[ARCHIVED] UNDERSTAND the MODES - and Use the Pentatonic Scale to Play Them INSTANTLY
This video has been expanded/remastered/replaced by these two:
► The Modes on Guitar Explained Clearly:
► The easiest way to play the modes is hidden in plain sight:
If you already know the pentatonic scale anywhere on the fretboard, you can instantly access the modes by understanding how the modes relate to the pentatonic scale and to each other.
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► Check out our related videos:
Shifting patterns across the fretboard:
Understand the modes:
Master the pentatonic scale:
The easiest way to learn the modes:
The CAGED system and triads:
Learn the 5-string master modal pattern:
► Keywords: guitar lesson, music theory, pentatonic scales, the modes, Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Locrian
► Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:17 - Where the modes come from
01:04 - The Greek mode names
01:51 - “Brightness“ ordering
03:37 - The sound of the modes
04:35 - The relationship to the Pentatonic Scale
05:27 - The “rectangle“ hidden in every Pentatonic pattern
05:55 - Fill in the missing notes with simple patterns to create the modes
06:49 - Summary
► Thank you to Dave DiCenso (drums), Jeff Gilman (bass), and Jake Shapiro (guitar, cello) for permission to use their recordings (as Kilgore Trout) of “Bilious the Profidious“ and “Sea Horses“.
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