Demonstrating All 7 Modes in Parallel [MODAL MUSIC THEORY]
Why Music: Practice & Theory Stack Exchange recommends it
Music Stack Exchange answerers point people to it when explaining modes, because hearing each mode from one fixed root makes their distinct colours and uses clear.
Recommended by 2 people across 2 different months, 2018 to 2023.
What it is
A 16-minute modal music theory lesson from Signals Music Studio (Jake Lizzio) that builds all seven modes of the major scale from the same root, G, so their different sounds and characteristic notes can be heard side by side. It contrasts this parallel approach with the usual relative-mode teaching (C major = D dorian = E phrygian).
What people said
Recommends hirschme · 2020-05 · Music: Practice & Theory Stack Exchange · on “Is it possible playing C mixolydian notes in a song in the key of C?”
Yes. In principle you can (and should) do anything you can think of, and evaluate if you want to do it based on how it sounds. If it sounds good to you, go for it. That said, using modes of a key is very common. Playing mixolydian is one of the foundations of blues, so you should be able to recognize a very popular sound when playing C mixolydian. Try other modes of C as well, play the major modes (Ionian, Lydian, Mixolydian) over a song in C major, play minor modes on songs in C minor (Dorian, Aeolian, Phrygian). Or combine them. Internalize how they all sound, how are they different, and how their sound affects your playing. You can check this video out if you want to listen to a compariso
Recommends Hutch · 2023-06 · Music: Practice & Theory Stack Exchange · on “I'm so confused about modes that I can't make a specific title”
I tried to create a more descriptive post, but it kept changing my note names into chord diagrams ... sometimes ???? Jake Lizzio (Signals Music Studio on YouTube [LINK] ) has a video "Demonstrating All 7 Modes in Parallel [MODAL MUSIC THEORY]" that describes all the modes. He also has a sequence of videos about EACH mode separately, titled "Riffing with Modes". He also posted another couple dozen videos about modes. I've created two MP3 files that play the same tune, modulated into each mode but keeping the same key center. If you'd like these files, go to Dropbox at [LINK] [LINK] Obviously, if you download these files, scan them for malware before you open them!!! The first <BRCH.mp3> is th
Cites Aric · 2018-08 · Music: Practice & Theory Stack Exchange · on “How can I learn to solo on guitar?”
"I just want to play cool solos and licks" I'm going to assume that you want to learn how to improvise cool solos, and put licks into your songs. So, here we go. I'm going to focus mainly on the soloing part, since I've never really experimented with licks myself and will probably get stuff wrong. The short answer: Find out what key you're playing in and whether you're playing a repeating chord pattern (such as 12 bar blues). Learn scales. The good ones to know are the major and minor pentatonic, and the major and minor scales. Play the scale with the starting note on the root note of the key you're in. Practise. Practise. etc... To learn licks, you can make some up yourself OR you can learn