MODAL INTERCHANGE Explained Crystal Clear - Next Level Chord Progressions

What is modal interchange? And what is modal mixture? In this crystal clear guitar tutorial you will learn all about Modal Interchange, a technique for composing awesome and surprising chord progressions. Take you songs to the next level! Everything is explained with top notch graphics and tablature on screen. You will learn to use this technique to create chord progressions with borrowed chords from a parallel key or mode. Think of the dorian, phrygian, lydian, mixolydian and Locrian mode. This technique of mixing tonalities is used in modern Jazz, but is also a great asset for rock guitar players and suitable for other styles of guitar soloing. I show you why and when to use a certain chord to get a certain effect. Never a boring progression again. You also learn how to improvise over modal mixtures.
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Artwork: (c) 2020) Rob van Hal
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Castilla Classical Guitars
Samson Concert 99 Wireless system
Rode Microphone
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[@QJamTracks]

Thanks Piere voor this nice comment!! And you can speak Dutch, amazing :)

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@@jakobthewolf Exactly!

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[@QJamTracks]

Thank you!

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The best modal interchange explanation on KZbin! Thank you so much!

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks!

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one of the best explanations I have seen. Thank you so much!

[@insider106]

Not only good explanation but examples as well. Well done! 👍

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[@QJamTracks]

Thank you Sean! I'll appreciate this very much!

[@nusstu]

Very well produced and clear explanation. Keep it up

[@FJMilan83]

It Will be great a video with modal interchange with the harmonic minor and the melodic minor! Thanks for this superb lessons!

[@voronOsphere]

"Superimposing Pentatonic Scales" was an amazing lesson! This is the perfect follow up! Thank you!

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Greetings from Alabama! I’ve just discovered your KZbin lessons. What fantastic content!! You are one of the best communicators on the entire internet. Thank you so much!

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks for your kind words!

[@Spinz99]

Thank you. Such a nice, clear and easy introduction to such an important topic. Most myths and legends in music come from these concepts. So many songs fit under this umbrella. I love it.

[@michaelseidl1562]

my feeling searched this since i started to play, i was going scales up down for years but this help me soo much to unterstand why people like steve vai, joe satraini and you get this insane cool meldic harmonic flow

[@chrisrosencrans]

I like the little lesson on voice leading snuck in there

[@jacobsss5827]

Great lesson as always! That's great that you give us the crucial theory, but also backing tracks to bring it to life

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks Jacob!

[@jixal]

How on earth you managed to explain modal interchange to my simple brain is amazing. I actually think I understand it now ^_^.

[@johnyblamounth9142]

Your tutorials are amazing and ground braking for ordinary guitarists and not only. Thank you

[@jamiemaskolm1730]

Best channel for understanding musical harmonies, keep it on!

[@drabinovich77]

Remarkable didactic effort. Direct applications to all genres. Thank you so much!!!

[@zeez101]

I am so glad I stumbled upon your channel. Very well done and explained. Thank you!

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks Aziz!!

[@pan-k5o]

Very informative video for the begginner/intermediate player, not even one minute is wasted, this is very clearly explained and with examples. Such videos make YT a great platform!!

[@moosemanuk]

Great video man, very well explained - I liked all the examples showing how it sounds

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks Stefan!

[@docsax7769]

Best explanation hands down. God Bless you Sir!

[@simondou6882]

Awesome vid. I now understand modal interchange. Cool.

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This channel is what I have been looking for for many years before! Thanks for yor amazing work!

[@tonyrapa-tonyrapa]

What a wonderful tutorial. Although I'm already acquainted with model interchange, I picked up a few nuggets that I wasn't clear on previously. Further, this was one of those videos that I didn't want to end... I was enjoying it so much. Thanks!

[@QJamTracks]

So nice to hear Tony!

[@matzelauda6673]

Wow, great video. I especially like that you explain why these substitutions work. Also, I am amazed by the sound you get out of those drawers behind you 😉.

[@QJamTracks]

Hahaha. Yes amazing drawers!

[@fereybar]

I dont know you, but this is the best explanation and examples i have ever seen, and believe me, i've seen many. Good job master and thanks for sharing.

[@hyunjjun]

Thanks for the great video. Your explanation is crystal clear and I love how you provide many examples of how modal interchange works in practice and little gems like how the transition between the modes can happen within the melodic line. The standard notation plus guitar tab plus chord shapes alongside the explanations helps to understand this concept much more easily. Can see a lot of work went into this and other videos. Thanks again.

[@coloaten6682]

Your videos are tremendous! I'm a relatively new piano player, been learning 18 months, started late in life at 53.....your content is really helping me understand music in a deeper way. I'm not really interested in learning tons of songs but more interested in expressing myself through playing what I feel and writing my own tunes. This takes a lot of learning to understand how to play the melodies/harmonies and modes are of course an important part of that. Your explanations are so easy to understand. Thank you very much for all the amazing content!! You should have many more subscribers, your channel is a real gem :)

[@susf968]

Love how voice leading is so smooth in modal interchange progressions. This lesson is awesome!

[@FedericoCelayeta]

Gracias. desde Salta, Argentina

[@bobmar5632]

again...the best lesson on the subject. You make it easy.

[@josefinigo7100]

Unlike U.S. teachers whom confuse and depress students all the way!!!Greetings and long happy life.

[@tomq1972]

This is an absolute game changing video for me. I wish i‘d understand this stuff 20 years ago! Thanks for explaining and putting so much effort in the additional graphics - super helpful! You are a star! Keep on teaching!

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks!! Great that the video helps you out :)

[@nyxaquar3474]

Another great lesson Rob. I’ve seen other modal interchange lessons showing up lately but this is by far the best. A step by step-by-step explanation that is unparalleled.

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks!!

[@voronOsphere]

Yes! I often get lost on this topic, but this lesson and teaching approach really helped!

[@noitulove2213]

Such a great lesson! Was a perfect fit for my level of understanding . I never felt lost thank goodness like I do so many times endeavoring to understand this particular subject. Clear and straight forward info bringing me to a higher level. I am a piano player who has searched for a deeper understanding of chord progressions. Thanks for giving specific directions to apply and experiment. Also thank you for giving me good direction to take what I’ve learned here and do something with it! Infinite gratitude ...

[@steeveantonio9239]

Ur a genius, and i cant find the best words to express how to thank u. I love all ur lessons, God Bless U always, long life and more Power!

[@blastgoal2367]

I'll keep listening again and again extremely helpful

[@QJamTracks]

Nice to hear!!

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Amazingly crystal clear, as usual 👏👏👏

[@lawboss]

Very helpful! Thank you.

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks Tom!

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Where have you been all this time!? Your videos are just amazing

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Another great lesson! You’ve been so helpful and instructive in my music understanding.

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This guy's legit.... Thank you.

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks Pedro

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Excellent, thank you. great video..

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Clear and precise. Thanks

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[@QJamTracks]

Hi there Jose :) Thanks for your nice comment! We are safe for now. You take care Jose and stay healthy!

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[@QJamTracks]

That would be wonderful Realpool! Thanks!

[@mayanksoni836]

Thanks For a Great Lesson

[@jessacuna]

Found your channel by accident and I'm so glad I did!!! An excellent explanation of the subject and your music examples have re-ignited my inspiration. Thank you! Really like the structure in disseminating the the ins & outs of Modal Interchange. YOU'RE A GREAT TEACHER!

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks Jess!

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Thanks! :)

[@SaschaSeelinger]

One of the best videos I've seen on modal interchange with great examples. Thank you so much!

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Best teacher for sure!

[@kamalsaud8790]

Superb! You're a great teacher as well as a musician. Could you make a video on Modal Modulation, please?

[@stevenaustin4591]

this is the most practical explanation of modal interchange Ive found on here. Thanks so much for the theory and examples played to show EXACTLY how it works. :)

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks Steven! I try to make the subjects as clear as possible.

[@JB19504]

Another great video. Rob, it would be so great to have you expand your lessons to a comprehensive multi chapter course with backing tracks, tabs, videos in progressive lesson plans starting with the basics and working on up. I would certainly pay for such an expanded course. While the videos are fantastic, I would love to have a more structured course with "lesson plans", etc. Just a suggestion. For instance Modes combined with Triads and Scales. Yes, I know about your ebooks, and have bought several, but I would like it to be a more structured package.

[@QJamTracks]

I understand and it's a good point. It's just that my time is sparse. But I'm thinking about it for a while now.

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[@QJamTracks]

Thanks for your your kind words!

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[@QJamTracks]

Muchos Gracias :) Thanks Jorge!

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Thank you

[@QJamTracks]

Thank you for watching Michael!

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Great tutorial thanks

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great lesson! We need more lessons like this : -)

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks!

[@robphillips8351]

Awesome harmony theory explanations

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Very helpful indeed 🙂 subbed

[@electricwally]

I just discovered your channel. Stunning and clear explanations. The best video on modal interchange because you explain not only 'How it Works' but also 'Why it works. Other 'Modal Interchange' videos do not explain the 'Why it works' part. Is there a follow-up course to this as you explained at the end of this video? You mentioned a follow-up in regards to using the Harmonic minor and Melodic minor scales for modal interchange. I cannot locate this aforementioned video. Thank you kindly.

[@QJamTracks]

Hi ElectricWally. Thanks for you nice comment! I did make a video about modal interchange: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b33be4OXps1oZ9E Maybe you can find here what you're looking for. I will do a video about the two scales in detail (including the modal interchange possibilities) on later moment in time...

[@jeroenfigee]

9:26 --> Loved this progression. Really tasteful :-) And cool that you showed how to set it up. . 13:17 - > There is no third there, so it actually is not a G11 Without the third, the 11 becomes a 4, so: Gsus4/6 :-) . Love these video's Thumbs up + subscribed.

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Grateful maestro

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Great video.😊

[@Dan-Arg]

Amazing again, thank you!

[@radiozelaza]

great example of the flat mediant bIII is a Sting song "Seven Days" in the verse, because he sings a Lydian scale over this chord progression I-bIII-bVII

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Great lesson and your graphics are the best. I'll be joining your Patreon page.

[@QJamTracks]

Thank you MellowJim! Means a lot to me!

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i love your way to teach, thank you

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[@QJamTracks]

Thanks Jesse!

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Nice! Thank you!

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks Geatan!!

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Thank you very much my good man! I need more work in this area. I can play around with various borrowing methods, but it's nice to see/hear actual examples as well as your clear explanations. Be safe and sound...awesome. (Typo edit).

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Thank you Timmy!

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[@QJamTracks]

Dank je Marian! :)

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Great lesson!!!

[@radiozelaza]

Fm also exists in harmonic major.

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great stuff, thank you!

[@sardarbelal3114]

Thank you so much for the video.I was wondering if you could show us some Chord building tutorials e.g from triad to extended chords b5 # etc.Thank you Sir

[@QJamTracks]

That's a good idea and I already thought of this once. Thanks Sardar!

[@lauroneto3360]

Absolutely marvelous. I got it ALL. Actually theres one tiny little thing that bugged me. In Isnt She Lovely, I didnt understand how the song is in E major and not in C#m. In that case I didnt figured out how to define it.

[@HunterNapier]

This is an amazing video and really helped me out. Just a question at 14:09 since I am having trouble working out what to play lead wise over modal interchanges. You say that we can "play a scale that fits the entire progression" Does that mean we could in theory, take our key (Say C Major), and just, move the notes over that interchange/borrowed chord to accomodate? Example: C Major progression - C Am F Fm (borrowed Fm) Should I just, take my A and move it to Ab to accommodate the Fm? This results in a weird kind of scale that I don't really think is useful. It floats almost between major and minor. Like, Ionian b6 or #5 or something. Is this even some kind of scale doing this? I mean, technically by doing this, we'll have all of our notes right? Or am I missing something in that. When improvising over these changes, I have heard a ton of different ways to approach playing lead over modal interchange and this has come the closest, but it still doesn't linger long enough. Should I be playing C minor over this instead? Why, why not, etc. I feel like I'm comfortable enough interchanging and borrowing chords, its leads over the top and where to shift scales, modes, etc that I'm not quite grasping.

[@dougshankle7946]

This is an incredibly valuable lesson thank you for sharing. Is modal interchange, then, also the same thing as chord substitution? Are those terms interchangeable? Thank you!

[@QJamTracks]

Not quite. A chord substitution doesn't need to come from a parallel tonality, while modal interchanges allway do.

[@fennadikketetten1990]

Is the second part already available? If so, where? If not, when? I'm interested to hear about modal interchange in modal progressions, as there is no implied functionality (according to another video from you :)) to the degrees in the mode/scale.

[@QJamTracks]

Hi Fenna. The video itself has two parts. The first part is about modal interchange between major and minor keys (ionian en aeolian) and the second part is using modal interchanges between major/minor keys and the other 5 modes. Using a modal interchange in a harmonic functional chord progression doesn’t make the progression modal. Those are two different things. Still, it is possible to use an modal interchange in a modal piece of music, where (in most cases) functional harmony should be best be avoided as much a s possible as it could draw the music back to the parent key of the mode. When interchanging modes in modal chord sequences you have to be cautious to keep the character of the mode in which you want to compose and not stray too far away from the intentional mode. I hope this makes things a bit clear. And besides all of this…trust your ears :)