How to USE modes!!
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Modes Part II: • USING MODES - Part 2
Learn how to apply your knowledge of modes into your playing.
For years I understood theory behind building modes but never understood how that knowledge could be applied to my playing.
Hopefully this video helps explain how I try implement mode theory into my playing in a practical way.
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I've now released a 'Part II' follow up video to this subject of modes that hopefully clears up some of the bits I didn't explain well or skipped over in this video.
Check it out here: • USING MODES - Part 2
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I've now released a 'Part II' to this video that hopefully clears up a few of the points I hadn't explained well or skipped over in this video. Once you've watched this video, check it out: czcams.com/video/ZnD5F6o7B1g/video.html
My wife made some hard-boiled eggs the other day, and when I got home, I was amazed at how mixolydian the house smelt!
😂🤣 Hilarious!
I dig how you explain things! You walk it through step by step logically and it feels very intuitive to me
Thank you! I’m pleased it’s been useful to you. 👍🏼🎹🎵
Agreed, even the fish analogy was quite lucid
😂🤣 Ha! Thanks, I wasn’t sure whether to include it or not!
I'll add, your mic is really good. Maybe you could block the ambient sound from the keyboard keys with a pop filter or cone? Only trying to help if it's useful to you.
@@KidDozzi Cheers Ian.
You have a gift to explain things well. The words used, tone, examples, pace, sequencing... Also the lighting and camera, a joy to watch. Thank you for sharing.
Cheers dude! I really appreciate your support. Thanks 🙏
This unlocked something in my music theory brain that I knew need to be unlocked but I didn't know exactly what it was yet, but knew it was there and it was this. Thank you.
Hey Caleb, that’s so great to hear, glad you’re finding some value from my videos. 👍🏼
Its always about the root note. The root of the scale. Everything you're hearing and making sense of in music, you're always aware of where that tonal centre is. (Leaving out modulation for the moment)
Mis-training modes starts with the teacher saying something like "C major (Ionian) is exactly the same scale as C- minor (Aolian)." Or they say something like Im afraid "if you start with the second note that is a dorian mode" without mentioning that in-fact it's E dorian not D Dorian. So yes it's a dorian scale. But it's a completely different scale, with a different root. The fact it uses the same notes is incidental, and has no musical impact. All the relationships within that scale are different to our ears. To explain them as being the same scale is what leads people off on the wrong path and leads to much confusion,
Each mode has different intervals and different chords, and we are always aware of where the root note is when we are listening (and hopefully playing). The history of where these diatonic modal scales come from is as ancient as their names, they are firmly set within us.
Preach! 👏 Yeah, completely agree, I think maybe there’s a lack of understanding from some teachers too that just keeps getting passed down. Thanks for the comment.
The Ionians were the Greeks. I think you meant C Major and A minor. Those are the same. If you're in Major it'll always be the 6th note in the scale or 3 semi tones down. C Major and C minor are parallels of each other.
So like how do you stay within the tonal center for say a melody? Makes sense because even when you know music theory if you're not applying functional harmony then it sounds incomplete.
@@AFRoSHEENT3ARCMICHAEL69 Thanks for the comments. I think it's kind of about where you start and end and which notes you're accentuating in between. I've got another video on modes that I'm about release and I talk a bit about writing a song within a mode and I think it might cover that a little bit.
@@AFRoSHEENT3ARCMICHAEL69 Hey, I've just released that modes follow up video I mentioned which talks a bit about writing a melody within a mode if you wanted to check it out. Cheers
Makes complete sense. Effective use of these concepts takes a lot of time and practice, as tou'd expect.
This is the best video on modes that I’ve ever seen. Well done and thank you sir!
Ah thanks David, that means a lot. Maybe I should make some more vids like these then! Really appreciate your comment. Cheers
Great lesson Michael! Thank you!
In guitar, modes are used as connectors after melody with tension notes to a resolving melody, usually going to the end chord of a stanza. In improvisation solos, modes form the licks joined in between melodies.
This was probably the most challenging video I’ve encountered from you thus far but you still did a great job explaining it 🤞🏾 I’ll definitely come back to it once I have a better grasp on these more chord relationships
Hey Samuel, this was the first educational video like this that I made and I don't think I did the best job of explaining things and potentially tried to fit in too much, hence the follow up video, so I'm not surprised this was a little harder to digest. Thanks for the comment though.
Great! Thanks!
The ‘fish’ analogy does work many thanks, I’m glad I found your channel.
Ha! Cheers Harry, I’m glad you found it too! 😉 Happy New Year!
I've been able to grasp some of the concepts you present. Fascinating. And even if I learned little I still enjoy your teaching style immensely particularly your humor.
Thanks for your comment Patrick, I'm glad you enjoyed the video 👍
6:31 - I was just thinking the other day how it seems as though a not insubstantial number of traditional Indian songs make use of their analog to Lydian (ie Raga Yaman). This example, here, would perfectly reinforce my observation. To me, it makes sense - there's just something so very divine, airy, transcendent, sublime - even jarringly sacred - about a starkly placed #4/#11 - and the Hindu and Buddhist religious cultures would tend to process the world through those lenses. Nice video, btw. Cheers!
Cheers Andy, thanks for sharing 👍
Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
My pleasure. I hope you found it useful.
Learning modes in this way and applying them to improvisation the way you do is infinitely more useful than how it is traditionally taught. Thanks for this. This is the first time I’ve seen you. I’m gonna subscribe and look for content on how you craft your improvised melodies. Quite brilliantly I might add.
Thank you. I’m really pleased you found it helpful. Thanks a bunch for sub! 👍🏼🎹
You had 999 subscribers when i watched this. My seeing that, after really appreciating this video very much, and knowing "I" would be sub #1000 was enough for me to know I've discovered a place I'm supposed to be! Thank you for your work here, Michael! I've played all my life, and "professionally" on some big stages over the past 20 years. But I've always known my jazz chops are very lacking (although somewhat aware of the theory/mechanics). Realizing jazz is (besides classical) the "brainy" side of music, I think I'm finally beginning to step into that higher musical awareness, like I've always WANTED to do, but just haven't. That changes... now! You'll be part of that, Michael, through your videos and I thank you for sharing your heart's talent! It effects lives.. in real ways. May ad revenue pour your way! 😄 Blessings from across the pond!
Steve! Welcome to the family and thank you for being my 1000th subscriber!!!! It's been really great seeing all the love and encouragement after posting this video. I'm going to do my best to continue giving value to folks like you - I just hope I can work out what that might be! Thanks for your leaving your comment, it means a lot. Cheers. 🎹
It all pretty much comes down to options, one can take a scale with them or use the mode that "fits " the root of the chord or play some outside notes to add spice/flavor,either way it's all jazz
Excellent video
Thanks mate, hope it was useful!
The CZcams algorithm kindly put this video into my feed. I love finding other music theory teachers on YT. Interesting take on using modes. I tend to think, 'I'm going to write a song in Dorian' and that's it. Or, how can I make this sound different, I know, I'll stick a Lydian tritone here. I've been trying to find songs IN Mixolydian, and having a hard time because a lot of them just have a portion in that mode. That should have been my clue. Entire songs don't have to be in the same mode. It's ok, to mix and match for the sake of the song. Keep up the good work!
Hi Jean! Thank you so much for this comment and thank you CZcams algorithm for introducing us! I'm sure there's still lots about modes that I've not uncovered yet on the music journey and I think we all seem to come at the same things from different angles but I do enjoy thinking about these things! Thanks for stopping by!
Fantastic! Thanks.
Cheers for your comment Malcolm!
Amazingly useful. Thank you
Thanks. I’m really pleased you found it helpful.
Wow this caught me right in my learning where I was able to follow along pretty well and it wasn’t over my head or too basic. Great video!
Awesome! Really pleased it was useful for you. Thanks for the comment.
Brilliant explanation. Thanks.
Cheers Jeremy!
Best out of 100 videos that all try to explain modes. I finally get not *how* but *why* to use them.
Ah! Thanks for your great comment. I really appreciate the encouragement! I’m pleased you found it helpful.
this was actually an amazing insight and technique for using modes! thanks!
Thanks for the kind comment. I’m pleased you found it useful. Cheers.
Now this is something I could actually understand and use. You have to love educated Jazz players and the methods they use to explain things. I appreciated this, thank you.
Thanks for your comment Vic. I'm pleased you found it helpful and easy to understand. Happy practising!
Thank you so much for this video.
You are very welcome! 🙏
Really great lesson, thanks.
Thank you! I'm pleased you appreciated it. Cheers!
Great explanation. Thanks
Thanks. I hope it was helpful!
Awesome video maestro. Thank you
Thank you! I appreciate your kind words! Hope you’re having a perfect week!
I didn’t quite get it yet, but after a few mods videos from various creators, yours left me most inspired. Gonna start learning the formulas and practicing, then checking your part 2. Thanks!
Hey Chuck! Thanks for the comment. Hopefully my ‘part 2’ video is a bit more helpful, there were definitely some bits I missed or didn’t explain very well in this video. Good luck on your modes adventure! 👍🏼
Great stuff ,thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for your comment!
Great video, nicely explained
Thanks. I appreciate your comment, hope it was somewhat helpful. Cheers
Brilliant thank you Michael 💥
Cheers Ian!
Solid concepts... well presented ideas.. 🎸☕
Cheers Brian, thanks for the comment 🙏
Amazing video. Please do more of these!!! Thank you
Thanks Maria! Definitely more similar videos to come. Do you have any specific topics in mind that you'd like me to cover?!
Thanks for the encouragement! MK
Great Explanation , I appreciate it.
Thank you! I appreciate your comment! 🎹
Dude awesome video. Thank you for explaining it so clearly
Cheers Mauricio, I’m really pleased you enjoyed it. 👍🏼🎹
Wonderful video!
Thank you!!
These are the scales that change my mood instantly.
Well explained and understandable.
Thank you. I hope you found it useful.
WOW! This is the first time I've ever heard a useful explanation of mode. Thank you so much.
Thanks for the comment, I appreciate it. Glad you found the video helpful.
Cheers Michael. Most people can't explain things clearly and logically. You can. Also, I've just watched a number of posts by musicriyaaz. You're right, It's grand.
Thanks for your comment Steph, it’s very kind and I appreciate it. I’m glad you checked out more of his stuff, it’s so impressive!!
That was helpful. Thank you!
Good to hear, thanks for leaving a comment 🙏
Bravo!!!
Thank you for this excellent explanation. I'm a bass player that wants to improve on music theory and this is exactly what I was looking for.
Perfect! Glad you found it helpful, thanks for leaving a comment 👍🏼
My ever struggle is modes.I allways understood them intheory, but like you said along the way you start growing a fealig, and it come naturally. Looved it.
Thanks for the comment! Hope you found it useful.
You addressed the very question that I've been wanting to resolve - how to actually use modes, rather than merely understanding them in isolation (much, as you say, like knowing scales: how to use the information in playing). And you've done so clearly, in a way that even if I wasn't familiar with some of the terms, I could follow your line (the annotations are also very timely and clear.. thanks for those!) You tread a very good line, crediting the viewer with intelligence but with a desire (and need) for explanation and examples.
I was very pleased to be able to understand exactly why a Lydian relates to maj7 sharp 11, so your examples affirmed learning as well.
I think one of the mistakes I've made is trying to assign the modes from the tonic to each chord, rather than working from the tonic of each chord (for example, if a piece is in the key of D, then using a mode of D for every chord that follows). But that's me, running before I can walk.
In any event, I'll watch this video many times, I predict, to absorb and gradually internalise, what you're saying so well. Thank you!
Rob, it was so good to read your comment, thank you for taking the time to share. I’m so pleased that my videos are reaching people like you who are able to find some value in them and make sense of my ramblings! Hopefully plenty more videos to come if I can find things worth talking about! Cheers. MK
Thanks so much for this!
You're very welcome Dan, I'm glad you found it useful.
Great stuff. And you’re correct, it is complicated and requires practice and discussion. This is very helpful. Thanks!
Thanks Louis, I’m pleased you found it helpful.
It's not complicated at all
If you still don't fully understand mode i can help ya
Very interesting and.. imperative
Thank you!!
Cool, starting to get how improv works Thank you!
Great to hear, hope this has been useful. 🎹👍🏼
I play guitar and have been working on applying modes to my playing for a while now. Excellent video. It given me a few lightbulb moments...Thanks loads..🙏
Hey Tom, thanks for your comment! I'm pleased you found it helpful.
this is a crazy good video
Thanks Damon! Appreciate your kind comment. Glad you enjoyed the video 👍
Thank you, I appreciated
You're welcome!
This is really helpful. I especially like that you didn't choose C major to demonstrate the modes and that you started each mode on the same root note. So may explanations of modes use C and then move up the scale for each successive mode so that they just feel like different scales. This video, especially the section with the demonstration over a pedal drone, makes much more sense and the sound of the modes was immediately apparent. Thank you.
Glad you found this helpful, it can be a tricky subject and I'm not how well I explained it so it's good to hear you appreciated it. Thanks for the comment 🙏
Thank you! This makes so much sense now!👍
Thanks Andri, I'm pleased it was useful for you!
Very good explanation!
Thanks Jonathan, I appreciate your comment! Cheers. 🎹
@@michaelkeithson Absolutely! I will probably be sharing the video with some of my students as well.
Amazing!
Thanks again Eugene! Glad you’re enjoying the content 👍🏼
The pedal tone example was really illuminating for me
Awesome! Glad you found it useful! 👍
Need more of these videos, very pleasing and gained the concept
Cheers! Plenty more videos to come! 👍🏼
Another excellent lesson on a very confusing subject Michael! I'm off to watch the follow up now.
Thanks Paul! Appreciate the kind comment, it is a tough subject and I'm not sure I did a great job in this video, hence 'Part 2' but hopefully there's enough in there to make it worthwhile! Thanks for the encouragement! 👍
@@michaelkeithson I enjoyed both videos equally. When I first learned about modes a long time ago, it was shown to me just in the context of playing over a drone of the root, which is great for appreciating the flavour of each mode, but does not tell you how you can use them more widely. It took me a long time and a deeper understanding of theory to appreciate how modes can be used in passages here and there. You show that part of it very clearly and will watch it again, as there is a lot of info in there and you show options I had not thought about. Thank you very much for this!
@@paulschipper9428 Cheers Paul, glad you’ve got something out of it. Appreciate the feedback!
The fish analogy worked fine for me. Great video, very helpful, even for me as a guitarist. Also, I recognized the Mixolydian right away. Nice!
Nice! Glad you found it helpful. Thanks for the comment 🙏
Wonderful lesson! Thank you for the clarity, we would all love to see more theory videos in the future.
Cheers John! I appreciate your comment. Any topics in particular so I can get learning?!
Hey John! I've just released a follow up video to this one, a 'Part II' to try to tie up a few loose ends from this video. Hope you check it out. czcams.com/video/ZnD5F6o7B1g/video.html
Pure gems!!!!
Cheers man, appreciate the comment! 🙏
Very well explained. Thankyou.
Thanks for your comment. I hope it was useful!
@@michaelkeithson it was 😀
These analogyies works great! 😆
😂 🐟
Great work 🤘🏻
Thanks Jamie, I appreciate your comment.
Best explanation ever
Ah thanks Jerome! I appreciate your comment, I hope you got something useful out of the video! 👍🏼
SUPER HELPFUL. the only one that makes sense. Well, the other videos and information built me up, but you wrapped it all together so nicely.
Ah, cheers Parker, I really appreciate your comment and pleased to hear the video was useful.
Great teacher
Thank you! Hope it was helpful!
@@michaelkeithson ❤
Brilliant, thanks, mate. finally made sense. Thank you. Cheers.😊
Great. Glad it was helpful. 👍🏼
Great knowledge here as everyone said. Also your concise editing is a nice treat, the subtle zoom-ins when you make an important point is really cool. I didnt realize that the first play. Cant wait for part 2 😊 im a bass player btw but trying to learn composition outside of diatonic boring stuff!
Big thanks for your comment! Currently editing 'part 2' - I've included a little section about composing in a mode, hopefully you'll find that useful. Cheers. MK
Hey! My modes part II video is out now. Hope you can find that useful and interesting too! Cheers. MK czcams.com/video/ZnD5F6o7B1g/video.html
Finally, I got it, thanks to your video. You simply demystify it. So in the end It's all about the sound.
That’s great Tor, so pleased that my video has helped you on your journey. Thanks for watching!
Thanks!
🙏 Thank you for watching and your generosity, much appreciated 🙏
It makes a big difference to my ears when you play all the modes starting on the same note. I find it a lot harder to differentiate their sound if all the modes of a scale are played one after the other using the scale tones. And yes, I learned them, but never really tried to figure out how to use them. I'm on a long term haitus from playing but when I go back this is one of the areas that I'd like to get familiar with.
The demonstration you did from halfway through minute four was really useful; actually it reminded me of something Chic Corea would play... Thanks for the demo
Yeah, I agree. I never felt like there was much difference between the modes when I played them consecutively going up the major key, they all just sound like their parent major key, displaced, but take them out of that context and play then all from the same root note and they come alive! Hope the video was helpful!
wonderful breakdown, thank you. This squared a lot of circles for me
Thanks! I'm pleased it was helpful.
I take lessons and have also watched a lot of videos regarding theory. I really love the content of this video and feel that you don’t have enough views and likes. This will surely benefit me for a long time~
Thanks Melvin, I really appreciate your comment. I guess it’s still early days for the channel but my intention is to continue to create more similar content and hopefully see it grow. Thanks for your support!
The house stinking like fish analogy had me bustin up, man. Thanks for the laugh and the lesson.
😆😂 I’m pleased you enjoyed it! Not sure that was the best analogy but glad it tickled you! Thanks for watching!
Dude youre amazing
Cheers, hope you found it useful. 👍
This is so much better than when I enrolled in Berklee in the 70s. I asked my tutor assigned to me, what a scale is. His answer, you'll have to go to the mountain top to find the answer. Thanks for making this more accessible and actually interesting!
Hey George! That's nice of you to say so, I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for leaving a comment 🙏
Great explanation! I've always been confused by the modes. This made it easier! Cheers!
Thanks Tim, I pleased you've found it useful.
Your content is educative and easy to approach
Well articulated keep up the good work Sir👏
Ah thanks Arthur. I really appreciate your kind comment, I’ll do my best to keep things coming! Cheers.
I'm getting back into music after a long time out of it. This is stuff I need to study and know about, thanks.
Welcome back and good luck on the journey. Glad you got something from the video. Happy exploring!
@@michaelkeithson :)
Super awesom video. Cleared up some misunderstandings i had. Thanks for taking the time to make it.
Thanks for your comment Calvin. I’m pleased you found it helpful!
Thank you....I was mostly bewildered by this, but that's mostly my lack of education beyond HS band. You explained things excellently.
You're welcome! Cheers for comment.
THIS gives some perspective.
Thanks for the comment Tsvetan, I'm glad the video was helpful. Cheers.
Subscribed. Great video!
Thanks James! Appreciate the sub 🙏
Thank you so much sir ji ❤
My pleasure. I hope it was helpful.
thank you very much for this very useful modes video ! I am going to use this to improvise with modes with the A minor scale for my moody song in the key A minor called "long ago and far away" :)
I’m pleased that you found it helpful. Happy practising!!
I can’t stop thinking about what sound people make when the fish odour hits there senses. It’s really a wide range when you think about it. Great lesson
🤣😂 Thanks for your comment Tim.
I've watched countless videos with a similar title and aim, but they've never explained it the way you do with playing over the pedal note. That was a penny drop moment for me in learning how to hear the characteristic differences in each mode, compared to C Ionian. Because modes are almost universally demonstrated over the C Ionian, all of the same stuff is repeated and there's no new insight or perspective. Thank you!
Ah, cheers. I appreciate the comment. Glad you found it useful.
I find you inspiring your great!
Thanks Bridget! That's really nice to hear, glad you're enjoying the content! 🎹🎵
Thanks for showing different ways to approach modes and this is what I can work with even if I go slow.
Thanks Ariel, I hope it was useful. Make sure you check out my Part II video about modes too if you haven’t already. Cheers. MK
@@michaelkeithson will do. I'm sure it will be critical for my music journey.
The analogy of the fish is perfect
Very clear explanation. Best regards.
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Thankyou... Yes I play guitar and not a Jazz musician, but you explained everything the way Ive been trying to wrap my head around playing... So yes there were a couple of points that felt like it glued some loose ends for me... Especially the part about the scales, and it just coming in time with more play... Ill probably be hitting arpeggios of each chord then say the quality of that chord.. Meaning flat 2 and flat 6 if that makes sense.. Thanks again!!
Thanks for your comment Scott, this was something I’d struggled with for a while and it’s great to hear that I must have explained it in a way that will make sense to some people. I really appreciate you stopping by!
Yeaaa man, a dreaded coversation so well exlained …thank you. time to go to work. I also say that aiming to maintain the melody of the piece or close to it, will come across beautifully during the transitions😅 from one chord another.
Thanks for your comment Anthony. Yeah, linking/continuing those ideas and phrases through the changes is important. Cheers!
Love the tempo at which this is explained. Really sinks in.
Cheers. I appreciate the comment.