This Simple Scale Pattern Will Blow Your Mind: Ancient Guitar Secrets

[@apgwilym]

Wonderfully clear description of modes and chords all in less than quarter of an hour.

[@evergladesrhythm]

Thank you!

[@angusmacdonald9484]

WOW 👀🔥, a better audible description of the wonders of music I've yet to find ! 'spent nearly a lifetime in blissful, and unproductive, ignorance on matters 'music theory' BUT I'm now HOOKED despite me only wanting to play the Blues ( How much of this stuff did all my favourite guitarists know House, Johnson, Lightnin all the way to The Rev......probably Nothing ? And MODES.......give me a break !). Absolute blinder to start the new year on my musical mullings 🤔 Happy New Year Darren .....and thanks for a masterful and illuminating lesson.

[@evergladesrhythm]

Thank you for such a kind message-your passion for the blues shines through! You're absolutely right; many of the greats, from Robert Johnson to Lightnin' Hopkins, likely played by ear, instinct, and feel rather than relying on formal theory. But what’s fascinating is how music theory often just explains what they felt and discovered intuitively. It is amazing to think about how much those guys pioneered!

[@foljs5858]

"How much of this stuff did all my favourite guitarists know" in practice? quite some. If you know it from practical playing, from seeing others, etc. you can get by without learning it...

[@mikejames293]

@@evergladesrhythm well said!

[@SMBorthwick]

This is outstanding. Very well thought-out and beautifully presented. Many thanks.

[@evergladesrhythm]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@FondueBrothers]

What a fantastic, informative lesson. Great 👍

[@evergladesrhythm]

Thank you.

[@Grumps730]

A great analysis and instructional video, thank you mate!

[@evergladesrhythm]

Cheers! Glad you liked it.

[@patrickmckay6621]

Niiice! Thsnk you.

[@evergladesrhythm]

Thank you too!

[@davidrjbrown8808]

Useful approach. The Karnataka (southern India) system of scales is based on tetrachords, and opens up a lot of possibilities. I stumbled over it in Clem Alford's The Sitar Book. One gripe. The modes we use today have Greek names, but originated in mediaeval church music. The modes that the ancient Greeks used are different.

[@davidrjbrown8808]

Lower tetrachord from I to #IV Upper from bV to octave I All notes apart from root have upper form (like lydian) and lower form (like locrian) A valid scale requires: - root, plus 4 and 5, at least one of which must be perfect. - At least one other note from each tetrachord. - subject to one of 4 and 5 remaining perfect, any non root note may be in upper or lower form, and may change between ascending and descending patterns. If there is more than one such alteration, they are independent of each other. - the use of both upper and lower forms together is not permitted within ascending form, or within descending form.

[@richardjacobsen2026]

Superb cheers

[@evergladesrhythm]

Thanks!

[@musterionsurly]

Great lesson, thanks a lot.

[@evergladesrhythm]

Glad you liked it!

[@magustacrae]

Very nice explanation. My idea on modes was just leaving the pattern the same but moving root or 1 to the next position in the scale. I like leaving the scale and just overlaying it on the next chord in the scale. Thanks!

[@evergladesrhythm]

Glad you found the channel.

[@waynecristaudo7220]

Great

[@evergladesrhythm]

Thanks Wayne!

[@billjazznblues]

This is a great concept! If you think of the first four tones of the major scale e.g. C major scale for simplicity then the first four tones are made up of W,W,H where W is whole step and H is a Half step this gives you what is commonly referred to as the Ionian tetrachords. As the video states, the next four steps (assuming a join of a whole step) is another tetrachord also Ionian. So the major scale is made up of two Ionian tetrachords. But what if we were to start C major on the note G? We then have another Ionian tetrachord from G to C but from D to G we have WHW which is unsurprisingly known as a Dorian tetrachord. So, G mixolydian is Ionian and Dorian. I leave it to you to explore the vast power of this system e.g. what is Dorian and Dorian tetrachords? Dorian and Ionian? By adding in other tetrachord formations such as Phrygian and Lydian for example you will see the incredible power of the tetrachord. Extend to diminished tetrachord … well at this stage you have a whole new way of forming just about any scale formation instantly, provided you can generate the relevant (small number) of tetrachords fluently on your instrument. Have fun!

[@evergladesrhythm]

Glad you enjoyed the concept! Thanks for stopping by Bill.

[@Owl-qh2rh]

Wow that gives some mighty perspective to something so easily taken for granted! Takes a bit of digesting.. i did something similar last year by building the chords off the major scale from 1/3/5 off each note and found the modes (sort of) 🤯 that was when i realised the pentatonic was so useful for being able to use that on each chord built off the major scale.. ie A major key playing a Bm use the Bm pentatonic its in key but is B dorian (different to B natural minor) probably why the pentatonics are so widely used..? Beautiful how you made the modes sound there.. especially lydian.. so dreamy.. Thank you for another thoughtful and insightful video! Kudos!!! 😎🙏🕊️✨👼

[@evergladesrhythm]

You’re welcome. Glad you found the channel!

[@diputhapa3292]

🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤nice....

[@PopovSB]

Liked this, but. When you take a chord from the A major tonality and play A major scale on it, starting from the root of that chord, you still remain in A major. The ear is in no hurry to re-tune and still remembers A major. We are not ancient Greeks and that's the way modern tonal ears work. To feel the mode color of each mode, you need to either 1. Play all these modes from the of A-note (since you have chosen the tonic of A). But for this you will have to learn the structure of each mode. or 2. Make each chord a tonic. To do this, play S-D-T before each chord of A major= ii - V - I or IV - V - I (in major or minor ) . Example: C#ø - F#7 - Bm, and then you play B-dorian mode, which will coincide in notes with the A major scale.

[@sharkair2839]

if i"m not mistaken tetrachords are the basis for the circle of 5 ths.

[@edwither8284]

Beautiful Gretsch. What strings do you use?

[@evergladesrhythm]

D’addario 10-46

[@seth6string]

The mode names we use today no longer correspond to those of the Greeks. In other words, what we call Dorian, or whichever, was associated with some other place back then, and vice versa -- or maybe not vice versa... it's a mess. Plato's Republic would have allowed only Dorian and be Phrygian, if I recall -- but they were reversed from what we call them today. Anyway, great vid! Subbed.

[@evergladesrhythm]

Thanks Seth, glad you found the channel.

[@ashikabbasali1836]

Fascinating i like this channel love feedback on my original compositions and original artwork and graphics

[@jaydominikoski6264]

It is the Adam's family

[@evergladesrhythm]

Totally hahah my wife said the same thing

[@RoyJiminez]

So basically, it’s the theme song to the Adam’s family tv show 😂

[@evergladesrhythm]

Haha

[@WinnifredJune]

This is not correct. You cannot combine two symmetric tetrachords to complete a diatonic mode, other than the first three modes, which are symmetrical tetrachords seperated by a whole step. The other modes are not. With all respect. Thank you.

[@evergladesrhythm]

Thanks so much for watching and sharing your thoughts-I really appreciate the insight! Just to clarify, I didn’t mean that the modes themselves are symmetrical. I was referring to how the major scale is built from two tetrachords, which is a fantastic way to visualize and create patterns on the guitar. Once you have that pattern down, just like with any scale, you can use it to create modes, harmonize, and explore further.

[@locatefastballchange]

Great lesson!

[@traviswysote2605]

Sounds like the Addams family intro

[@evergladesrhythm]

It does!

[@diputhapa3292]

🙏🙏🙏plz make another video its nice but we can't watch prply🙏🙏

[@evergladesrhythm]

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[@tomwright7418]

The byzantines were greek

[@kcrariden6922]

Roman

[@dominicl5132]

Roundabout way to just play intervals

[@thehiddenyogi8557]

title is a bit misleading: shows normal major diatonic scale and plays chords over it, discusses diatonic modes. No ancient guitar secrets here, nothing mind blowing, nothing new.

[@evergladesrhythm]

There is nothing new under the sun, friend. But many ways to look at things and different ways to teach and share. My goal is to help guitar players and share what I've learned along the way. I'm not here to be the best guitarist or guitar teacher on the internet.

[@ruihenig]

Ive watched 7 minutes of this video and the only thing youve said is to split up a major scale into 2 sets of 4 notes. Including 3 ads. Bye!

[@SpencerRipley-kj8hr]

yer funny

[@vinlander8484]

Lydia was not in turkey. The ottomans took over the lands which is modern day "turkey " . It's really Byzantine lands. The mongol turks stole them when they migrated into the region.

[@seabertotter4325]

Musical motifs are not in the possession of any culture. These modes were implicit before we put names on them.