt35v]

awesome, thanks