Why Your Mom Loves AC/DC - Mixolydian is their secret sauce

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    Exploring the mixolydian scale and how it supports AC/DC's tracks.
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Komentáře • 633

  • @Mythki11er
    @Mythki11er Před 4 lety +62

    Step 1: play in mixolydian
    Step 2: sing like it's physically hurting you to make those noises

  • @AndriyVasylenko
    @AndriyVasylenko Před 6 lety +518

    Never noticed that, shame on me!) And yeah, this video is sick. Your analogies were so to the point. I'm really glad you keep on making such videos.

    • @SignalsMusicStudio
      @SignalsMusicStudio  Před 6 lety +43

      Ahh thank you! Your channel is great too, makes me want to make more Metallica videos... they're the reason I started playing guitar when I was 13

    • @TheDemocrab
      @TheDemocrab Před 5 lety +4

      Hahaha! I literally came to this video as the "Up next" video off of one of your latest videos, frrrrriend!

    • @kuzmychmaksym3843
      @kuzmychmaksym3843 Před 8 měsíci

      Оп, Андрюха, привіт. Відос правда топовий.

  • @JunkiesTube
    @JunkiesTube Před 6 lety +323

    Now I really want to hear "Born This Way" by AC/DC, the lyric is actually pretty good, and AC/DC could take the song to a whole other level...!

    • @chucklove8709
      @chucklove8709 Před 6 lety +14

      JunkiesTube it sounded like clearance clearwater revival

    • @donovanstringer7411
      @donovanstringer7411 Před 5 lety

      NO

    • @donovanstringer7411
      @donovanstringer7411 Před 5 lety

      Plus, if you read the news, Brian Johnson went deaf 2 years ago and retired. They’re not making any more albums.

    • @khoshekh5668
      @khoshekh5668 Před 5 lety +4

      Christopher Walkensen Christopher Walkensen He’s not deaf. He could go deaf if he keeps performing in high volume environments. They’re supposedly doing another album with Axl on vocals

    • @khoshekh5668
      @khoshekh5668 Před 5 lety

      JunkiesTube That song is horseshit, and it doesn’t sound anything like something AC/DC would play.

  • @HairJordan
    @HairJordan Před 4 lety +72

    2:59 “This does not make mom want to dance”
    😂😂😂

  • @fandlpetroleum
    @fandlpetroleum Před 6 lety +207

    Well now I want to hear AC/DC cover "Born This Way" with Lady Gaga.

  • @NoahNCopeland
    @NoahNCopeland Před 6 lety +36

    The quote at 3:12 is from an filmed interview with Angus around (i think) 1983, Flick of the Switch era. I remember watching it.
    (i know that's still not a solid citation, but it's closer at least)

  • @timothyvanpelt_cyclist
    @timothyvanpelt_cyclist Před 5 lety +21

    Haha, the Lady Gaga song in ACDC style was spot on! Great explanation.

  • @christianberrian2159
    @christianberrian2159 Před 6 lety +2

    I love these types of vids you do, a great mixture of interesting theory observations mixed with the perfect amount of humor. Let's face it there's not many people making funny videos geared towards the committed musician. A great way for me to relax and still feel like I'm doing some productive learning. please keep them coming. Thanks

  • @jimmiller2270
    @jimmiller2270 Před 6 lety +11

    I am really liking your content and style. Awesome job!

  • @shishu3332
    @shishu3332 Před 4 lety +1

    Hey, this is a great channel. Please continue and keep sharing. You are awesome!

  • @Beatlewayne
    @Beatlewayne Před 5 lety

    This is a BRILLIANT presentation and on behalf of all, thank you so very much. It is funny, accurate, short and sweet. It also opens doors regarding what was, is and can be done musically (great insert from Angus Young). Thanks again Signals Music Studio, your other postings are of a very high quality as well.
    Love Always
    Beatlewayne

  • @brucecall1595
    @brucecall1595 Před 4 lety +2

    You have a deep understanding of music for a young man. Keep up the good work. I'm guessing you teach. Shine on brother.

  • @SoloDallas
    @SoloDallas Před 6 lety +34

    VERY Nice. And certainly, true! It's not all in the scale - naturally. But this is certainly part of the recipe. Well produced flick!

  • @matias7438
    @matias7438 Před 6 lety +55

    3:50 "some folks are born, made to wave the flag. Ooo, they're red white and blue..... it ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no senators son"

  • @dannypipes75
    @dannypipes75 Před 5 lety +6

    This is by far the best channel for music theory on CZcams.

    • @rolliefan4133
      @rolliefan4133 Před 3 lety +1

      Between this guy and Rick Beato I am pretty sure you can come away with a university level music theory education...

  • @chuckmarble2365
    @chuckmarble2365 Před 4 lety

    Jake, you are unquestionably my favorite CZcams guitar instructor. This video is a great example why ... it's very informative, (on a subject like modal tonalities, which can be a tad intimidating), but it's also creative, entertaining and fun. It's so, "yeah" and ... "YEAH"! While things are challenging at the moment, and money is tight, you're the only CZcamsr that I not only subscribe to but am also a patreon member for. As Mike Myers said in The Cat in the Hat: "How'd you get to be so smaaaat?"! Keep up the outstanding (and fun) work my brother!

  • @echo1434
    @echo1434 Před 5 lety +1

    Yep, this is great. I've noticed for the longest time that many AC/DC songs have a strong same-y quality to them. As soon as you played the mixolydian scale on your keyboard, it finally clicked it my mind and I was already hearing all the AC/DD songs in my head - haha!
    Love the minor version of Highway to Hell too...

  • @tubeannoy
    @tubeannoy Před 6 lety +19

    Subbed. THIS is what we need more of in music education. Well done.

  • @shooting6lasers
    @shooting6lasers Před 3 lety +7

    “Semi-Charmed Life” by Third Eye Blind is my favorite example of an extremely dark song that went under the radar because of its “happy” key, chord progression, and poppy chorus. I even remember they used the song in a trailer for a movie with Winnie the Pooh, and I’m pretty sure Poohbear was only rolling in honey and not crystal. Very few songs can actually replicate the seemingly bittersweet state of addiction (and yes addictions are completely bad, but there is always that high that draws in the affected person, and anticipation of going there). The saccharine tonality almost becomes nauseating, but that’s what makes it work so well because that’s addiction.

    • @philomelodia
      @philomelodia Před rokem

      You definitely have a point. Here’s another one: Contrast she talks to Angels with master of puppets. Both about addiction. Completely different approaches.

  • @genatzvalee
    @genatzvalee Před 4 lety

    Awesome! You make everything totally clear and fun!

  • @jusachipa
    @jusachipa Před 5 lety +1

    Excellent video, thanks`; + you have one of the best podcast voices out there.

  • @pastilance1
    @pastilance1 Před 6 lety +5

    Sick stuff, keep them coming!

  • @nickg2431
    @nickg2431 Před 2 lety +1

    You are an excellent musician and a great teacher even to someone like me whose been using mixolydian for years.I never thought of AC/DC in those terms but spot on .liked and subscribed 👍

  • @Nautilus1972
    @Nautilus1972 Před 6 lety +13

    Only seen two of this guy's videos, I know nothing about music, but I like him.

  • @drshishimoto
    @drshishimoto Před 4 lety

    I love your analysis of popular music. It's made me better musician. Thank you!

  • @DannyShipleyMusic
    @DannyShipleyMusic Před 5 lety

    This is great man I'm glad I discovered your Channel

  • @SilencioEfimero
    @SilencioEfimero Před 6 lety +12

    Great stuff, man.

  • @phoenix-yx7xd
    @phoenix-yx7xd Před 3 lety

    This is the most simplest explanation for a beginner delving in the modes. Awesome lesson

  • @franksturt2226
    @franksturt2226 Před 5 lety +2

    AC/DC actually always plays the Dorian scale over major triads usually in a I IV V progession. It’s a minor scale over major chords that share the same seventh and sixth that give their songs that nasty bite

  • @fuzzyone99
    @fuzzyone99 Před 5 lety

    Great video!
    I love the way some some folks can make theory accessible enough to demystify the magic of what people like about music with rational explanations. I don't think most people who understand theory can do this.

  • @maddyd.346
    @maddyd.346 Před 5 lety

    Great insight. Nice vocals too.

  • @kamilkowalczyk4258
    @kamilkowalczyk4258 Před 5 lety

    man, your tuition is awesome!

  • @Ou812em
    @Ou812em Před 4 lety

    Excellent video man. 👍🏼

  • @mitigiant5328
    @mitigiant5328 Před 5 lety +1

    Your videos are very easy to understand for non musicians, great job

  • @RichardAmesMusic
    @RichardAmesMusic Před 5 lety

    Bravo - nice insights and presentation!

  • @TheQubePlayer
    @TheQubePlayer Před 6 lety +78

    So, last week CZcams suggested that I watch your video on Master of Puppets.
    Since then I have watched some additional content of yours.
    Now I have seen this video.
    I have to say, that I like what I've seen so far. Thanks for the amazing work.
    You're really making music theory great, mixing it up with entertainment and trivia.
    ~A new subscriber from Germany

    • @SignalsMusicStudio
      @SignalsMusicStudio  Před 6 lety +6

      Danke! I plan to continue making music theory videos like this and hope to improve the quality, pacing, and editing

    • @marketingdisaster
      @marketingdisaster Před 6 lety +3

      I came in here to say exactly what the guy above said

    • @Arianwubbe
      @Arianwubbe Před 6 lety +1

      Why am I reading this in Nick Offerman's voice?

    • @DayVeeBoi
      @DayVeeBoi Před 5 lety

      @@Arianwubbe dammit, now I am too

    • @andersjjensen
      @andersjjensen Před 2 lety

      @@SignalsMusicStudio Three years later: You're not just a man of your word. You are effing nailing it each time!

  • @JohnnyGuitarRocks
    @JohnnyGuitarRocks Před 5 lety

    Outstanding video and lesson, thanks.

  • @frankus54
    @frankus54 Před 5 lety

    Good production and great content

  • @TheJabernet
    @TheJabernet Před 5 lety +2

    You're a sharp Dude, Thanks for sharing it!!

  • @colindayo
    @colindayo Před 4 lety

    Great stuff Jake!

  • @HiEnergyMusic
    @HiEnergyMusic Před 5 lety

    That's an interesting scale. I know mixolydian but didn't yet use it that much in my own productions. Great video with well-chosen examples. *Thumbs up*

  • @ohyeah6729
    @ohyeah6729 Před 5 lety

    Thanks for the insight. Well done.

  • @drewboo925
    @drewboo925 Před 5 lety

    ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL VIDEO MAN THANK YOU 😊

  • @6onxza
    @6onxza Před 6 lety +66

    Where can i hear the full version of the Born This Way cover?

    • @Wren6991
      @Wren6991 Před 5 lety +16

      Agreed, I would pay at least 5 money to hear that

  • @kicksex
    @kicksex Před 6 lety +1

    great stuff man
    keep it up

  • @aliray1165
    @aliray1165 Před 5 lety

    What an amazing analysis!

  • @patrickpirker1634
    @patrickpirker1634 Před 5 lety

    hey, you rock, your Videos r exactly what I was looking for.

  • @gmpas
    @gmpas Před 5 lety

    love your channel dude! great communication and presentation skills. you're in my folder with biato, neeley nulty and turner. i'll check out you patreon.

  • @kylehughey7969
    @kylehughey7969 Před 5 lety

    Very informative. Thank you!

  • @rexhead
    @rexhead Před 6 lety +51

    Made me laugh when you added the vocal in the example

    • @SignalsMusicStudio
      @SignalsMusicStudio  Před 6 lety +12

      rexhead lol good, I called back Aaron just to do that one AWWW YEAH, I felt it was vital

  • @GeoffreyGentryMusic
    @GeoffreyGentryMusic Před 6 lety +13

    The progression heard at 1:50 sounds like the riff to I Can't Explain by the Who, which itself is primarily composed in mixolydian. I am noticing rock songs in mixolydian more frequently because of this video. Well done.

    • @yairmartinez-garcia8530
      @yairmartinez-garcia8530 Před 6 lety +1

      Geoffrey Gentry it's actually just a blues progression and scale that is the format of rock

    • @SG710
      @SG710 Před 5 lety

      Because it's not mixolydian. These are just typical minor scales, he turned C major into C minor by flattening the B note. That's it.

    • @UnitedFeodor
      @UnitedFeodor Před 5 lety

      @@SG710 no. B isn't the third of C so it isn't a minor scale.

    • @SG710
      @SG710 Před 5 lety

      @@UnitedFeodor I didn't say that, but C major scale has a B note, not Bb. I meant the key/scale, not the chord itself.

    • @UnitedFeodor
      @UnitedFeodor Před 5 lety

      @@SG710 I was talking about the scale as well. C minor has Eb and C major has E. And he didn't change the E note so that wasn't a C minor.

  • @flyingsalmon
    @flyingsalmon Před měsícem

  • @GregoryPearsonMusic
    @GregoryPearsonMusic Před 4 lety

    Very well done video

  • @iakusz
    @iakusz Před 5 lety

    fun and informative, good job!

  • @StuHolland
    @StuHolland Před 5 lety

    Lovely video, thank you

  • @armandomedina8651
    @armandomedina8651 Před 4 lety

    I know plenty songs on guitar from acdc and I note it but at the same time I didnt even know what mixolidian is, now I think it will be easy to learn about it, thats cool

  • @Rome.Monroe
    @Rome.Monroe Před 4 lety

    I never understood the modes until last September when I found your channel and just noticed I've written 2 songs in mixolydian without realizing.

  • @BL0HARD
    @BL0HARD Před rokem

    Your absolutely right. 25yrs ago I was listening to AC/DC at home on the stereo in the lounge room and my mum who’s never listened to AC/DC before heard Dog Eat Dog and kept asking for me to put it on she especially loved the solo. Really took me by surprise.
    Gansta rap uses the same principle too of using sweet music to mask violent lyrics.

  • @ArtmantStudios
    @ArtmantStudios Před 6 lety

    Great video!

  • @235_10
    @235_10 Před rokem

    This is easily my favorite explanation of the mixolydian mode.

  • @bumblesnowmonster
    @bumblesnowmonster Před 6 lety

    Good stuff. Keep 'em comin'! 🎸🎸🎸

  • @Metemi
    @Metemi Před 5 lety

    This is brilliant!

  • @ShreddyEddy
    @ShreddyEddy Před 6 lety

    I like these videos, theres always something new to learn

  • @joeerpenbeck7062
    @joeerpenbeck7062 Před 4 lety

    Hey man GREAT CONTENT here!!! Could you imagine to make a video about their AWESOME rhythm-riffs? Like whats the music theory behind there (not just syncopation and up/downbeat things)? Like why for example in "Stiff upper lip" do the notes in this awesome rhythm-riff harmonize sooo good together?
    That would be really kind!
    Cheers man keep it up!

  • @bernardoa.garciah.2316

    4:47 best advertisement I've seen in a long long time!!!!

  • @Audfile
    @Audfile Před 5 lety

    Amazing. Subscribed.

  • @jake2355
    @jake2355 Před 4 lety +17

    If AC/DC songs are in Mixolydian, how does Angus get away with using Minor Pentatonic so much and it sounds amazing?

    • @Marcaine
      @Marcaine Před 4 lety +21

      Ahhh Unagi In the minor pentatonic scale (1 b3 4 5 b7) 4 out of 5 notes are the same as in the Mixolydian scale ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 b7 8). A lot of guitar players - Angus included - play the b3/minor third note of the pentatonic scale with a slight bend (usually when it‘s a bluesy song, not in an aeolian/natural minor context) which makes it sound like it‘s between a minor and a major third. I‘d say that‘s why it sounds so good.

    • @paulhaynes561
      @paulhaynes561 Před 4 lety +4

      Ahhh Unagi the Mixolydian scale belongs to dominant chords and the Pentatonic scale also derives from dominant chords.

  • @andersjjensen
    @andersjjensen Před 2 lety

    The best sales pitch for Mixolydian I've ever heard! :D
    Strangely enough, my favourite tracks by Airbourne and Accept are in Mixolydian too...

  • @doctorschmitty4122
    @doctorschmitty4122 Před 5 lety +2

    This is one of those things you cannot unhear once you've heard it. Rick Beato made another- ever notice how every pearl jam song has a kick on the and of 2?

  • @samuelhamilton46
    @samuelhamilton46 Před 4 lety

    I love your teaching approach, it's gold. I will have to watch every video from your channel... I do not thank you! :)

  • @spoddie
    @spoddie Před 5 lety

    Brilliant, informative, entertaining and funny

  • @franny231123DMT
    @franny231123DMT Před 6 lety

    thanks for the video! mixolydian is my fav!

  • @juliancomposer13
    @juliancomposer13 Před 6 lety

    Greetings from Venezuela! You rock!

  • @hardmember
    @hardmember Před 2 lety

    That Ad at the end did it for me

  • @jake2355
    @jake2355 Před 4 lety +13

    I’m gonna say it
    AC/DC need to cover Born This Way

  • @brettabey9973
    @brettabey9973 Před 5 lety

    Informative and entertaining

  • @jaybreen1010
    @jaybreen1010 Před 5 lety +1

    and let's not forget Phil Rudd's plodding backbeat! It achieves the same disco danceability without being cheesy. The perfect foundation for everything else you've already noted ACDC builds on top of it.

  • @AlgyCuber
    @AlgyCuber Před 5 lety +3

    I bVII progression can sound very relaxing on a mix of bass, piano and drums

  • @hottamanful
    @hottamanful Před 5 lety

    Good job man 👍

  • @chovuse
    @chovuse Před 4 lety +3

    Not to forget, the great Rock and Roll groove

  • @miskatonicuniversityavclub202

    i used to literally drift off playing ac dc in my highschool band (i always hated them kinda) but it was bc i was stuck playing bass for a while bc we always had trouble finding a bass player that we could get along with, and that could play. and at the time i was the lesser of 2 guitar players so i filled in. i recall playing back in black sections entirely on open strings. the rhythm guitar and bass was always boring to me. of course im a djent man/ melodic death metal guy so adhd likely is responsible. i always assume it just takes a lot going on to keep me interested in any music. i occasionally like things solely for melodic quality if theres no tech, but its gotta be a hell of a melody hehe. this is all good information to know all the same though. you have been very helpful in my return to music and i am tremendously thankful. your videos are among the best available for snippets of useful theory etc. thanks. .

  • @yuvsehgal6418
    @yuvsehgal6418 Před 4 měsíci +1

    3:49 - AC/DC should actually release this song, it sounds fricking awesome

  • @Barisarock0188
    @Barisarock0188 Před 5 lety

    So nice!

  • @samuelitooooo
    @samuelitooooo Před 3 lety +1

    4:18 That's how I feel about Copacabana. The music is epic, dramatic yet happy feeling and catchy but then you actually pay attention to the lyrics and it tells a sad gut-punching story with NO happy ending and even a moral ("don't fall in love") like what?!?! And they totally mask the darkness of the story with the (arguably iconic) chorus by shifting the focus to a place rather than the characters/people, feeling like an advertisement, and all over 2-5-1s in the major scale

  • @vmat1000
    @vmat1000 Před 6 lety

    Great vid, Was lucky enough to see AC/DC with Mal for the Black Ice tour. While i love jamming with their tune with a G400, I always associated the mixo-mode with stuff like Blue Sky from the ABB,,,root on the index finger of the 'box'.
    Really doesn't matter. Play, Don't Worry :)

  • @PernetaCorreia
    @PernetaCorreia Před 6 lety

    Great stuff... Keep it up! :)

  • @mbrownie22
    @mbrownie22 Před 5 lety

    That was freaking awesome

  • @phlosen7854
    @phlosen7854 Před 5 lety

    2:01 hope your cat is OK..
    Nice video as always!

  • @marloc2019
    @marloc2019 Před 5 lety

    Yet another insightful clever video from SMS; subscription to your channel is a must...
    Thanks!

  • @rodrigomartins9692
    @rodrigomartins9692 Před 5 lety

    Outstanding

  • @superflysoulbrother
    @superflysoulbrother Před 5 lety +2

    2:48 possible the best cover of any song, eva!

  • @manicmurph
    @manicmurph Před 5 lety +1

    I love the Mixolydian scale. It's like the "feel good" scale.

  • @declanp1
    @declanp1 Před 5 lety

    Very cool!

  • @ckjjclan
    @ckjjclan Před 5 lety

    This. Is. Brilliant!

  • @anthonywhelan4660
    @anthonywhelan4660 Před 4 lety +1

    I saw AC/DC as a seventeen year old in the seventies in country Victoria, Australia. The local radio station put on free concerts in the park. AC/DC had only been together for two weeks and were touring for the first time. They were so loud that I heard them from two miles away and just followed the sound. Angus looked amazing in his school boy outfit. I knew that music had changed for ever. Bon Scot looked like a devil. Cool.

  • @Nautilus1972
    @Nautilus1972 Před 6 lety +13

    Whole Lotta Rosie is the most perfect rock n roll song I've ever heard. I would play that to Aliens.

    • @JunkiesTube
      @JunkiesTube Před 6 lety

      Yeah, the intro is GREAT...!
      - But I like "Shoot To Thrill" better

    • @benparsons4979
      @benparsons4979 Před 4 lety +1

      I wouldn't play a song about a fat woman to an alien

  • @falnica
    @falnica Před 5 lety +7

    I always thought Hose of the Rising Sun was about waisting your life at a casino, not a brothel, but you are making me reconsider

    • @grahamblack1961
      @grahamblack1961 Před 2 lety

      I've spent most of the money I've ever earned in brothels, unfortunately I squandered the rest of it.

  • @f.oliver8078
    @f.oliver8078 Před 5 lety

    love it!

  • @shuaibird.official
    @shuaibird.official Před 6 lety +2

    "1 - b7 - 4 - 1" should be the mostly-heard chord progression in Hardrock music. It also appears in Gun'N'Rose's songs, e.g. Sweet Child O' Mine.

  • @morb357
    @morb357 Před 2 lety

    You are a great man. Just wanted to say that. : )