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@georgew2603 жыл бұрын
dude KEEP IT UP. this is what the youtube needs.
@RobbieBarnby3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! Will do!
@caioantonio00013 жыл бұрын
Agree
@philippevillette55653 жыл бұрын
Hello. A bit puzzled by your explanations. In equal temperament context all major scales are strictly identical. It is very difficult to understand that the musical sensation could be different. Concerning the modes, my understanding is that the brightness depends on the distance, in the fifth cycle, between each note and the first one. Cionian is built with the first notes in the fifth cycle from C : CGDAEB. Clocrian with the farest notes from C : GbDbAbEbBbF. Cionian is therfore more consonant/brighter, Clocrian more dissonant/darker. For me the brightness of lydian mode is due to the 3 consecutive major second which creates a kind of "overmajor" sound This is just my personal understanding. Your vid on Barry Harris concept was super
@SelfPropelledDestiny3 жыл бұрын
I agree. I was taken aback at the claim that any major scale could be brighter or darker than any other. But I am willing to listen to someone's explanation. Maybe this affects people with perfect pitch, who can perceive the amount of sharps, but to me, same intervals creates same sounds, albeit with tonic higher or lower on the frequency spectrum by just a tidbit.
@globalsystemsinc93012 жыл бұрын
This guy is a genius. It amazes me how he not only creates this great content, but how he just lectures at 100 MPH really shows how deeply he is inside of all of this. It's weird in a way because his playing sounds like one of the lectures - sort of a manifestation of the lecture - super deep, intensely musical -
@theystoleitfromus3 жыл бұрын
@4:06 Another cool observation that probably serves no practical purpose regarding this ordering of the modes: Dorian has a palindromic step pattern and is right in the middle of this. Compare the step patterns of the two modes either side of it - Mixolydian and Aeolian - and you'll find that one is the inverse of the other. The same goes for the other two pairs moving outward - Ionian and Phrygian, and Lydian and Locrian. Do with that what you will.
@CMM53002 жыл бұрын
Mirror pairs check out Rick beato lessons on mirror pair harmony
@piano_works3 жыл бұрын
Impeccable content, as always. Have learned so much on this channel!!
@RobbieBarnby3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Charlie!
@JoePariseauMusic3 жыл бұрын
Can you do a deep dive into the Lydian Chromatic Concept!?
@RobbieBarnby3 жыл бұрын
Definitely! It's on the list!
@andrew19vato3 жыл бұрын
for me, i thought of something when i was in bed this morning, just popped into my head.. but it was that the dorian mode represents PATIENCE, i don't know why i feel that it does, because like I say, it just popped into my head, but it could be because it is sort of halfway between being a minor scale and a major scale, or a minor scale with a raised 6th, so kinda halfway between dark and light (light at the end of the tunnel) sort of thing, but also minor chords generally to me, give an impression, or a sound (emotionally speaking) of the struggle of life and setbacks and difficulties, but yeah thank's i liked the video!! overall I suppose it is very reasonable to say that the Lydian mode does have more of an emotional impact, or a BRIGHTER sound to it, like you said, and yes this makes perfect sense for the reason you stated, it has the raised 4th degree, so it is higher of a scale, reaching up more if you will
@Terribleguitarist893 жыл бұрын
Very Beato-esque content. Would love to see you two do a collaboration video.
@Andy7String3 жыл бұрын
Such as fan boy of your work brother, would love to see the note that makes the difference for a mode in its sound quality that defines it in the future. Much Love!
@cm55513 жыл бұрын
Your videos are excellent all around. Production is great; edited nicely with lovely added bonuses with helpful visual aids, pleasant depth of field, colour science, and lighting. Content is excellent; the concepts are interesting, clear and informative explanations, concise, and well articulated. Even though I was familiar with this approach to modes, I still felt compelled to watch all the way through. You also fill an important gap in digital content for music theory education for post-intermediate musicians. Subscribing was an easy decision and I look forward to seeing more content from you.
@RobbieBarnby3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the lovely comment and for the support to the channel! So glad you're enjoying the vids.
@cyanhallows78093 жыл бұрын
*Lydian Chromatic Concept Intensifies*
@samalbert68283 жыл бұрын
I’ve heard Gary Burton talk about this before. Very cool way of thinking about the modes.
@RobbieBarnby3 жыл бұрын
Incredible! Love Gary Burton!
@raquelchicajazz1213 жыл бұрын
Haha I do these from bright to dark, as well as scat them by memory. You really feel the shift in each interval that changes in the gradient each time
@mgurzi3 жыл бұрын
Robbie - refreshing to hear you present this concept. I have looked at it this way for years. So much so that I often argue that Lydian is the 1st mode and then it goes from there. I am very supportive of George Russell's Tonal Organization and Tonal Gravity. Good job!!!
@nickrees47063 жыл бұрын
I’m not sure saying Gmajor scale is brighter than Cmajor has much meaning to me since the major scale is always Ionian and the intervals are the same whereas comparing different modes does have a sense of brightness to darkness comparing intervals. What I find interesting is how Ionian evolved as being the dominant mode in western music when lydian seems like it is the brightest or ‘first’ mode. Also the only intervalic-ally symmetric mode (tone,semitone,tone,tone,tone,semitone,tone) is dorian so maybe that should be the ‘middle’ mode which fits if you order the modes brightness to darkness (or darkness to brightness 😀). So why do we base our music on the Ionian mode, why not an octotonic scale or wholetone scale for symmetry? Or since dorian is the middle mode maybe that should be the reference point from which point modes get either brighter or darker? How did we end up with Ionian? 😀
@RobbieBarnby3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment! Great stuff in there, I agree! It's really interesting to see Dorian as the quotient on this bright to dark spectrum. We can then see the other modes as either 1-3 levels brighter or 1-3 levels darker from Dorian being the home point of reference. It certainly is fascinating to start seeing Dorian as a mirrored/symmetric scale! However, for G Major in relation to C Major, it is brighter if thinking in the modal context and when using C Major as the reference point eg. G Major = C Lydian, C Lydian = one degree 'brighter' then C Ionian. What this means in terms of sounds we relate to/what we choose to do creatively with all of this, is up to us! Thanks for the great comment and for checking out the vid.
@andrew19vato3 жыл бұрын
I guess the Ionian mode is the root note by which all the other scale degrees are built eg 2nd 3rd 4th etc, so maybe Ionian is the root, or just a vehicle for all the other modes to be built on or around, i'm not sure really, wish i had a better answer, sorry I know you didn't ask me the question lol, (I probably don't know anyway) but it's a very good question, why is Ionian the most common mode in western music? my only reasonable answer i can give is that it is probably the least dramatic sounding of all the modes, and therefore has given pop or commercial music it's normal generic sound, but then again maybe the normality of Ionian is required for the other modes to sound the way they do, "exotic" like or dramatic, does that make sense? I'm probably not explaining very well, but these are just my current observations
@andycollenette24643 жыл бұрын
Robbie your mind of theory is an amazing ride. Great video...I had to watch it three times to finally grasp it but well worth it 👍👍👍🎸
@charlottemarceau80623 жыл бұрын
Hey, really intetesting. J.C talks about this light/dark thing too. Is this related to the lydian chromatic concept?
@RobbieBarnby3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment! Not necessarily related but I suppose both use the idea of using the circle of 5ths as a tool to construct scales and see levels of brightness in harmony. The Lydian Chromatic Concept goes deep though and it's a beautiful one (I'll dig the book out again and reread it me thinks!).
@IgorBrezhnev3 жыл бұрын
Amazing Chanel Man!🤟🏻
@thetrombonehub62543 жыл бұрын
Excellent and very Clear! Thank you!
@hamishspencer3 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure G gets 'brighter' than C by having a note sharpened. Surely, all the major keys are of the same brightness as brighter seems to imply an emotional state. The f# is merely nomenclature that ensures the intervals remain the same.
@RobbieBarnby3 жыл бұрын
You're right, a Major scale isn't bright or dark. Nothing is bright or dark until it is compared to something else. So when we compare G Major to C Major with the basic definition of brightness being: 'raising a note = brighter and flattening a note = darker', then G Major (which is C Lydian) is one degree brighter then C Major because one note is raised. It is up to you and your ears to decide if C Lydian sounds 'brighter' then C Major. The term 'brighter' is just a word and it is personal preference what musical emotion that word means or sounds like. What you choose to musically do with this concept is also up to you, this is just another musical way to make a connection to the sounds of these modes. The emotion of these compared sounds is a subjective thing but that is the beauty in music.
@wantanmee87163 жыл бұрын
I find myself keep coming back to this video. Each time I watch I discover something.
@kifayetsizkelam3 жыл бұрын
What a perfect teacher and player you are! Please continue to show how to teach us! Thank you veery much!
@gizzhead79413 жыл бұрын
I remember disovering this on paper when I was teaching myself theory. Dorian and Lydian are really popular in modern psychedelic. Tame Impala for example. On Lonerism he basically always replaces the Minor/Major dichotomy with Dorian/Lydian. Another interesting thing if you go further with the "relative modes" idea via thirds is discovering Locrian is the only mode that is the relative minor of a minor mode (Dorian) which is itself the relative minor of Lydian. Another reason to view Dorian as true neutral. It's also symmetric. Honestly I'm surprised why popular music hasn't taken more of a liking to modes. They seem difficult but they actually produce simpler music than any musician would find just dicking around on their instrument. The complex beautiful sounding stuff is almost always found by ear, not by theory, I think. But its useful to have an excess understanding.
@CalHarding013 жыл бұрын
Allan Holdsworth had an extremely idiosyncratic (but utterly genius) approach to music theory and according to him, Dorian - owing to mainly its peculiar symmetry - is the "true" neutral scale. Ionian gets all the attention, but Dorian really keeps it all tied together. Seeing brilliant musicians like Holdsworth, Carlos Santana, and our Robbie here giving strong emphasis to the Dorian mode really has shifted my own playing and mindset.
@stevenmonte73972 жыл бұрын
I agree. why dick around and waste time? Writing is so much easier understanding theory. Hell, I'm just two years into knowing anything about music, but thanks to content like this I feel like I'm learning in a way that will bring out the best in me.
@ampeg2 жыл бұрын
Tame Impala? Kinda funny, I like him and all but I think you can find thousands of previous examples in rock and indie rock. He is one that has gotten some footing and the ‘machine’ has turned up for him BUT man look around there is so much amazing music in the indie/progressive scene that just requires a bit of digging past the algorithms. Again I do like his approach though!
@ampeg2 жыл бұрын
Again I was saying that the Dorian and Lydian. In fact all the modes except locrian have been used extensively in popular music. For a long long time: )
@bremlquan2 жыл бұрын
@@ampeg i think you were saying you aren't a fan of tame Impala because you think they sold out. Cool story
@dadude73 жыл бұрын
"For this video we're going to assume you know what these modes are....." Aaaannndd I'm fucked. lol.
@pistoFF2 жыл бұрын
i never thought we could find the modes with the circle of fifths !! a BIG THANK YOU just for this !! Subscribed !
@bendonkin94493 жыл бұрын
Holy cow, what a find your channel is! Your playing is also incredible! Instant subscribe.
@RobbieBarnby3 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot for the kind words! Really appreciate the support.
@OfficialsKai Жыл бұрын
Brother 🔥🔥🔥🔥🙏
@PeteMartinMandolin2 жыл бұрын
And your Barry Harris vid is the best music instruction video I’ve very seen.
@cynthiastory86033 жыл бұрын
Interesting perspective Lighter and Darker Modes. And something to consider when I'm playing (I play pianio/keyboard. Robbie I really enjoyed your video on the Barry Harris Method.Your video is helpful. Thank you😀👋🎹🎶
@richardsimpson24693 жыл бұрын
Oh my god. I’ve been playing for years, grade 8, dip, technically good etc - but you just gave me a eureka moment on the circle of 5th’s.
@cliftonlandis3 жыл бұрын
Love your videos. This one is short and sweet and explained in your elegantly brief style, but please don't abandon the more ambitious and longer crash course style videos like you did on 6th diminished. The Barry Harris vid is possibly the most informative and rewarding guitar video on all of youtube, in my opinion.
@willymallier91333 жыл бұрын
Great video ! The way the lydian mode ends up being sort of a "reference point for brightness" make me think of George Russell's lydian chromatic concept. I would love to see you talking about that ! (I find the subject overlooked 🧐)
@RobbieBarnby3 жыл бұрын
Definitely, that's a great idea! The Lydian Chromatic Concept is a deep but beautiful one.. I'll dig the book out again! Dorian is also a great reference point for brightness because we can see it as the quotient on this bright to dark spectrum. From Dorian being the home point of reference, the other modes are either 1-3 levels brighter or 1-3 levels darker. It's also the only mode in the major scale which can be viewed as a symmetric or mirrored scale. Fascinating stuff!
@Pablo.Degregori3 жыл бұрын
Robbie got a request: can you please make a tutorial on chords sequences such as circle of fifths with Triton substitutions, secondary dominants etc... Many many thanks!
@RobbieBarnby3 жыл бұрын
Definitely! I'll have a think about what I can put together for those concepts!
@Pablo.Degregori3 жыл бұрын
@@RobbieBarnby legend!! 👍🎸🎸
@sourabhbhattacharyaYT3 жыл бұрын
Top content! My sincere thanks to you for explaining this to us, really helpful! Just when i needed it..
@RobbieBarnby3 жыл бұрын
My pleasure! Thanks for the lovely comment, great to hear you enjoyed it.
@PeteMartinMandolin2 жыл бұрын
Looking forward to the video applying this to the dominant seventh sounds.
@voronOsphere2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Eye and Mind Opening Stuff!
@edzielinski3 жыл бұрын
Fascinating and brilliantly insightful. I can relate to this having just recently been made aware that there is asymmetry in tonal color moving down 1/2 step vs. up 1/2 step. The usage of the circle of fifths to explain the modes is also very interesting and well done.
@epicgamer-ur1wg3 жыл бұрын
Hey can u make a video on the lydian chromatic concept I have no idea what it’s about
@RobbieBarnby3 жыл бұрын
Definitely!
@thelonious-dx9vi Жыл бұрын
I find the bright-to-dark cycle thing really jumps out when playing chord inversions around the cycle. Particularly the point when you get to locrian in a given key. On your next move, the new flat is the root. So, say you're at B-7b5 in C, flat the root and you've got Bbmaj7, i.e. IV in F. And the Bb note is the new flat going from C to F. And that's the transition from the dark end of C to the bright end of F. And so on around the cycle. I've probably explained it badly but it's a cool thing.
@TerebiJoke2 жыл бұрын
1:32 I fail to see how G Major is "brighter" than C major, or how it has a "raised scale degree". Did you mean to say C Lydian vs C Major?
@fedemeyer2 жыл бұрын
wonderful channel. Excellent tips. I saw this concept before, ordering modes from bright to dark, in the piano channel New jazz
@rdplanr3 жыл бұрын
Thank you great video. Have you thought about making a video about improvisation and how to use scales with chords?
@RobbieBarnby3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for checking it out! Definitely, my channel is all about improvisation and I will for sure be going deep into chord scale relationships.
@Channel-io1di9 ай бұрын
I don't really get the first part. One major scale to me isn't really brighter or darker than the other just because it has more sharps or flats when they're the same intervals, relative to the root note. The mode thing I understand, but a major scale is a major scale... right lol? I mean those examples sounded brighter and darker because of the pitch of the root note. Play an F major in a position above the last C major you heard and it's going to this time, sound brighter...
@ribhuguha18193 жыл бұрын
I’m just so glad to find this channel... great work keep it up!!!❤️
@ahsamv19923 жыл бұрын
Just discovered this channel and I am sold where's the subscribe botton
@pensive_2 жыл бұрын
Robbie is a one man institution and one of the greatest players alive: If I am in the position to sponsor, I know where my money will go to. However; This is the only video from Robbie that I do not agree with. Sharps and flats do not represent dark and bright tonalities at all and such a classification is futile unless you suspend all the chords with added sharps and flats by his classification over e.g. a C bass note and then compare them as the added sharps and flats, which are then suspensions and extensions. Reason is, that it is extensions and the major/minor tonality that create bright/dark properties everyone by large can agree on, and not merely the amount of sharps and flats.
@nigelmikaele2 жыл бұрын
Robbie.....? "Leave Brittany alone"!!! :)
@Robert-hm1ob Жыл бұрын
Man dude I never knew wat you explained before but I can understand it all for some strange reason, maybe I learnt just enough in Music class!
@raulcaldeira80712 жыл бұрын
one thing that may raise questions is saying that one key is brigher than another when in our temperement all keys sound the same, one key is only brigher that another if you compare 2 keys and maintain the the same root, ex between Bb and C , C is "brigher" because in Bb we have C doric which is less brigher than C ionian, correct me if I'm wrong ...
@towardstar Жыл бұрын
I never understood this concept because youre using all the same notes youre just calling them sharp or flat. Why does putting a # symbol or a b make it darker or brighter than if you had done the opposite?
@kormosjano643 жыл бұрын
I like these vids. Good to see, that a young man has so much knowledge. And the slight smile always on :-). More guitar playing would make it even better.
@RobbieBarnby3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for checking them out, glad you’re enjoying them! Next vid is going to be guitar heavy, promise!
@imnothing80363 жыл бұрын
i couldnt understand kindly help wat should i watch first to understand this video pls help
@mackvismusic86223 жыл бұрын
Would you just repeat the part after “Hi, I am Robbie Barnby”!
@harmonymarketing3 жыл бұрын
Yeah this channel is gonna blow up. Awesome content🤙
@MsHanniNanni Жыл бұрын
where i can find the video about the dominant chord order :-)?
@banarasi_sangeetkar2 жыл бұрын
so, an augmented chord is brighter than a major chord?
@joyfullmusicexploring-thom50932 жыл бұрын
so i thought that in the well tempered keys the flats and sharps have no impact on brightness cause all intervals arr equal
@soundlyadam3 жыл бұрын
Didn’t hear about this concept until about halfway though music school. And hear it is on KZbin. Very cool- and concisely explained!
@RobbieBarnby3 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot!
@43aqueous Жыл бұрын
Interesting, I'd love to see some application of this.
@lowrenzmusik3 жыл бұрын
I love this content and the way you share it. I’ve found this info on the book “twentieth century harmony” which Vincent Persichetti wrote 60 years ago. In that chapter he also showed that you could mirror these modes, from darkest to brightest (for example if you mirror lydian it turns into locrian) being dorian the center, which symmetrical invertible. Fifths turn into fourths showing us the “undertone series”, the mirrored version of the overtone series. There is also a chapter where he shows a multi-octave scale with the lydian tetrachord, a scale that Jacob Collier names megahyperlydian (wtw) and claims as invention of his owns, but 60 years ago. That illustrates us that the magic of music can lead us to the same thoughts, that is also why music was consider as one of the greatest sciences by the ancient greeks, sharing that podium with maths and geometry. Greetings from Argentina. PS: loved the barry harris’ vid.
@RobbieBarnby3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing! Awesome stuff.
@alistairmaleficent87763 жыл бұрын
You've got a way of organizing notions that I've had over the years really neatly, Robbie. I always thought Lydian would be better to start from since you could then just successively apply flats, and the symmetry in the way you think of the modes would be stronger. But you're taking it to a new level here, and I can only say thank you again for your insights!
@RobbieBarnby3 жыл бұрын
That's wonderful! Thanks so much for your kind words. Glad you liked it!
@SelfPropelledDestiny3 жыл бұрын
If you look into George Russell's "Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization", he basically postulates just that, that all music is based off Lydian. This caused the old "always play Lydian over a maj7 chord" that was very far-reaching and influenced Coltrane's soloing on Giant Steps.
@jeremyversusjazz2 жыл бұрын
@@SelfPropelledDestiny thnx. was gonna ask if this was kinda the russell lydian thing…
@HotRodSixString3 жыл бұрын
I literally hate Tony Polocastro after seeing one million of his ads at the beginning of videos
@ChineduVictory3 жыл бұрын
Can you do a Video on Improving Guitar Speed?
@JA-xx7vw3 жыл бұрын
Your content is elegant and tasteful!!!
@chaiayling98312 жыл бұрын
mate your a bloody genius
@whotheloveisedgar3 жыл бұрын
That's a great video man! Thank you so much for the explanation! Helps me a lot for understanding modes
@RobbieBarnby3 жыл бұрын
That’s great to hear! Thanks for checking it out Eddy!
@IgorBrezhnev3 жыл бұрын
Pavel Durov it’s you?)
@mcadder3 жыл бұрын
The best! Greetz from Sweden!!
@massimosammi3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video, as all the videos on your channel! Thanks for sharing this!
@RobbieBarnby3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@requietus3 жыл бұрын
obligatory comment to help the Algorhythm find this one. gold
@RobbieBarnby3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for the support!
@Geco-Bro3 жыл бұрын
Lionel Messi can play guitar also
@michaelbrindley34873 жыл бұрын
this is mint great content here
@enzoconstantinoromo3643 жыл бұрын
Amazing video!! This channel is just awsome
@RobbieBarnby3 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@JoshFriedmanguitar Жыл бұрын
Love it! So fun to play through the modes stepwise from light to dark then dark to light. Did you ever create a video for the modes of altered dominant from light to dark?
@RobbieBarnby Жыл бұрын
Thanks for checking out the vid. This stepwise flattening/light to dark process doesn't work for the modes of the Melodic Minor (parent scale of Altered Dominant) in the same way. However, there are other great concepts unique to the Melodic Minor and its modes which I look forward to share!
@rajanyakaraoke38053 жыл бұрын
Very cool👍👍👍
@kukumuniu56583 жыл бұрын
Hi,I wanted to share my thoughts with someone In a Natural Major,seven chords have specific functions I,iii,vi - tonic ii,IV - subdominant V,vii - dominant but what is happening in Harmonic Major? (ionian flat 6) in harmonic minor there is even worse because ionian #5 has no perfect fifth ,so, where is dominant for this mode? On vii degree or nowhere? Could You make video/videos about harmonic Major and his modes? Modal progressions for each mode etc :)
@RobbieBarnby3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment! I will definitely be making a video on those parents scales and their modes. I've done a lot of work on the Harmonic Minor & Harmonic Major, so looking forward to sharing my findings on that! I treat each individual mode from these scales as different colour options which can be applied to our functioning Tonic, Sub-Dom or Dom chords. In the Harmonic Major, there are two modes which can function as a colour for a Dominant chord. The 3rd mode (Altered Natural 5 / C7AltNat5) and the 5th mode (Mixolydian b2 / C13susb9Nat3). For Harmonic minor, there is also a dominant found on the 5th mode (Phrygian Dominant / C7b9b13). For Ionian #5 (3rd mode of Harmonic Minor), I would treat this as a colour option for a I chord. Hope that helps for now, thanks for checking out the channel!
@kukumuniu56583 жыл бұрын
@@RobbieBarnby You don't even know what joy you gave me with those words :D but meanwhile could you recommend some "songs" based on harmonic major modes? Classical, neoclassical music, whatever :)
@kukumuniu5658 Жыл бұрын
@@RobbieBarnby and nothing happened for year
@SelfPropelledDestiny3 жыл бұрын
So I want to question a concept here. While it is true that sharpening a note in a given scale brightens it, and flattening a note darkens, it seems that this concept might be being misconstrued? To explain further, taking a single scale like the major scale and changing those degrees changes the brightness or darkness, yes. But I've never heard anyone claim that "G Major is brighter than C Major", since they are the exact same scales with the same intervals (the actual names of the pitches matters not). The sharpening here (F to F#) would only increase brightens in terms of changing what would be a G Mixolydian scale to a G Ionian scale. But all major keys (Ionians) contain the same brightness, same with all the major modes in any pitch. If someone could explain where my thinking might be wrong here, it would be appreciated.
@RobbieBarnby3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment! You're right that all Major scales/Ionian modes have the same intervalic structure. And an individual Major scale isn't bright or dark on its own, however, it is when you compare it to a different scale. In the video, I compare everything to C Major and make that our home reference point for the spectrum. So you're correct that a Major scale on its own isn't bright or dark. Nothing is bright or dark until it is compared to something else. So when we compare G Major to C Major with the basic definition of brightness being: 'raising a note = brighter and flattening a note = darker', then G Major (which is C Lydian) is one degree brighter then C Major because one note is raised. It is up to you and your ears to decide if C Lydian sounds 'brighter' then C Major. The term 'brighter' is just a word and it is personal preference what musical emotion that word means or sounds like. What you then choose to musically do with this concept is also up to you. For me, this is just another musical way to make a connection to the sounds of these modes. I've found this concept to be very useful in many different aspects of music as well as for fretboard knowledge on the guitar. The emotion of these compared sounds is of course a subjective thing but that is the beauty in music. Thanks again for checking out the channel!
@SelfPropelledDestiny3 жыл бұрын
@@RobbieBarnby Thanks for the reply and I do love the channel. Your open strings video and harmonizing the blues scale video were concepts I’ve never seen before and I’ve been soaking up theory for years. Great work!
@Way_loz3 жыл бұрын
0:10 what is the concept behind this beautiful lines? I want to be able to do play stuff like this too :(
@dimmmmmmp3 жыл бұрын
scrambled arpeggios, dont worry you will get there eventually
@Way_loz3 жыл бұрын
@@dimmmmmmp thanks, i will chek them out
@MrDippydappy2 жыл бұрын
nice video. speak slower pls
@coreybray98343 жыл бұрын
So, then basically, to extend this, we should start by asking these questions each time we make a transition. In which key is C 4th or Lydian? In which key is C 1st or Ionian? In which key is C 5th or Mixolydian? In which key is C 2nd or Dorian? In which key is C 6th or Aeolian? In which key is C 3rd or Phrygian? In which key is C 7th or Locrian? Since C is the first note of each mode shape in each case. Then as we return to the beginning of the new cycle with B Lydian, just start the pattern of questions over for that new note; thus creating a massive lesson that forces us to learn all 12 * 7 = 84 such relations as we move chromatically with each new cycle to the previous half-step starting on lydian.
@luigicannizzo26693 жыл бұрын
Sorry Robbie, for me Theory on Music its Very Punching in my Face ..!. Cuse Me ... 😯😮😣
@peterstein49122 жыл бұрын
Very instructive! This is somewhat related to George Russell’s Lydian Chromatic Concept, a weathered copy of which I keep and leaf through every few years. Love your videos - keep up the great work.
@gullyclark73443 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your response, .....I am requesting an opportunity for conversation...that may further enlighten our journey through these materials ....since we are already traveling in the same bandwidth of frequencies. Much gratitude for your continued service to the greater good.💫
@streetlegal0083 жыл бұрын
You can get another insight into modes - the light and the dark qualities - as they apply within a tuning system other than equal temperament. This comes from the changing relationship of harmonies within an interval structure which is subject to change from one key to another rather than fixed over all 12 keys. This is why 'well tempered' tunings are more complex and satisfying (while also being more problematic) than equal temperament.
@chrisoleary93313 жыл бұрын
Your videos are awsome man!! Keep it up! Also, just wondering, did you go to any school for music? And how much time do you spend studying and practicing?
@chuvzzz3 жыл бұрын
The ordering aspect is good and important to know about, not sure I like the terms brighter/darker though... what's the point? So, (and this is just about the terminology), it just sounds like using different names for something that already exists/is well known (there's already way too much of that in music). We aren't really learning anything new from the terminology (don't we already talk about flats/sharps?), we could easily imagine the terminology being swapped, and what's worse is that a linear brightness/darkness concept is not really a good map for what is supposed to be a cyclic concept. But whatever, no big deal
@RobbieBarnby3 жыл бұрын
For me it's just another view point for these modes which I find to be a very musical one. Whatever ones relationship is to the sound of these modes, I find it brings me closer to making a connection to the sounds and how I might use them as opposed to just knowing the names. As you say, whether you like the term 'brightness' or what that means to your ears (that's of course subjective), reordering them in this way definitely has many creative uses. I also like to view all the dominant tensions in this sort of way too as it again, gives me a closer relationship to the sound of different levels of tensions for a V7 chord.. that's super musical! (as mentioned in the video this is a whole other topic which I definitely want to do a vid on). Anyway, thanks for your input! This concept isn't meant to replace or swap anything, it's just another view point to the wonderful sounds that is music.
@chuvzzz3 жыл бұрын
@@RobbieBarnby thanks for replying! I am very happy about the idea of mentally ordering these according to a logical framework (especially one that has physical grounding) since it brings transparency into what's really going on. Also happy with giving them more relatable names, be it as mnemonics or to bring them closer to our understanding, make them more familiar or inspiring or what have you. For that same reason, my (personal) issue with the chosen terminology just has to do with the implied structures/ordering. A linear structure has a certain structure, e.g. it has two directions, forwards or backwards, and I associate light/dark with such a structure, yet the modes come with a bit more structure on top of that (the ~cyclical, helical? aspect of it)... it is an aspect I want to get more familiar with, not something I want ignore. It would've been the same issue if we had chosen "sweet" vs "sour" as names. But as I say, it is not a big deal.
@codetechpro3 жыл бұрын
can you make mode excersise lesson videos...
@RobbieBarnby3 жыл бұрын
Definitely! I've got some cool stuff based around The Modes which I'm excited to share.
@rccarsandmusic26413 жыл бұрын
POSITIONS!!!!!!!!
@chrismakey8663 жыл бұрын
Lol. Amazing info. I think. Added this to my watch later. Ill see ya in 6 years or some shit
@mattiebarker65823 жыл бұрын
Wow!
@sonofgrace_2153 жыл бұрын
Very impec content... keep it up dude
@RobbieBarnby3 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot, Will do!
@GuyBien-aime-ep8um Жыл бұрын
You are a great teacher so good.keep on never give up my bro
@RobbieBarnby Жыл бұрын
Thanks, that’s so very kind of you to say!
@stevescannell21963 жыл бұрын
Incredible, not that I understood much of it, but great to watch and listen.
@silver17883 жыл бұрын
Very nice cute video
@RobbieBarnby3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for checking it out!
@ScryptStudios13 жыл бұрын
Such an elegant way of explaining these concepts. Subbed.
@italoop78502 жыл бұрын
Mick's stuff is timeless!
@boomerdell3 жыл бұрын
Your videos and lessons are absolutely FANTASTIC! Thanks so much, Robbie. Always learn a lot from you.
@RobbieBarnby3 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot! Great to hear you're enjoying the channel.
@mooseymoose3 жыл бұрын
The last time I......nah can’t do it.
@acojedopineda56573 жыл бұрын
Awesome. I feel like I went to music school for free! Thanks much!