Making Music with Pascal's Triangle + the LOCRIAN scale [RIFFING WITH MODES #7]

[@TheArtofGuitar]

Are you trying to conjure interdimensional aliens my guitar brother? Cause this is how you do that! haha

[@milestrotter6844]

Mike what's up! Also I think he might.

[@benrechakiewicz3594]

Best comment goes to you.😂🤘

[@Celso_Luis]

Wait... was Jake on DMT when he wrote this song???

[@seppet0ni]

"I decided to consult the mathematical structure known as the interdimensional pentagram"

[@robinchesterfield42]

But the twist is: They're not here to attack us. They were just happy to finally hear someone else playing music that sounds normal to them, and they're here to boogie down! :)

[@wildy6980]

I think music in Locrian would sound nice in game soundtracks or something when you are trying to сomplete a difficult level with the main battle and this music create so much tension and does not let you relax for a second

[@Alexander-mw1ek]

It is used a lot in video game music already! 8-Bit music theory has a nice video on it, including many good examples

[@trambus1144]

​@@Alexander-mw1ek"a lot" is quite exaggerated dude

[@ScLuigi]

@@trambus1144Comparatively a lot

[@locrian8087]

I've always been told I was useless... Even then, why must you hurt me in such ways, Jake??

[@SignalsMusicStudio]

GET A FIFTH, WEIRDO!

[@henriquemontalvao8492]

Don't worry babe, I still love you

[@andrejz8954]

@@SignalsMusicStudio LOL 🤣🤣

[@cappuccino4366]

Get a job and you'll be useful

[@indigo1324]

Idk why Jake hates Locrian so much. I’ve used it before. For me, it’s a great way of creating unease, to an extreme level that Phrygian can’t achieve.

[@edbutler3]

That turned out to be a surprisingly enjoyable piece of music. Love how the G-F change feels like a ray of sunlight briefly breaking through the gloom.

[@victorhugotoledocofre1366]

Most music youtubers call Locrian the "odd man out" and ditch it. You not only tackle it, but make good music with it. Congratulations, Jake.

[@SignalsMusicStudio]

in their defense I've been calling locrian the oddman out and ditching it until literally today lol

[@bambangstudio3576]

Tmi jake

[@gwbuilder5779]

@@SignalsMusicStudio Guilty. Although a really heavy emotional response can be done with a Locrian phrase for sure.

[@alsatusmd1A13]

Most of music theory assumes that non-octave tonalities are the “no man’s land” and they are largely absent from music KZbin whereas Locrian looks like it is everywhere in comparison. Here is not only a way to tackle them, but to make the best possible music with them: en.xen.wiki/w/Modal_systematization_of_soid-family_scales

[@everythingque4635]

@@SignalsMusicStudio ikr lol everytime you’re like “forget about locrian”

[@pavloslazarou3697]

I don't know why but in general i don't agree with the popular opinion that half diminished chords sound tense and uncomfortable. I find their sound strangely captivating and beautiful. When that F resolved back to the B half diminished i was mesmerized. I love this sound!

[@prometheus6474]

can relate to that, that's in part why I stopped using names for chords and only use numbers now. if jake thinks a diminished chord sounds bad he clearly hasn't heard justin bieber

[@brendanm6921]

​@@prometheus6474 he never said they sound bad, he said they're difficult to resolve on.

[@prometheus6474]

@@brendanm6921 kool

[@keep_walking_on_grass]

they don't sound uncomfortable necessarily as we can hear in this piece he created. it sounds emotionless. which is very unusual for all modes and music in general since music is a language of human emotions and moods. exactly THIS is what music is. but Locrian sounds like the rejection of all emotions. nevertheless, it sounds great if done right. it sounds technical, objective. like watching a robot at work. no emotions.

[@FindingsOfAnArmouredMind]

@keep_walking_on_grass It's not "emotionless", not at all, it does in fact sound sinister, and, if used well, you can create anxiety inducing melodies with it..

[@oxsolo]

Dude, I legitimately love this song. It's like a quasi-accessible prog lol. It definitely speaks more to your skills as a composer than the quality of locrian

[@ellehjames5809]

I just want it a little heavier and it'll be phenomenal!

[@Headfonez1]

"Pascal's Prison" is definitely a beautiful song

[@keep_walking_on_grass]

the description "beautiful" says almost nothing about a piece of music at all - sorry.

[@Headfonez1]

@@keep_walking_on_grass I was reacting to him saying that 'most of the world wouldn't describe the Locrian scale as beautiful'. I would typically agree with the rest of the world, but not in this case.

[@franjojanes]

Moral of the video: "You can't write catchy stuff in locrian." The video ends and that Pascal melody keeps playing in my head. Jake, what have you done? :D

[@SignalsMusicStudio]

listen it's stuck in my head too and I love it by try playing it at the club/restaurant/airport and you'll quickly see that we are all part of a special group of weirdos

[@zhulikkulik]

It's not too catchy but i guess the next time I try - it'll be this exact thing I'll come up with while trying to play locrian

[@franjojanes]

@@SignalsMusicStudio A.k.a. prog fans.

[@dreamynachos3439]

Milk Lizard by Dillinger Escape Plan's got a pretty catchy Locrian riff, but that's the only one I can think of.

[@shawa666]

@@SignalsMusicStudio Club resto, I don't think so, But it's mellow yet weird to be on the sound track for a game like Stellaris or Va-11 Hall-A

[@deanzuberiafrica6526]

i actually dig it. it sounds like the soundtrack to a challenging secret level in a video game. good job!

[@horacefarbuckle]

Impressive. I play Doom metal and it's common enough to dip into Locrian for 4-8 bars for some disturbing effect, but sustaining it for a whole composition takes some real savvy. Kudos.

[@SignalsMusicStudio]

thank you :)

[@victoresquivel8546]

Yep, I hear you. This is the realm where Neurosis dwells.

[@justinayers3589]

i was just playing 10,000 Years by High on Fire and I'm pretty sure the main riff is locrian.

[@heyjarrod]

But you can play a 6th-string Maj chord over Locrian!? I’m only 18 seconds in, let me watch the rest. I’m sure I missed some thing. Your videos are always on point! 🎸👍🏻

[@Wind-nj5xz]

4-8 bars in doom metal is already as long as a normal composition

[@ruminator3570]

Pascal's prison is an indie developer's demonic puzzle box level theme. That's badass Jake.

[@MrMirko]

This sounds amazing. The whole time it feels like I just want to come up for air to see some sunshine. That G and F almost put it in reach, only to take it away. Also, +1 to your friend for writing the code in C++.

[@SignalsMusicStudio]

Love that description! It does feel like the hope keeps getting taken away, much like the creation process of this lesson lol. As for the code- if I had done this myself, it would have taken much longer and I would have probably done it in Excel VBA and it would probably still not work :P

[@SkinnyBlackout]

I don't know man, I find locrian extremely calming. When I was trying to write music I only used dissonant intervals, because it sounded kind of like Dom and Roland's "Industry" album.

[@greenatom]

Yeah, that G and F are like a glimpse of heaven, a little bit of bliss, then it's back to the grind. Too real, man, too real!

[@yakzivz1104]

Yeah I absolutely loved it!!!

[@miketheperformer5972]

"Music To Drown In Swamp Water To" by The Locrian Underground, (RCA, 1998)

[@mityakiselev]

IDK, I think it's really useful in a lot of non-mainstream music, like metal for example. It's often the goal of metal to make you feel uncomfortable and disturbed. It's really useful if you make a soundtrack to something uneasy, like The Binding of Isaac or something.

[@cptnoremac]

This would be perfect in Binding of Isaac

[@lismarcheuseduciel6006]

In metal I find it only useful in small doses though. In a way metal relies a lot on chugging on the root power chord to create heaviness, and that usually involves the fifth to establish the "home". Most of the time, when I've seen a Locrian main riff of a song in traditional metal, it was only technically Locrian, as in avoiding the 5th and making it ambiguously either Locrian or Phrygian and then placing the flat 5 at the end of the riff for effect. These riffs didn't really "feel" like Locrian if you know what I mean. That being said, I'm sure there are some metal songs out there in the Locrian mode that utilize it well. I just don't think it is that common to use this mode outside of a few bars in metal, because it is kinda awkward and restricting. In death metal for example, most bands just go into straight-up chromatic riffing for the disturbing/uncomfortable effect. Things might get a bit different perhaps if you look at specific prog genres or mathcore or stuff like that, where the emphasis lies more on other qualities than heaviness, but even here I'm not sure if it's really a common thing.

[@alejandro52612]

That 3/4 version sounds perfect for a Zelda temple soundtrack.

[@Somaiscariot]

I was just thinking that. The locrian mode sounds perfect for (and, I want to say, is probably used in) a lot of video game "dungeon" music.

[@rogerhammerstein4970]

@@Somaiscariot That's what I was thinking as well. Locrian, and the song Jake built on it, make me think of a place where you don't belong. It really captures an oppressive tone without being unlistenable.

[@kashinewell6239]

It makes most sense to me thinking of locrian in terms of brightness as the darkest of the modes. Just like you go for phrygian when you want to be darker and edgier than minor, you go for locrian when you want to be even darker than phrygian. Minor feels more personal to me, like being in solitude or experiencing a sad moment. Where as Phrygian feels like an exotic adventure or an intense sadness or anger. And Locrian seems dark in the way of like what happens in a secret cave or the workings of fungus under the soil, a seething idea in the unconscious of society or something alien, from another planet/dimension/reality. I think it's cool I think I hear it in bands like rush and a perfect circle and deftones and always wondered what makes that ultimately dark mystical kind of sound... turns out it's locrian and it's a bummer to hear people don't use it that often. Seems like it would be cool as part of a story telling element in the music rather than trying to make the whole song in locrian but that sounds cool for dark mystical heavy riffs so it's nice too. Think people just say what they have heard before. Locrian isn't useless, just gone under the radar like mushrooms and aliens and Bigfoot haha

[@Mr.Bright91]

Am I wrong to think that, after hearing this, Locrian is just Lydian’s evil twin? The song sounds intense. Love the videos Jake!

[@Nahue91Carp]

Well, both of them have the tritone. But one is pure ethereal magic and the other one is uncomfortable ugliness. So you're right.

[@seanfitzpatrick7878]

Great analogy.

[@andrewqi6695]

Locrian is just Lydian with a sharpened tonic if you know what I mean.

[@Mr.Bright91]

@@andrewqi6695 I mean if Lydian is spacey and dreamy then Locrian is cosmic horror?

[@MaimiZhang]

Hahaha both are sharing 3, both has Tritone, and Locrian is sharpened tonic compared to Lydian but Locrian has -3 while Lydian has +3 in terms of brightness.

[@ProphayniaX]

So bizarre, I really felt like this was one of the greatest songs I’ve ever heard in my entire life it should go on for 20 minutes. I could actually hear it modulating to another cord I’m going to steal it. Thank you for making me feel special

[@canismajoris6733]

This is too funny to read

[@ybciminlee]

my new favorite chord progression: G, F, B HALF DIMINISHED

[@cptnoremac]

It absolutely feels like a satisfying resolution to me. This proves you don't need a perfect fifth.

[@ZetaCarinae]

As a mathematician I strongly approve of this content. Way to go man.

[@odw32]

What jumps out to me is that once you've adjusted, the whole composition feels "tense" but the tonic doesn't feel unresolved anymore. Then those major G/F chords suddenly feel simultaneously very familiar but also unresolved... It's like acclimatizing to an alien place to a point where you feel estranged from daily life -- like finding yourself inebriated and dancing madly at a nightclub at 4AM, and then suddenly you notice that your sober parents are present and waving you to come over. It has a little bit of a trippy vibe, with some implicit thrill, darkness, shamefulness or guilt lurking inside of it.

[@alexielraynes6265]

Like a prison?

[@mtaur4113]

This sounds surprisingly chill, at least to the extent that it's even possible. The turnaround chords were an interesting contrast too.

[@gizzhead7941]

This is literally trying to make Locrian sound as other-wordly as possible. There are far more mundane ways to use Locrian lol

[@number1authority]

I just love this. I’ve been obsessed with conquering locrian since my first music book with a chapter on modes just skipped with a sentence that basically said “don’t bother”. Plus the algorithm approach is so similar to how broke writers block when I was starting out. It’s still my favorite song I ever wrote to this day.

[@Raffael-Tausend]

the G-F-B° gets me every time. every time. it just wants to get to C!

[@ongjingxian1998]

Agreed, my mind immediately went to G mixolydian

[@SignalsMusicStudio]

if I stayed on any other chord for too long, it felt like the tonal center wanted to reset to either Am or C

[@B0K1T0]

I actually loved it, I saw it more as a failed attempt to escape from Pascal's prison :D But it really fitted in the track to go back to that uncomfortable vibe instead of resolving to something more "normal" :)

[@yarlodek5842]

The funny thing is, this “resolution” is absolutely uncomfortable in every musical way possible. The fact that the F chord’s root is a tri-tone away from the B diminished isn’t even scratching the surface.

[@MaimiZhang]

to me, G-F-Bdim or bVI, bV, i-dim progression worked absolutely great. I tried to compose the same progression using garageband and I really loved it. I really learned from this vid.

[@euclid9492]

That was pretty awesome. When people say they don’t want to learn music theory because they don’t want to lose their creativity I think of them just playing blissfully in major forever thinking they’re being creative. Sometimes you need some knowledge to get you into uncharted terrain like this to make something really unique!

[@kittavares4334]

B-but you told us locrian was a useless leftover mode! This might be my favorite composition of the series, it reminds me of post-metal bands like Isis.

[@TheBcoolGuy]

So that's what they're up to!

[@g1970r]

This Locrian tune you just made is definitely perfect for a sound track in a movie…that is the vibe I got from the beginning.

[@davew1647]

This is the uncanny valley of music.

[@Asherr6]

Dude… your musical nerdiness is impressive. I totally dig this track . So good dude

[@JYelton]

It is really valuable to see not just the final result, but the things you tried and abandoned as well. I sometimes quite enjoy darkness or "impending disaster," or bittersweet bits in music, and I think you managed to capture those feelings with this one. I mean come on, dark chocolate is clearly better than milk chocolate. :) This is truly a remarkable composition, you managed to make it very enjoyable! (In that "this is the soundtrack for the part in a game where the odds are against you and you have no idea what's around the corner" way.) Thanks for sticking with it and putting this together. It takes time to make great stuff!

[@Jimb1264]

Milk chocolate is supreme

[@maybemaeb]

To make use of the same chocolate metaphor, have you ever had 99% cocoa chocolate? I have. It's... pretty damn awful, and this is coming from someone who very much does enjoy dark chocolate. Locrian feels to me much the same - can be really good if used sparingly, but too much of it and it just becomes unbearable.

[@bubbythebear6891]

Milk chocolate is much better than dark chocolate.

[@DrZygote214]

I think the raw locrian melody in the early video could serve as "sneaky" theme music, like in cheesy movies where the protag is tiptoeing around rooms and behind pillars.

[@skeetabomb]

Definitely "sneaky" 😄

[@wido123123]

I really really would like you as a guest in Next Adam Neely's "composing with scales challenge"

[@TSMusic-95]

Came here to say that exact same thing! That would be awesome

[@chrismusic1837]

Get me in there, I’m not a celebrity, just someone starting out. I’d love to give it a shot, it would make me very very happy, this stuff is my life

[@PivasRox]

Totally!

[@lt_johnmcclane]

@@chrismusic1837 nope gotta be KZbin famous for opportunities like that

[@nxbis]

@@lt_johnmcclane I think he's got the chops and subs tbh

[@MoolsDogTwoOfficial]

That little choir part at 13:58 is so genius. You think it has finally resolved, but after the 2nd chord... nothing. No resolution, no happy moments, only tension. Despite everyone else's opinion on Locrian being terrible, I've come to love it's quirkiness after experimenting with it for a while now. However, if I were to use Locrian in a composition, I would at least use it a bit for a jazz improv or for a max 4 bars.

[@sleepymarauder4178]

This kind of feels like a great composing for some weird show with lots of mystery and action. 10/10

[@tylergarten4668]

I find the locrian mode really useful for expressing inherently unsettling emotions, and it's lack of a strong ending, instead having an ending that sounds more like a question than an answer, is amazing at its role in that. This whole composition to me gave me the same emotions one would feel in a really disturbing, unsettling, and chaotic dream, and that ending felt like a slap in the face that questioned/contradicted everything that just happened prior, as if just waking up from said dream.

[@theantheme]

There is definitely something otherworldy in diminished chord as home. Something that regular major and minor can't capture. Awesome stuff, Jake.

[@denniskinch6267]

I love this style of music. Well done Jake. This is why I have never played professionally and I don't care what other people like. I make music because I HAVE to. I also have never played other people's music and I improvise 100% of my music. I wrote 150 songs that no one has ever heard. I have definitely had the "fever" for making music for 50 years now! BTW - you gotta love the tech!

[@DavidPortera]

Surprisingly “Progressive”. You really did a great job with it.

[@nightwolf9645]

Right.. The only thing missing is LaBrie's vocal..

[@saikatchowdhury7376]

When this video came out, I skipped it just reading the title, as I knew this wasn't something I would ever use or even think about it. But today, I've had a boring day, so I clicked on your channel and checked this out. Man, I love what you've pulled off out of this. You're a true master. Much love, Jake!

[@realpool]

I love it! When it goes from G to F and back to B diminished, it's euphoric.

[@DTGuitarTech]

Honestly, you are musical genius. I have never seen anyone resolve successfully to a diminished chord like that. You actually made it musical. Dark and deep but musical. It did not sound like just an exercise. Well done you.

[@matthewwilliams6788]

It's amazing how locrian can sound so dissonant and uncertain, and almost comically lighthearted depending on how you use it

[@milanmilicevic4618]

At the beginning of the video, I really thought this would be totally off, but in the end, after listening to the entire song, that B half diminished chord truly becomes interesting as a root chord, evoking an emotion I haven't heard before 🙂. Really excellent video, hats off, and thank you very much.

[@ishi_gho9695]

I actually really love locrian, there’s definitely some interesting and weird stuff going one with the harmony and there’s some really crazy melodies you can make with it. I think it should be explored more. Your video is a big and *AWESOME* first step into this strange musical world

[@eyetalic]

Great great video. You literally just taught me the basics of how to structure a song. Every song has its challenges. In attempting to make a song work in locrian, you just worked through many solutions that could work for any song. As a seasoned teacher, i have to say, you have a real gift for explaining and engaging learners.

[@XeroTa1ent]

This could have been a Porcupine Tree song. Awesome vid, as always. Thanks, Jake 🤘🏻🇨🇦🤘🏻

[@jadedandbitter]

I would have said king crimson

[@DiamondSane]

@@jadedandbitter and I would have said it's definitely from Blackjazz of Shining

[@jadedandbitter]

@@DiamondSane in my defense, I said King Crimson because the lead sounds like Red era Fripp and the little mini chorus part is definitely reminiscent of the orchestral chorus in Court of the Crimson King. And I could definitely hear the main riff being played on the Chapman Stick.

[@DiamondSane]

@@jadedandbitter no offence, man. KC are suitable as well

[@lifeartist6403]

Thx for the outro cause locrian does sound good. There is resolution it's just that the resolution is suspenseful which kinda means we harmonize the opposite way around instead of creating suspense in order to resolve we create calmness in order to bring us back to suspense which is pretty damn cool if you ask me. It is like watching a horror movie as a lullaby

[@SparkyBobOmb]

I love it! It has a Metroid tension-like feel to it. Listening through very high quality headphones or sound system is an absolute-must to savor and enjoy all the layers of this song!

[@TomAnderson7]

My first thought was Metroid. The song gives me goosebumps. It’s so good!

[@ChatookaMusic]

That tense unresolved resolution creates such an interesting inverse of what we're used to that's perfect for this sinister kind of sound. Where normally we're used to building tension and then releasing back to a satisfying resolution, here it's more like you tease release, the build up settles you rather than building tension, just to snatch it away from you and remind you there is no comfort here.

[@TaylorSappe]

I tried writing in Locrian on several occasions and couldn't come up with anything that sounded good. You certainly broke that barrier!

[@sandorphoenix]

It's a place only video games can make you feel through visuals. I love this mode, it's so suspenseful.

[@Okla_Soft]

Music is really just math that our ears and brain decode. Also, this sounds like the key that koji kondo uses in the early parts of majoras mask is in.

[@7thangelad586]

I wish he would tackle that soundtrack.

[@ankokunokayoubi]

that sounds very Majora Mask-like

[@DavidDiLillo]

"Music is math" - BOC

[@awkwardturtle77]

I thought about writing a song with pi too. Unfortunately I thought of this at the same time I just started playing guitar so I didn't know how to make the guitar make the noises I wanted. Now I'm learning about modes and am looking up anything Locrian. That's how I found this channel! So glad that other brains out there think of similar things, and are able to make something beautiful out of it.

[@ozzi9816]

Dangit, I was just about to comment that the song sounded very beautiful when you got to your closing thoughts, haha. I honestly think that B half diminished is one of the prettier sounding diminished chords (I remember reading somewhere it has to do with the relation of the position of the individual notes that makes a diminished sound more or less dissonant but I don’t recall exactly) and maybe part of the reason this song worked so well is the root chord was one of the less discordant types. Then again, I’ve always had a bit strange taste in music... I also think timbre ends up playing a big role here as well, the moment you added the marimba I went from thinking it sounded okay to really liking it, and then the 3/4 drum beat got me completely hooked on it. It sounds like something that would play in a gritty cyberpunk show, like Serial Experiments Lain if you know about that. Thank you for making all this great educational content!

[@benbugohit]

At the time of writing this comment, this is how i discover your channel : yt algorithm telling me to watch this video. Seems like I'll start with you to learn musical theory adapted to bass. Thank you for your work btw

[@skwisgaarskwigelf331]

Locrian feels like algorithms and sounds like microchips. It's like if we were able to connect our brains into the digital world. It's so disconnected from our instincts that you get disoriented when you hear it, like when you have a messed up sleep schedule, wake up after a disturbing dream and see darkness around you. *Man, it's creepy*

[@philipweber404]

Dat ams not something you would play on a grandpa’s guitars.

[@skwisgaarskwigelf331]

@@philipweber404 it woulds make it atleasts more interesktings. PS: You noticed my meme account. But, did you notice the Metalocalypse reference in the former text?

[@visiontranscend60]

But Immolation makes it very organic and hot down there in the locrian underworld.

[@persecutor96]

Unsurprisingly, I’m an oddball once again. That was beautiful.

[@xchefx990]

Loved it, sounds amazing, I enjoyed learning this mode as much if not more than the other six

[@gtrgareri]

I guess I’m officially weird because I really liked this piece of music you’ve written! Granted, I’ve never written a single piece of music in Locrian, but I honestly enjoyed listening to your final piece of Music! 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@jehmarxx]

Imagine if Jake ruins everything by putting a G7 chord at the very end. Well, that's the end of the series. Congratulations.

[@SignalsMusicStudio]

would be legendary

[@frankiesunswept]

Haha great music theory joke. Cheers

[@danielamin]

That sounds like my life: brief moments of glorious respite sprinkled around a stream of ugly, unbridled chaos.

[@Manas-co8wl]

Poet

[@LTDLimiTeD1995]

in a song I wrote in locrian, I found shell voicings and simply not using full chords was very helpful.

[@Meshuggapeth]

You mean playing the i chord as only the root, b3 & b7? Or rootless? Is this for piano?

[@LTDLimiTeD1995]

@@Meshuggapeth Kind of a creepy organ song as a villain's fortress type theme. But essentially, yes.

[@fernandodelvecchio6549]

All notes combinations are beautiful. There are some “tastes” that take longer time spent with to become comfortable to the ears, but if you study music eventually you’ll get there.

[@cmcp975]

This was really beautiful, in a trippy way. Kinda reminds me of the “Half-Whole” Diminished Scale; the difference being that it has less of a pull to any tonic as the challenge. That would also be a fun video from which to learn and watch.

[@-LTUIiiin]

every one these videos is immensely inspiring. you're an amazing musician jake

[@oshkiv4684]

Incredible pfp

[@owlofathena1247]

7:13 sounds like every math rock song ever, and tbh I like the jolly innocent sound of it, without the heavy distortions and bass.

[@TheBcoolGuy]

Like a baby alone on a space ship 45 billion light years away.

[@robinwaij5315]

Absolutely Beautiful piece of music. The tension that it creates really sets up for a big tonal shift after the G-F part and could flow into a very emotional climax.

[@SendyTheEndless]

Pascal's PRISON. LOCKrian. I see what you did there : ))))) Also, banging tune. The 1 diminished really feels like home. It's just an eerie home.

[@georgeselly3426]

With both army of me and this, you get this sweet spot where there's a fairly consonant melody or chorus that's paired with this quickly moving dissonant baseline that provides some never-resolving background tension. You're giving up the idea of resolving because expressing anxiety/tension is the point of the song, with that song probably being in a genre like industrial or grime that adds some other tricks to express those feelings.

[@NoJobRob]

sounds like something that could be on the Zelda Skyward Sword soundtrack! reminiscent of Lanayru Desert/Lanayru Mining Facility

[@adropofgoldensun27]

I'm one of those people that just loved your composition, add a bad ass guitar solo on top and you have a unique masterpiece. Thank you sir 👏👏👍

[@wiseSYW]

that marimba with the bass/drum beat makes it age of empires-y

[@Aquatarkus96]

Lol I know the exact track and the exact part of said track I think you're talking about :D

[@thelanman7674]

Yessss! I was imagining playing Age Of Mythology to this song XD

[@atom-ark]

Love watching you arrive at the culmination of this track through mathematics and structure. While Locrian might not "resolve" in the traditional sense, I believe you demonstrate that it is musically viable if tackled with purpose. I'd listen to a whole EP of this just to hear your variations on the theme. Bravo Jake!

[@NotLRG]

Anyone else hear Maynard James breathlessly whispering the verses before belting out the chorus? Regardless I'd listen this to death.

[@NotLRG]

@FJL HellaKwik ok

[@kharma7755]

My mind went straight to Tool and A Perfect Circle, so I totally agree

[@joycegrove5602]

Thank you for geeking-out on Locrian, and creating this very clever video, it explains so much! "Tonal Purgatory" - a great description of the uncomfortable tension that this mode takes the listener through!

[@tebruno99]

I really thought that sounded awesome. Loved the rhythms and groove.

[@jackjackson7537]

This is incredible. No additional commentary necessary.

[@NeelDhar]

16:40 Totally agree The Locrian is just us wannabes trying to make music in Locrian. Simply because it is diffcult. Not because we want to make music good and choose it organically.

[@omegaproductions3064]

This, so much this 😂

[@Wind-nj5xz]

Sometimes i just use locrian because it sounds good

[@willianbueno7293]

Jake you're definetely a master of your craft. Keep up the great work

[@unclemonty9506]

fantastic...I'm inspired, I'm gonna write me a love song in Locrian 👍

[@ninkichan7209]

In reality, there is no ugly mode or key, etc. it is just human description of the nature/characteristic of the sounds or intervals. Imagine painters not using say, the color blue, green, etc. because it is an ugly color. As you mentioned and compared it to food, it is a taste or a palette thing/distinction. In classical music, they do not discriminate as much as modern mainstream songwriters. A lot of modern composers would even push the envelope further. If anyone is not aware of Atonal Music and not into dissonance and irregular rhythmic patterns, you will definitely find Locrian as sited in this video Beautiful.

[@jamesrussler7797]

3:15 locrian triforce now I've seen it all. one of these days Jake is going to open up some alternate dimension that swallows the earth fooling around with all this stuff

[@voronOsphere]

So glsd to hear you tackling the Locrian Mode, Jake. Thanks! EDIT: Great Locrian Music, Jake! I love it!

[@ludovicmennel4166]

I can hear some strong Devin Townsend vibes here, especially during the G-F move

[@natewatchman]

Beat me to it! Very Devy 👍

[@painhammerrocketfist]

this song sounds like what youd hear in the midde of a puzzle challenge in a video game. like a maze level. totally stellar composing btw

[@FlavioCastellaniFlaviotti]

"very restricted in not being restricting". So true. Yet: hats off to you for the resulting Locrian piece! 👍👌

[@steveanstice]

I honestly loved it. Hypnotic and surprisingly calming. Mmmmmmmmm.

[@raphaelcote3577]

Wow!! Very cool! You are the 1st composer I see that makes a composition with the Locrian mode! At one point in the video I was thinking maybe it would have been cool that you mix the 2nd Idea with the 1st one! It would have make a very cool Progressive Metal/Djent song ahah! But still, very creative ideas, very cool! :)

[@guitaristssuck8979]

Except that I did it before but I don't have visibility: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5DRgpZ4n55ops0

[@ScryptStudios1]

Unrelated to the video but its because of you that I started sweeping and such and eventually ended up playing Jason Richardson songs. I love your content and channel. Can't wait till you get millions of subs.

[@adeptmage2293]

At times this sounds phrygian and at other times it almost sounds lydian. Love it.

[@gaopinghu7332]

It's funny you say it, because Lydian and Phrygian are, in fact, the most closely related modes to Locrian.

[@flyingduck87]

​@gaopinghu7332 no they're not

[@stuartstovall2849]

why isn't this videos views in the millions? that composition was beautiful - sounds like it should be a famous metal song, or in a video game boss battle

[@nolannernberg4627]

I am so glad you attempted Locrian! I once tired to find songs written in it and all I found was the Björk video you mentioned. Once again a great video!

[@charliejamz.]

I'm very impressed. What made this song sound so cool to me, was the repeating clean guitar picking the chords with the delay along with it was icing on the cake. I, myself tried to write a song in Locrian. I came up with a few parts but never finished it. I enjoyed your song man, thank you for sharing.

[@SuperCmagiera]

Jake, your song reminds me of a Dream Theater interlude.

[@PhoenixFlight94]

Old DT is a huge influence so no wonder lol

[@senselocke]

Dude that's like a pitch-perfect "menacing dungeon" vibe. Water temple. I'm impressed

[@davidwhite2949]

I personally love Locrian mode. I find it inspiring, it helps me get out of musical ruts

[@suprchickn7745]

Once again showing us why he is one of the best teachers of anything on KZbin. This is awesome!

[@jehmarxx]

Jake: "Imagine you are a chef that pours cayenne pepper on everything." Chef John: *achoo* no offense

[@djabroni_brochacho4644]

As a spicy food addict that believes that cayenne even goes into desserts and Mexican mochas, I'm in.

[@luxinveritate3365]

Love Chef John's ideas lol and the Cayenne Pepper.

[@djabroni_brochacho4644]

How could I forget Chef John! I am, after all, the superintendent of my own spice, the captain of my own cayenne...

[@shawa666]

Goofy: I'll fucking do it again.

[@Sean-Ax]

After all, when it comes to cayenne pepper, you are your very own Sargeant Pepper! Now, I know I could've done a little better than to rhyme "pepper" with itself, but that's okay! We'll just pretend it didn't happen, but only because I'm a chef, not a poet! But if you are a poet, you are the William Shakespeare of your very own rhyming career!

[@alchemistsanonymous6558]

God, I miss playing/writing/recording. Extreme arthritis pain has destroyed my life. Watching things like this help keep music alive in my mind, at least. ....so thanks. I enjoy your efforts.

[@jemesmemes9026]

sing if ur able