Using Modal Scales for Emotional Impact (Why Is Aeolian Sad?)

[@TurboJon]

Omg. I had no idea of you skills and creativity on keyboards and composing. Awesome talent.

[@NoJobRob]

I've watched probably dozens of Rick videos and had no idea he was even 1% as much of a beast on the keys as he is. As impressed with his modesty as with his skills

[@deangoritz9625]

Nice Rick, back to the old school vids, we soak in so much from these lessons

[@rickbeato2]

Thanks Dean! I’m turning this channel back into what my first channel was. More for the serious musician.

[@Swordshreader]

@@rickbeato2 Thank you so much for making that decision. I've been craving more advanced videos for a while. I appreciate that you are doing so on this channel.

[@mykhedelic6471]

I am a "rock" guy, and although I love the rock analysis etc. it was these types of theory and orchestral videos that first drew me to this channel. I really like Beato 2 (Bea-two) for bringing back this kind of analysis and score composers and all that juicy stuff. I'd like to hear some arrangement analysis, also, if you have the time. Double sub'd.

[@coloaten6682]

@@rickbeato2 Thanks for this Rick. As a piano player of 2 years only, in my 50's, I'd love to see some practical videos on using modes in composition.

[@jorgemartinez42069]

@@rickbeato2 That's great news, thanks Rick! I find these advanced videos to be fantastic complements to the Beato Book for me. Some of the more advanced concepts are just slightly out of reach, but these video complements really help flesh out these ideas.

[@Rosmarodin]

Rick, these etudes you've made over the years are so vital not only for their educational value, but for their sheer expressive beauty. The harmonies perfectly embody that modern, mood-driven vibe, and the juxtaposed rhythms take you to another realm with gentle, dream-like intensity. Now that's high-information music. Nothing but good things to say about your etudes

[@saedt]

So if I look up etude will I find more stuff like this? His work is gorgeous

[@M2Mil7er]

@@saedt probably not. Etudes are for one instrument, and hang on a more refined concept, e.g. specific arpeggio movements to hone a technique in a musical fashion; Rick's compositions are quite broad in terms of techniques, and have more than one layer to them, in this case piano, and strings. The term is misused in the OP's comment.

[@Rosmarodin]

@@M2Mil7er Rick himself has called them etudes Edit: source is his old mode videos playlist on the main channel

[@Rosmarodin]

@@saedt I second MrMiller's reply. You'll find a vast scope of styles when it comes to etudes, so you may not find stuff so easily that sounds like Rick. Chopin made beautiful etudes, but they're stylistically far from Rick's style; you may like them too. Try Etude no. 3, "tristesse"

[@TorToroPorco]

If nothing else I will always remember Rick Beato for giving a name to my sadness. I know piss all about music theory but Rick has brought so much happiness to my enjoyment of music.

[@IamQuintin]

It's so good to learn by listening to Rick Beato. Everything about music becomes inspirational and possible to understand.

[@fbl902]

I had heard of modal jazz, but never really understood it until I got the "John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra" book (published by Warner-Tamerlane, 1976) which, unlike most of the music books published for popular albums of that time, actually had correct transcriptions of what was performed. Covering the first three Mahavishnu Orchestra albums, "Inner Mounting Flame", "Birds of Fire" and "Between Nothingness and Eternity", all the modes are given, bar by bar, as well as having separate staves for each instrument. What a revelation!. What makes any one of these albums great - hint, hint - is the fluid playing and seamless juxtaposition of so many modes colliding and harmonizing - and of course, all that incendiary playing!

[@russellzauner]

With modal jazz I have to let go of my perception of story and sentiment and let the music pull me with the tones and timbre. It's not easy to let something control you, consciously, without examination (or as little as you are able to stand) and then go along for the ride - if you are familiar with a piece and love it, it's easy, but not so simple a thing to appreciate when you must open yourself to the hooks of spirit and let them carry you to the places everyone knows exists and where they are at but not always how to get there on demand...

[@adamfurnish8481]

I love that you’re going back to these style lesson videos! These and the production videos are why I got so hooked on your channel in the first place

[@southsideronnie]

I like these old school videos too! I originally watched from the other channel a lesson that caught me eye. Then I watched as many videos as I could while maintaining catching all the current stuff. I liked the earlier videos that seemed more focused on music theory always referring to the Beato Book, which I asked for and got for Christmas. It really helps because it actually is all in the book. Thanks Rick!!

[@bobvogt2242]

I'm blown away how beautiful the piece is! Thanks for an insanely good example of the use of Aeolian.

[@LouisSerieusement]

Ah that's so cool, it has the vibe of the first Beato's videos on modes ! I use to love them so much ! Thanks !!!

[@adamreed9266]

Rick, I just came across your no. 2 channel and it's becoming my no. 1 go-to for all things music. Great stuff for a total amateur like me who is endlessly fascinated by the sounds we humans create and identify with. You've mentioned Trent Reznor a few times in relation to Johnny Cash. From a young age, I found the evolution of his work with Nine Inch Nails brilliant, and this talk on modes, especially your intro, reminds me of the interlude track of the 1999 album The Fragile, called Just Like You Imagined. There's a raging piano solo from Mike Garson that is worthy of examination. Tons of treasures to unpack for an audiophile and I would love to see more discussion on his work. Thanks for helping fill my days off with productivity and learning. Keep on keepin' on!

[@The_philosophical_musician72]

When I watch any of your talented expressions and the way you can play multiple instruments I kinda feel like giving up. Youre just to damn good, love your channels and really respect you as a musician. Thank you Rick.

[@edzielinski]

This is great. These pieces are exceptionally helpful for learning and understanding the sounds of modes. I don't know of any other place where this type of detail and exposition with actual compositions is available. I used to think that modes were just some sort of weird scales to practice, but now I'm beginning to understand that learning the sounds of modes and how to express them is a powerful tool which provides insight into music ranging from classical to jazz to modern rock and pop. I really enjoy these creations and the way they invoke emotion. It doesn't matter that those might be uncomfortable or unusual emotions - being able to create the emotion in a listener and having total control over that is one of the keys to great music. Thanks Rick!

[@kdr6587]

Holy moly Rick. I knew your fingers were on a fretboard is amazing. I’ve never heard you play piano a lot, and this is like rediscovery in Rick Beato 2. Phenomenal 🙏💪🏼🔥🙂

[@MarkMcPeak5895]

Fantastic job explaining in a way that the "average" to "advanced" musician can understand!!!

[@jjjjjjjjx8]

Man Rick, you are so humble. I always forget what a great composer and just overall music monster you are! Incredible work man 👍

[@edelcorrallira]

Thank you so much !! I have been struggling with a section of a song, I keep thinking about harmony vs melody, and how descriptive lyrics need to be (or if they should be there at all) to guide the listener. This certainly is a great approach, using harmony as your setting it can lay the foundation to conveying a mood clearly.

[@joenif9138]

That was really cool. Modal modulation is such a beautiful progression

[@highmountaingee]

Hello Rick. I really enjoy your channels. It was just last week that you talked about your second Channel. I like that channel because you interview people and I find it fascinating to see are professionals talk about what they do and how they do it. Keep up the good work

[@paulstewart7971]

Thanks for that video Rick!! Awesome approach. So educational. I sometimes need to be reminded why I study.

[@danriley5848]

This was amazing Rick and really informative, thanks for putting this together and sharing it with us. 👍✌

[@jitsroller]

Nice composition Rick. So much happening in there that's interesting and beautiful. Totally inspiring.

[@Mountainside101]

Rick is a gentle giant in playing music. No pun intended. 😂

[@clownhands]

This was fantastic. Welcome home, Rick!

[@enricosenno7767]

Starting to prefer this Channel to the main One ...cheers

[@robinstevenson6690]

Remarkable! An etude of etudes.

[@dalejones4322]

Thanks Rick for sharing your creative side with us. I don't really understand a lot about it but it sounds great. The one thing that puzzles me is your skill on the piano. I know guitar is your primary instrument but you seem very accomplished on the piano as well. All I have to base this on is my experience with two years of my sons piano lessons. Can an accomplished pianist tell me if Rick is as good as he appears to be to me?

[@DiconDissectionalReactions]

Wow, that composition was beautiful:) Thanks for all the informative videos Rick, this made my day.

[@kaicanyonellis]

YESSSSS videos where Rick plays an original piece to demonstrate a concept are THE BEST

[@vleevision7787]

beautiful and liberating this share . thank you . peace.

[@highmountaingee]

I know a little bit about your background based on what you have shared and you are such an impressive musician. I just feel that you're not using your talents enough. With your incredible ear and your knowledge of music, I can see you writing a full composition of music even a symphony. I realize coming from novice like myself, it is easier said than done. I just think you are extremely talented man and we need to hear more of you

[@justfortier]

Didn't realize Rick was also such a beast on the keys! Damn, this is beautiful!

[@ChicagoJ351]

Great stuff Rick. I think about it differently these days as my approach is to create and improvise melody to harmony or chords. I stopped thinking in terms of modes so much, and instead focus on the underlying harmony and apply melody to that. So a Cmaj7-5 may have a c Lydian mode that would work, but I’d rather think cmaj7-5 instead of c Lydian. That same Lydian mode can sound so different depending on the harmony underneath, I prefer to just think of the chord or harmony and create melody based on that. It really expands the possibilities since there are so many chords, but only so many modes. But, it’s just a way of thinking about it. I appreciate other perspectives as well.

[@guitarjazz]

Beautiful piece Rick!

[@donovan665]

I remember hearing this a while ago and not hearing what i hear now, must be Ricks's influence. Stepping down in fourths up in fifths, Highly Educational. This is why we Love Rick, High-Value Edutainment.

[@johnd.4536]

Your piano music is so good it is scary

[@glfriendliness9793]

Who here thinks that Rick Beato could become the next top 10 billboard charting New Age composer? I DO!!! FANTASTIC!!!!

[@berry.morgan]

He can't without a ridiculous mustache, seriously. :)

[@glfriendliness9793]

@@berry.morgan aww, come on, John Tesh and Enya don’t have ridiculous mustaches!

[@rickbeato2]

Haha!!!

[@PaulLoughrin]

Very beautiful Mr. Rick

[@jimdamiano994]

Really mind blowing. I would like some of that on my guitar.:)

[@philipkudrna5643]

David Bennet once came up with a „mood scale“ for modes on his channel that ranged from Lydian (for brightest or heavenliest) over Ionian, Myxolydian to Dorian and the Aeolian (getting „moodier“ or „less bright“ with each step) and the finally rnding up with Phrygian and ultimately Locrian. I know that this does not comprise all possible modes (like the harmonic minor and others are missing), but I think it still gives a good overwiew over the modes you get when you use all the white keys of the keyboard (C Ionian) and start with a different key. (Obviously F=Lydian, C=Ionian, G=Mixolydian, D=Dorian, A=Aeolian, E=Phrygian and finally B=Locrian - and interestingly this is always a fourth down!)

[@mitchweiner]

I wish you would do film scores,RB! I think you would be marvelous!

[@jfrockon]

That's just a beautiful sound.

[@michaelfitzurka5659]

awesome and so very lyle mays. ty

[@Remi-B-Goode]

4:01 right! that's a nice tips thank u !

[@Nicenigel14]

I saw this video on my feed and thought "Why isn't this in my sub box" then I realized it was the 2nd channel. If this is the kind of videos you are going to be posting here I guess I jabe to subscribe here too 😉

[@booradley32]

That’s such a beautiful piece

[@TheeCosmocrator]

that was incredible

[@Taylor-kd6lr]

Your playing in this video reminds me of Lyle May’s playing. Fantastic!!!

[@russellzauner]

Remember that music is math and math is just a model of our current understanding of the world around us, so that when we hear people, say, tire of 4/4 time I need to remind them that *common time* emerged from the whole of music exploration and was most certainly not a contrived device that somehow everyone was made to conform to. There have been studies done on molecular resonance of human tissues and music dynamics - we don't design for the quiescent points of humanity, we have to investigate and *find* them, experimentally, like anything else. I can't wait until Konnakol becomes more prevalent in discussions of composition from a western perspective. It's already fascinating and complex but when done right seems as natural as what we call the good ol 4/4, to me. It tickles the fancy of my heart and soul for now, so there's that. :-)

[@Taylor-kd6lr]

This was fantastic Rick. You need to make an instrumental piano album. I would by that in a second!

[@robrosariodotcom]

Just BEAUTIFUL!!! 🤩

[@mikeskipworth9464]

I love this channel.

[@doubledown9333]

I think this stuff is great, not popular but pleasing to listen to because of the detail:)

[@heathceccato2953]

Crazy good. Wooh.

[@ndwknss]

Just picked up the book, excited to get into it. I'm trying to figure out where to find the information you're discussing in this video, in the book. Thanks!

[@boerboelmummy5075]

Thank you Rick.

[@limpindug]

Thanks Rick, not being a musician doesn't mean I can't respect tutorials like this. I might have spotted the spooky mode in there. 😂 Respect and stay healthy all.

[@generaljj577]

The beautuful Dorian part at start sounded like Joni Mitchell Blue. When I think of great Dorian players I think Dickie Betts or Carlos Santana

[@andre.1984]

Awesome, Rick. How does a film score composer think about all of this to fit a purpose in a film? There's a sad scene. What to play there? There's a scene of mystery and wonder, what to use there? There's a hot pursuit scene, what to use there? Etc. How to compose from the feeling to the music, instead of the opposite, which I think is the usual way how a musician works. What's the fundamental mechanism behind intervals and chord changes that produce a characteristic feeling? That's the question I've been trying to find an answer to. Not sure if there's one.

[@rickbeato2]

I have videos on my main channel on each individual mode. Check out the ones on Aeolian and Lydian

[@andre.1984]

@@rickbeato2 Thanks, Rick :-) I've already watched them already. The one on the Lydian mode in particular was an eye-opener for me, and inspired me to compose a piece which I enjoy a lot. I posted a link to it in the first reply, but I think KZbin took it down. It's not my goal to advertise on your channel, but if you are curious what people are doing after watching your lessons, check out "intension the archer (demo)" on Soundcloud, and jump to ~4:15 to the second part of the song. That's what your Lydian lesson got out of me. Most of my recent music brain dumps were inspired by stuff on your channel, one way or another :-) So, thank you once again!

[@johnmoser2689]

Super cool

[@rbrooks2007]

Beautiful! John Williams is sitting in a darkened room watching this with notepad.

[@malcolmadams2105]

I wasn’t into it until you played it slow. Which is exactly what I do when I’m having trouble writing a song. Slow down with less notes. I know that’s not what your going for here. But it reminds me of Mr Rogers.

[@napesdrk1174]

The face on the thumbnail was classic RB

[@peichmen]

Es que cuando te sacas la chorra... nos dejas a todos comiendo mierda. Genial!!

[@g0stkid8_3]

I really appreciate your videos. I play mostly by ear and forgot the majority of the basics I learned when I started playing over 20 years ago. Having you explain this all helps me understand what I’m doing already and is helping me improve my skills

[@MarcoDenzelMelchiori]

Meraviglioso❤️

[@simbaleo8293]

Hi Rick, what about a quick.lessons.piano course?

[@milancubrilo5090]

Rick please can you put link in answer where you explain 5 diffrent shapes for soloing ...that one guitarist show you..its not 5 major or pentatonic shapes..i cant find it...thanks

[@fitzy1093]

Why do you sometimes notate chords with the modal name (e.g. E Lydian) and other times notate as E#4? Are these the same chords? Is F Aeolian the same as F minor? I've always been a little confused by this

[@josephm.benoit9202]

Could you please make a video in which you trace how Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now" came to be Herbie Hancock's version on "The Joni Letters"? I know just enough about chords to think it comes from changing roots, adding notes, etc. But for the life of me I cannot hear how to one became the other. Love both versions very much. Thank you, Rick.

[@billklement2492]

Rick, play more keys! You're amazing!

[@Andrea_Manconi]

Did I miss your modal compositions!!!

[@gigicantina6534]

Hi Rick thank you for the video. My jazz guitar teacher tought me modes to improvise over jazz standards but I did not really get far. Would learning chord arpeggios be a better solution to improvise (isn't Larry Charlton doing this?). Could you once make a video and explain more about these two approaches? I would really appreciate your advice. Thanks in advance!

[@guitmickify]

Awesome :0)

[@lphilpot01]

Curious about a couple of things: Are these etudes played live (with overdubs as needed of course) or programmed? They certainly sound live. Also, in the past you've shown notation for some of them, sometimes of non-trivial length. Was that transcribed (not typeset) manually or by software? Great stuff.

[@justfortier]

I imagine likely captured via midi interface. It's the easiest way to trancribe something lengthy.

[@chiju]

I'm still confused about 4:36 onward. I can spell all those chords, but I don't understand their relationships, how you can just go from Dm7(b6) to EbLyd/Bb to FMaj13 to Cm11 ect. Without understanding it, to me it just seems like you're lego-ing stuff together and it becomes music. 🤔

[@damienro0]

You have to hold the bass line for a long time so you can actually get the sound of the mode right?

[@splashesin8]

😊

[@simonrainer]

Wonderfu!

[@JB19504]

Rick, are you more proficient at guitar or keyboards?

[@peterjansen4826]

Rick, I find it a bummer that you made that video about Breath of the Wild private. I would have liked to see it. :(

[@latinonetusa]

Aolian isn't sad. It's subdued. Could be sad, depressed, or melancholy, or even sort of optimistic and happy in a subdued way. It's all about perspective.

[@Nicenigel14]

At 5:52 is says it is a CQ/F chord. What does the Q mean?! 😂 I have never seen that before 🤔

[@jackorion7157]

Yo

[@berry.morgan]

Nice technique and sounds great, but this simply cannot be done without those hands, man. This is a common theme. Joking of course (well, not really) LOL

[@danytalksmusic]

2:03 Is that the Warner Bros intro??

[@mesientogut6701]

What is a Q chord?

[@singvlarity4918]

Quartal

[@randyhetlage9202]

Aeolian is sad because it's flat 6 wont work without having a IV-7 in the mix.....

[@CMM5300]

Huh? A dom7 on the IV? I'm confussed. Will you explain?

[@TheGeniuschrist]

Those five downvotes have bad taste

[@starchild108]

You never answered the question.

[@rolandklasen]

You lost me at 10 seconds, lol.