Modes: Mixolydian VS Dorian Guitar Lesson

So, we know about Mixolydian and Dorian, but when we look at the differences and the similarities, magic happens. I hope this helps with some of your improvising!
There are many ways to look at modes, this video and the one linked below should help with the understanding of this "Crazy Little Thing Called Modes"
Modes Video I reference: • Truly Understanding MO...
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[@timothyclay3668]

I thought I’d prefer plain old Mixolydian however your final solo convinced me that Mixo-Dorian is where it’s at. Great demo of combining two scales to create a very musical hybrid.

[@hippogator]

I’ve been playing guitar for years and I a just recently started delving into serious theory. Your videos are really great.

[@michaelfenske7005]

Brother, I've now watched 3 of your videos in the past 3 weeks and I feel like I've learned more than I have over the past 3 years. Thank you so much!

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I started with a simple review of your channel... I’ve been here for 3 days now. Now subscribed, I’ll be here for a while still... Thanks man

[@maroofali2142]

This has got to b my favourite video on KZbin...the back n forth between two scales was really good, but those sick bends with Dorian just give it a whole new "bite"...thanks man...your videos are simple n straight forward and have really helped me better my playing...thanks again...take care

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I don't want to jinx anything but...You're content is as badass as your beard, please take care of your health as not only me but the world benefits from what you share. Thank you man

[@kibavlood5826]

And dude, i want to say Mixolydian but man those bends at Dorian? ill settle for Dorian those bends are from outer space..

[@ShinyFlakesShinyFlakes]

@@kibavlood5826 are they really from out of space thoigh?

[@jasonhall1026]

That was outstanding. I loved them both. The way you explained it was great.

[@rickfajohn4984]

Great video Stich. This one has really got me inspired!

[@calenlas99]

Other modes work as well to achieve different effects. For example, the main riff in the Grateful Dead's The Other One is an Emaj-Dmaj Mixolydian progression. For the first introductory solo Jerry uses E Dorian, then as the song progresses and gets more psychedelic, he switches to E Phrygian (with occasional major 3rd) for the classic Spanish sound. Lots of fun jamming with these.

[@TheKcstunt]

Another solid lesson! I feel like I should be paying you. Please keep up with the videos. The spreading of your knowledge is much appreciated. Just 2 videos in, and you have improved my playing. (I’m in my 23rd year of guitar.)

[@edisonbluesman]

Because of your lessons, I am going to return to practice my guitar again. Things are being more clear to me after watching your videos. Thanks, you made my day!

[@JRinSparks]

This just changed how I am soloing over all these jam band songs my band loves. Thanks!

[@timothyclay3668]

Excellent lesson. A real eureka kinda thing.. yeah really well explained and demonstrated. Best lesson I've seen in a long time. All makes sense and yeah.. gonna try this out. Thanks.

[@lheops1]

Thank you Stich! You are really rocking it ! You explain all this very well. Keep it on !!!!

[@rayross997]

Like the ying & the yang, the sweet & the sour, the Jekyll & the Hyde, the Cheech & the Chong. Thanks Stich, this grasshopper has become enlightened.

[@StichMethodGuitar]

Great Analogies! Thanks for watching! And enjoying!

[@harryharrison4749]

Really really really helpful video, thank you very much! I like that your quite to the point and don't wander away from what your explaining 👍

[@nvdawahyaify]

I'm probably not the "Mike, the flute player" your talking about. But I am a Mike who is a flute player.

[@StichMethodGuitar]

Well now I will address two Mikes as the flautists among the ranks. Rock on

[@K.Dor.888]

Keep up the good work Bud !!!

[@stephensmith799]

I'm not Mike and I don't play flute but anyway... loved the vid!

[@MikeKiker]

Same here

[@neilsouza5118]

Thanks Ian, not just great content, just a really smooth lesson.

[@robertjames7285]

Can’t stop watching your lessons. I’ve developed a whole new perspective on guitar 🎸 Thanks!

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That’s why the fans call it StichMethheads... which I don’t know if I care for, but I understand. Glad you are enjoying

[@johnnyd2635]

Oooooh yeah!! A flutter of notes then bending that flat third right before you hit the root on the one... I've been searching for that sound for a long time. Thank you for another piece of this massive, giant puzzle. Your vids are GREAT!

[@seanenglish3002]

Amazing. What a great lesson! I like the mixo dorian with the moving flatted third that you taught earlier best. You are the best.

[@damien6685]

HA! Just watched "Truly Understanding MODES...PART 1" and dead chuffed with myself, I understood it ~ even had a little strut across the room to celebrate. Then I watched this and my head exploded again [makes a right mess]. It's not that you are unclear, far from it. I'm going through that process where as soon as I've understood something, I find the next concept that trips me. This is not a problem, but a presented opportunity. Like I've gone through one door, and presented with a flight of stairs with an even bigger door on the top. Actually quite exciting. Thanks for putting all this together.

[@cryptotroll1232]

You are putting out some of the best theory videos out there. Bravo!

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Btw....i really enjoy all your videos...u have the knowledge..but also and more importantly u have the right way of approaching people and make it all so much more 'available' or understandable..congrats!..great job!!..and thanx!

[@kfox153]

short, sweet and concise. I love you videos brother. Got it.

[@40791]

Really good stuff here! Well done!

[@foff4strings]

Aside from the lawnmower the other sound you may have heard is the penny (dime?) finally dropping for me: I have heard the "modes thing" explained so many times, but you are the first person who actually tied it to how the chord progression is constructed. Now it makes perfect sense to me.

[@danimalgrr]

Thank you six years later 😀👍 exactly where I'm at lesson wise. Been playing forever, but expanding my knowledge. That explanation worked for me just fine. Thanks again !!!

[@3abueno]

Probably the best explanation of the application of these two scales I've seen yet

[@soulreifer]

I saw Petti Backing Tracks on here, I use your infinite wisdom on their awesome tracks. Since, I got one of your shirts my 9yr old son calls me a "fan boy". I think he's throwing KZbin shade at me but I don't care yours vids have opened doors for me, Thank You!

[@guyfromnj]

Another amazing lesson!!! Thanks man. You Sir, are the best.

[@frankpentimone1830]

excellent lesson as always, love the vintage mad ball in the background.

[@GuitarHack66]

Loved the back to back comparison. Great job.

[@johanvermeulen7668]

This was a great insight into these two modes! It totally makes sense . I like them both with a slight preference for the dorian mode Great lesson from a great teacher That uses a musical language even I can understand

[@RLB52]

Revisited this lesson and so glad I did

[@arthurmee]

Excellent and helpful. You're a great teacher Ian Stich.

[@smokeynewport1591]

Great video! Thanks for breaking it down line that.

[@hothempire]

Great info packed into the vid - thanks, Ian. Always appreciate context and other ways to look at it. And steak sauce.

[@jgfunk]

I've used that same A mixolydian backing track before I found this. Aahh... The greatness of KZbin. Great lesson too!

[@TheOnlineBusker]

Superb as always.

[@laonza7036]

This vid fit perfectly into the next step of music theory I needed - like a Tetris block falling into place without me even needing to rotate it. Gonna check out more from Stitch now…

[@jnelson508]

Many thanks for acknowledging the flute play among all the guitar players. Note names are very helpful.

[@andrewptob]

Thank you good sir! I need to practice Dorian more and this helps a lot!

[@ridingbikes247]

Ian, thanks for continued amazing content

[@JohnnyGuitarRocks]

This is a terrific lesson. I've never looked at these two modes in the way that you presented them which was very helpful and insightful. Have to give you a lot of credit, I have never liked jam bands then after finding your channel and watching several videos I've gotten into the music and the guitar playing so way to go Stitch, you've converted me!

[@Nazman06]

Thank You. I have been playing 50 years and never dove into modes.

[@neilrisk1306]

This is the best lesson on this I've come across.

[@PettiMusicStudios]

I always found that is you learn all the chords and note in a given major scale... you can play in any mode. However understanding how to use and implement modes is a different thing. Great job explaining it!

[@PettiMusicStudios]

haha thanks. I watch all your vids which are great. KEEP IT UP! best lessons out there.

[@GRockBlues]

Wow that was a very simple yet powerful lesson...simple because I could understand it and connect some missing dots...powerful because it added a whole new drawer to the tool box of playing guitar...added a new pathway to musical creation...awesome awesome job...thanks bro!

[@thecattlebarons]

Really engaging lesson. Thanks. I'll check out your other ones.

[@Funkrocker81]

I like it, that you now also completely name the notes. Most (amateur) guitar players think that they don't need to know their note names, see the guitar as a collection of fretts with numbers and wonder, why they get stuck and don't understand theory easily. Reading music is also important but a different point... Good work!

[@5meo]

i agree! i think it's really important to name the notes and the scale degrees. it also helps people like me who are coming from prior experience with other instruments, in terms of more easily grasping what is going on musically and incorporating it into my understanding of the guitar.

[@townbeach3604]

Excellent thank!!

[@geraldvandyck602]

You brought it together for me. Great at reconciling mixolydian and dorian.

[@firecogs]

Great lesson. Thanks bro

[@thewhoyouknow]

Great vid, Stich! With the mixolydian sounds to me like a DIY TV show bakground music. xD

[@johnhoxie2597]

I've been mixing the two for a while now but didn't know it was ok to do but more importantly why! Thanks for the knowledge Ian.

[@seanmarkowitz4216]

I finally understand my own playing man ty! Also very cool playing grateful dead type vamps with a Jerry style guitar

[@WillEhrendreich]

Ian, you and Sean are so important to us in the community! Thank you so much, there is so much to soak in, and you guys are such great teachers, and I am consistently impressed with the care that's taken to serve us other musicians. Bravo, thanks for this and every other explanation you guys so generously offer to the internet. God bless, man! You rock!

[@tonytribble2977]

Awesome. Thanks !

[@jezzbass1826]

Thnx Stich!

[@youssefqassab7167]

Thank you brother ❤

[@mikeburns9585]

Andy Aledort ran a 5 Month GW column on adding the malor third going down the register but not on the way up, Your video brought a good perspective on why. His scale of choice was the blues scale with the extentions. Your explanation here opens up more choices to my ear, thanks, I'll consciously implement this over the next few jams to let it sink in. Thanks again - Mike

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Hey Mr. Stich! I just wanted to say, "hello"! and that tell you I've been enjoying your lessons on KZbin. Thank you for the generous time and valuable information you're sharing with us! I am a former fellow Floridian! (FFF) :-D. Living in Colorado now! Though I've been playing for many years, I am learning so much from your lessons. You're like the Grimore Guitar book but on KZbin! Anyway, just letting you know Colorado and (FFF) is watching I love what you're doing! Thank you!

[@mbaaden]

Amazing lesson!

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My mind is blown... This is such good stuff.

[@shakeyourguitartutorials]

right and well explained ! rock on ! : )

[@andremellao4882]

Excelent, great teacher!!

[@DonRamiro1]

Steak sauce on the G. These videos are A1!!!

[@bastafari73]

excellent vid. cheers

[@paulkelly9552]

Excellent tutorial Sir

[@stevedieter1043]

I love listening to your lessons. Very clear and interesting. I would like to know what device you are using to keep your guitar in the proper position as you do.

[@Jollynoose]

man you sounded UST LIKE the greatfull dead on that A mixolydian improvision. great video dude

[@johndsouzaguitartoday3075]

Thank you

[@LacedBacon]

Honestly I like them both equally and its cool that you can switch it up too

[@mrbreeze55]

awsome lession.

[@alexrebega1289]

I clicked the video to see that guitar better. Can`t really see much of it but the video content was great! :D

[@os-ol-guitar]

Nice video, I personally can´t choose one from another, both mixed sound great Excelente

[@os-ol-guitar]

Excelent I meant

[@joaquinvargas6351]

Thanks you have been informative , I prefer the mixolydian to play, thanks for your time and God bless you.

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Bro your videos are the straight chronic

[@LOQUITAA2]

you were grooving there

[@IBlack04]

You're a great teacher :)

[@BradAllenTheWayFinders]

Really important lesson here😁 This kind of playing is what starts to seperate diatonic, sometimes blan or predictable playing, to a more flaverable, spicy, interesting musical statement. Going deeper into the unpredictable then, we could also incorporate in an A Mixo jam; Em, F#m and Bm pentatonics too. Great lesson stitch, this is the juice, Brah🤘

[@josephyagappan1896]

Very useful ..in Indian classical carnatic music mixolydian is Harikambothi and Dorian scale is called karaharapriya..

[@Florida_guy]

Great lesson that magor / minor 3rd difference isn't much but when you play them both it's totally different I love it thank you so much I love your videos your awesome

[@JohnnyFootwrinkle]

Choosing only from what you played, I liked the dorian more but I'm gonna have to jam with them and get the feel for each one properly, I tend to use mixolydian over blues backing tracks so it's currently a lot more familiar to me at the moment. Great little lesson, thank you! :)

[@loveloss8590]

As a songwriter I tend to use Dorian more (ala Emin, G, D, A progressions like Blvd. of Broken Dreams) but in your example I thought your Mixolydian licks were more interesting and less “cliche blues”... thanks for this - nice comparison I hadn’t thought of before!

[@jamesgeducation1097]

The old blues technique of "call and response" is another great way to improvise these two scales!

[@joeborunda]

thank you

[@sumanchowdhury6162]

BT, I reckon was from Quist, who is also a phenomenonal Guitarist. Awesome video BTW

[@davidhumphries853]

Modes can be tricky at first. If you can manage a combination of the two, that's excellent

[@PettiMusicStudios]

Best way I can hear it... just using mixolydian makes you sound more like Jerry. Using the Dorian over a mixolydian progression makes you sound more like Trey!

[@donaldhenderson5041]

My heart seems to naturally draw me to the Dorian scale. Old habits maybe. I am trying to open my mind to other styles (modes?) and really enjoyed the Mixo scale as well. Thanks! Great video! (Btw, I loved your Black Magic Woman video)

[@moisesperez4605]

Beside your flute player, you have your blind guy, I am visually paired I’m blind, and when you help out your flu Player you also help out me the guy that’s blind. Thank you but keep doing what you’re doing, calling out the notes. On those scales love it

[@SeanFarFlung]

I love your lessons cause you manage to be simultaneously accessible and academic, all while showing really practical, really cool techniques. Question: do you sing your notes while you solo or do you let a mix of muscle memory and sensibility take over? Been trying to learn to sing my notes to guide my soloing. So far it's really really difficult but I'm prepared for a long road so it's all good I guess. Not very happy with how I sound but I guess I gotta suck before I git gud :D

[@ronalddump5004]

Thanks Ian . That was a great and simplish explanation . I could follow it . And now I can play both the dorian and the mixolydian scales . However I have a problem in that I cant really hear much difference between the two . Does this just mean I have a bad ear ? Hopefully I will develop my ear to hear the difference ? Is this normal ?

[@endriu55]

Great video, I'm interested if this would work in other direction also? Like a mixolydian scale played on dorian chord progression?

[@moadot720]

*Mixolydian *Dorian

[@sectorjt]

Awesome video! Thanks stitch Going to try and have some fun with this, you make it look way to easy though!

[@daverhodes5110]

Awesome lesson as always and one which just opens many possibilities by just using a flat 7th and altering the 3rd half a step. I'm assuming this would work for a major chord in both dorian and mixolydian but over a minor chord would need the flat 3rd as in dorian?

[@mkocja]

Stich rules!!!!!!

[@markmoosemendoza]

You are a great player and teacher.You simply explained the modes and there practical use .Im new to the channel and very exited to see what else i can learn to expand my playing.In 14 minutes you helped me see what jerry was doing . A million thanks for posting.