Brian you have a special place in my heart, im serious!! Would 100% recommended your content

Wow. This is probably the best way to teach about this subject.

Thank you very much. You are the best teacher and you present the best ways to learn guitar and music.

Bm - b D f# A - A c# E E - E G# B The entire A major scale. No pentatonic noodling. Try Althea by the Dead, same progression. Play off of the arpeggios. Ornament the vocal melody. Hear how the original guitar figure centers the thirds of the chords. The butter notes. Play one phrase/cycle, as a vocalist would sing it.

Nice work. Really clear on fundamental issues (like how we use models - that aren’t the reality but a way of seeing).

I’m total theory head (college, grad school in music) but the simplest way to determine tue key is to listen for and hear the tonic chord which is clearly B minor. That being established the rest is easy for even a novice guitarist.

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you are by far the best teacher on KZbin.

Awesome

Outstanding. Thanks.

Nice intro Big B. You da man kemosabe . I heard some Slash in there buddy. Thanks man take care 😎👍✌️🎸

Unbelievable how you can be clearer than 110% of people explaining modes! Wish I'd found your channel earlier! Thank you so much!

Bm A E7 - solo on B Dorian

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Fantastic

I am like toddler in Music Theory learning journey. It took me half a day to watch and absorb as much knowöedge as possible out of your explainations. And I really really thank you and appreciate your efforts. will come back to this many times again for sure. I need music theory to play Blues Harp with awareness of what I am doing which is essential in long term.

IMO it's in E-mix, because that's where the chord sequences resolves. I didn't know it was called the "12-key system" but that's how I analyze music. Makes it more complicated when you have harmonic and especially melodic minor scales, but IMO those are just harmonic minors that borrow certain chords from other keys according to (usually) predictable rules.

as a former instructor; I understand the importance of explaining things as simply, and straightforwardly, as possible; so as not to confuse the student. your's is just that! thanks, Brian

Moving the caged system over the static diatonic scale is a revelation to me and the secret to unlocking the guitar - thanks Brian you are an amazing guitar teacher!

Too cool

I've played for 16 years and i suck. I never put enough work in to get good at it and I'm now stuck in this stupid place where i think the time I've had guitars should count

A. E. and Bm are in the key a A. And can be in the key of D if you borrow the Emajor from the relative D minor key.

Why not tattoo “THE END” on your butt! 😂

Noooo! Not a fan of tattoos. Just print out a cheat sheet.

Brilliant

"The 7 patterns are not what modes are".... 99% of youtube guitar "teachers" MODES!!! ;) So many confused people out there due to bad instruction.

You needn't "figure out" anything. Pentatonic box test? What? Ears are better. Just listen for tonic.

This single video has made more sense of modes to me than the hundreds of videos I've watched on the subject! Thank you for the clarity you've brought to previously muddied waters...

Finally someone made me understand modes! Finally someone who describes what modes are in the simplest way. Now it doesn't feel like modes are a secret reserved for people with music degrees. Thank you!

Pleše can you tell me - do other songs change through different model keys - I know some of Neil Young's songs - do they work in this way?

For me this was an eye opener! Thank you. I now know about modes! The only thing I don't understand now (I think) is how Bowie chose the out of key chords. I guess they follow the bass line? Oh, and do the notes in the melody also follow the new keys that the chirds are in?

this is the one

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always worth the time, big big thanks (again)

This video is 100% correct in all respects IMHO. I'd only add the correct full term for this is "the Dorian mode of A Major". Contemporary musicians habitually use the term "B Dorian" for this which although convenient can lead to massive confusion. Classical musicians don't they'd just see this as A Major, Dorian mode. Contemporary musicians do this because they typically do not play from written music notation so it is convenient to say "hey man, this tune is in B Dorian, OK" and you'd think OK, I need to use the B Dorian scale, not B minor here. In fact there's is no such thing as the B Dorian scale as it would be, in fact is, exactly the same note for note as the A Major scale. Classical musicians don't bother with this as they don't need the convenience of a fictitious scale to work with since they're reading the notes direct from the score as they play and they see the key signature marked on their score as as A Major (in this case). They know it's in Dorian mode from their music theory but they just play the notes as written on their score. It's this convenience of thinking of modes as separate scales (which helps with quickly coming up with fills and solos on the fly when dealing with modes) that leads to massive confusion about what key/mode a song is actually in as well as what a mode actually is (and is not). It's also why folks who post articles saying what key/mode a song is in can tie themselves up in knots and often get it completely wrong. For example there is definitely no such thing in music as the "key of B Dorian".

Another top lesson to practice with, many thanks Brian.

I want to get more into playing my own music, you are the perfect teacher to learn from, have seen many of your lessons and it's clear you are the kind of teacher to help players become musicians, thanks for another awesome lesson Brian.

You make look so easy and sweet, love your website, these shorts are great tips thanks Brian been a member for about a year , I'm 61 but sometimes i get caught up on other websites, so i got to stop that, I've been playing off n on, but I found my guitar hero in you, Thank you so much

This is a solution from a man who is so frustrated with a company he just plugs things in and hopes things work. Bravo sir, you saved me. Or you are a genius either way lol

Good production value EXCEPT FOR THE ANNOYING SWOOSH SOUNDS ON THE CUTS. STOPPED WATCHING AT 11:49. Couldn’t take it anymore.

Wow. That was a lot more interesting than I thought it would be. I need to study up on my theory.

Just wanted to chime in and thank you graciously. I've been looking for somebody that can explain this without trying to overwhelm. You simplify it and now I get it. Thank you so much again.

😮Thank you sir

Thanks Brian,,,cleared it up,, having the whole fretboard diagram really put it into perspective, (modes are not just one pattern ) its the whole fretboard,, its just the NOTE you start on that dictates the tonal center. ITS GREAT TO COPY THE NECK DIAGRAMS ON PAPER. THEN HIGHLIGHT THE ROOT NOTES. ( ALL THE G NOTES / ALL THE A NOTES/ and so on. THANKS AGAIN BRIAN GREAT TEACHING. ❤IT.

"And iiiiii, want to fall in love." Not only finding the keys, but putting solos under a microscope and trying to figure out why they played certain notes. For example, I am studying Knocking on Heavens Door live in Tokyo 1992 solo 2 in G major if in standard tuning. Slash uses two notes in addition, F and A# and I'm not sure why, but it sounds good. If anyone knows the answer please let me know!

I still don't fuckin get it.

Hmm. Guitar theory and/or guitar method.

10 names for "The Diatonic Scale".. then lists 10 names.. but what about "The Diatonic Scale"? That's 11 😜 just busting balls.. great lesson 🤘

as a proffesional progressive rock guitarist - songwriter i have to say one thing, well done