The easiest scale pattern to visualize on the fretboard. Play major & minor keys w/ this shape EP506

[@jharrismsu]

My head just exploded! After all of these years, Brian is finally letting me in on the secret sauce. Learning Dorian by starting on the second interval of the major scale, or mixolydian from the 5th interval, is like doing calculus while trying to jam. This greatly simplified how to move from major to mixolydian to dorian without thinking. The key.......without thinking. Great teaching method.

[@rickhalle-podell169]

Brian has that effect on me too. Speaks a language I resonate with

[@KBorham]

@jharrismsu, you just blew MY mind with your comment, it was very enlightening to what Brian was explaining....

[@StratsRUs]

Just learn the Major Scale and from there the Key of Songs. Best to go up to Circle Of Fifths then you won't need You Tube. All the other stuff is just extra bits of interpreting the same thing. It's not secret or calculus etc. That's just You Tube fakery.

[@brianfrolo245]

Yep. Billy Sheehan says, “If you have to think, you stink.” 🎸

[@ModernGolfer]

Excellent lesson! For me, I like the idea of needing to move up the fretboard to access the Mixolydian mode as it 'forces' me to get comfortable moving up and down on the neck. After all, I PAID for 6 strings and 144 (or 132) frets, so I want to be able to USE all of those frets at some point, right? 😁

[@andreasibanez9260]

very very good lesson! Not overloaded , everyone can understand..

[@simantabordoloi]

You have changed your instruction style and this is so so good.. definitely more attractive and effective. .. loved the lesson!! Was kind of thinking about how I was getting stuck .. there was a mind block .. now you've given me a new way....

[@MrAndyfix]

I love the guitar. It’s like a giant puzzle that slowly becomes more clear over the years. This is a very good explanation of some of the pieces coming together. Major scale all over the neck is the gateway to the modes. Combined with caged major and minor chords. Good old pentatonic and you’re well on your way. And if you think you’ve learnt it all……you haven’t !! 😊 that’s what’s great about it.

[@Pulse2AM]

You look at a piano keyboard and it's all right there. My biggest complaint about guitar it is like a puzzle.

[@renardojones8325]

I’ve been an Active Melody subscriber for years and have not maximized its use. I’ve fallen into the KZbin rabbit hole but now I’ve decided I’m going to focus exclusively on your active melody content for a while. I think I’ll progress faster that way.

[@bruce1779]

Strongly agree

[@ronaldbaak3183]

I say thank you so very much here I thought I was going crazy, from here phrasing is where I get lost

[@thewild1860]

This lesson was like a magician had just broken the code and given the magic away. Brian knows how to “pocket” just enough information so the guitar doesn’t seem so overwhelming. Thanks so much.

[@carlsoudelier9391]

I have been a member for a couple of years. This lesson is a great eye opener, light bulb moment. The guitar neck becomes clearer with every lesson. I have been gigging for many years and lately I have been getting some really encouraging praise from band members and audience members after performances. Thank you so much Brian.

[@joyoffilming9500]

Just jammed a bit with the slow major backing track - it's such a fun to slide on one string seamlessly between the two first modes, switching back and force between those. As a progressed beginner (with 2 years of pausing) this tutorial made me improvise for the first time in my life only after a few minutes of getting the shape into my fingers - awesome!

[@Moykel]

Hubert Sumlin here i come...thank you!

[@tonyinhbolero4815]

So being said A Dorian you can playing G major scales

[@robertfkaz7013]

These lessons, especially the ones on improvising, I find are extremely helpful. To be a great player and an excellent teacher is a very rare thing. Thanks so much Brian and keep the lessons coming!!

[@lawrencedeans1433]

If I understand this correctly your playing A Dorian over the key of A. Then your playing D mixolydian over the key of A.?? Edit: No it's okay I realised A is the 5th note of D and therefore A mixolydian 🙂

[@momentoftruth7594]

My mind is still blown 🤯 I'll get back to u

[@enricob2712]

Learning modes always scared me as there's too much thinking involved. This makes it a lot easier and starts clicking in. Could also look at this as major scale based around D pattern with A Dorian=G major scale, A myxolydian=D major scale. Like this approach Brian! Will jump on part 2 very soon! 🎸😎

[@andreasplatzgummer6014]

Wow, I'm overwhelmed!!! You really are the best guitar teacher. Playing (lead-)guitar for quite a time now I understand soloing so much better now. Why did nobody else have the idea to explain this way before? thank you so much

[@nyzombiesquad182]

Great lesson...way to box it all up in a nice little package to move around...your right about at first have 2 different spots..trying to learn the sounds of the modes but play in 1 position it seems very difficult the minute i seperate them into 2 areas on the fretboard it seems easier for my mind to digest at this point in my journey....BTW...thanks for holding my hand along the way!!

[@upnorthcabinconstructs5441]

Where has he and his videos been my whole life! Such a great way to ease in and unlock some great concepts. So transferable! Love how accessible it makes scales.

[@michaelmerrullo2043]

Love your epiphany! I see some KZbin instructor put down learning shapes and shake my head. I find knowing shapes as well 😊as developing my ear for modes in that way works for me. I can always walk backwards theorywise and make sense of what I'm doing. Your dispensing of knowledge has been most useful for me.

[@Pulse2AM]

You can also move the minor pentatonic scale down 3 frets to get the major pentatonic scale.

[@paramesvaridasa5167]

You’re the most helpful instructor I’ve ever come across I’ve been playing since I was 14 now I’m 72 and you finally getting made a breakthrough took a while. I expect to sign up for your full license at some point soon in any event thank you again I love the way you play.

[@bruce1779]

Got you beat by one year. Happy every day. I wake up on this side of the grass. Strongly, encourage you to join Bryan. His lessons are well thought out, well organized, and created with continuity

[@greg-warsaw4708]

Musically, by ear, I appreciate. In terms of theory, I don't understand one thing. May I ask? A-major scale consists of notes: A, B, C-sharp, D, E, F-sharp, G-sharp. So I thought the Dorian scale, respective to A-major scale, is the scale starting at the 2nd step of A-major AND consisting of the SAME notes. As such, this includes (starting from the 2nd step): B, C-sharp, D, E, F-sharp, G-sharp, A. Whereas your fret pattern consists of some different notes. It goes: F-sharp, G, A, B, C, D, E (then again F-sharp, G, A, B, C). These are the notes of the G-Major scale. By starting from F-sharp, they begin with the 7th step of G-Major so to me it's F Locrian (respective to G-Major = to the one from whose notes it does consist). In consequence, I don't understand why you call it Dorian (Dorian meaning one built upon the 2nd step of a base scale). To list them: the basic (1st) is Ionian, on the 2nd step it's Dorian, 3rd - Phrygian, 4th - Lydian, 5th - Mixolydian, 6th - Aeolic, 7th: Locrian. If anybody shows me where I'm wrong (because I assume the Author is right), I will delete that comment in order not to blur the picture. Thanks.

[@casilatino]

He is playing A major scale and the A Dorian mode (which is really the G major scale notes) and finally he says he is playing the mixolydian mode which are the notes from the D major scale. He should have said he is playing A mixolydian, which starts at the fifth note of the D major scale. So basically in the key of A major, you can play the A major and the G major and D major scales. That’s how I like to think of what is going on.

[@tweedledee4922]

I just watched this video and I think you are absolutely right. He's not playing an A major scale. He's playing a G Major scale in the Dorian mode. Which means it starts on the second note of the G Major scale which starts with the A and then follows the pattern of the G Major scale for 6 more notes to complete the A Dorian scale. I was confused because this pattern is not following in the A major scale ( these are not the notes of the A major scale) but it follows a G Major scale notes with F-sharp being the 7th note.

[@CNLVN]

This is very useful. I would love to see it in a slow jazz blues as my picking is not as quick. It would really help with the feel and the ear through these scales.

[@some-other-guy]

For those who also like maths: i hereby declare that Brian is the Grant Sanderson of guitars! They both turn what seems to be an abstract mystery into a perfectly logical matter, without the obstructive requirement of being smart to begin with.

[@hermanodejesus7264]

This is absolutely GREAT 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼. Congratulations Champ 🏆

[@assatthis]

Excellent lesson as usual. My guitar playing has improved tremendously since watching your lessons. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@OTCRock4one]

@ActiveMelody, great job with this video! On another subject, you're the only person on YT that has explained how to use the Circle of 5ths so well that I actually understood and am able to apply it to my playing! Nobody has ever been able to get me to understand it before! I'll so grateful to you for that! 💯

[@Sangam_Giri]

I love the way you teach.. I now understand the secrets from your videos. I played whole fretboard after watching your contents thankyou soo much ❤❤❤

[@beckyalvarado5008]

I just want to thank you so much, I have learned so much from you as I’m trying to teach my self to play. I think you’re the best online instructor

[@tonywtyt]

I've seen a number of great lessons this week that take this simple approach, where you're not having to thing about the everything, but minimal patterns... Or, just a part of what we would traditionally see as a whole pattern (from low E to the high E string). It takes real self control to not get totally sucked into learning the whole fret board without taking a break with the smaller, manageable things in life to just enjoy music. You've inspired me to look at the use of the arpeggio triads patterns on strings 2 to 4, along with the your scale pattern : )

[@JesusOurKing]

Phenomenal. I'm always playing between the two but I never visualized it this way. It makes a big difference when you now visualize the same patterns it makes you play extra jazzy bluesy groovy. A great lesson you showed here. After 50 yrs I've learned a cool new thing that I've not seen before.

[@joshdale5691]

Thanks for this. This is extremely helpful

[@elefsidi]

Words cannot describe how much I love using the Dorian Mode. It helped me a lot with playing in both minor & major keys.

[@fishzebra]

This is a gold mine channel and this was a real nugget of inspiration, thanks again, great way of thinking about modes and how to use them.

[@ambarvenkataraman8890]

Your lessons are amazing Brian. Your teaching is so practical and applicable. I cannot say enough of how you have evolved me as a player. Thank you from all my heart 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@michaelfitzpatrick6307]

Really Great advice......i played onthis stuff...n got plenty of licks...long before i learned my modes....after that...i went to D°

[@DarkInvader1963]

Maybe If You Stayed Silent While Playing Over The Scale We Could Hear It. Because Everytime The Jam Track Comes On You Never Finish The Example, You Get @ Half Way Through And Start Talking. How Can We Hear The Full Example If You Speak Over It Or Stop Playing To Make A Point. Newbies Will Never Learn, I Find It A Bit Annoying. Finish The Full Example w / Backing Track And Then Explain. Your On To Something Here, The Will Want To Learn It. P.S. Not A Hater. Thanks.

[@m.vonhollen6673]

Take the 5 CAGED positions but for the key of E so EDCAG at frets 0-2-5-7-9. Within each of those 5 positions, start with Minor Pentatonic and keep adding more notes until you get essentially Mixolydian and the Blues scale combined for this:1-2-b3/3-4-b5-5-6-b7. That’s 9 notes which only leaves these three: b2-b6-7. They can be used as chromatic passing tones. - It’s all chromatic!

[@ArtDonna84]

So Brian, it's frustrating for me after watching this video in particular. Reason: while I've been playing now for a few years, and know my pentatonic major/minor scales, triads, and learned the modes (sort of), and think I should be at least an intermediate player, watching this "Easiest scale pattern" teaching makes me realize I don't know guitar as well as I think I do, or should at this point in my playing time. Frustrating. BUT I have decided to join back with you as soon as I get back home from a job assignment that allows no time to practice (and will be retiring soon) and start at the basic's again to see what I'm missing in my tool box of knowledge and go from there.

[@patrickpowell5430]

Hi. I have a 'problem'. Because I like (and often, er, love) all those - often 'dissonant' - chords, the flat this, sharp that, augmented t'other mish-mashed together (and sadly I also like 'atonal' music), when you started finding the key (and ended up on A major), ALL the notes you played going up from fret to fret on the top E string - F, F#, G, G# before you get to the A - sounded 'right'. Now the fact that I'm aware of this means it's not really a 'problem'. But . . . (NB I don't really like the word 'dissonant'. OK, technically it might be the correct word, but to my tastes it is anything but 'dissonant'. Unusual, yes, but not 'dissonant' as the word might be understood. On the other hand, thanks for this and all your other videos.

[@aglitchinthematrix157]

Absolutely masterpiece of a class!! Wow. I've seen may online lessons and you communicate ideas so clearly and straightforward. I Loved the demo over the backing track, that made the click on my mind.

[@YEM_]

The wording was super confusing at first. We're in A Major now we're playing the Dorian mode... I would expect you to be playing B Dorian without even thinking about it. I was super confused of what you were doing until I realized you were playing A Dorian. You didn't mention which Dorian scale you were playing and changed keys all together without mentioning it. Same for mixo... You're like now we're playing the mixolydian scale and you repeat it again that were in the key of A... Which would be D mixo. So by not mentioning which Dorian scale and which mixolydian scale it was quite confusing at first.

[@CPharmax]

Your lessons are fantastic Brian. Thank you for making it easier to get back into playing after years of not picking up a guitar.

[@tac7.625]

Awesome!!

[@tomporterfield21]

Nice lesson here. Simple explanation of some fairly complex concepts. >t looked like you were actually using an E chord at the 12th fret and not A. If so, you may want to clarify. Or it could be my bad. I will rewatch. Thank you.

[@InsideTheStadium]

I Love your videos, I'm a new player and this us awesome, your a Legend bro, thank you 🍻

[@ObedwardEdward]

Hello Brian great lesson in deed, without backing track I am sure any A chord progression will do? Thanks Brian.

[@CrimsonCogent]

Love your approach. Show me a bit of the sandbox so I can play music in it and forget about trying to absorb everything at once. Thank you!

[@drvoodoo3073]

What's the formula behind starting on those frets for the Dorian, Ionian and Mixolydian modes? I'd like to use the same formula for the rest of the modes using the exact same major scale shape

[@78tag]

Speaking of a cheezy - nice lead into a paid subscription. Just say it up front, you are fishing for more paid subscriptions. What you did say up front was you didn't want to do the part I right by adding in a useful graphic -- don't have time for non-subscribers - we get it.

[@Py1axRADIOAMADORISMOSEMSTRESS]

I learn with you more the one year with teacher tks so much great DORIAN mode lets go

[@michaelhamer6841]

Great stuff! Why does every single youtube guitar teacher play a Tele? Just upgraded my pickups, but now I want another guitar lol😂

[@dmsea6811]

When there is an A chord playing in the background….could you play D major pentatonic over it and you’ll be in mixolydian mode? Thanks

[@tonypurcell1049]

Some answers in this video, but also some questions. Is this playing so called "Three notes per string?" Enough here for me to want to know more, so thanks Brian.

[@chesterburnett3466]

Using that mixolydian mode, I wound up playing the Star Spangled Banner over it. Or was I just hallucinating again?

[@CraigStetsonScottsdale]

Great lesson but I thought Dorian started on the 2nd note of the scale which would be B. It’s seems like you’re starting on G#. What am I missing here?

[@flylippfantom8425]

I shied away from the major scale because the pentatonic and chord shapes with caged seemed easier to learn. But, now when I go to the major I have difficulty

[@BertfromBelgium]

just like society, labels don't matter, its just a way to divide, that's ok for music theory, but not for people and their ideology's

[@Charlie-ij2ee]

I used to get in a small jam, and ask what key it was in, but nobody ever knew. They would say "I know the chords, but I don't know the key."

[@mister-LA]

Who made this Tele? I've been looking for one like it (humbucker in the bridge/P90 in the neck, same bridge, etc.) and this combination is really hard to find.

[@activemelody]

Danocaster

[@mondocain]

This is really a great lesson Brian. I really enjoy all your insights into the fretboard.

[@grzegorzkrasicki4349]

HI.Can I find all the scales and their positions on the fretboard?In your course

[@jamesmillar7209]

thanks - even tho I play this stuff I need to understand the theory, which your videos are really helping with -

[@imannonymous7707]

I really like the choice of pick up combination in that tele, you got the round bell tones in the front , and the fat crunch in the back,,,,,, funny you dont see that much, its perfect

[@ebberman1583]

The third position, around the 12th fret, gives you D major scale. Not E major.

[@zecoil9139]

Thank you,very helpful.

[@yak9147]

Good stuff, I plan to have a go at this pattern. The playing sounded like a Chet Atkins style, I thought.

[@brottiermarie-aimee2751]

Thank you for this great lesson. But Is the jam track always the A major chord, or is it a blues grid?

[@1minutecomicswalahollywood648]

Hello, I am a new subscriber.

[@byroncjohnston1]

The information you present is great but your presentation to me, an adult, is, if not insulting my intelligence, certainty frustrates me .

[@ronnyggauvreau2975]

thank You Brian

[@3334-n7s]

we don't know anything about major chord or minor chord, so why do you waist our time saying major minor dore scale

[@geoffwatson]

So, is the A Dorian scale in effect, the G Major scale starting on the second note?

[@geoffwatson]

I've answered my own question by watching How to Use Modes (Part 2 of 2) - Modes (The Ultimate Explanation) - Guitar Lesson EP375. 👍🎸

[@Steven_ologist]

By chance did you take the backing track from another lesson? If so what was the lesson number. Keep up the great work!

[@activemelody]

Yes, the backing track for major was EP435 and the backing track for minor was EP384

[@2696ize]

Nice lesson ! this opened up my understanding. Thank you !

[@fredericklane745]

It would help if you show how to extend each scale across all strings and right along the fretboard?

[@flylippfantom8425]

Sounds like some good elevator music I wouldn't mind in the AM 😅

[@superdave1964]

good job !! more guitar less talk bro! love it tho!

[@3334-n7s]

we don't want to hear about major or doran mode we just want to watch the bars that need played do you understand stop talking

[@russowings5351]

The clashy notes are the blue notes my friend lmao great break down. 👍

[@russelltimmins1870]

Great lesson! By the way what is the model of telecaster you are playing?

[@carlsalazar4490]

Anybody know what kind of tele Brian is playing?

[@curtpozzi5527]

What chord progression was in the backing track? I wanna give this a whirl.

[@starcityman57]

Yeah I’ll try that next time I play my guitar…sounds good 👍

[@SR-jd6qe]

A definite ah ha moment for me. Thanks much!

[@joebermuda6452]

Just by looking at the thumbnail I noticed it is the locrian mode

[@wiseal9063]

am I the only guy who knows who John Hartford is without google ?

[@grampskraka6976]

Not so sure what makes this video less confusing than the thousand other confusing scale videos on KZbin.

[@gatoryak7332]

You are not yet ready to accept this level of instruction. That's OK. Master the major scale, the major pentatonic scale and the minor pentatonic scale before trying to learn more. By 'master', I mean know how to play from root-to root-to root, starting on any fret on any string. Know how these scales are built instead of just learning the shapes. Then you'll be ready to understand lessons like this. I agree that most scale videos are confusing, but if you know the basics as I described than you can discern which videos will work with the way your brain works and which will not. For example, I improvise by seeing triads all over the fretboard, but the GAGED System makes little sense to me. I kinda get it, but it is so cumbersome that it doesn't seem worthwhile. It does unlock many doors for many people, so it must be good, right? Maybe I'm just not ready for it.

[@grampskraka6976]

@@gatoryak7332 yeah I’m definitely not ready.

[@neilmalone798]

Wow!! Thanks so much. Brilliant!

[@kennethtolbert577]

THANKS GOOD STUFF I'M STARTING TO UNDERSTAND CAN'T WAIT TO TRY IT OUT 👍🤟

[@jameshansing5396]

as a very visual learner I found that VERY hard to follow. From the comments, everyone else found it much easier. Maybe to attract more folks, having the forests etc up on the screen might help? For some reason my ,mind just clammed up but if I saw it a bit like TAB on the screen, Id get it much quicker

[@activemelody]

This was over a year ago - hard to go back in time and re-shoot it. not sure what you're wanting me to do here... all of my lessons pretty much do have tab on the screen.

[@mailvilla]

You had an epiphany? Why not just say you had a vision or discovery?

[@ljkj63]

wonder if these are major 7th chords in the backing track

[@stevestrang480]

When you play the major scale do you think of a shape or the notes?

[@1948steven]

What I find confusing is you say the Key us A major, and you are playing the Dorian scale. so are you playing B Dorian scale? And Mixolydian scale, so are you playing the E Mixolydian scale from the Key A?

[@casilatino]

He is playing the A Dorian which is the G major scale played A thru A. And he is also playing the A mixolydian which is the D major scale starting at A.

[@wolfpacak47]

you da man thanks I'm really learning some things

[@terrymurray9818]

Wow wow finally learnt something great thanks

[@phiddler1]

i dont get it if were in A major how can we be dorian if we go back 2 frets when dorian is the 2 nd mode

[@JolyMakunga]

Nice ! It adds more ways on my improvizing skill. thank you very much for this tutorial !

[@dezionlion]

Don’t get me wrong I love your tele the way it is, but I bet if you made another one with maple neck and black p90 and black pickup ring, it would compliment the one you have, And if you didn’t bond with it you could give it away on your channel! Win win! Actually I just want a tele like yours. Sure I’m not the only one

[@dezionlion]

Oh yeah and don’t forget the black guard