Brightness and Darkness in Chords, Scales and Modes - DBQ (The Dorian Brightness Quotient)
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- Wat is brightness and darkness in music and how is this established in chords, scales and in particular the modes? What is the connection between dark and bright, major and minor, flats and sharps, Ionian and phrygian? All these questions and more get answered in this guitar tutorial about this music theory subject. Did you know that the major scale is not the brightest scale out there? Did you know that the mirror image of Ionian is Phrygian and that the G major key is brighter than the C major key? What causes gravitational Pull and what is the consequence? And what about the Dorian Brightness Quotient or short the DBQ? Ever heard of negative harmony? A concept by Ernst Levi and adopted by Jacob Collier who mad lot’s of video about negative harmony. So you see: lots to learn in this guitar lesson.
0:00 Introduction
1:12 Bright and dark in chords
3:12 Circle of fifths
6:00 Bright and Dark in Modes
8:11 Gravitational Pull
10:09 Modes in the circle of fifths
10:54 Dorian Brightness Quotient
11:51 Inversion of Modes
14:03 Conclusion
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Artwork: (c) 2020) Rob van Hal
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Ibanez JEM 7vb (www.Ibanez.com)
Ibanez RT
Ibanez SD GR Bass (www.Ibanez.com)
Schecter Banshee GT FR (www.schecterguitars.com/)
Takamine GD930 (www.takamine.com)
Castilla Classical Guitars
Samson Concert 99 Wireless system
Rode Microphone
Axe FX II (www.fractalaudio.com)
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Subjects in this video:
Brightness and darkness in music,
Bright and dark in music,
Dorian Brightness Quotient,
DBQ,
Bright chords,
Bright scales,
Bright modes,
Dark modes,
Dark scales,
Dark modes,
Dark music,
Bright music,
Gravitational pull,
Dark and Bright modes,
Phrygian,
Lydian,
Dorian,
Mixolydian,
Locrian,
Ionian,
Circle of fifths,
Music theory lesson guitar,
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I have no damn idea how he doesn’t have more subs this channel is sonic gold. Thank you for all the time you spend onthis channel!
Thank you Jon!!
Este canal es fantástico, hace poco lo descubrí y no paro de aprender. Tenes una forma muy practica y simple de explicar y eso hace que los contenidos tan interesantes se hagan fáciles de digerir. Muchas gracias por regalarnos tus conocimientos.
Man this channel is amazing, your way to teach makes more easy to understand. Thank you for sheering your knowledge
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What a nice pedagogue Rob! Thank you so much for this crystal clear explanations !
Very curious and interesting tutorial, thanks Rob!
Enlightening lesson! Thx.
Excellent...great way to determine certain choices at the time of composing! Thank you so much Rob for another remarkable video presentation!
Hi Jose! Good to see it's useful :)
THANK YOU FOR THIS LESSON...
Thanks for all the info
Fantastic lesson. Layout and graphics :) like your Steve vai 🎸 \m/
Thank you very much yet again
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Excellent lesson!
Thanks!
You're The Good Samaritan in the World of Music..
Thanks Steeve. Don't know about that :) but I do my best.
I thought you had lost the plot when you talked about major scales being darker or brighter compared to each other - but then I got it when you did the modulation... it really did get brighter/darker.
Hi Tony. Yes it's a bit strange at first, but when you try it, it really works.
Admitting the demonstration (but not the flat/sharp explanation, sorry), then it's not a transitive relation, which can be quite fun. So, let's see, all these would be "openness" moves, going from Cmajor to Emajor, then going from Emajor to Abmajor, and then Abmajor to Cmajor, you can go on forever. Reverse giant steps?
Thank you
You're welcome :)
This is real deep stuff...that expression "gravitational pull... " as in music... wow! I don't even know what's the meaning of chords, mode and scales as of the time of writing. Do you have absolute beginner's videos? I would like to learn to play the guitar professionally. Anyway, kudos to you for your musical prowess and the seemingly effortless ability to transmit your knowledge.
Thank you :)
At this moment my tutorials are for medium to advanced players....
Nice aspect...I guess I will learn the negetive harmony in a better way now..
good video 12:00 invert is what I call undertones ie every major has its own minor scale, and really ever new scale you should flip just to see what sounds like.
Excellent lesson! What would you recommend reading on this darkness/brightness and modal subjects? Any books to dive deeper into?
I don't know of any books about this subject Vinnie. I picked this up during my time at the conservatory. I guess there must be literature, because it has also a scientific aspect.
music is cool :)
greetings from Italy, we always follow you with affection. Hello
Hi Sputaveleno. Thank you! Ciao
It's very easy to turn Lydian into Locrian. Just augment the root and - VOILA!
Great video! Many thanks. There’s one thing I don’t yet understand: how is it that the key of F# is bright as it has 6 sharps and the key of Gb is dark as it has 6 flats when these two keys share the same notes and are somehow equivalent?
If you compare the Key of C to the Key of G, you can get two mutually exclusive chord combos. Key of C has CMajor and FMajor. Key of G has CMajor and FMinor. Therefore, G Major is 'Going to sound a bit darker' because of the minor triad in that key for that particular combination of roots. There is no real difference between any of the keys. It's just that when people learn to play piano or guitar they learn the CMaj/GMaj combo, then someone tells teaches them the key of G Major which has the CMaj/FMin combo. They then associate that chord combo with the key. Musical keys mattered back when pianos were tuned differently, but today the only difference is in the frequency range of the notes.
They are enharmonic and sound the same. I came to this video tonight exactly with the same problem and because it was referred to in the latest (as of now, 8th April 2024) video, which is Part 2 about negative harmony. I placed the very same question there. I very much enjoy and respect Rob's videos and tuition, but this doesn't make sense.
@@tomlopez7819 Are you sure "Key of G has CMajor and FMinor"?
at 9:05 I can understand that B leads to C and E to F or F# to G. But why Eb lead to E and not the contrary? (same with Bb to A)
Thanks.
You mean Eb lead to D Sébatien? Flats have the tendency in music to drop while sharps lift. The Eb is as close to the 5th as it is to the tonic, but because of that dropping tendency it will most likely lead to D. The same goes for Bb to A. I must say these particular leading tones are less strong than leading tones which lead directly to the tonic, fifth or octave and thus are more obvious. That's why they are marked with a lighter shade of blue.
@@QJamTracks Yes sorry Eb lead to D. So the rule of thumb is:
* Lead to tonic or 5th.
* flatted notes lead down and sharped ones lead up.
Thanks for the details.
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