A Simple Guide to Modes - Music Theory

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[@CarlosLopez-kq9gp]

Finally someone that can explain this simply and clearly. Thank you.

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[@christinemarin4883]

Agreed

[@profmanuoficial]

I couldn't agree more!!!

[@MusicMattersGB]

Most kind

[@christopherellis2663]

In what manner is it not simple? 😮

[@fraserwing8744]

I'd wager this is why so many people are confused with modes, because next to no-one provides the essential CONTEXT: History; particularly the layout of the keys pre a chromatic format. Excellent lesson.

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[@missjoblue7992]

Plus some teachers try to confuse U a little so you could come back for more lessons

[@amrishvijayvast]

Heartfelt thanks. Deserve more views.

[@brendanheavin2799]

Yes I think people get confused because they don't realise modes can be transposed. Luckily it's explained well here.

[@jomo999]

I can't stress just how much this cleared up questions I had surrounding modes without overloading me with information. Having the piano and treble clef there really helped as well, thanks!

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[@hectorguzman8435]

For real. I know someone that used to explain them to me and I could only hear the teacher from Charlie Brown when he’d explain me.

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@hectorguzman8435 😀

[@Learntheharmonica]

Really nicely explained, great to get the historical context in there too :)

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[@edit3407]

God bless your soul kind sir, no one has ever gone about making what seems to be such a complicated concept easy for us casuals. Thanks a million!

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[@nrggvrn5576]

It's explained really well. The captions are greatly appreciated too

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[@jumbo4billion]

Blimey, turns out that it makes sense when you have a good teacher. All those wasted years😭 but now I get it. Many thanks, you've clicked a thousand things into place

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[@JohanHerrenberg]

Thanks! Very clear.

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[@clavedesoldesol3342]

Goodness! Only someone who masters a subject can explain it in a historical perspective and in a clear, concise and precise manner. Thank you!!!! Very happy to find your videos! This is good teaching!

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[@monicacall7532]

Why oh why couldn’t I have had music theory teachers like you? I always felt like such a complete dunce in those classes. In talking to professional musician friends I’ve been surprised by the large number of them who’ve also confessed that they felt dazed and confused during all but the most basic theory classes. This means that we weren’t intellectually deficient but that we had teachers who weren’t able to convey the concepts in a way that we could actually understand them. You, sir, are a treasure. I’m sending your videos to my colleagues in the hope that they might find enlightenment like I have since finding your site. I’m also going to use these videos in my teaching. Bless you.🙏

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[@dlou3264]

This is really a wonderful lesson. Loved it!

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[@lawrencetaylor4101]

It's so nice to hear a Jazzers concept from Gareth. And it all comes down to knowing your scales.

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[@missjoblue7992]

It makes so much sense now, thank you!

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[@amirojaghi5824]

Please learn us that rules we can use for going from one function to another function . and how to accompaniment with a singer with variation and use different rhythms🙌

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[@armandohuereca8366]

Beautiful teaching in a clear manner without all the superfluous nonsense you’d find from most others. Thank you!

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[@BIGDOlNK]

Thats a million for clearing this up for me. A very simple concept if explained right, surely.

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[@theheavenlysignature]

As I watched this, I realized that the melody for the hymn, “What Wondrous Love Is This?” is written in mixolydian mode! It all makes sense now. Greatly appreciate this.

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[@profmanuoficial]

It amazes me how you just simplified one concept that everyone that makes videos about it on YT complicates it so much. Thank you!

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[@martialaka1087]

Thank you sir people make modes so fregin complecated .

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[@spongechameleon6940]

Thank you so much, this is awesome. So modes and scales are the same fundamental thing- just different patterns of whole & half steps over an octave. This really drives home how much of music is just emphasis. It's amazing that C major is the same set of notes as D Dorian, E Phrygian, etc... but each key has a unique sound based on where the emphasis, or root note, is. This also helped me figure out the pattern for how I can transpose D Dorian to C Dorian! I think I'll need to memorize shortcuts for each mode relative to the major and minor scales that I'm more familiar with (e.g. Dorian is just natural minor with a raised 6th, or put another way, major with a flat 3 and 7).

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[@shawnkeys4712]

You've just unlocked this all for me. I was finding the whole thing, somewhat baffling until now. Thank you

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[@Ilovetosingem]

Hi Gareth. Thanks for this lesson. I was playing modes 40 years ago and didn't know the word modes in music. I just noticed that in popular music the notes were generally the same as the major scale starting on a different note, and my whole world to improvising changed. Thanks again and keep safe.

[@MusicMattersGB]

And you. Thanks for sharing that.

[@Zanshin44]

This video is amazing!.. As a beginner, understanding the origin/logic of these modes has now opened up my understanding of scale types in various keys. Thanks so much for this content!

[@MusicMattersGB]

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[@arielibanez3469]

Wow! You hit the spot! Been searching the Net for answers about modes. Thank you for enlightening me. 👍

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[@Wootwootwooton]

This is very helpful - and so much simpler than the footnotes in the Bartok Mikrokosmos books I'm working through on my own.

[@MusicMattersGB]

That’s great

[@shaunmaq]

Thank You Sir for simplifyning this for me ...iv been following modes and circle of four/fifth for a while now ...iv just understood circles monday now today friday i understand modes ...what really helped is the history iv never thought that will be my breakthrough ...😂 im greatful...again thank Sir...

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[@hamsightower]

Thank you for this!!! So much more helpful than the clickbait videos on this. Also short and sweet (and charming)!

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[@HETISFRANK80]

Thank you for all the great content on your channel! Whenever you find the time, could you maybe tell us more about alternative modes like the Phrygian dominant or Lydian minor I've come across lately? Previously I only knew about the "regular" modes like you mention in this video.

[@MusicMattersGB]

Ok.

[@monicacall7532]

Please do so!

[@gloopgloopglorp]

Thanks for this! It's nice to learn about the historical way modes were used. A lot of the info I've found on youtube is just about how modes are used in jazz.

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[@iwright621]

Very interesting that early on the modes were altered until finally settling on the major or minor. The slight change in interval order has a big effect on harmony . I like to hear modal variations , each with its own character & contrast .when using Modes on the same tonic the effect is more striking . Thank you Gareth for all of your lessons .

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Absolutely. Much appreciated.

[@abdullahmohammed407]

Music to me was something but with Mr Gareth it becomes more than sweet and clear.

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[@xerfxpec5154]

Bravo, sir! I've struggled to understand modes for a while now, but your explanation perfectly illustrated the concept to me. I'm sure it gets a lot more complicated but I'm happy the basic idea finally clicked.

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[@ranajeetidutta]

You have explained it really well. Thanks Sir for this video. Can you make a video on Diminished scale and what chords to use for each note on a diminished scale. Thanks again.

[@MusicMattersGB]

What do you mean by a diminished scale?

[@bhargavchavda1478]

Thx , very clear cut explanation , keep up the good work

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[@chilakashalemraju3668]

Thank you sir. I wasn't aware of the mode from b to b. But now I know it as locrean mode

[@MusicMattersGB]

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[@gregsullivan7408]

Fascinating! As soon as you played the chords in the Dorian mode, it conjured up sort of mediaeval image - that's the kind of sound I hear in movies set in that period. 😃

[@gregsullivan7408]

In fact, your playing reminded me of this Rowan Atkinson sketch: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2XSXndolNBom9k

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😀

[@sharon2012ful]

Learnt but was never clear as now. Great! understanding help

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[@laura_whittle]

Fridge-eon, hehe! Loved this video Gareth...! Wonderful...! Thank you for it...! Might I suggest a potential video on “how modes are used and examples from literature” to hear their uses aurally...? Really liked your Dorian example...! 😊

[@MusicMattersGB]

Glad you’ve enjoyed it. Yes, that’s a reasonable request!

[@olliedylan1381]

I’ve struggled so long with modes and I think I’m finally getting it. The only thing I wanna clarify is Dorian (for example) doesn’t *have* to start on D, right? It just fits the pattern best on D. When you move the modes to different notes that’s when I get confused

[@MusicMattersGB]

When you transpose a mode just keep the tones and semitones in the same order.

[@ashanesmusicdiary4972]

Yep

[@MiguelSilva-kv7do]

This was so instructive, thank you so much for making these videos!

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[@tonyoliver2750]

This is the clearest explanation of modes I've come across.

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[@lekkerlekker5760]

I'm studying drums and part of my course is music theory. My lecturer might as well teach in a different language. Nothing makes sense to me

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[@nathancox3126]

Thanks for the musical modes help for someone over here in the San Francisco Bay Area working on getting down and dirty musically

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Glad it’s helpful

[@sandeepaperera1342]

Thank you so much. I finally understood the lesson.

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That’s great

[@arfyf6314]

Fascinating and really clear! Thank you 👍

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[@heavydevy-c5630]

I love this! I think I've pretty much heard the perspective on modes in every genre so far. This has been the most controversial things in music. Among Jazzers, metal, theme scoring, and electronic. Problem is, they're all different and it can make someone go crazy. My reason I say that, all those genres are arguing with each other. Well, you know without any drama, people are just teaching their own thing. If it was set in stone in those genres, maybe people would understand it more and not be so confused. But its not, lol. Everybody has different perspectives. I've heard Jazzers say use the notes in the chord, or start on the first note, or that its a just a different shape and doesn't matter as it's the same thing as major and minor. Every single one there is a different perspective like that as an example. Knowing the history of music helped a lot before music theory came into play. I always wondered why there wasn't a key for melodic minor or harmonic minor yet it's used everywhere including metal. But maybe the major and minor keys are just there to make it easy for the musicians to understand. But you have a set key like C minor and then just raise the Bb note to a B natural on the first B you play and never change it back, what's the difference to adding a C harmonic minor key of G# and D#? Its there to tell you that these are the notes you use and then you practice the song XD! It probably had to do with memorization of forcing people to learn all minor and major keys idk. And my reason for the rant, maybe music needs to keep evolving. Because who knows how music theory would be taught on a Gamelan ensemble in Indonesia if it was written on a sheet of paper. Would it look different? I don't think they used sheets of paper. They just play notes evolving into a balinese scale. Guitar music in metal uses Tabs, that's pretty different eh? Just another language? Now write it all on a sheet of paper in one language including all 4000 scales from countries all around the world and include the scales that nobody uses, now you have even more keys. So in conclusion, I think anybody should be able to do anything in music. Otherwise, how is music in general ever going to keep evolving? So back to modes, I think I have to agree with Jazzers who say that its just a different shape, the same thing and adding in my own opinion, a different shade of tenion maybe slowly crawling up to harmonic minor and so on to the next scale (of course I wouldn't teach it like that to a beginner in modes I'd just say its a different shape and the same lol). It just evolved from western composers, but what if it was different. Should be a slow evolution but I wonder whats in store for music theory in the future. Who knows lol! But hopefully in the later later future, Vsauce will be right and we'll technically run out of music but that'll just mean that now we get to do whatever we want. I'm sorry for this book, just thinking.

[@MusicMattersGB]

A great perspective

[@iamspencerx]

The lydian mode (F mode) sounds natural to me, the a# variant sounds odd for some reason

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[@MarwarMusicSchoolJodhpur]

Sir, thanking u for explaining modes in western music, an Indian can understand easy,in english you says mode and in India in Hindi we say That but both have same notes.There is two difference we have 10 Thats(modes)and u have 7 modes only.Another thig is that your Locrain mode is mixer of our 2 modes(That)known as Bhairvi and Bairav that.Thanking u again.❤❤❤

[@MusicMattersGB]

Very interesting comparison

[@patrickpeterson2771]

WOW. That made so much sence! THANK YOU!

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[@andredegraaf1643]

Nice presentation and very clear.

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[@Ankit-hc4sw]

wow 😮 You've made it so simple to understand. Thank you so much ❤

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[@NaraTunes]

Thanks a lot! very helpful!

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[@gizellpotot3973]

Yes, I like the way you teach things simple..

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That’s kind

[@faridatamer8853]

Thank you for an amazing explanation! You made everything easier to understand! ♥️

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[@StanJones-ww8th]

Before the pianoforte there was lyre and harp as i think i understand. So was there music written using instruments with scales with no semi-tones ?

[@MusicMattersGB]

Not necessarily. It depends.

[@merryhunt9153]

I invented a sentence for remembering the modes: Iona & Dora prefer Lydia's mixed aioli lox. Some traditional fiddle tunes are modal, but they seem to revert to major or minor by the end of the piece.

[@MusicMattersGB]

Great way to remember

[@chanhtran1011]

Your lesson is quite so helpful, You open a new horizon music. Please kindly explain: if I play D Dorian mode, I must start on the note D and must end on it again? After starting the D, must I play the 6 rest notes orderly ( Re, mi , fa ,sol ,la…) or can play any note after that?. I sincerely thank You, my talented Teacher.

[@MusicMattersGB]

You’re most kind. You can use the notes in any order you wish. You don’t have to start or finish on D but it’s often something that might happen

[@chanhtran1011]

Thank You, teacher.

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[@aliceandalejandro1404]

Such a nice video! Thanks!

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[@meimeidelcastillo8819]

Thank you for these wonderfully explained videos!!!! 🙏🏻

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[@fraxille_]

so modes is basically diatonic movements, which starts at different notes in the key you are using them in? Instead of always thinking about it like C major, C to C

[@MusicMattersGB]

It’s more about the intervals between the notes ie the pattern of tones and semitones within the mode.

[@fraxille_]

@@MusicMattersGB Okay, thank you!

[@MusicMattersGB]

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[@ryanharris2462]

Thank you for the super clear explanation. However if all modes in your example use the same set of piano keys (all white) how would music in the different modes sound different?

[@MusicMattersGB]

Each mode sounds different because of the differing intervals within the octave in each case eg C-C is the Ionian mode so from one degree of the scale to the next we have tone tone semitone tone tone tone semitone; in the Dorian mode D-D we have tone semitone tone tone tone semitone tone. This makes each mode feel different from the others.

[@TheSirse]

Very good explanation, thank you

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[@sportsmediaamerica]

So, for example, the Aeolian mode in the key of F begins with the note D in F, and the Aeolian mode in the key of G begins with the note E in G, and the Aeolian mode in the key of Bb begins with the note G in Bb, and so on and so forth....Is this correct?

[@MusicMattersGB]

I understand what you’re saying there but it’s better to think of the mode being transposed than it is to think of a mode in a key because modes are one thing and keys are another. Much more at www.mmcourses.co.uk including details of our online courses and of our exciting Maestros programme.

[@shahriarteymoorinia3663]

my question is, how does the harmony work in modes? for instance if I want to write in Mixolydian, the 7th is flat so I won't have the V and vii chords to function as dominant chords so I won't have any cadences. and I can't alter the 7th like we do in the minor scale because that would just be the Ionian. so anytime I try to write or improvise in modes it either sounds random and non musical or I inadvertently change into the relative minor or major.

[@MusicMattersGB]

Use the same notes for the chords as you use in the mode. You can have modal cadences and chords will follow a different pattern of major/ minor etc. Work with what sounds best but don’t use accidentals that don’t belong to the mode - that’s what normally creates bother.

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[@loveableurbanlemur]

thank you for a concise understanding of this subject. other than use by jazz musicians, are modes still being used today and by whom?

[@MusicMattersGB]

Modes are still used by jazzers and in other genres, including folk music. Composers like Vaughan Williams also used them.

[@studio48nl]

Does Ionian always begins on the C? Or could you also have a D major scale, on which the first mode is Ionian and starts on D, where the Dorian mode starts on E, E#, G etc?

[@MusicMattersGB]

Use the pattern of tones and semitones for any mode then transpose to your starting note of choice

[@cyprianmbongwe3462]

Thanks so much, so clear.

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[@gibson2623]

Very well explained...Thank you ;)

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[@Acts412jc]

What is the purpose and use of a mode? Does it mean if we have C dorian that the D (dminor) is now the 1 chord and the A (A minor) is now the 5 chord? How to use them and the context of the use is what I want to know

[@MusicMattersGB]

Music pre 1600 was written in modes and a number of composers/ genres have engaged with them in a contemporary context. It’s another option alongside major and minor tonality. Modes can be transposed so in the C Dorian you can treat C as the root.

[@andrearechtfertig1698]

Oh I wish it were that simple. You have always been someone to help clarify most of everything for me in music theory, but everyone on the internet provides the same explanation for determining modes, but my music praxis test is not so straightforward on the mode section, and I have been unable to find any explanations online. If only I can provide a screenshot of what I am facing. I was provided sheet music with no sharps or flats in the key signature. The first measure is an anacrusis and the second measure includes vertically stacked chords from the bass-F&D and the treble clef-D&A the rest of the measures continually show a Bb and a C#. The answer says it is D Dorian, but I thought the Dorain has a raised 6th and if I use the scale of D from this actual music sheet I get DEFGABbC# which does not include the raised 6th that a Dorian would have. Is there anyway I can directly send you the image from the Praxis test? I wish someone can help me.

[@MusicMattersGB]

If those are the notes used you are in D harmonic minor.

[@andabien3]

Somehow I didn't understand this when I studied it in college. Question: I suppose the 1 chord is still the tonic. Do the 4 and 5 chords still function the same way as they do in major and minor scales?

[@MusicMattersGB]

Yes, l is still the tonic. You can use lV and V in modal form and they can function in much the same way, depending on the mode being used.

[@lisasexammusicoriginalcomp5861]

I must say I do like the dorian mode might have to study some of these at some point

[@MusicMattersGB]

Yes. The Dorian mode is good.

[@lisasexammusicoriginalcomp5861]

@@MusicMattersGB what style of music is the Dorian mode of you don't mind me asking?

[@MusicMattersGB]

It’s used in various styles from Renaissance music to jazz.

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😀

[@Will_Holmes]

It seems like what you do is pretend a different note is tonic and apply the major key to it and depending on your starting note is the mode. Eg if your in “CM” when you start in the note D it is Dorian,right?

[@MusicMattersGB]

That’s a way to see it. The significant issue is how the pattern of tones and semitones changes from one mode to the next.

[@josephramone5805]

Brilliant explanation 👌🏻👍

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[@prikarsartam]

very well put together sir

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[@jessicapsalmist8205]

Thank you so much for this video

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[@ryanEstandarte]

Not sure if this is the best place to put my question, but I'm just wondering on how to build chord progressions from modes. Example, if I am in a Dorian mode, can I follow the chord progression of the Major scale like i-ii-IV-i or not?

[@MusicMattersGB]

Build chords using the notes of the mode.

[@GodzillaGoesGaga]

Is it possible to start a mode on say C#. I would assume you would have to transpose all the intervals to be the same as the C-Ionian mode if I understand your presentation correctly.

[@MusicMattersGB]

Absolutely. You could start any mode on any note as long as you transpose the pattern of intervals for the mode concerned

[@CheekyFest]

Might be useful to mention a good way of remembering which mode is which - Aelian starts on A, Dorian starts on D..but..?

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[@stefanodigarbo4735]

Maestro please enlighten me on hypo modes, I still fail to understand what makes them different (e.g. what's the difference between D hypodorian and A aeolian). Thanks a lot!

[@MusicMattersGB]

Hypo modes are basically transpositions.

[@clep2009]

Excellent explanation. I really enjoyed it. I hope I understood it correctly. So as time passed, musicians started adding sharps and flats to the other modes in order to preserve the ionian formula WWHWWWH? Is that is correct, then the modes we use today are just transpossed versions of the old ionian mode?

[@MusicMattersGB]

That’s correct in relation to major scales

[@asamiyashin444]

Any advice to compose in the lydian mode? I was the other day trying to write four measures in C lydian and most of the chord progressions and melodies sounded to me like if the whole composition was in E minor (aeolian). How can I avoid that?

[@MusicMattersGB]

The Lydian is not the easiest mode. Aeolian and Dorian are much easier. Try to keep your C as the tonic and it will keep your Lydian rooted in the right place.

[@studiosys]

Perfectly explained thank you , but WHY do you think our ( some of us ) brains sometimes desire "dissonance " aka jazz musician , blues player .?

[@MusicMattersGB]

Every successful piece of music takes the listener on a journey ie rises and falls in musical tension. Dissonance increases tension; consonance releases it. That’s not just jazz but any piece of music.

[@unused0011]

Thankyou, so i take it modes only ever involve the white notes and never the sharps/flats? like say i couldn't play in a mode of C#maj because there isn't a mode for it?

[@MusicMattersGB]

You can use black notes but only by transposing one of the modes.

[@unused0011]

@@MusicMattersGB ah brilliant, thankyou for taking the time to help me 🙏🏻

[@MusicMattersGB]

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[@elvislives-gl4rv]

Playing 40 years guitar. Never understood what modes were until today. Thanks. Still not sure what to do with them. Maybe later.

[@MusicMattersGB]

One step at a time!

[@lindareese4579]

Thank you! thank you!!

[@MusicMattersGB]

A pleasure.

[@Luthermallory]

Nice one, thanks man! Great work.

[@MusicMattersGB]

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[@RCS-CHARTS]

I am trying to learn and new this... My question is... In each respective mode... Is the home chord the one that belongs to first degree of the mode?. I mean in Dorian D, is the Dm the home chord?. Just like Am is the home chord in Aeolian A?. I understand that the first note of each mode should be the most emphatized throughout the piece or melody.

[@MusicMattersGB]

Absolutely. So in the Aeolian mode ACE is the tonic chord, BDF is chord II etc

[@RCS-CHARTS]

@@MusicMattersGB Not sure, if it could be possible. Do you think you could make a video about arranging a song or just any simple tune without using accompaniment but more like broken chords?. Like. How does a pro musician decides what to play in the bass, after knowing the chords and harmony?.

[@MusicMattersGB]

Sure

[@jamesd2220]

Phrygian = boldness, exuberance, passion, courage, leadership, but in excess pride, rashness, irascibility, violent anger. Lydian = good cheer, optimism, sublimity, friendliness, laughter, love and song. Dorian = sleepiness, lethargy, laziness, slowness, mental dullness, forgetfulness, calmness, internal equanimity, well being. Mixolydian = solidity, firmness, steadfastness, rhythm, but with a certain indolent tenacity.

[@MusicMattersGB]

It’s interesting how people experience the character of these.

[@avodonosov]

Gareth, if I play white keys, how do I know whether I am playing C major, A minor or one of the modes? It would be great if you could bring some light on this in one of the future videos.

[@MusicMattersGB]

Good question. It’s about the chords and/ or what feels like the tonic in the melody.

[@nathancox3126]

Lovely video mate

[@MusicMattersGB]

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[@d.m.christina]

Thank you Sir!

[@MusicMattersGB]

A pleasure

[@sportsmediaamerica]

Thanks for a great lesson.

[@MusicMattersGB]

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[@qwnhgy]

3:56 Is this C Dorian or D Dorian?

[@MusicMattersGB]

DEFGABCD is D Dorian

[@pz3565]

Before i felt like i was a dummy, now these help me do my theory. Thank you sir!

[@MusicMattersGB]

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[@busisiwe8829]

My favourite theory teacher

[@MusicMattersGB]

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[@BlackFuneralFlowers]

Thanks for the video

[@MusicMattersGB]

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[@kiankapil]

I thought the notes in a mode change . For example D dorian is D E F G A B C D. which are all the notes of Cmajor . But we start from D .

[@MusicMattersGB]

What changes between one mode and another are the intervals between pairs of notes.

[@ivardagur1944]

thank you! very helpful.

[@MusicMattersGB]

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