MODES for beginners: how to UNDERSTAND & use them

Here's a useful & practical way to teach and learn modes for jazz improvisation. I was confused for years by the silly way that people often talk about modes. Is D Dorian D Dorian or is it C Dorian ? (It's D). Counting backwards from the 5th degree to try and figure out what mode is which scale equals what chord...
Forget all that, it just wastes your time. Here's a useful way instead.
This video will lead into other videos about modal improvising AND also about using modes as building blocks for playing through chord changes.
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[@MorningCarnival]

Brilliant! Thanks for the very clear explanation

[@tomcasey5972]

Please don’t spend first few minutes explaining the less useful way of understanding modes, before you get to your idea of the good information. This student now has less attention to spare while I watch what you believe is most important.

[@tomcasey5972]

Thanks for explaining the good stuff so well!

[@LucasPerry-y1s]

Love the vids!

[@TeachingJazz]

Thank you!

[@ДмитрийКарюхин-с2щ]

Thanks for video! But what if nerd student asks you: Why can`t we use lydian for major 7 and eolian/phrygian for minor 7 chords? And what should I do with half deminished chords? I have a lot of them in Blue Bossa and Summertime.

[@TeachingJazz]

You can use those modes, no problem. I just gave three examples in this video. Lydian and Ionian both go with Maj7 & family chords. In Blue Bossa and Summertime, I wouldn't think about modes at all, they aren;t modal tunes. Think of the key centres. Blue Bossa = Cmin, then Db maj, then C min again. Summertime=Dmin throughout, or maybe Dmin then F maj then D min. I'd suggest minor bebop scales any tune where you have a dominant 7 chord V resolving to Chord I minor. It will sound better overall. Use modes for modal tunes (where one chord lasts a long time) or as building blocks for playing chord changes.