Understanding Scales & Modes Made EASY Part 2

[@NikNocturnal]

*Hope this video helps!*

[@vivanmusicmaker]

It did a lot for sure .

[@marttiso]

C´mon talk more about your E-II. Very nice video aswell.

[@dajoler]

The video is a great help bro. My music theory is pretty weak and it's really cool that you teach this in the context of modern metal and riffage. Maybe you can follow this up with a lesson on chords and a bit of ear training; you figure out new songs wicked fast and it'd be great to see your process condensed into a lesson. Also, congratulations on winning Shredders of Metal man! That guitar is super sick looking. Must be awesome to have, what, 3 new EBMM guitars AND a new ESP? I'm jealous as hell bro, all my ass can afford is a used PRS SE.

[@billmurdock4296]

Great video man - It is a BIG help breaking it down this way and giving real examples!! And congrats on the Shredders win!!

[@justusewing155]

Great video man really helped🤘🤘

[@joselekiwi5695]

Easy tip: 1:Write a melody 2: loop it 3:Play one note rythym 4:change the note, and hear the difference in the emotions

[@putzi019]

"Guitar teachers hate him for sharing this one simple trick."

[@NikNocturnal]

Lmao

[@testicleetus5298]

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[@miks4496]

True story bro!

[@HighVybeTribe]

Fucking commercials!! LoL

[@nuoralanmikonmusiikki]

"Guitar teachers love him for teaching this one simple trick"

[@slushpuppydevil]

Okay about 20seconds in and I just have to say that guitar is absolutely beautiful

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

See how he won it on Shredders of Metal 2

[@leecrawford6560]

same thing for me, man

[@NikNocturnal]

Thanks!

[@hiiambarney4489]

It better be! That's an ESP Eclipse right? Always wanted to have one haha

[@wolfieenightcore6701]

This is what we need! Every other tutorial always has the idea that everyone watching likes older rock music which is still great so they teach us that way, but having a teacher that actually teaches the style of music you want is so useful if that makes sense

[@Douglas_I]

No, that DOES NOT make any sense at all...... . . . . . . . JK! I couldn't agree more!

[@SuperJimmothy]

Aeolian Locrian Ionian Dorian Phrygian Lydian Mixolydian Position 1 - 7 Handy to know!

[@NathAditya]

is this in context of the minor scale? or the major?

[@rolltide419]

@@NathAditya minor as 1

[@LimitlessPotential12]

Bro others would require payment for a video like this...I LOVE YOU...the fact that you break down everything to being so simple is amazing...As someone that always played the simple minor shape I could tell that what note you focus on changes the whole sounding theme but never could understand what exactly happens...This clears it up A LOT. THANK YOU

[@vivanmusicmaker]

So true

[@NikNocturnal]

Glad it helps! :D

[@gazbaker6803]

Rarely do we guitar advocates find lessons so simply put, and broken into easily absorbable blocks. Thanks Nik. Your work is fantastic!

[@mahdirajabi313]

My teacher never taught me modes because he said "it is hard, I'll teach u soon" but... I learn all of these concepts in just maybe 2 hour because... he take it easy & my teacher take it hard. Nik u changed my vision! That's one of important life's lessons! Big Thank U & Respect !!

[@ragepnr]

My guitar teacher spendt 2 years of learning what I learnt from 22 minutes in this video, thanks

[@souroushbagheri4521]

Plz let this be a series!

[@Stringprodigy]

souroush bagheri no, this is a bad lesson

[@blender3935]

Lol this is the second one in the series

[@stevenbenton4281]

​@@Stringprodigy 3 year old comment sorry but why is it a bad lesson? I've almost gotten all 7 modes memorized and am scratching the surface on the key changing part. I feel like I'm actually able to write my own riffs based on this lesson but I'm curious why some would say this is a bad lesson?

[@EpiphoneShredzzzzz]

Aaaand there it is. Everything just clicked. Man you have a way of delivering that makes things very easy to understand. Trying to learn this stuff has always been frustrating because I always get lost when people start talking about modes, but the way you explained it is so simple and clean, and everything makes sense now. Once I put this to practice I think I can start working my way out of my plateau! Thanks Nik!

[@GreenDashEntertainment]

I’ve playing in minor pentatonic scale for years and never try anything else. Thx for this video Nik. I enjoyed learning new scales and modes too!

[@necrobrutalizer377]

Music theory can be so fucking confusing and frustrating at first. But then it all clicks together and it's so satisfying

[@electric.tlacuache]

I took a couple of music theory classes when I was a kid and maaan, I gotta say, this second videos is awesome, in the key switching part I started to get my mind blown. Really cool series man, I really apriciate it

[@danielgerard6775]

Nice to see someone lay this stuff out in simple terms. Most people just seem like they're trying to impress you with their knowledge rather than actually teach you.

[@DEDCELLS1]

Hey Nik, the PT 1 and printout you provided helped grew my understanding exponentially. I can't thank you enough for what you do.

[@petrp5121]

Nik, thanks so much! After few years of desperately trying to get the different scales and modes, it finally clicked for me! Cheers 🤘

[@ItsJustKrows]

Just watched part 1, and currently watching part 2. You've made what my friends have been teaching me for years simpler than ever. Thanks homie

[@normansantos9379]

off all the videos I've seen, he's the only one that makes sense, simple and clear

[@fallendark6952]

Not going to lie watching your video today at work and yes I know the video is old. I recently just picked the guitar back up after years and everything you explained in this video and your last made everything click for me. I was never good and I was tired of trying to learn tabs and wanted to learn actual music and to be able to use it and understand it. Just giving a huge shout out to you! Can't wait to go home and put all this together!

[@2good2beuntrue]

Knew all the modes already and can fully play the neck but still exploring the topic - what you taught me is that I don't need to start the first note of the mode from lowest string - duuuh is actually quite obvious but was stubbornly always initiating from lowest note - this makes it so much more fun ty for that

[@Jvb18290]

You blew my mind when you said "when you know your minor shapes you know your major shapes"....I about shed a tear of happiness LOL. Thanks bro this is such an amazing way of teaching scales & modes.

[@andy_ped8500]

Nic, you helped me so much with this! I am a self-thaught guitarist, and I've played for many years, but now when I start taking the guitar a little more serious, this really helped me so much!

[@TheCaveman05-13]

You are the only guy, person/human being to ever be able to explain modes to me to where I can understand. Thankyou so much please make more helpful videos for tips and tricks!!! You're the man nikalicious

[@missingthepoint557]

These both lessons are the best videos I have ever seen. They are simpel to understand, focused on the important parts and applied to drop tuning. Everything a metal/rock guitarist needs. I never learned so much within 40 minutes, thank you soo much!

[@alkaline552]

This video was SO helpful! Been playing cords and bars to songs by ear for years and never could apply what I knew about scales to what I can play. This was SUPER helpful! Will reccomend!

[@CyclesAreSingularities]

dude this is just so sick! so basicly phrygian is just the minor scale starting 3 notes up the scale, it's insane to me how you can completely change the vibe by just shifting the pattern!

[@KadeKalka]

Nice video! It's actually pretty cool to see someone talk about the modes relative to minor, instead of major. A video about chord progressions and using dominant and diminished chords would be pretty cool too.

[@phillyphilly_lii6441]

There another video along with yours that help so much. Where all the notes they were represented in blocks where notes with sharps|flats had double blocks between the them and when you didn’t have a sharp or flat it would just jump to the next note showing where a half step actually jumps a full note. I used to think a statement like that was confusing as all hell. Between you and him I’m extremely grateful!!

[@Earth-Worm-Tim]

Dude, you just blew my mind at 17:45 with the Phyrigian Dominant. Learned something new today, and I will definitely be playing around with this later. I love playing leads over a sick ass rhythm riff in Drop-C by dual tracking an Aeolian lead track with a variant of the Aeolian lead using Harmonic Minor an octave higher in the chorus of a song. This would give it a slightly darker tone so F@#$ YEAH man! Thanks @Nik, another awesome lesson, and you taught me something today bro 🤘

[@OlafTheBardyt]

I had teachers try to teach me and watched many videos explaining this and just couldn't understand. Just one time watching this and it makes perfect sense thanks for these videos

[@firemonkey1015]

By far the best music theory video I’ve seen. This is perfect

[@M3tal_matt]

Please keep these type of videos coming..I'm a beginner metal guitarist and I play "metal by numbers" cuz I have no clue what im doing. I can make stuff sound ok but it's very basic and generic...this helps so much dude, please keep these coming for us noobs 🤘

[@shulai7097]

Now, these 2 two parts of Video are absolutely INSANE dude. I finally have it clear in mind. its time to bring it slowly on the fretboard. thx mate.

[@michaelmercury4891]

Sick. Been waiting patiently for this since Part 1 made shit finally click into place in my brain! Thank you, man. Now PLEASE do a sweep picking lesson video, I suck at it. I can slowly, & I mean SLOWLY half sweep on two strings so far. It's less the picking part of sweeping that I struggle with & more the fretting hand.... It's beyond frustrating!

[@cowan8892]

If you know what sweep picking is there isnt many lessons out there that will make you improve much quicker than practicing. While you probably already heard "slow it down and practice" there honestly is no other tips or tricks beyond this. Only advice i can share is a good one to practice that helped me, is the intro to the song "Bleeding Mascara by Atreyu". Its a cool sounding riff that isnt overly technical, nice 3 string sweep without having to go nuts with your fret fingers. Just practiced for ever at a real slowed down speed and eventually worked my way up. May help may not, all the best either way 🤘

[@tgstk2]

lol i actually rewatched/listened to lesson 1 an hour ago.

[@NikNocturnal]

Oh damn

[@nostalgik8435]

My brain just exploded after watching this. (In a good way) Guitar is starting to come together for me now. You're a fantastic teacher. One of the best I've found!

[@lianneeden4873]

I figured most of this out on my own after the last video, but it was still really helpful to see it all come together like this. Thank you for these videos and please make more.

[@NikNocturnal]

Will do!

[@ApesOnDaLooze]

Nik this is great shit man I’ve taken music theory classes that talk about modes before but this is the only content I’ve found that explains very clearly how to apply those concepts to guitar specifically. Plus your method of explaining how everything works is simple and concise. I hope you consider making more content explaining theory and techniques that help advance our playing

[@wifie9321]

This is good. I never understood scales when other people explain them. I actually absorbed information when I watched this. I want to shred, but shred my own creations. I want to make music, and this really helps.

[@luckyjay778]

Thanks! I really appreciate how thorough you explain everything.

[@Apophis_God]

i have no words for how helpful this was. I learned this while half asleep, and I still understood everything.

[@zaiaku3430]

I play piano and have been for quite some time, and this is quite interesting. Been trying to relearn how to play the guitar since it's been years since I've actually tried. This vid gives a lot of insight into how things are done on the fret board that I've never noticed before! The most challenging thing is taking the knowledge I have of piano and applying to a fret board.

[@2good2beuntrue]

Another thing - you can just add any random note to the existing scale (minor major etc.) or sharpen flatten any note literally and you'll be discovering modes on the go - super fun

[@rochmainville9981]

Thank you so much Nik! This really gave me a new concept on scales for the electric guitar in general! For any style that is !

[@Grungeexpert]

11:02 "Whenever you hit that D, it's always going to sound major" 😏

[@morpheusk1395]

I was not convinced at first that this video would help me understand the modes, but you really did make it seem easy.

[@thomasmaier7053]

This is properly amazing, none of my teachers could explain it this causally. Thanks Nik!

[@Fenrir2142]

Thank you very much! After playing guitar for 11 years, I figured it would be time to dive a bit in music theory. With your lessons, I really can connect. So please bring more tips and tricks. Keep rockin!

[@drwoah7242]

Nothing has ever helped me more in learning guitar on my own than this video

[@chadblackmon8586]

Really good info! Growing up on Metallica I’m very familiar with the Minor scale, but getting into Metalcore/Modern Metal has been a difficult transition for me when it comes to writing new riffs because I wasn’t exactly sure what mode these guitarists were in. Much less how to make it easier to play in drop tunings. This video helped immensely! Thanks 🤘🏻

[@cdx2575]

Dude your two videos helped a shit ton! I was so hesitant to learn scales and modes for the longest time, now this made it so much simpler. I really appreciate it man! Amazing content

[@gergoretvari6373]

You're my hero, Nik. These videos helped me so much.

[@stackems666]

8:11 - Different sounds from different modes 15:00 - Phrygian

[@AckzellMusic]

Your a legend, your teaching approach makes the complex seem simple. Thanks! New sub.

[@virtualman5746]

Man I wasted an entire semester of college trying to learn theory and never did learn it, I feel so robbed man, nik I wish I had saw this sooner I would've saved thousands of dollars, I've been playing for 5 years and you unlocked my mind in just two videos

[@Zycaïï]

Thanks nik i watch both part 1 and 2 my mind was blown away

[@tax_evad3r]

Your videos are fantastic and I feel like I finally understand modes and scales properly now! Just a thought, I kind of feel lost when it comes to the 6th string. How would you play the natural minor scale and it's modes if you were tuned to E standard and used the 6th string in the scale?

[@mamuroflores4056]

Ive listned to so many "music theorist" but only now that im able to visualize in my brain the concept of it... Thanks Nik...

[@ptcypress]

I've been trying to figure this out for so long as it applies to guitar leads haha ... been through music theory courses and this is by far the best representation of the application of modes. Just a simple mindset shift and applying the position concept. Great video bro.

[@MtMars]

These videos finally bridged the mental gap i had with this stuff. Thanks man.

[@chaoticneutral1090]

Mind gets continuesly blown during this video

[@STAER444]

Thanks for your existing! 🤤

[@julianaraneta5416]

one of the best lessons ever.

[@Porschetheus]

Great teaching videos :) i finally understood how Scales and Modes work, thank you!

[@RafCenterMyself]

This was very well explained 🤘🏻 This topic is sooo complicated at first 😆 just remembered how it felt back then. Maybe you should add which notes actually give the scale it's unique sound and just note that in a diagram.

[@lanlan6895]

WOW! I learned a lot just within 1 hour!

[@tjardgarbe4784]

Thank you so much for Sharing this with us.

[@myactybatya]

Damn man, you're the best teacher ever!

[@marcotorres7941]

Wow this clarified so much for me, Nik you are a god.

[@emptystill7923]

Love that guitar.

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

See how he won it on Shredders of Metal 2

[@drewharrito5705]

Damn man the first video is fantastic, this one is is pure gold sir. It has helped me immensely. Thank you very much

[@DemBlizzard]

Amazing video, it gives the concept clear and easy to understand and it shows that you put a lot of effort in this. thanks!

[@tommusic5095]

thanks dude, i knew about modes and scale (part 1 stuff) for a long time, but i didn't get why we said a mode sounds different since it is the same notes of the scale. I found it weird. Now I understand it is because when focusing on the first note of mode we color differently the other notes of the scale. it"s like the same menu but beginning by dessert you change the taste of following plates.

[@jakedaly7130]

These two videos were incredible !!!🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@studiomaz]

Thank you so much Nik. Really appreciate this!

[@saqgalarroza9432]

Premium Lesson! The best free video I've ever seen

[@MartinBrissonStudio]

#Nik2019: Whenever you hit that "D" its always gonna sound "Major". 11:00

[@NikNocturnal]

;)

[@haydenmolineux5999]

i watched this whole video and went straight to the comments to find this, i had to scroll down too far it should be pinned

[@Mist_R]

This is awesome. This is kind of the teaching I needed when I was starting. A lot of teachers on youtube incorporate too many concepts too fast one after another which made it seem a lot to learn. Now every kid on the internet will learn super fast. Dang it.

[@Mist_R]

And starting with a minor scale is kinda cool. It's like, forget about your do re mi for now and just focus on the notes number

[@marjan3kov452]

Thank you man, now I feel able to know what to do while improvising over drums. Great teaching skills.

[@medschannel1088]

Thank god you exist man your videos helped me sooo much to learn music theory and apply it on guitar

[@ssmetalrulz]

Very well explained Nik ! Thanks a lot !

[@KevorkianMetal]

@NikNocturnal, thanks for these videos, but one thing that I can't wrap my brain around is why are you teaching the scales starting on the string 5 vs string 6? I was always taught scales on the 6th string down to the first string. What am I missing here? Cheers!

[@oskars.albujas.4136]

I WAS WAITING FOR THIS

[@SittinBull]

this was insanely good, drummer is a rockstar

[@Grimslath]

I am so glad I stumbled upon your videos... I could not get my head around key changes at all and now I'm thinking what was so hard about it? Thank you.

[@rangergianni]

I didn't know Phrygian Dominant was the Phrygian Harmonic Minor. That's so interesting.

[@TinyBallOfHate]

MIND. BLOWN. 🤯

[@xazien]

This was just as helpful as the first one. Thank you 🙏🏻

[@danieljack5150]

fuck yeah just as kick ass as the last lesson I am 34 and been playing since I was 15 got pretty good but at some point stopped really learning new things. part 1 and this video have had me practicing and feeling inspired again. Thank you and keep em coming.

[@bobbzombie]

These lessons have been really helpful, thank you. I would like to see a lesson building on this outlining the the shapes/modes on six strings in a standard tuning and then building on that to apply to a 7 string guitar in drop tuning.

[@medved1990]

Awesome! Now do tutorial on riff writing in these scales with examples man will be insanly helpful

[@taylort3412]

Outstanding explanation

[@misfitkid3926]

Man this is absolutely amazing.

[@johnathonfinney3661]

Excellent videos. Really helpful thanks!

[@lucmaster77]

Never understood Phrygian scale until u taught me. Thank U!!!

[@snop6176]

At 19.30 you explained why I play a 7 string lol great video man

[@nathanhenri3199]

This is opening my third eye ,thx ,only been playing for 5 months this helps alot

[@NikNocturnal]

Great to hear!

[@bob-px8eg]

I actually appreciate this, it was a really good review to pick up on a couple small things I missed from our lessons

[@NikNocturnal]

Glad it helped dude!