A LOOK AT MIXOLYDIAN

[@jrlopez4341]

You are a an amazing Guitar Player. I just can’t say enough just I’m 68 years old and I’m still learning the things you know just I never would’ve just thought of it in the 70s. Keep up the good work you’re awesome I’m trying To learn as much as I can if you find it in your heart to go a little bit slower on your finger ring techniques I would really appreciate it but other than that it is awesome. You are awesome.

[@chrisbrennanguitar]

Will take it onboard bud!! Thanks a million for this message !!!!!!!! Your a great support

[@muffevans5667]

You are definitely the sensei... Years of confusion sorted in minutes, really! My gratitudes to you.

[@chrisbrennanguitar]

Can’t wait for ya to see Lydian video !! Thanks Muff-Dawg

[@michaelhanson9775]

Hi Chris, just wanted to say - Cheers, and hope everything is going well for you. I used to tell my students - think of a A major scale but your chord tones are now E G# B and the 7th D. It helped with the familiarity with what they already knew. Well, as always.. love listening to you play Chris, thanks again and.. keep picking!

[@chrisbrennanguitar]

Hey Micheal!! Thanks chief! Yeah things are ok - never knew ya ya did the lessons … yes your method would work also … like most things there’s more than one way !!! Thankyou so much for that !!!!!

[@daningram3143]

We are truly witnessing a real MASTER- VIRTUOSO! The major scale is one awesome thing!! Ive always used the Maj-7th arpeggios for learning these same note expressions! The Maj scale was the one that many years ago killed my neck when learning. Such perfection!!! Thanks brother!

[@chrisbrennanguitar]

Yes !! I think it’s the only scale I really need know because everythin else is derived from it !!! Dan ! Thankyou good buddy!!!!!!!!!

[@daningram3143]

@@chrisbrennanguitar Thank you, Chris! What a blessing to have you as inspiration!

[@daningram3143]

Are you recording thru audio interface- to phone or a recorder? Everything is always so crisp!

[@chrisbrennanguitar]

@@daningram3143 focusrite solo interface then the focusrite preamp .. sum reverb added later too Dan

[@daningram3143]

@@chrisbrennanguitar Thanks Chris. Just always sounds great!!

[@davidnallred8]

This is so great

[@chrisbrennanguitar]

Thanks for findin it that one David - I can barely remember half of these !

[@DrThornton1]

Daaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmn!!! It's little wonder that I sit and wait for your next video to drop! This stuff is soooooo great. Amazing teacher and player!!!! Thank you!

[@chrisbrennanguitar]

Yooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo bro!! I wait for glens comments !!!!!!!!! Cheerrrrz bud!!!!!!!!

[@rodneyyarbrough6524]

Amazing what changing one note can do. Good stuff boss.

[@chrisbrennanguitar]

Like most things on guitar - small things are completely overlooked - simplicity too.. it goes out the window lol - 4 million thanks Rod!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And a teaspoon more

[@Sammywhat]

Mixolydian is one of my favorites - and one of my earliest "learned" modes if memory serves. A very hopeful and encouraging sounding scale. Love this format, Chris! Simple and accurate details which you can really chew on! Yummy!!

[@chrisbrennanguitar]

Eat good bud…. Eat like a big cookie 🍪 .. seriously tho - these modes get to much air time - I just wanted to highlight how simple they can be approached if just thought of as a one note interval change .. and forget the name

[@Zappafrank55]

Few guitarists realize how great a "dead" sounding acoustic sounds with Rice style playing. It seems youve discovered that clue. Tony actually wanted to "deaden" the brightness of his Martin by using nickel plated strings, and used them since the 70's. Billy Wolf, Tony' sound engineer said that when he first met Tony, he told Billy that he wanted his guitar to sound like a Spanish guitar. Youve nailed the tone spot on. It seems this small detail has been lost hearing all the youtube guitarists that have gravitated towards the bright, long sustaining acoustic sound, which sounds horrible IMHO. Great sound Chris! Its a lost tone.

[@chrisbrennanguitar]

What a great comment right here!! Probably the only person that will ever mention this .. yes! And Those small details build up .. plus Tony played with a lot more hammer / pulls than others .. especially these days - he didn’t mind some lower volume notes in the phrases and I love the dynamics that’s gives- I know some like to flatten it all out to the same value even in hammer and pulls .. but it lacks character .. fir me anyway .. I could go on .. Thankyou so much for seein these things ..,!!!!!!!!!!

[@bmoraga01]

Chris, fantastic video. I think it was Albert Einstein who said that the sign of a great teacher is one who can take a complex subject and explain it in a way that a 12 year old can understand. In your three minute, 43 second video you lifted a fog of confusion that I've had nearly my whole life on this subject of modes. My humblest thanks! Keep up the great work.

[@chrisbrennanguitar]

Thanks for that chief! Wanted to do somethin on it because people always talk about relative modes when talkin about a single event.. like “just think E while playin inside that parent A scale” how complicated is that lol.. and no pro musician is thinkin like that - basic intervals are completely overlooked like it’s too simple to be the answer

[@JasonVanzant]

Such a beautiful and inspiring performance, Chris!

[@chrisbrennanguitar]

Cheerz bud!! See ya soon

[@ianoshea951]

As always wonderful playing with great feel!

[@chrisbrennanguitar]

Hey Ian!! Thanks man!!!!!!

[@DEZL84]

Fantastic work Chris.

[@chrisbrennanguitar]

Thanks bud.. appreciate the comment !!!!!!!!!!!

[@pawanrai9311]

Awesome Chris ...new subscriber here

[@chrisbrennanguitar]

Great !!!! Thankyou .. feel free to have a look around - feedback/suggestions are so appreciated !!!

[@bhaktalex]

It's a lot easier to play the relative major scale...in other words "what is E the 5th degree of?" A. So we play the A major patterns but stay centered in E.

[@chrisbrennanguitar]

That’s put your mind in A then back to E .. why not just move one note - by tryin to make it simpler you’ve just complicated the process - precisely what the video is about - there’s no need to think of a parent scale

[@house9850]

incredible intro, I subscribed today. Question: what is that ambient background tone? are you letting the low E string ring out the whole time or is that added to the recording in post? Or is it something you're playing along with on the laptop?

[@chrisbrennanguitar]

It’s midi keys added later - I’m just playin by myself there no tonal reference!!! Thanks buddy!!!