Film Scoring 101 - The Phrygian Mode

[@jamesonduncan7505]

Rick is so modest. He knows sooooooooooo much but is always humble. He explains things in a way any level musician can understand. His love of music shines through every moment.

[@rusticagenerica]

Unlike Lady Gaga, Rick has extreme modestly and humbleness. No fanboys & no sex.

[@trumjohannsmancave]

Amen to that!🤘🔥

[@weave_of_k]

Ummm, he reads hiscomments. It’s like you’re speaking about him while he’s in the room. 😂

[@codynunez5246]

I have a feeling these lessons are much deeper and give greater insight to Film Scoring than Hans Zimmer's Masterclass which seems to just blow smoke up your ass about pursuing your passion.

[@storiesreadaloud5635]

true. all masterclasses are like that to be fair. I think it's the producers at fault rather than the creatives they approach.

[@xpicklepie]

I was wasted one night. I heard the Phrygian mode and sobered up instantly.

[@TakisMasterKey]

Keep it up Rick! Best channel in KZbin by far, such a wealth of knowledge and a spirit willing to share it all!

[@RickBeato]

Thanks Takis!

[@ryanmagee4797]

Couldn't agree more. Rick, you absolute legened!!

[@petragaffney135]

Rick, your E Phrygian Étude is lovely. It makes me feel like I'm in Autumn. I like the superimposed slow motion video of Layla too.

[@RickBeato]

Thank you for that Petra! You're the only one that noticed :) I thought it would be nice to have a visual instead of just watching my. I showed to Layla and she said the music made her look lonely. i want to do more of it.

[@malinmizen]

It sounds “Spanish” because flamenco is fundamentally Phrygian . Check out Triana (group) for an absolutely mind blowing style where prog rock with flamenco. All thanks to Phrygian mode! You’ll like them!

[@KOLDBLU3ST33L]

Must be wonderful actually understanding music theory. 😕

[@diegoherrera2139]

It is, give it a chance .

[@kinguzi2228]

2 Pines 2 Bis where can I start to learn?

[@adub303]

@@kinguzi2228 Well, you made a good start by landing here ;-) Rick has ear training available, and just going through his videos on the different modes is a great way to get some free ear training (you probably already know a lot more than you think you do, if you just connect the dots with songs you already know).

[@kinguzi2228]

For sure? Alright Imma check it out!! 🗣🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@adub303]

@@kinguzi2228 It's a good place to start, anyway. Not knowing things like your interests, musical familiarity, ultimate goals, learning style, etc. - and knowing that you ended up on this particular video ;-) - I think that's a safe (and free) suggestion! (Plus maybe a bit of pandering to Rick since this *is* his channel, after all :-P ) Good luck with the studying and listening!

[@lurkerphoenix]

Channels like this one is what keeps my faith in youtube

[@rafaelmarmusic]

In Flamenco music we understand it as a fully developed tonal system over that tonic, in this case, E. This is some awesome analysis here.

[@truefilm1556]

Awesome as always! The phrygian mode has that Indian-Arabesque flavor (IMHO) to it because you have half a step above the root and the same above the perfect fifth. A friend and colleague who is a lot into Indian (and Middle Eastern) music told me that there are actually two different intonations of the half step above the root and half step above the perfect fifth: when you hold it, it is slightly sharp compared to well-tempered (edit: I meant equal-tempered of course) - (I always noticed that BTW), and when it's a passing note down to the root or 5th it is slightly flat. That is within the context of a melody line over a bass pedal tone, not polyphonic. Just my usual ramblings ;-) Anyway: great stuff as always! Thanks for sharing!

[@truefilm1556]

Yep. I was almost mentioning this scale which sounds great. Yes: there is that harmonic minor scale pattern with the minor third in it - shifted. The origin is clearly Indian-Arabic, since flamenco is Spainish gypsy music. I happen to like it a lot!

[@RickBeato]

Thanks Truefilm!

[@RickBeato]

I will be doing a video on Phrygian Major as I call it soon. Thanks Jason!

[@magicruss1]

Also called Flamenco natural

[@magicruss1]

Also called Flamenco natural

[@subha517]

thanks for sharing the knowledge...tough I am not a synth or keyboard player ...i am a guitarist by passion..black metal is one of my favorite genre...I love this scale...an ultimate scale to write songs on black metal and death metal...I like to call this 'scale of evils' rather than phrygian 🙂🙏🏻

[@DoctorMustafaSaad]

In arabic middleastern music its called maqam Kurd.

[@ewqdsacxz765]

And the Phrygian Dominant is Maqam Hijaz.

[@stefankrautz9048]

in german hiphop artists use this mode to exhaustion at the moment. Its quite boring. Ricks music here is not. ;)

[@jeremydesmond4275]

Thanks for the extra info!

[@bayukebab3248]

Thank for nice extra informations

[@Bronco541]

I love that Rick focuses so much on these modes. Maybe I've been living under a rock but I've been watching youtube/reading books and talking to music people about learning and understanding music for 10 years now and haven't even *heard* of the modes *at all* until now! What the heck!?!?

[@ryanthompson1806]

Well, you probably knew at least 2, you just didn't know that's what they were! The major scale is the Ionian mode, and the minor scale is the Aeolian mode

[@niggles6091]

Hi Rick. As much as I love your videos, I confess I can only watch a few minutes as I get a headache trying to understand what you're saying. I really do not know how you wrap your head round some of the theory. It's way beyond me. But I will keep watching. Even though I pick up no more than 1% of what you are saying, it's worth it! All the best.

[@WyattCayer]

Thank You so much for creating this channel! Now I don't need to spend thousands on music school just to be set back years financially and you know what they say, "time is money" especially in college. I'm working on a film right now and your channel is just great!

[@Guitale23]

Awesome lessons Rick !!! I love your channel. This is the flamenco mode, 90 % of flamenco music is played in Phrygian and Phrygian Dominant and the minor second sound great over the root (E chord)

[@asimnaveed1877]

very useful lesson Rick Bro... Well there is a scale in north indian Classical music "Thaat Bharavi" same as we call it phrygian mode in english music, and further it derive in raga Bharagi Bharavo... Beautiful sound.. i suggest if some day you do comparative analysis on North indian Classical scales , Ragas and western scales ..anyways im really thankful every time you post your videos

[@paulstanton2124]

Great! Yeah, 2 steps closer to understanding and being able to have fun with modes, b2 and 5th. Thanks

[@sudeephembrom325]

You are you so good.... Blessed with such super natural theoritcal power.... Just love each of your contents.... Need more like that .....god bless you sir

[@rabenvater2455]

Hey! Found this Channel yesterday and have to say: this is so awesome! I'm so thankfull, that you make these videos, it inspires me totally. Greetings from Germany!

[@bern475]

This mode sound so evil, love it. Blows my mind it uses the same notes as a happy C mayor just for starting the scale in E.

[@tronlady1]

He could easily be a mafia boss in a gangsta movie!!!

[@antonandreyeff]

Jaaaz mafia...

[@ShinyFlakesShinyFlakes]

He looks like that dude from casino and Sororabos

[@feedyourbrain9734]

In Indian classical music, it is called " raag bhairavi" or bhairavi mood.

[@vikrantverma1125]

The Phrygian mode is not equivalent to Raag Bhairavi because a raag is much more than the set of notes. It can rather be compared to the Bhairavi thaat of Hindustani Classical music but that's again not exactly the same.

[@MisticWays]

So? What's significant about this? How is your observation relevant to everyone in general?

[@LouisSerieusement]

I learn all the modes of the major scale (and more) thanks to those videos ; Thank you Rick for keeping your channel alive, I hope you realize how much musicians you already "helped" to say the least

[@voronOsphere]

Thanks, Rick. I appreciate all you do!

[@ShirshaakRajKunwaar]

Thank you for doing all lesson on key of C

[@truefilm1556]

Yeah, I would take just a little longer to understand this in the key of F# or Gb LOL!!!

[@abinshakyaa]

Glad to see a fellow Nepali in Rick's comment section.

[@marcosloera8764]

love it!!! that E phrygian scale is just like set the controls of the heart the sun by Pink Floyd

[@albertoquintero2213]

First, Thanks Rick for your time doing these videos. And second, As Spanish, I know very well this mode, because our traditional music: Flamenco, is based in this mode. Maybe you should have mention our own "blue note" the major third contained in our Spanish frigian, as well as how we actually use this mode, using both thirds indistinctly, and the chords we usually use when we play with this mode. Maybe in another video you could spread this knowledge! Cheers!

[@JulienRocker]

Wow, 2:44 is basically the intro of Bjork’s “Pagan Poetry”... I love how a music plays with modes, unusual time signatures, progression

[@jmd12127]

Wow. Just starting to learn modes here, and seeing such practical applications is like opening your eyes and seeing for the first time. Thank you, Rick.

[@jazzatnight]

Very interesting mode that I have heard in John Abercrombie's compostions along with other jazz fusion artists of the 70's.

[@marshallsweatherhiking1820]

The soundtrack to the movie Jacob's Ladder is memorable example of this I think. It's memorable in the way it seamlessly goes back and forth from a subdued "dark" sounding phrygian mode into a soaring ethereal "church melody" that sounds like it's in a nearby major scale to me. I don't understand music theory enough to describe it, but whatever technique that soundtrack uses, it creates a very intense emotional impact.

[@rafaeldemoraes_gtr]

This Phrygian mode sounds very silence of the lambs soundtrack. This sounds bring that whole vibe of suspense, that something is about to happen, idk. Very cool!

[@RemyTrahant]

Awesome, I'm writing a song in E phrygian and this is gold!

[@ashleyblack3941]

The video over the étude is super creepy, what's it called? The death of childhood. ....ha

[@kirjian]

Phrygian is a gorgeous mode. Prob my favorite

[@gratismahlzeit]

wooooohoooo! I definitely loooove phrygian.... now... thank you for so much for the new approach!!!

[@mariocaldararo9470]

The melody he plays around 2:55 is a theme song from the NES game Legend of Kage

[@zarcero21]

I liked your tune. E-Phrygian. I am sure you know, but for the others this is called "Por Arriba" in the Spanish world. It is one of two commonly used Phrygian scales used in the Flamenco world and in general Spanish music. A typical chord progression (Andalusian progression) is Am-G-F-E. Start with the barre at the 5th position. The other common scale is A-Phrygian, also called "Por Medio." The typical Andalusian progression for this one is Dm-C-Bb-A (use the two-finger Spanish A to leave the ring finger free). Lots of Phrygian used in heavy metal. Dylan used an Andalusian progression in "One more cup of coffee." I have found it very easy to lay Spanish sounding melodies over these two progressions.

[@silentfuryjazzrock]

Thank you RB for me so much better than guitar. Piano is my go to as a songwriter!

[@NitroNovaMusic]

I'm a music theory novice still and hadn't really figured out what "Fmaj/E" means or how you get the chords. Took me a while but I realized at 1:26 that's actually Fmaj7b5/E! Just an honest slip of the finger, the B should be a C. But now I know what that whole X/Y chord notation means!

[@captainkelpo5273]

I really liked this video, I always enjoy you film scoring videos or really any of the theory based ones.

[@craft-o-matic2377]

The Phrygian mode always sounds Egyptian to me...

[@genericuser7845]

Especially the Phrygian dominant mode and it’s exotic sound!

[@eldruidacosmico]

Right, and also Radiohead's Pyramid song and David Bowie's Black star.

[@MisticWays]

Does it not sound Spanish on classical guitar? Does it not sound Metal on an electric guitar? What is it?!

[@ItsDextrin]

0:22 Deja Vu

[@doriseider6402]

Thanks again Rick. I will be looking forward to your explanation of the other modes as well. You have helped me a lot. Dori

[@voronOsphere]

Great scary and suspenseful ascents and descents...

[@whatabouttheearth]

the first part is like the detective just realized who the killer is and its the guy noone suspected...suspenseful realization

[@DavidBoura]

The piano song was phrygianly beautiful. Apart that, i think i'm hell of lost and should start again from scratch with the very basics. Doh. And thanks!

[@gjtube37]

Love this lesson and the Phrygian mode. Thank you Rick!

[@floodychild]

Reminds me of the music from Resident Evil 2. Beautiful

[@MaxTooney]

I, too, like the Phrygian mode, though admittedly I didn't remember much about it until I started watching your videos. It's been many decades (!) since I've had any music theory, though you are certainly getting me back up to speed.. As for a John Barry analysis: "Dances with Wolves".

[@RickBeato]

Excellent Max!

[@waspriot]

Thank you for these. They're so awesome!

[@johnatwell2753]

Great example of Phrygian Mode is Captain Beefheart's "When I See Mommy I Feel Like a Mummy". Just to make it more creepy, he adds a Flex-A-Tone to his band instruments!

[@slickwillie3376]

Thanks Rick. That's the best info on phrygian I've seen. It's really super.

[@ronchiles399]

I watched a video by Vitalij Kuprij and he demonstrates a phrygian mode run that uses notes C-E-F-bA-B-C and I'm interested in what key or what he's doing. Thank you Ric!

[@JerryCherryBand]

What a great lesson. A great understanding of one of the modes, and all modes.

[@doriseider6402]

Thanks so much! Very clear. I finally understand Phrygian Mode. Dori

[@dougiemonday]

Such fantastic tonality and voicing. The ostinato reminds me of a Metallica riff...

[@joebevens468]

Awesome as always Rick!

[@JamesWatsonComposer]

Hi Rick, just wanted to say that I appreciate everything you're doing here. I've been looking for ways to teach my niece and nephew about music theory as they're just joining their middle school band for the first time. Hearing about not only theory, but the way you relate music to your kids is incredibly inspiring. Although, I haven't had to do much work since they're so incredibly smart and so willing to learn. I found out they have very good relative pitch, it just needs some training. What advice would you give to an overly excited uncle who is also trying to build a music composition career in his mid-late(ish) twenties?

[@rmoreno1826]

its the flamenco scale. check the pasodobles in mariachi and concert band. sound really cool.

[@robcerasuolo9207]

For those who are struggling, lots of metal and industrial tunes are in Freezer mode, folks. If y'all like that stuff, you've been soaking in the cold all this time. The experience is in your ears, and your memory. Go with it and shiver! 🤘😈

[@gmpas]

very useful approach rick. love the shirt.

[@marques04rj]

The scale vocalised by Thjis Van Leer on Hocus Pocus chorus just after the yodeling is (oh...oh...oh.....) is the sequence of phrygian scale.

[@stevenscott6337]

The astanado pattern sounds hauntingly like the intro to "Wherever I May Roam"

[@screendrem]

That's where my ear went first as well. The song uses the same mode.

[@jasonhale770]

reminds me of the sountrack to "Secret Window" by Phillip Glass

[@Bob48]

Man you're good. Thanks for this Rick...well explained.

[@OldMovieRob]

It's very beautiful while having sort of a sinister feel to it.

[@WT_Neptune]

Ohhhhh, I like the way that sounds on piano. I thought the Phrygian dominant would be the cooler sounding one, but this one is more dark than exotic.

[@powerwindpro]

i love phrygian, beato and this channel, i also love phrygian b on 7 string because i´ts very easy to combine with pentatonic

[@FlopMeister71]

A nicer primer for one of my favourite modes. Thanks Rick

[@kelvinleemusic]

Hello,rick~ I'm a composition student from Hong Kong. Do you recommend any books about mode or mode voicing. Thanks so much. Leant a lot from your video.

[@urilevy1]

The Phrygian mode is heavily used in middle Eastern and Turkish music. It is called “Kurd Maqam”

[@carypotts3592]

Hey Rick...great info and taught very well!!.....thank you!!

[@camo7173]

this is the dark but beautiful scale

[@rafaelcardoso4868]

Love the mini music video :) very informative video!!!

[@timsmith190]

At 1:20 phrygian voicing of Fmaj/E. Isn't that also a Fmaj 7 in 3rd inversion? What kind of E chord is: E-F-A-C?

[@zumasuma5489]

Thank you sir! Great lesson!

[@cesar3989]

0:48 sounds like Marty's acoustic solo in holy wars

[@remyslim1756]

Great information in this video. The music and tonal quality of the scale reminds me of the film scoring in "The Crush". I'm not really sure which part exactly off the top of my head, maybe the scene when they're in the woods. I'll go check right now, it is partially in the woods. Another part is when she's on the swing and he tells her she is too young. It reoccurs throughout the movie, but that film score is way dope. It's actually very underrated, and enhances the mood and perfectly captures the emotions or feelings of the scenes. The best part "film score" wise is when they're at the lighthouse. You've got a great sounding piano tone. Is that coming from your daw, or is it a vst of some sort? What are ostinatos? I'm sure I should learn those. All your videos are very informative. Thank you.

[@sai_tejaa]

Small suggestion and request While u doing a video can also show piano from top angle to understand clearly U giving good stuff Some technical words we can't understand so instead of facing issues with that stuff Can u split screen in to two videos One is u r explanation and another piano angle It will very useful for many like me

[@gregtees9995]

Harvester of sorrow explained!

[@mimmkey]

Wonderful work as always buddy!! Maybe a John Powell brass episode would be beneficial. just a suggestion. Thanks for all the tips and lessons Rick!!

[@664theneighbor5]

D Phrygian is my favorite mode of all time

[@minewarz]

Why D specifically?

[@ewqdsacxz765]

​@@minewarz Maybe because it's easier to play power chords with a Drop D tuning on guitar.

[@TonyHuggenberger]

Great series you are light to film composing

[@MorganThen]

thanks for this Rick. keep doing what u do.

[@MrDizzyvonclutch]

Pretty banging etude you wrote there!

[@natethomas587]

Wow ... That was one of my favorites of yours for sure .

[@NelsonRiverosMusic]

Great camera angle ! thanks for Lydian info

[@TerekkiTerekki]

Love this - thank you for sharing

[@williamotule]

Love your pieces!

[@danielpinzon8345]

Amazing, although it would be great to explain different chords that interact in the phrygian mode other than just the E pedal. Like using the 4th, 5th, and mostly the 7th.

[@AdamMaykov]

I like frigian scale very beautiful and dramatic

[@maxtofone]

Thanks a lot for this video! Cheers, Max

[@gregtees9995]

Amasing. Thanks Rick! :)

[@jmp0035]

The title theme of the old NES game Shadowgate is written in this mode.

[@brothermanv]

I love it! I think of homicide shows like _Forensic Files_ when I hear phyrigian

[@erjccanter2921]

Rick that was cool Phrygian lesson now i no where Metallica got Harvester Of Sorrow from thx rick for the lesson and i hope to see more lessons on the MODES on Guitar. thx rick...

[@davidfroman9149]

What is the triad spelled out for f lydian? In the lydian scale the f was sharped since it is the 4th scale degree from C. Thanks so much for your wisdom and generosity!

[@hectorvazquez5405]

that ostinato (6:10) sounds like f*ing wherever i may roam. Great lesson!

[@hatebreeder999]

That's in phrygian dominant