The Most Important Music Theory Lesson

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This is perhaps the most important lesson for anybody diving into music theory who wants to understand how modes and chords work. I hope it helps you! If you dig this type of content and want to learn more, check out Guitar Super System: bit.ly/GSS1a

[@skelekiankurata713]

Thank You! Ive been needing this!

[@emilecourchesne4938]

A really great trick that I did to learn important theory is study piano for 6 years.

[@MrWsbest]

Emile Courchesne g

[@ShinyFlakesShinyFlakes]

@@hazymous you’re wrong

[@NudeDragons]

i use my miring finger where you use your middle finger…any major (no pun intended) disadvantages?

[@MarkSantosTheCaptain]

Me: so how do I get laid? Tyler: *it's actually on my guitar super system, links down below in the description*

[@maverickdoe6984]

You need to find A-flat minor o.O

[@MisiekASG]

You need to know where is G chord

[@notatall2237]

learn how to tap the G modern rock techniques,links in the description

[@markostraban4580]

You need to bend the G string

[@jack-uv6mt]

Thank you everyone for telling the same joke four times.

[@nicenoiseproductions4882]

You are seriously the greatest guitar teacher ever, man. YOu've helped me so much, wish you many successes

[@baldbearded9601]

Besides you, only Paul GIlbert could really make me watch a lesson everyday, no matter how long it is. The way you teach keeps me captivated. Thanks man.

[@chrisarias4055]

Tyler thanks for all the knowledge, you're a truly amazing person

[@aabb3340]

0:14 I too have often wanted that phrygian dominant sound. The quest for that sound is what inspired me to pick up a guitar in the first place.

[@SimonBishop779]

Me too

[@titaseafell6520]

I think he was trolling XD

[@mackyybanez5094]

After watching this the lecture in super system 1 is starting to make sense! I just have to keep rewatching it until it sticks in my head!

[@ChristosLouridas]

Have an awesome month bro. Enjoy. Cool theory recap. Keep posting these.

[@stephencarpenter4765]

Yo dude I'm not sure if you respond to comments but I'm also from Asheville. It's awesome to see a local do this kind of thing. I didn't think we had any here. You have some dope videos and I learn a lot from them. Rock on homie.

[@ragilmalik]

Music is Win OMG THAT'S HOW MY BROTHER TAUGHT ME HOW TO PLAY GUITAR :D about ten years a go in my first guitar lesson, he asked me to remember all those : C major = 1 - 1 - 1/2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1/2 D minor = 1 - 1/2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1/2 - 1 ..... B locrian = 1/2 - 1 - 1 - 1/2 - 1 - 1 - 1 see the pattern ? he made me remember the base key for making it easy to remember (e.g B locrian = B - C - D - E - F - G - A - B), because from beginner perspective, remembering a key with b/# is kind of suck 😂 he asked me to say the interval with the key (like A aeolian = A B C D E F G A) everytime he drove me to school, and he would kind of scream everytime i touched the guitar before remembering all of them completely 😂 Thus, i always thank him for the way he taught me, because he had made my learning curve way simpler and in under a year, i was already the lead guitar in my junior high school's band 🤘🏻

[@conox555]

Ragil Malik do you have some material so I could read some of it? Thanks

[@ragilmalik]

i would like to explain it but i have not been into music theory since a long time ago, plus my english is kind of limited, sir. for easier learning method, the scale goes like this (only with basic/base key for easier learning method, forget about the flat/sharp note) C major = 1 - 1 - 1/2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1/2 = C - D - E - F - G -A - B - C D minor = 1 - 1/2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1/2 - 1 = D - E - F - G -A - B - C - D E Phrygian = 1/2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1/2 - 1 - 1 = E - F - G -A - B - C - D - E F Lydian = 1 - 1 - 1 - 1/2 - 1 - 1 - 1/2 = F - G -A - B - C - D - E - F G Myxolydian = 1 - 1 - 1/2 - 1 - 1 - 1/2 - 1 = G -A - B - C - D - E - F - G A Aeolian = 1 - 1/2 - 1 - 1 - 1/2 - 1 - 1 = -A - B - C - D - E - F - G - A B locrian = 1/2 - 1 - 1 - 1/2 - 1 - 1 - 1 = B - C - D - E - F - G - A - B so the pattern or formula is like moving the first H/W (Half or Whole note) to the very end, each time you ascend the scale/ for example : (i will put this parentheses "()" to make it simpler) C major = (1) - 1 - 1/2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1/2 D minor = 1 - 1/2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1/2 - (1) i am hoping this will help you sir, this is the very basic, so you can apply those formulas to look for like Db major scale, for example, so it would be Db - Eb - F - Gb - Ab - Bb - C - Db 1 - 1 - 1/2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1/2 hope it helps, i am very sorry for the dull explanation.

[@dr.jpdixon6299]

Ragil Malik Thanks but it's C Ionian and D Dorian otherwise it's correct

[@ragilmalik]

Doctor JP i am sorry for mentioning the wrong name, i guess it's because the Ionian is what makes the Major chord and Dorian is for minor chord. but glad you could help me fix it. thanks! 👍

[@conox555]

Thanks a lot it certaily helps :)

[@michaelinglis8516]

Great lesson, really helped my understanding of the jazz chords.

[@joelmenezes1797]

This is what I was looking for!! Thank you so much Tyler!! 😁🤘🏻❤️

[@LilCrayzer]

hey man that was rly high quality content and important knowledge for every musician as well. appreciate it very much and thank you! greetings from germany :)!!

[@vinitgorakh]

Buying guitar super systems is the best decision. Keep up the good work. Cheers mate..!

[@Rohan122]

Vinit Gorakh which course you have enrolled for?

[@pedroguimaraesguitar]

This is the most useful piece of theory I have ever learned. And you can apply it instantly on the guitar and to your compositions. Very well done! 👌

[@ShinyFlakesShinyFlakes]

Great, can you explain it to me like I’m five pls

[@jeffmoestaygyi.1248]

Nice thank you! Nobody ever explained this I was wondering this exact this.

[@ingvarr6235]

Thanks for another great lesson!

[@jesusm.]

Nice video!! Its helping me a lot......Thanks!!!

[@lincolncarvalho6937]

but i always love your lessons​ Tylor!!! thanks​ again!

[@sbadali1]

This was solid ... thanks Tyler!

[@Hacate]

Hey Tyler, thanks for this lesson, I own guitar super system 1 & 2 and I think this video would be a good bonus addition to one of those, while I like the courses I feel like you sometimes take too little time really putting down a foundation. My music theory knowledge is actually further developed than my playing is but I sometimes feel like I have to fill in some of the blanks in your courses. I think they might sometimes be difficult for people with less understanding of theory. I could be wrong ofc, mean no disrespect.

[@michaelj.anderson1116]

Awesome video! Thanks

[@downhill240]

Very good lesson! Thanks for sharing.

[@zoulouetzara]

Hey tyler, could you please do a lesson only focus on intervals ?! That would be great! Thanks

[@passionguitar666]

thank you so much tyler for putting do ré mi fa sol la si , its easier to understand for french and spanish folks :)

[@dartsman76]

Thanks for the video. Very useful lesson

[@trevortimoko7512]

good lesson man gonna have to mull over that one

[@MikefromAlabama]

Wow, this is blowing my mind!

[@waynebrown1394]

I know I need to learn some music theory to be a better player but I am going to have to watch this video about 5 more times on half speed and take notes. Thanks for making this video.

[@theultimateplaygames]

Will definitely be buying guitar supersystem

[@AlwaysJihad]

Thanks for another helpful video! keep up the good work! :^)

[@yeezak5660]

Great lesson! :)

[@TheRealisticPoint]

What the actual fuck. This is the most cohesive fucking lesson ever. Holy F***. Thanks, Man.

[@someclassicearrape4970]

Tyler could livestream himself on the toilet and we'd still learn from it

[@Humppatikku]

Thank you!!

[@Nintendude2013]

i didn't understand but I'll repeat it because this looks promising as usually your content is

[@PettiMusicStudios]

I created an excel spreadsheet on google drive. You put it what key you want (or mode)...and it will spit our ALL THE CHORDS you can use within that key or mode. and it gives you a scale fretboard chart. If anyone is interested - just see the "About" section of my channel. It has a link.

[@PERRECTUMpl]

Hey man! That excel spreadsheet is GENIUS! So handy. I was looking for something like that for a while, THANK YOU SO MUCH! Really, guys, you should check that out!

[@eamarozzn]

This is a great resource... thanks for putting it together. Hope you can create a version with the actual notes on the fretboard, instead of the "o". Maybe even highlighting the Root note. That would make it absolutely perfect.

[@maxonmendel5757]

I believe the 6th mode of the C major scale (starting on A) is Aeolian, not Dorian.

[@ricrodgers7575]

dude you got knowledge!

[@joshuasamaniego3992]

As someone who pretty Busch just uses solfege this is invaluable

[@wingedrhino33]

Could you talk about chord progressions which seem to have notes outside the scale?

[@thestonecutters6177]

One can borrow chords from another key and simply return to the home key. It will bring in notes that you wouldn't expect.

[@tylerb4567]

I’ve been having so much difficulty learning how to name chords. I’ve been playing guitar for four years and I’ve only ever read them on sheet music. I never knew the names of them

[@SouleGuy]

I always find it funny when teachers throw big words at you and expect you to know em 😂😂 I'll learn one day lol

[@zakaria9960]

Music is Win i need your help i got pretty much a graduation-like party at the end of the year, so that means if i pass i go to university and my friends insist that everyone one of us performs at what he's good at for example dancers will dance art students will show their masterpieces and ofc i need to play something and being an 8-month guitarist i don't have much in my arsenal that i think that'll impress everyone and the people that'll be present aren't the kind of people that get hooked up by a Van Halen or Steve Vai solo they're the type of people who'll be head over heels for a justin beiber song and that kind of stuff so i was wondering if i should just play a bunch of chords with a complexe rythme that'll hook them up i managed to keep a kid sitting still for around 30 mins while i used different strumming patterns and he only left when i told him i'll stop for now i'll call him when i'll play again, so i think that it'll work with almost anyone but i just feel like chord progressions won't cut it especially with a large audience like around 200 people at least i know that number of the crowd isn't too big but i get nervous even when i'm playing in front of a single person, i would appreciate any suggestions you have, the party is 8 months away but i feel like it's a very short period. I played the piano in front of a similar type of audience before and i played some advanced and decent stuff but it didn't get them hooked up that much i only managed to get a 1/3 of them to cheer for me and compared to my piano skills and techniques my guitare skills are way far behind so i'm really nervous. Sorry for the long comment. I need help. Please. I'd also take suggestions from anyone please help

[@jaym4958]

great info, a bit advaced but that what bookmarks are for !!!! .jay.

[@anttik5764]

Are you becoming djared djines .... I dunno, keep shredding bro!

[@DavidNwokoye]

Whats with the hat. First jared now you too. Edit: next it will be steveterreberry.

[@yaboy2124]

Tyler: Mommy is that Jared dines over there No Tyler don't look at him you might catch the TYLER NO Tyler: Its Teehee late MOM

[@nicenoiseproductions4882]

Kind of like saying to somebody "what's with that strat? first hendrix now you too?"

[@ZanDaMan_]

David Nwokoye don't worry Tyler looks good in it

[@cuauhtemocmorisco3493]

David Nwokoye ikr Tyler should've used a pirate hat or cowboy lol

[@sohumbasu8810]

Why do I always run into you

[@rogbrogb7537]

I kind of like your diagram of intervals at the top, but I think of an octave as 12 equal divisions. Could you do this video with a such a diagram?

[@onemancarnage]

Very cool , up till now I only used the triad form of chords when going through the modes . Putting that 4 th interval really give the chords more flavor .

[@alneurigel]

What's the song at the end? So beautiful.

[@mattgilbert7347]

I still don't understand how you know when to play a certain mode, how you know that it will fit over the piece of music.

[@stevesteiner9472]

Do you have a reference for your solfege syllables? I searched around but didn't find one that matched and I don't need two different ones! Thanks!

[@EdgarHernandez-ep3co]

Hey I know this is like a year late but, how do you make up a barre chord from the intervals? I know how to make up a triad but not a whole chord that stretches trough most strings.

[@bluesyace9564]

So I don't know the chord shapes. And after I learn them, where do I place it? I know the notes that make it up but I don't know how to play that chord

[@domenicopolo]

What microphone do you use for recording your voice in your videos?!! Nice lesson btw!

[@jaredmaly5161]

hey i just realized that on your left side you have the same tweed colored peavy amp my friend just picked up, does yours happen to get REALLY hot when ran for more than an hour? like, "get burned if you're not careful" hot. the amp sounds great and never seems to malfunction, but the heat is definitely concerning, have you had similar experiences?

[@havechalk-willtravel5558]

How do you get the Schaller straplocks to not make an awful jangle when you are shaking the guitar for vibrato? They rattle like crazy on me. Had to take them off.

[@javiergilbertocinco7732]

I love you

[@egolatrarios5846]

Wen i got a guitar i already new what to do whith it iam a natural player i did not have to learn theory i just whas born whith it i understand music

[@seanwilliams5916]

So if i use a minor6 or minor9 chord as my home chord with the intent of it being dorian is it still dorian or does using the minor 6 or 9 change it?

[@stereophonicphasing5341]

You have a very phrygian mode bro. Its almost phrygi-licious.

[@edlvsprt5071]

Yeh the Dorian Mode is cool and all, but how do I turn on the Guitar God Mode?

[@LORDBRTV1D30]

i didn't get it, why just not seeing the intervals of a scale and do the chords equal as the intervals, like if there is some minor third on the scale, then there is a III minor right? just like in major scale, you play like C major D minor E minor F major G major A minor B dim. E lydian: E major, F# minor, G# minor, A#(4+) major, B major, C# minor D# dim. is not right?

[@dakrust7483]

do you clean that room up for every video or keep it clean consistently?

[@santinhoww]

1:07 Merry Christmas

[@zhulikkulik]

"...also memorize as HO-HO-HAH-HO-HO-HO-HAH" Hey, Santa! I've been a good boy, where's my Gibson Flying V?

[@yeserguitar]

Answer the questions on udemy please. Nice video, thanks.

[@lmeza1983]

I felt like in school when the teachers asks "any questions" and of course you dont have any, cause you didnt understand shit.

[@MrRelax-lu1hg]

The feed has worked¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

[@mohankumar-me4sn]

Brother, please do a lesson on roger waters, he is magical

[@OnurYemisen]

What does he mean by "take every other interval"? Can you please explain it to someone just getting into musical theory, thanks

[@DeeBroughton]

He means skip every other note in the scale to form the chord. So if you are playing in C, the notes are CDEFGAB. For the C chord you'd start on C, skip D, use E, skip F, use G. That's CEG, which is Cmajor. We know it's major because the distance between C and E is 4 semitones (half-steps or frets). If you start on D, skip E, use F, skip G, use A, you get DFA, Dminor. It's minor because the distance between D and F is 3 semitones (half-steps or frets).

[@VinicioHaner]

DO you have any giveaways for today? It's my birthday

[@eric_bds]

finally

[@mostlyirishcarguy8955]

hes wearing a hat, I thought this was MIW not Jared Dines

[@pacolopez9577]

Good lesson, but: I found very misleading the fact that you showed the C major modes on the top, but you were playing the G major scale and its modes. Then when you highlighted the root note of said modes, you did so in the C major chart! I know the modes already so I know what all meant, but for a beginner it may be very confusing.... I mean, for Dorian for instance, you pointed out A, which is the root of the Dorian mode in G, not in C, but you showed it in the C major scale chart....

[@heret1c385]

hi jared!

[@salatieljyrustumanan4929]

to put it short, AC/DC is myxolydian.

[@ilyarogozhynsky5477]

I didn't understand nothing, of course

[@JajaTheBalls]

No fake, get his supersystem course in the description, read up a bit of the basics as well and it will make sense.

[@DanneoYT]

Ilya Rogozhynsky Maybe play abit of piano? This is like grade 1 piano theory :)

[@VladuxTutorials]

Or learn from other people out there on the internet that explain better for free

[@LeeFazzani]

You "didn't understand nothing", meaning you understood something, which is good :)

[@riff_junkie]

Ziger25 when everything is nothing and nothing is everything

[@FlockofSmeagles]

Ok, so you're playing the octave, but then you're playing strings above the octave that you were playing on? Care to explain that? You start at the low E, and end on the D strings E note. Then play the chord a cross all of the strings? Don't you think that's a bit confusing?

[@cade2561]

Who else doesn't understand anything he just talked about in this video. I'm so lost

[@Nintendude2013]

Cade Whitmore same

[@jarodj.v9008]

sorry this can't be clearer than it is, just play the video many times, you will probably get it ... or find the knowledge that you need to learn or practice more to be comfortable with this...👍

[@cade2561]

Jarod Anna thanks. I'll watch it over and over until i understand

[@bluesyace9564]

Jarod Anna No it does get clearer. I printed out a "crash course" in music theory by andyrudy or something. I read and understood that and then came back to this video which takes off from where I finished reading

[@christopherwillcock-irving8538]

Ace Dragon can you link this?

[@okiedoak201]

I got lost at DOH....😲

[@squideogames8401]

Dude, I’m so lost

[@wigginsryan0]

I've I've watching your channel for entertainment. I really like your style. I love your videos. But I seen you used to make lessons. I'm going with music is win too teach me how to be a guitar god.

[@johnpartington5910]

better then jared dines.

[@samhenry472]

Terrific lesson but advanced.

[@mikegrise353]

All the confused comments are probably because this video makes the assumption that the viewer knows at least somewhat how scales are made up although he does get into it around 1:20. This is probably more geared towards people who have learned or are willing to learn a bit of theory.

[@Benji2N]

OK I'm confused. We start with the major scale, and go through the 7 modes. But then you say "the same thing can be done for the harmonic minor scale" and then play just one chord, the major/minor, based off that. In the first case, one scale became 7 modes. In the second, one scale became one chord. Are there 7 modes of the harmonic minor scale that you can make 7 chords from? What are the names of the modes for other scales? I've only ever heard Ionian, Dorian, etc.

[@TheJuanfut99]

Benji2N yes, there are modes of the harmonic minor, you should look it up

[@DeeBroughton]

It's not quite exactly perfectly theoretically correct in an academic way, BUT... it's much easier to think of the modes as different scale patterns. They aren't major or minor, because major is a particular interval pattern, WWHWWWH, called Ionian, and minor is another one, WHWWHWW, called Aeolian. Dorian is a different one, WHWWWHW. The modes are only based on the major scale to describe them the same way that the minor is based on the major scale. Minor is the same pattern as major if you start counting on the 6th note (scale degree). Dorian is the same as major if you start counting on the 2nd scale degree. There are probably hundreds of odd scales used in world music, but we typically refer to these he mentions as the most common. Chords in those modes WILL be major or minor, though, because we define chords by the numbers of intervals between their notes.

[@TheSamus20020]

Ti ? In French system it's "Si"

[@simonpino-buisson4929]

I don't understand the part between 1:37 and 2:02

[@josephbrandenburg4373]

Those "may" and "tay" and "say" solfeges are wrong! Can't have dipthongs in your solfege. It's me, te, se, (or really fi, since in lydian we have a sharp four, not a flat five. Se is right for locrian). For that matter, so should be sol.

[@abhijeetardalkar4400]

Try this to find chords of any scales you want - www.scalechords.com

[@ZanDaMan_]

This is one of the questions I've been trying to understand. Can a G# or A# or anything be the key of a scale? And what would it be called?

[@TheRealMutttastic]

ZanDaMan Technically, yes. However, some keys, A# Major for example, are what is called a "theoretical key." To understand this, imagine a C# Major scale. It is just a C Major scale, with all of the notes sharped, that is, raised by one fret or half step. Some keys, however, like A Major, already have sharps in them, thus, to have an A# Major scale, you'd have to use double sharps. "Too hard!" say the theorists. "Let's just use Bb major, it's pretty much* the same thing anyway." Same goes for flatting keys with flats in them, e.g. Fb minor. *There are occasionally situations where using keys like A# Major are technically correct from a theoretical standpoint, but for the most part they're pretty few and far between unless you study lots of late 19th century and early 20th century piano music, and even then, unless it's a really anal composer like Ravel, they usually just change to the enharmonic key anyway. TL;DR Yes, but virtually no one likes or uses them because reasons.

[@ZanDaMan_]

TheRealMutttastic okay thank you

[@mattgilbert7347]

Why isn't it the case that a double sharp or double flat isn't just regarded as a natural?

[@myownlivingnightmare]

You can augment notes in the scale, so if F# is a note in the scale, but G is not (say in the scale of A-major). And you want to emphasize the fact that you are augmenting F# up a half step (say in a triad/chord), you write F## , even though you could have just as easily but a natural in front of the G. In layman's terms: That's just music works.

[@LostCaper]

I fail to see any pattern here.

[@alxlabguitar337]

Big up aux français qui passent par là !

[@mostlyirishcarguy8955]

Alx Lab ¿Que Puta?

[@Kherian888]

Et aux francophones...

[@MrDeadmania]

Alx Lab eh ouais

[@jarodj.v9008]

le plancton produit 70% de l'oxygène de la planète 😔.

[@MattyPS]

Wesh ! :P

[@mikaelhelmdorf7737]

Tyler Dines.

[@pip2934]

Notification squad

[@zmbieblaster66]

Very impressive, but will this help you in a shred wars against Jared Dines?

[@Anthonybrother]

My brain hurts .

[@yunfeishao1607]

what is the characteristic note of a mode?

[@JajaTheBalls]

The note that makes it sound different than the other standard major or minor scales. For example the minor 2nd of a phrygian scale, or the major 6th of the dorian scale

[@yunfeishao1607]

JajaTheBalls tho I still don't quit get it, thanks a lot.

[@JajaTheBalls]

Honestly i didn't until i got Tyler's course and read a few pages on the basics of music theory. I recommend you do the same, it's really worth it for your playing.

[@copierguy1961A]

Huh???