After years of not understanding the correct order of the modes I finally got it thanks to: "I Don't Particularly Like Modes A Lot" Ionian Dorian Phrygian Lydian Mixolydian Aeolian Lochrian 😊
This is sooo helpful, Julia. I've always had only a faint idea of the modes in principle, but none about how they can help in bass playing - I really hope you're going to continue with this series. Thank you.
When I open the computer and watch a new video of yours, the day starts better. It is great news that you make these tutorials, you have the ability to make it less difficult to explain so much knowledge. Your entire RUclipsr family appreciates your generous effort.
From an amateur bass player's point of view - this type of video is very helpful, and I really appreciate it. It's something I can and will take to the practise room straight away. From an experienced classroom teacher's point of view - I'm so impressed with what you achieved in less than 8 mins of video. The breakdown, content, and structure of this short lesson are superb.
Julia as usual great job, appreciated! Learn and enjoy playing bass guitar is delightful, but watching you makes it a better experience. Don’t stop being our inspiration! Thanks a lot.
Really looking forward to more in this series. Coming from traditional Irish music, but loving to freely intuit and improvise on anything from rock to jazz to world music, modes help explain much of the mystery of western music. Perhaps a follow-on series with Arab, Eastern, and other world music scales? I'd love that, too!
You inspire me to catch up(newbie). I've liked watching since I saw you on the Marcus Miller livestream special. He was not fair to you. Keep bringing the thunder and never back down from anyone.
Dorian is used in many folk songs and sea shanties, as well as funk. It's fantastic. The Wellerman is a great example, though perhaps not for bass. But I'm sure a minimal bass line would work great.
Yes, the Bootsy funk formula! =) It's a great scale also for guitar when improvising modal grooves. Great video as always, Julia and killer bass and sound, wow! Have a nice weekend =)
Thanks so much for posting this. You are a great teacher. You are fun to watch. I noticed Geezer butler from Black Sabbath also uses a lot of Dorian scale.
Miles starts to use doriam for funk in So What. Maybe the first funk song in the world. And this song give to the bass players a special place doing the theme
Oh, Julia! I love you!😍😍😍You are so beautiful! And your bass playing skills are so high! And also you are so clever! You know all that scales, and modes, and stuff! Just amazing!
I mainly play acoustic guitar, but love playing the Dorian mode! You can also start with your pinky from the major scale. BTW, she's just too cute when she gets the funk going!
Love these vids, thank you. Personal comment: on the page that comes up on your gear link, perhaps you could also include the type of strings (flats or round) and the gauges.
I have no idea what was happening in this video because I am not a musician, but I try to leave comments to support your channel. I usually find something relatively intelligent to say. All I have today is that I remembered the scene in Spinal Tap where Nigel writes a lovely song (in D minor, which is the saddest of all keys) for his song Lick my Love Pump. Sorry for the lame comment, but IYKYK. I'm going to hide in my blanket fort now. So sorry.
Yeah I prefer the "variation of major or minor" approach but I think of it as a minor with a major 6th. Yours works too! Or as like, a minor version of mixolydian
Great tip @cactustactics I've always done one or the other and didn't think to mix them up to whatever is easiest. ex. Phrygian. Major variation is "busy" with flat 2, 3, 6 & 7. Much cleaner as minor with flat 2. Same thing. Less to clutter the mind
@@robgeller1 honestly I think it's whatever works in the context - like mixolydian with a minor 3rd might just be the perfect way to think about Dorian in a particular situation! But yeah I like major or minor as a starting point - like the whole thing with Phrygian is that it's minor, but it has that flat 2nd giving it that characteristic tone, so it's nice to be able to think of it that way
The fact that you can use the same fingering pattern is really sweet!! Love your lessons and tidbits! I have a sneaking suspicion that your middle name is "funk" !😉
Is it safe to say whenever you want the Dorian for a given root, just go down a whole tone and grab that Major diatonic scale? So A Dorian = G Major .. and so on
It might be better to say for a given parent key, as the root of A Dorian is A and the root of G Major/Ionian is G. G Major is the parent key of A Dorian.
Yeah the modes come from playing the major scale but starting on a different degree of the scale. So if you play G Major but start on the 2nd (A) you get A Dorian. And if you want to work backwards like you're doing, you need to ask "what major scale has A as its 2nd note" - so yep, G major! (Or G Ionian if you want its modal name) Personally I don't really thinking of modes like that, although it can be useful to think of them relatively sometimes. For me it's more useful to start with a major or minor scale (we usually learn them as separate patterns, not "play C major but start on the A" for A minor!) and think of the modes as variations on those. So Dorian is minor but with a raised, major 6th. It helps you understand what's special about it and you know what notes to really lean on for that character!
Ich hoffe man darf auch in deutsch antworten denn mein Englisch ist grausam. Super Video . Als absoluter Anfänger wäre ein Bass mit sichtbaren Frettboardeinlagen hilfreich, so könnte ich leichter die kurzen Sequenzen nach spielen. Schließlich sind es diese kleinen funkigen Übungen die den Übungsaltag erhellen😊.
„Not sad at all“. Your condemned to listen to „Love Will Tear Us Apart“ 3 times a day. Then one of your next lessons will be the use of open strings to play harmonics as Peter Hook does in the saddest dorian mode song of all times:-) To me it has a dream like quality as in Riders On The Storm by The Doors. Although they play around with the third and the minor third on the 4 of the dorian scale.❤
OMG Gas....! Gas Pol sampe mentok...tok....tok..... tok.....kalo Guru Bass nya si Cantik Neng Julia ini. Gak Peduli waktu Subuh atau Pagi atau Sore.....pokoke Gas Pol sampe mentok, pokoke kita Begadang......pokoke kita curi ilmu Bass yg ada di si Cantik Julia ini. Setuju.....? O ya.....gw denger2 katanya si Cantik Julia ini suka banget ya sama yg namanya Durian......? Nanti kalo si Cantik ini mampir ke Republik Indon insyaAllah nanti Abang Ganteng sediakan Durian Rangkasbingung buat si Cantik Julia ( ehm sebagai sesama Bassist kita harus saling menghormati dooong....bahkan bila perlu kita juga harus saling menyayangi.....bahkan lebih afdol lagi apabila kita berdua juga saling mencintai.....Aaameeen......! ) Julia....I Love You Full.....🚀❤🥂🍔🍕🍫😎🤟✌👍👍
“Don’t Forget We Are Funky Now!” Julia makes me seriously consider giving up on guitar to study bass instead. So awesome! ruclips.net/user/clipUgkxHnDvjPHOd9uJ7TNe90TZIlCEU9KcPBa2?si=bmgPunX-0irFsN5Y
Sandberg California II VM4 MN BLB. At Thomanns music in Europe it says 1,475, but I’m not sure whether that’s Euros or dollars. The site might have changed it to dollar equivalent because my USA web I.D. - I just went back and checked, that’s US dollars. Most Sandbergs are at least twice as much.
Wow..if this is going to be a series.. I'm stoked!!
yes please :)
I have been playing for years and years and never fully understood modes. This just opened my eyes to a whole new understanding. Finally! Thank you!
After years of not understanding the correct order of the modes I finally got it thanks to:
"I Don't Particularly Like Modes A Lot"
Ionian Dorian Phrygian Lydian Mixolydian Aeolian Lochrian
😊
I Don't Play Like McCartney And Lennon
(although I often try to).
This is sooo helpful, Julia. I've always had only a faint idea of the modes in principle, but none about how they can help in bass playing - I really hope you're going to continue with this series. Thank you.
When I open the computer and watch a new video of yours, the day starts better.
It is great news that you make these tutorials, you have the ability to make it less difficult to explain so much knowledge. Your entire RUclipsr family appreciates your generous effort.
This was awesome. Thanks Julia & Thomann's for great videos
Best Dorian tutorial I’ve seen. Thanks for making it easy. 👍
"Woow...Good Job...
Thank You For The Lesson Bass Guitar Julia.."
👍👍😎
From an amateur bass player's point of view - this type of video is very helpful, and I really appreciate it. It's something I can and will take to the practise room straight away. From an experienced classroom teacher's point of view - I'm so impressed with what you achieved in less than 8 mins of video. The breakdown, content, and structure of this short lesson are superb.
Julia as usual great job, appreciated! Learn and enjoy playing bass guitar is delightful, but watching you makes it a better experience. Don’t stop being our inspiration! Thanks a lot.
Julia is #1!! Please do a scale series, these are very helpful!
Yes more please. Would love to see you play it on an upright sometime.
Keep giving us mode overviews! I play one each time I practise and am trying to have them in my memory to use for improvising
The only mode I need 😅
Really looking forward to more in this series. Coming from traditional Irish music, but loving to freely intuit and improvise on anything from rock to jazz to world music, modes help explain much of the mystery of western music.
Perhaps a follow-on series with Arab, Eastern, and other world music scales? I'd love that, too!
I'm gonna be jammin my bass a lil bit more now because of you. Thanks!
Great video - Bootsy would be proud!
I don't know what in Heavens name you're talking about on this video but I like to watch you anyway when I do learn how to play one
Another great video by Julia!
My favorite demonstrator is also my favorite teacher! Who knew? Thank you.
Julia, you are my bass hero! Regards from Brazil
I love the sound of this Sandberg California 2 VM4 bass 👌
You inspire me to catch up(newbie). I've liked watching since I saw you on the Marcus Miller livestream special.
He was not fair to you. Keep bringing the thunder and never back down from anyone.
Love this type of content! Great work!
Julia IS THE BEST!
Great description, now it is clear for me.👋
Julia RULES!!! 😉
Dorian is used in many folk songs and sea shanties, as well as funk. It's fantastic. The Wellerman is a great example, though perhaps not for bass. But I'm sure a minimal bass line would work great.
Love this Julia!
Yes, the Bootsy funk formula! =) It's a great scale also for guitar when improvising modal grooves. Great video as always, Julia and killer bass and sound, wow! Have a nice weekend =)
Thank you for the lesson! Waiting for the next ;)
Good video!
I love Dorian, use it a lot.
Thanks so much for posting this. You are a great teacher. You are fun to watch. I noticed Geezer butler from Black Sabbath also uses a lot of Dorian scale.
Thank you for this.
"Don't forget we are funky now" with a German accent is great!
Thanks Julia, yes Dorian !
The bass is at it's best when it's funky!
delicious playing, so funky julia with the great dead notes
Love this, more lessons please!
Please more of these!
Thanks Julia !!!
Thank you, this is really helpful.
Thank you for this lesson Julia. ;-)
Great lesson! Hope for more please.
I love this!
love these lessons 😁😁😁😁👍👍👍👍
Brava! Excellent lesson 👍
Miles starts to use doriam for funk in So What. Maybe the first funk song in the world. And this song give to the bass players a special place doing the theme
Yes.. more of this please
Hello Julia ! I wish you a very happy new year. Thanks for this excellent video. See U soon. François
I LOVE THIS!!!
WOW ! All my favorite tunes are dorian !!
Oh, Julia! I love you!😍😍😍You are so beautiful! And your bass playing skills are so high! And also you are so clever! You know all that scales, and modes, and stuff! Just amazing!
The portrait of D Dorian ? 🥴 Interesting as usual. More mini-tutorials please!
Nice pun! :)
@@EvgenijGr 😁
I mainly play acoustic guitar, but love playing the Dorian mode! You can also start with your pinky from the major scale. BTW, she's just too cute when she gets the funk going!
what bass is that? It has the same pickup on the bridge as a stingray, but has a FAT split on the neck, what is this bass? :) looks great!
Gracias
Love these vids, thank you. Personal comment: on the page that comes up on your gear link, perhaps you could also include the type of strings (flats or round) and the gauges.
I have no idea what was happening in this video because I am not a musician, but I try to leave comments to support your channel. I usually find something relatively intelligent to say. All I have today is that I remembered the scene in Spinal Tap where Nigel writes a lovely song (in D minor, which is the saddest of all keys) for his song Lick my Love Pump. Sorry for the lame comment, but IYKYK. I'm going to hide in my blanket fort now. So sorry.
Your comment saddened me. But then I thought of the sixth...and I broke like the wind.
@@lawrencetaylor4101I thought I smelled something.
Amazing!!!
i think of it as a major scale with flat 3 and flat 7
Yeah I prefer the "variation of major or minor" approach but I think of it as a minor with a major 6th. Yours works too! Or as like, a minor version of mixolydian
Great tip @cactustactics
I've always done one or the other and didn't think to mix them up to whatever is easiest. ex. Phrygian. Major variation is "busy" with flat 2, 3, 6 & 7. Much cleaner as minor with flat 2. Same thing. Less to clutter the mind
@@robgeller1 honestly I think it's whatever works in the context - like mixolydian with a minor 3rd might just be the perfect way to think about Dorian in a particular situation! But yeah I like major or minor as a starting point - like the whole thing with Phrygian is that it's minor, but it has that flat 2nd giving it that characteristic tone, so it's nice to be able to think of it that way
Julia, New hairstyle? Looks great! (Great bass lesson, too:-)
SO GOOD
Thank you
Enjjoyed the video very ,cuh; do you have other videos on all other Modes
Nice. Thanks for sharing this.
The fact that you can use the same fingering pattern is really sweet!! Love your lessons and tidbits! I have a sneaking suspicion that your middle name is "funk" !😉
Is it safe to say whenever you want the Dorian for a given root, just go down a whole tone and grab that Major diatonic scale? So A Dorian = G Major .. and so on
It might be better to say for a given parent key, as the root of A Dorian is A and the root of G Major/Ionian is G.
G Major is the parent key of A Dorian.
Yeah the modes come from playing the major scale but starting on a different degree of the scale. So if you play G Major but start on the 2nd (A) you get A Dorian. And if you want to work backwards like you're doing, you need to ask "what major scale has A as its 2nd note" - so yep, G major! (Or G Ionian if you want its modal name)
Personally I don't really thinking of modes like that, although it can be useful to think of them relatively sometimes. For me it's more useful to start with a major or minor scale (we usually learn them as separate patterns, not "play C major but start on the A" for A minor!) and think of the modes as variations on those. So Dorian is minor but with a raised, major 6th. It helps you understand what's special about it and you know what notes to really lean on for that character!
Happy New Year Pinaple Girl 🙂
Ich hoffe man darf auch in deutsch antworten denn mein Englisch ist grausam. Super Video . Als absoluter Anfänger wäre ein Bass mit sichtbaren Frettboardeinlagen hilfreich, so könnte ich leichter die kurzen Sequenzen nach spielen. Schließlich sind es diese kleinen funkigen Übungen die den Übungsaltag erhellen😊.
And sure enough, this attempt by me to understand modes is as successful as all the other attempts. Not the first clue what is going on
Thanks! Greate content! Could You also share how You use these modes over chords?
Excellent and easy to understand lesson. I made up a little key of A Dorian bassline from your lesson, so much fun! Thank you Julia. Cheers from USA
„Not sad at all“. Your condemned to listen to „Love Will Tear Us Apart“ 3 times a day. Then one of your next lessons will be the use of open strings to play harmonics as Peter Hook does in the saddest dorian mode song of all times:-) To me it has a dream like quality as in Riders On The Storm by The Doors. Although they play around with the third and the minor third on the 4 of the dorian scale.❤
Hey Julia, I see you are using in ears. But the ones you have are not custom. Do you have a custom set? Would you like a custom set for you?
Julia... You got the funk...💙👊😎
Julia, Can you please tell me what bass that is? I can't read the name on the videos.
Sandberg
Did you ever play a Warwick?
You're awesome.
Oye Como Va - Santana D-dorian
I love you ❤️💕😘
OMG Gas....! Gas Pol sampe mentok...tok....tok..... tok.....kalo Guru Bass nya si Cantik Neng Julia ini. Gak Peduli waktu Subuh atau Pagi atau Sore.....pokoke Gas Pol sampe mentok, pokoke kita Begadang......pokoke kita curi ilmu Bass yg ada di si Cantik Julia ini. Setuju.....? O ya.....gw denger2 katanya si Cantik Julia ini suka banget ya sama yg namanya Durian......? Nanti kalo si Cantik ini mampir ke Republik Indon insyaAllah nanti Abang Ganteng sediakan Durian Rangkasbingung buat si Cantik Julia ( ehm sebagai sesama Bassist kita harus saling menghormati dooong....bahkan bila perlu kita juga harus saling menyayangi.....bahkan lebih afdol lagi apabila kita berdua juga saling mencintai.....Aaameeen......! ) Julia....I Love You Full.....🚀❤🥂🍔🍕🍫😎🤟✌👍👍
do the series for god sake! :)
"You're funky now!"
Not a big fan of the tone but I like the lines she's coming up with.
excellent
Great video TY ! Dorian W H W W W H W - Chords ex in Am > 1 Am - 2 Bm - 3 CMaj - 4 DMaj - 5 Em - 6 F#dim - 7 GMaj
Top 5 “The Police “ basslines #sting
If Dorian was funky enough for Benard Edwards, it's good enough for us.
❤ hello Julia ❤
“Don’t Forget We Are Funky Now!” Julia makes me seriously consider giving up on guitar to study bass instead. So awesome!
ruclips.net/user/clipUgkxHnDvjPHOd9uJ7TNe90TZIlCEU9KcPBa2?si=bmgPunX-0irFsN5Y
Good description Julia but I miss the pineapple 🍍 😢
Is that a Harley Benton you're playing?
Sandberg California II VM4 MN BLB. At Thomanns music in Europe it says 1,475, but I’m not sure whether that’s Euros or dollars. The site might have changed it to dollar equivalent because my USA web I.D. - I just went back and checked, that’s US dollars. Most Sandbergs are at least twice as much.
love this! please next time don't use a bass without fret markers - impossible to follow!
Aeolian is melancholy.
🍈🍉🐕
D...D...Danke 😂👍
Julia, you’re shouting 😂
Excellent!
More bass… less guitar! 😎
ruclips.net/video/pe0YHvUQQcs/видео.html Who's faster ? slayer or suicidal...That's the big question
The Germanic accent comes out as "Dorian Moat". You should "built" a castle to go with your moat. LOL.