Intro to Modes in the Circle of Fifths

Where do borrowed chords come from? How does modal mixture work? How do songwriters like the Beatles create such great chord progressions? The answer has to do with parallel modes in the circle of fifths. Let me show you.
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[@chillmurray7529]

I’ve got to tell you, I’m going to keep rewatching this until it all sinks in. You know everything your talking about. You don’t over-talk or side track and you don’t try to be funny. This is exactly the kind of teaching I need and appreciate. Thanks guy!

[@mikegeorge360]

Thanks very much for your feedback-and I’m glad this is helpful! 🤘🤘

[@antoniocuervo306]

your video tutorials are the best i've ever seen .

[@kamseatworld]

@@antoniocuervo306 Agree

[@richmondbrianvillamayor6951]

hahaha

[@GaryBook]

You are in a league of your own. I am going to have to rewatch it a few times, but I should finally be able to understand modes because of you. Thank you.

[@chillmurray7529]

I’ll either come to understand modes or die trying. Don’t give up

[@mikegeorge360]

Thanks so much for your feedback, Gary. I definitely appreciate it, and am glad this is helpful!

[@tomtoss2463]

Mike, this is the best teaching on modes on KZbin. This is actually practical.

[@florentinosanchez3969]

You are the BEST TEACHER IN INTERNET with a lot of difference. Thank you so much for what you do

[@davidvitale9338]

My head is spinning. That's incredible! Thank you 🙏

[@ItsJustVan]

Why aren't you not one of the top YT channels? Thank you for this one and bless you!

[@seanmurphy1614]

Brilliant, precise, and no crap lesson from someone who knows their stuff. I will watch this again and again. Thank you.

[@mikegeorge360]

Thank you, Seán!

[@M419.99]

Whoa, your circle of fifths diagram is crazy intuitive, much better than the stuff I have seen from other theorists on YT😮 You got a sub and my respect!

[@pedrazzinig]

Best modes explanation on KZbin, THANK YOU

[@bonmotwang]

Wow. I kept googling to try to understand modes, scales and chords. I have read many articles and videos, still very frustrated. So, you nailed it! I still don't understand it 100% (at 10% right now LOL), but I will keep replaying and pausing until I get it 99%! (Never 100%). Thank you Mike, your voice, animation, drawings are just right.

[@wanton_chips3638]

This is some really important educational material you’ve added to KZbin. This and many others of your videos should eventually be some of the consistently top viewed music theory videos for the next decade

[@aaronbra4974]

Love those live graphics

[@Alitan18]

I’ve been watching lots of videos about the circle of fifths and scales and modes. I was able to join the pieces to have an overall understanding of them but it wasn’t until this video that it all makes sense. I think it’s how the information is designed and animated plus the structure of the video where one thing takes you to the other. Thank you for sharing this knowledge.

[@gustavojmata]

Very good man! This really deepened my appreciation of harmony

[@EliasFaraclas]

The other comments are spot on. A very nice video in a sea of otherwise more confusing content.

[@annedeoedipus7849]

I’ve had guitars since I was a kid but this year I decided to actually learn some theory. I have watched literally hundreds of music theory videos but this, hands down, is the clearest explanation of modes and the best use of diagrams. An excellent teaching tool. Now subbed.

[@novicetrader3005]

You are one of the special great teachers! Turn complicated things into simple ones. On the other hand, some music professors can create simple music theory to complicate rocket science. Great job!

[@Mike-rw2nh]

I’ve just taken the past month to run through your excellent uploads. Stellar content, good sir. Thank you.

[@mikegeorge360]

Thank you, Mike! I am glad you are here and that these videos help. Cheers!

[@taekwonlee8344]

This is gold.

[@billhasty5197]

Very Well Done. Probably the Best Explanation of Modes out their. Thanks.

[@doloresneilson5349]

Mike, you have great teaching ability. Knowledge is a gift shared - but teaching that knowledge is an entire other skill set! You simplify where possible, don't add anything to confuse and no added fluff. To the point and all the necessary information to increase our knowledge of music theory. You are a gifted teacher and we can thank you for the path to learning the art of music. You give us and share important knowledge here. Thank you.

[@jensbomholt4529]

Very interesting! Will take some time to digest it and put it to use ...

[@joeland87]

God, I wish this how they taught it in music theory classes. This is awesome.

[@eddysel10]

This masterpiece is going into my vault 👌🏽. I have subscribed immediately after watching this video. One of the best video’s I have seen about this subject 🎶🎸🎤🥁🎹

[@richardslater677]

I commented on your circle of fifths video that the graphics were not only beautiful but also actually did a job. Same for this video. Great stuff and very interesting. (ps, John Lennon was one the greats as a songwriter but his knowledge of music theory was minimal. George Martin was the genius there. I think John was more “mod” than “mode” 😀).

[@AftaHillOfficial]

Your videos are incredible! Thank you

[@dinom1384]

This video is just simply amazing. Thank you so much for putting this out there!

[@BluegrassPOV]

Love the concise format! SUBSCRIBED

[@Roots222]

Wonderful video. I'm rewatching it slowly.. 🐢 Thank you.

[@CScott-zu5mv]

Great videos. Thank you.

[@crucommu1]

Yes your mode lesson is the best I've come across. It's not confusing. Thanks!

[@paulbell145]

Really hit the spot and clarified modal chords for me. I will be watching it many more times to get it embedded. Thank you.

[@PlayitonPan]

14:56 A⁷ is not the I nor I⁷ …it is V⁷/IV the V⁷ of D (secondary dominant, essentially using the C# as a chromatic approach note to D and the G for some outside tension/spice/tritone). The D is momentarily tonicised before more chromatic movement is introduced by flattening the third, F# to F, for the parallel minor. These chromatic movements are musical techniques that help tell the story of the song. These harmonic devices are a way of expressing emotion in the song and making this link is fundamental.

[@chillmurray7529]

This is a great comment. I like the story telling aspect that a good chord progression achieves. I hope to understand it the way that you do one day.

[@brianritzer8024]

Depending on how you look at it. You could say that it's a I7 going to IV like in a blues progression. Beatles were notorious for mixing blues and pop. But a secondary dominant V7/IV is also a valid analysis

[@orfeasmusic]

This is so, soooo interesting. Thank you so much for making these videos 🙏🏻❣️

[@leslieelainehermans4382]

This is INCREDIBLE! Thank you so much for explaining this and how it all connects. Seriously such a blessing. You explained it more clearly than anyone I've ever heard, and it is so helpful. I appreciate it. Keep rocking!

[@simoneferraresi5610]

Beautiful!

[@shubhankarnikhil5732]

Thank you so much for the amazing explanation ❤

[@keymaster7323]

I should have come to Mike first. He gave more actual information in the first fifteen seconds than the other video gave in the first five minutes.

[@diggeroldmate8122]

Wow this is the best explanation of borrowed chords I've ever seen. Can't wait to try this out.

[@tonymccormick21]

Amazing. And well done to you. These videos take time to make. Thanks

[@friedrichmarkus3574]

Thanks a lot. You are a great teacher!

[@albrin]

superb

[@tres913]

Excellent explanation!

[@thihaha9228]

Thank you very much bro. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@rickr9158]

Excellent presentation. Thank you!

[@theguitartemplepriest]

Very good indeed Sir, thanks

[@maurizioviera]

This is gold. Thank you!

[@scottmoyer1357]

One of the best presentations of music knowledge to be seen anywhere. Thank you for sharing your knowledge in this very clear and colorfully graphic way. Love it.I have some additional concepts to add to what you have created here.....another way to "perceive" the Modes on the Circle of 5ths allowing you to see every key they are in.

[@JoobaSchoolofMusic]

Please explain..?

[@pcuimac]

Wow. That is VERY helpful to not only get the theory, but also some pretty examples from the Beatles.

[@masterbuilder3166]

Brilliant 💯🎸

[@therobmeister]

Brilliant work!

[@prolifik302]

I feel like the ultimate circle of 5ths guide will be a 3 dimensional "Sphere of 5ths" and u might be the man to conceptualize this method for us....?!?

[@loganR124]

great explanations and visuals ! 🙏🏼

[@MayaMusica]

Excellent! This video and the previous one. Thank you! Greetings from Argentina

[@amaxlevin]

This is blowin my mind, man! Genius. I joined your community yesterday. Cheers!

[@abraxas1]

Your approach is really well suited for people familiar with mathematics. As a beginner guitarist I recognized these relations exist, but this presentation is the whole package, animated color graphics and all. Sweet!

[@junkboxguitars2461]

I understand the modes fairly well... but your explanations and graphics are by FAR the best I have seen! Great job... and I love the other videos of yours I have watched ! Very impressed, thanks!

[@peternelson285]

Thank you!

[@Freddytacvbito]

Wow!! amazing!!!

[@PuckJones]

Super helpful! The visual and auditory cues really reinforce each other and add a level of understanding. Liked, subbed, and appreciated. Would like to know more about the color coding and the shapes (was concentrating on modes and borrowed chords in my first go through).

[@simonvegas793]

Special channel this. Great work!

[@nateellis1779]

Thanks, I learned the most about this chart from this video. 🙂

[@tb-cg6vd]

Excellent, like the other posters, v impressed and v useful!!!

[@asmundma]

Fantastic !

[@LifesNotReady]

this video is the most the circle of fifths has ever fucked my mind. In other words, information overload, but in an exciting way.

[@joramponi249]

this is really good stuff, thanks

[@goteblensnorkin8572]

Nice lesson, especially the explanation about how the mode patterns on the circle of 5ths are used in real songs

[@silviokanashiro9986]

awesome lesson thank u 🔥🔥

[@cybellesmith8928]

Fantastic video! My mind is blown. This was insanely helpful and is going to really up the composing skills of anyone who watches. The visuals are brilliant and everything was super clear. Thank you so much!! One small thing (couldn't help myself as a neuroscientist) -- the idea that we only use a fraction of our brainpower on a regular basis is an urban legend. We use vast networks spanning virtually our entire brain to perform everyday tasks. Other than that, super in love with this vid!

[@flavio5046]

Great video!

[@robbiepeterh]

The diagrams are fantastic.

[@andrewalten3185]

Great video

[@Newfoundmike]

Best Teacher goin!✌️👍

[@mikestroud9969]

Yes a lot of songs have borrowed chords. Circle of Fifths is the bread and butter of music. Good video buddy. 😎👍👌💯🎸🎸

[@OneMinuteMeds]

Mike, I can confidently say, without your fine tutorials, I would NEVER understand these things. Thank you...

[@allinthemind2006]

And with them i shall never understand music

[@wendigo2442]

Thanks

[@2Phast4Rocket]

There should be a reference text book that describes all of this because it's difficult to understand when the information in the video is presented at 100 mph

[@lesterguitarist]

Best video on Modes and Borrowed Chords using the Circle of Fifths... you open my eyes with this approach, this was the missing piece of my puzzle. Thanks a lot for your great work.

[@lesterguitarist]

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[@stefanhuegin8292]

Very nice 👍 😘

[@MyStarPeopleExperiences]

I'm going to need time to digest this one.

[@Nathanaelsun22]

You are excellent, I am seeing things more expansively and clearly than ever. I really like your singing voice, so musical.

[@mikegeorge360]

Thank you! 🙏🤘

[@DJSidhu24]

Wow you did it very well now anyone can understand

[@noelfalk4283]

Hooray! I made it 1K. Thank you MIke, you are the best.

[@nikolabanovic4833]

I thought SignalsMusicStudio and Ben Levin had the best intuitive approach for explaning essential songwriting music theory concepts, but this is on another level.

[@JohnDukovich]

I was with you right up until about minute 7 when you put them in parallel. I thought the Dorian started on the minor ii (D in the case of the key of C).

[@johnfoster6412]

15:20 The Dm is not borrowed from Aoelian, it's from D harmonic minor. You can tell because the I chord became the I7, which resolves darkly to the i minor.

[@lambda6928]

The fact that we use only a part (10%) of our brain is a commun misconception, and is totally wrong. Thank for the both vids ;)

[@truthandlies-nl1ri]

I’ve got to get this straight in my head before I can move on.@around 6:38 in video .. parallel modes..Dorian comes from Bb .. Phrygian comes from Ab ionian.. how do you make that distinction? This is probably a real stupid question. But as I’m new to the modes, I’m having a hard time understanding. Can you please clarify this for me. Thank you. I’ll be looking forward to your answer.

[@user-pm2yq3wm9w]

Still don’t understand how to put this to use. So borrowing means that you can change from time for time any major for same minor and vice versa?

[@KidDozzi]

I like this lesson. I will say, I don't know why I bristle about the colors schema so much but I recognize that's just a subjective thing. The content here is pretty solid and I think it would be good to do a recap of the applications at the end for people who need a summary of the more abstract parts you went over with Basic diagrams (not just in application). You really are nailing the application aspects of this. I am guessing that just sharing the concepts again at the end might help people who were lost (maybe while they're trying to cull down the information a bit and figure out what's relevant to their needs). Good job! I shared this video and hope you get more views.

[@mikegeorge360]

Thanks, Ian! This is awesome and very constructive feedback. Cheers.🤘

[@CarstenPrimdahl]

Hi Mike - great stuff! Very inspiring and intuitive! I have seen other videos on KZbin, where the colors in order are associated with the chromatic scale. Ie. C is red, C#/Db is deep orange, D is light orange aso. Somehow it seems logic to associate pitch with color, but you have chosen to organize the colors according to the circle of fifths. Can you tell about your considerations - pros and cons? Also - are the PDFs available as a member/subcribers on Locals - I don’t see any tabs for downloads? Where do I find them?

[@joeffponceja409]

Subscribed☺

[@Ryan98391]

The minor ii, iii, vi, and diminished vii° are starting to make much more sense with this; as a result, I'm finally able to find all the major chords with the Ionian C scale as root notes. vii° is just extra flat.

[@guitarosteelslinger5482]

I have used a the Chord Wheel for years. It shows position iii & vi switched versus your diagram. Is the CW incorrect?

[@waynegram8907]

Can you make a video lesson showing a bunch of examples of rock pop songs that use modes in the melody lines and borrowed chords from modes. This will help out how to use modes more by seeing a lot of examples

[@PolskieMaslo]

How do you decide what are the roman numerals names? Like when its bvii not vii?

[@samratshahthakuri1255]

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[@gulbakay]

A highly useful tool for visualising the various modes of the diatonic MAJOR scale, along with harmonic relationships. I'm just wondering whether there's a separate circle of fifths for the HARMONIC MINOR scale and its modes. 🤔 From recollection, Led Zeppelin's song 'Kashmir' is constructed from one of these modes. The 3 semitone interval gives an exotic sound.

[@BertLiu]

Nice. That gives me something to chew on. From experience, I intuitively know about some of the borrowed chords, but I'd never heard such a detailed, systematic explanation before. I have questions though. Let's just say in the key of C, I've encountered chords that "don't belong in the key" such as A7, D7, E7, Fm, Bb, and Ab, some more frequently than others. Not all of these are in the "neighborhood" you talked about though. How do I interpret these chords?

[@teleplayer7081]

Hey I heard sort of the intro to the song Lean On Me :)