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Timestamps:
0:00 - Lesson Intro
5:03 - Part 1: The Scale
7:31 - Part 2: The Chords, chord tones, arpeggios
13:55 - Part 3: Modes
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[@zombieguitar]

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[@nadeemafzal8984]

The best guitar teacher - period. I’m a subscriber to Brian’s online course and this has taken me from the pentatonic player to understanding how it all connects -- A no brainer recommendation…..

[@zombieguitar]

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[@dominikmarkov7052]

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[@brianmincher716]

I signed up for a lifetime membership myself! B.

[@jbaby007]

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[@zombieguitar]

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[@dean3323]

What annoys me the most is that it's taken me 30 years for so many light 💡s to go on........all thanks to you Brian. Where were you when I first picked up a guitar. Another great lesson, another light bulb I my head and it's finally coming together. Thanks so much as always Brian!! :)

[@roblarson9065]

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[@SyntagmaStation]

Amen. I appreciate Brian more as a talented teacher than as a guitar guy. The guitar is a bit incidental actually.

[@garethmat1]

This video is really enlightening and clear. I recently signed up to your course and I’m really impressed with your style of teaching and the clarity you provide. Great work Brian!

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[@AcidicDelusion]

I also joined recently , it's unbelievable value for the price and what you get. He's one of the good ones.

[@zombieguitar]

Thank you guys!! 😀

[@christophercolling9392]

Thanks Brian. Lonely solo learner here. you're a gem 💎🎸🤘🇬🇧

[@12amnews]

Someone already said it but I'll say it again. Best instructor in KZbin regarding this subject. I learned a lot from this channel. Thanks Brian

[@jeffwilliams1255]

Most understandable leasons on the internet. Thanks.

[@edwardgodfrey7002]

My mind is absolutely blown away by this. I’m relatively new to playing (less than a year). But this puts so many things into a good perspective for me because now I can structure my practice a little better.

[@SyntagmaStation]

Brother, you are a master at dealing with confusion.

[@darrellwong4097]

I didn’t know anything about modes but you’ve really clarified it for Brian. That was well explained. Thanks for sharing.

[@rbmoman]

Excellent as usual Brian keep on going Thks for all

[@pamn.5487]

AWESOME LESSON!! A good teacher explains the complicated in the simplest way. CRYSTAL CLEAR. THANK YOU 😊🙏😊

[@isseyrox]

This kind of clarity that you provide is so unique and so profound. For a guitar student this is life changing. Thanks for giving so much.

[@steveadams5085]

Great lesson. Tied everything together. Thank you!

[@laurenceseton8674]

Excellent video Brian!! Thank you.

[@Coach_Brian]

From one Brian to another: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. You cleared up years of confusion. You have a gift for teaching. Thank you for spreading your knowledge! Cheers!

[@chuckkavalec6607]

Thanks Brian for a clear explanation - you have a knack of simplifying what seems (is) complex - I am beginning to depend on you for my information more than other youtube teachers!

[@darenchanlp]

Another well explained lesson from an excellent teacher.

[@fenders9911]

awsome lesson brian thanks for taking the time for this video

[@ryanagar7498]

THANK YOU for clarifying modes. Been searching months for an answer

[@DarknessB4TheDawn]

O found that really made sense, appreciate that you really took the time to demystify , and slay some guitar zombies out there. Double thumbs up. I like your work book it will be really good to have one.

[@joycegrove5602]

Brian, this was such a refreshing angle in which to approach modes! Really enjoyed this lesson, thanks again for sharing your wisdom!! :) Cheers from the UK!

[@Will-sh8kl]

Another great lesson! Thanks Brian!

[@ronross1145]

Top shelf information Brian. I dont listen to anyone else, and it makes learning so much clearer...

[@brianmckenzie1318]

This is GOLD!!! Now things are making more sense! Great explanation!!!!

[@david-ky7rt]

Brilliant. Brian is an amazing guitar teacher, explains everything just how you can understand it

[@Ahmed-kv4up]

As always, clear explanation. Thanks, Brian.

[@josegonzale4699]

You cleared my foggy perspective from scales, chord tone, and modes soloing. Thanks Brian!

[@conpappas1066]

This is great, very informative. I new some of the progressions but you made it much more easier to understand. Thank you. Keep up these tutorials.👍🎸

[@EDGARDOUX1701]

Genius! The best far above. Thank you Brian!

[@petermarshall4620]

You still the man! Thanks again, Brian. It helped -a lot.

[@misaelcenteno9007]

Super helpful video. It taught me so much.Thanks

[@rogergonsoulin9675]

Great work as usual

[@sujayanarula3913]

Thank you so much Brian😊 I was keeping the Modes part for later stage after digesting the scales and chords really well. Since I went through this video I got the gist of what the modes are So I will get back to it later. Your explanation is fabulous, you make an excellent instructor 😊 thanks once again! Appreciate your help 😊🙏🏽

[@nateo7045]

Great lesson. Resolidified my knowledge of modes and their usefulness quite well.

[@victorformosa2825]

This really is a top lesson, if you study all three segments it will make you a much better player because of the theory, the more theory you know the better player you will become, many thanks Brian.

[@stompinsteve6066]

An absolutely awesome lesson! I now finally and fully understand modes, ATB from Steve in the UK

[@HigherPlanes]

Phenomenal lesson, my dude!

[@ravensaid7226]

Brian you’re a legend. Thanks for all your work man. Such great content

[@michaelsawbridge8991]

Great lesson! Cheers Brian.

[@hottamanful]

Simple yet intellectual .. Everybody can utilize and relate to this lesson.. Good job 👍..

[@anthonygonzalez8684]

Great Theory lesson. Spot on.🏅

[@2112thompson]

Great stuff definitely explains things in their simplest way

[@lynneblais4760]

Excellent tutorial. I must say you have the best out there and I’ve been watching a lot. There’s a few that I really like a lot but you’re definitely at the Top! Thank you. I understand so much better

[@zombieguitar]

Thank you! I appreciate the words 😁

[@brianolson_music]

Great video. Thank you so much!

[@JB19504]

Nice video. I learned a lot. BTW, beautiful LP Classic!

[@terrybanks5063]

nice lesson brian, i admitedly know most of this thanks to your other lessons but always good to have a refresher. still saw things in a new way so a very handy lesson mate. i worked out my finances and in approx 4 weeks i will be a fully paid up zombie guitarist! cant wait. love to you and yours as always from the uk! hope youre all doing well!

[@zombieguitar]

Thank you Terry! 😀

[@anthonykinrade8642]

Helped me immensely, thanks....

[@krtkllr70]

Awesome, I work on these ideas, it's clear I need to work a heck of a lot more, but keep your approach in mind at every move,thank you.

[@chadmiller8725]

Interesting approach and presentation to three main guitar topics that are indeed thrown around by many with varying degrees of effective explanation(s). I will forever be as i say - "student of all, master of none". Another enjoyable lesson Brian and thank you!

[@thomasdaggett3350]

This helps greatly! Now that I totally understand what I need to practice I can get started with confidence. I owe you a cigar man!

[@2good2betrue3]

Very good lesson mate, thanks to the KZbin recommendation 😊, you're a great teacher, cheers... Subscribed!

[@zombieguitar]

Thanks man! 😁

[@iggy01a]

Awesome! Thank you.

[@BS-gj5ot]

Great lesson

[@iamwe7035]

well this is a great lesson. helped me a lot , a lot of people think i am advanced but i do it by feel and sort of never really feel like I own my good moments. easy steps . key is important . that is where everything starts.

[@stevevallance6326]

Nicely explained. I’ve used your free videos so much, I’m going to get on patreon as soon as I figure out what that means.

[@gpicton1372]

Thank you for this video and the others you provide I have been playing for a year and a half now my progress has been great but I hit a wall and got confused exactly like you described it.. I've been looking for an explanation like this since I started playing and finally got it . That was awesome broskie thanks 👍

[@alexm66]

Just purchased the "Scales, Arpeggios and Modes", looks amazing, a MUST have!

[@zombieguitar]

Thanks Alex! Much appreciated. Let me know if you have any questions 😀

[@richardgutierrez2864]

That was an awesome lesson on scales and modes and chords I am a former musician institutes student and that was a great description on how to use those modes

[@brutusmuerto]

Thank you. I needed this.

[@malcolmwindust3888]

Nearly every one on the web explains modes incorrectly, Brian nails it and makes it clear. Inspirational stuff from a truly gifted teacher. 👍🤠👍

[@carlomarcial4831]

Thanks for your helpful and informative lessons that would help me improve my guitar skills. Your such a great teacher and your guitar videos are highly appreciated and recommended to everyone learning guitar the right way

[@zombieguitar]

Thanks Carlo! 😎

[@TheShentonway]

Well done

[@fatjoe3357]

Awesome thanks!

[@Schmelt27]

Now I understand. Thank you!

[@danbronk9685]

Lydian =. 4th mode of the scale R - 2 - 3 - #4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - R (1 alteration from the major - FLAT) mixolydian =. 5th mode of the scale R - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - b7 - R (2 alterations from the major - 2 FLATS) Harmonic Minor =. 5th mode of the scale R - 2 - b3 - 4 - 5 - b6 - 7 - R (3 alterations from the major - 3 FLATS) Regular Minor or Aeolian or Relative Minor = 6th mode of the scale R - 2 - b3 - 4 - 5 - b6 - b7 - R Phrygian Dominant R - b2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - b6 - b7 - R Minor Pentatonic R - b3 - 4 - 5 -b7 - R Major Pentatonic R - 2 - 3 - 5 - 6 - R

[@zombieguitar]

Scale formulas is the way 🤘

[@bryanbanzon6264]

Thank You Brian Kelly!

[@JCFern]

All my years of blindly learning memorizing 3NPS, CAGED, and other scale shapes and never really knowing what to do with them… This lesson here is the key to better understanding how I can make use of any and all of those shapes. Learning that the modes are defined by the chords… WOW

[@TheDJEclectic]

Brian, your content is awesome…thank you for your clarification!!

[@metal1mark73]

For guitar music theory yr the best on youtube!!!

[@tommore3263]

I signed up. Brian really makes it easy.

[@kulentarian55]

Great video

[@212alv]

Now I understand thanks Brian

[@vin6455]

Awesome BRIAN best explanation ever cheers mate

[@leparain8]

This is a life changer for me thank You god bless U

[@fernandoescabuso7712]

Thanks so much for your videos, i think you are one of the best teacher in the tube, i'm from southamerica, my english is far not the best, but anyway i understand your lessons without no problem, learning from you so many things. Thanks a lot. Keep rocking!!

[@thiagoborsari7364]

Amazing. Thanx

[@PineView80]

I don't understand how so many people are amazed how clear this made things for them. I'm even more confused now after watching this. Been trying to learn since 2004, no luck. The only thing that ever worked was memorizing songs and their solos, then when I hear something I realize "hey it kinda sounds like that song" and then I know sort of what I can play. Anything else just never worked, best case I play some "scales" or whatever it is up and down and sound horrible, until I get so bored with it that I forget what little I even learned in the first place. Then I end up on a video like this here in hopes it finally happens for me. See you next time.

[@zombieguitar]

My videos make it all make sense 😁

[@josezetino9637]

Best teacher I have found in KZbin

[@deepakrebentisch9173]

Thank you sir great lesson , that too free. GBY

[@MrSheymie]

Thanks. Never understood the context of modes before now.

[@frankbloom5565]

Well I watched it and appreciate the struggle you must feel on how many of us are misguided buy misleading information. Thank you for caring and taking the time to help. I'll keep viewing the video until it sinks in.

[@samross2459]

God damn man that blew my mind 🤯

[@ianbuxton525]

Brian, sincerely, very well done. Thank you, this is a great help. I have been trying to figure out something Brian May said in Star Licks video many years ago "I don't think of scales, I tend to play across chords". I wanted to understand how Brian May's solos always sound so locked in or in keeping with the other parts like the Piano. A few weeks ago I dissected the notes in the Bohemian Rhapsody solo with my guitar teacher and they do fit the chord tones of the Piano chord underneath. James Rundle also did a video for me about this and explained that a solo using just the scale would hit the chord tones 3 in 7 times. Brian seems to increase his chord tone hit rate when soloing by using chord tones and moving to follow each chord. The modes explantion and demontration at the end in part 3 is the best and clearest I have seen. Thank you. I am now off to your website. Best regards, Ian

[@zombieguitar]

Brian May is awesome!! Glad you liked the lesson Ian! 😎

[@ImmanuelChMomin]

Thanks

[@JohnAdams-rm7zm]

Great information I just signed up as a full member 🇺🇸✊

[@zombieguitar]

Thanks John! Much appreciated 😀

[@hamronepalma9285]

You are THE teacher !

[@rayberczik7251]

Since I put my focus on learning with you Brian my playing has improved a lot. I was following several teachers and just stayed confused so my advice is find a teacher that explains music to where you can understand it and put it to practice, stick with that teacher!! Brian just happens to be that teacher for me. Thanks so much!

[@zombieguitar]

Thanks Ray! Glad to hear it!! 😁

[@lukather1]

Without doubt the best on the web !!! Buy his course now !! YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT AND YOU WILL PROGRESS FAST !!!

[@zombieguitar]

Much appreciated Chris! Thanks for the words 😀

[@mobsiesixsixsix9785]

I had a proper eureka moment when you removed modes from scales. Thanks Brian.

[@Ahmed-kv4up]

"The modes are just perspectives of the same key signature". The best explanation I find in the Web.

[@johnsee7269]

One important aspect of all this is "getting it under you fingers" or knowing it or sometimes memorizing; paying dues so to speak. I know when I learned the major scale (any key...) the length of the fretboard I found/saw... patterns or shapes and thus I use those patterns to play notes from the major scale to find notes for a solo. Worked for me...

[@zombieguitar]

Yes exactly...but that is just "the scale" that you are talking about 😎

[@matildastanford7019]

Great vid Brian 👍 I didn't feel confused in my understanding but I believe that it's always good to revise and confirm that, just in case 😁👍👍. I've learnt thinking that you understand something and actually understanding that something are 2 entirely different things. Also the leap from knowing to putting into practice and making music that's actually good to listen to makes all the difference. So thanks for all of the free lessons that you post, even though you deserve to make a living out of it based on all the work you put into it, unfortunately I cannot afford it yet. P.S; you're right about other youtube guitar channels but you explain the theory in a much better, understandable way and you regularly post as well.

[@zombieguitar]

Thanks Matilda! 😀

[@willhan9530]

best explanation ever

[@mehmetnaciakkk3983]

Fantastic Brian! Thanks! I kept on thinking «it shows that this guy is an engineer». Well structured, to the point, only the essentials. I believe your early years working as an engineer was not a waste of time, but contributed to you becoming a much better musician and instructor. I have been shopping around on the Internet and KZbin for a good teacher who could help me understand and master the guitar and music production. I believe I have found the person :-) and you have just earned yourself a monthly paying member.

[@zombieguitar]

Thank you!! Much appreciated. Just for clarification though....Zombie Guitar is only a one-time payment, not monthly 😁 Edit: I see you have already joined, so you know that already...but for others reading the comments I just wanted to be clear on that. Anyway, thank you for joining!! 😀

[@mehmetnaciakkk3983]

@@zombieguitar Sorry, I thought it was monthly until I paid once and became a full member, which, of course is way better than what others are offering :-)

[@jazznotes3802]

Good video 👍🏻. It drives me nuts that people are still teaching “false information” on modes. The three steps: 1st) You’ve got the diatonic scale, you can chop it up into 5, 7 or how many positions/patterns, (any number you like) it will still only be the diatonic scale. 2nd) You’ve got the diatonic chords/chord tones/arpeggios within that diatonic scale. You can learn these as 6 & 5 string inversions or the CAGED System. (Or any other way that works) 3rd) You’ve got “The Modes”. Which consists of the same information in steps 1 & 2, The same diatonic scale patterns/shapes and the same diatonic chord/chord tones and arpeggios. It’s all about what chord in the diatonic scale is now home and where you place the emphasis. (The chord tones/arpeggios you choose to target) People, “Please don’t waste years learning different scale patterns for every mode.” That’s NOT what’s really going on! It was introduced by music schools (back in the late 70 I think) to give the students more to learn. They needed some way of stretching out the information, in order trick the guitar students Into studying for longer. Time = Money 💴! This is true, I’ve done my research, you can even see Barry Harris (In a video on KZbin) telling musicians this fact. Then for the “Harmonic minor scale” you take the same diatonic scale patterns and just rise the 5th. (Like a Major scale with a rise 5th) But you target the 6th, as that’s your natural minor root note within the diatonic scale. Change another note from the very same diatonic scale (so rise the 4th & 5th note) and you get the Melodic minor scale. It’s that easy! Hope this helps whoever’s reading this.

[@zombieguitar]

Until recently it hasn't occurred to me that the "confusion" surrounding various different musical concepts was intentionally put in place as a means to extract more money out of students... However people have recently been pointing out to me that this may be the case. I can't say for sure if it's true or not, but it wouldn't surprise me 🤷

[@jazznotes3802]

@@zombieguitar The old Jazz cats didn’t even think modes. They simply called it for what it was. e.g: Dorian was simply playing the over two chord and targeting the chord tones. The same can be said for all the other modes. They didn’t have a clue of the modal names, they just thought of it as playing over (outlining) the different diatonic chord tones, following the changes. The great Jazz legend “Barry Harris” doesn’t know anything about modes, he never learned them. Yet he can improvise over Giant Steps and other complex modal tunes without missing a beat. There’s a great video on KZbin about it. I think it’s called something like “What Barry Harris thinks about modes.” Anyway, I think your channel is helping a lot of people, so keep it up. Great content 👍🏻.

[@guitardedimbisol6087]

I found that over the years the five pentatonic patterns I was first taught that then turned into the five caged patterns your talking about worked but then when I learned the 7 3nps scales theory became much more clearer but for years could never make them work very well but when I started understanding how the 5 pentatonic patterns in a certain key worked and were in the 7 3nps key things became very clear and totally eliminated the 5 caged scales and now only look at the 7 3nps scales and the 5 pentatonic scales in all keys. The 7 3nps scales and the 5 pentatonic scales seem to create a total different vibe of playing

[@zombieguitar]

That's all "scale" stuff you are talking about...😎

[@theelderskatesman4417]

I do understand scales, arpeggios and modes, but I still keep watching this channel because I just enjoy your unending frustration with all the misunderstanding (which I put down to people not getting the difference between patterns on a fretboard and the logic of intervals). Dunno why, just makes me feel like the universe is still in balance👍🤘🙏 (but one thought on modes. ultimately you also want to stress the intervals that define each mode. for example, in Dorian the flat 3 that defines minor and the major 6 that differentiates it from minor/aeolian)

[@zombieguitar]

Yes I do stress that point all the time too 😉: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3bXqKmgod-WntU