Dear fellow musicians. At 11:29 I made a little (but yet quite stupid) spelling mistake regarding the small green letters showing the interval sequence of the "Whole Tone Scale". The correct interval sequence is of course: "W-W-W-W-W-W". I'm so sorry about this misspell in the graphics!!! I hope you can ignore it and enjoy the lesson anyhow. Many warm regards from Oliver :)
What he said ☝️☝️ 100% clear, simple and useful. All options/choices of scales laid out, and "when" to use each scale for that specific chord function. Brilliant! Thank you!👌🙏🙏
Until now I have not seen a person more talented in explaining music theory. You basically wrap up and roll out the architecture of harmonics in 20 min and give people the chance, to understand the beauty and coherence of music. Thank you maestro.
I taught jazz guitar for 10 years and actually made a decent living at it. The information in this video was the "holy grail" that we would build towards in our lessons. Your presentation is hands-down the absolute best explanation of this heady material. All of western music is encompassed in this system. In modern composition, modulating using common pivot chords is the foundation of breaking out of the jazz progression box. That's the secret the big boys use. What a beautiful and relaxing presentation. Bravo!
@@ihateyou3836 The instrument you are playing is secondary to understanding the theory presented here. Here is my specific recommendation for guitar: 1. Learn ONE major scale inside-out up and down the neck. Let's say C major scale. Google C major guitar positions for specific fingerings, or find a good RUclips video. This one scale is inclusive of all the seven modes: C Ionian, D Dorian, E Phrygian, F Lydian, G Mixolydian, A Aeolian (natural minor), and B Locrian. Then by simple fret movement you will be able to play all 12 major scales anywhere on the neck. For example, move everything up 2 frets from C major, and it's a D major scale and all of the associated modes of D major. 2. The next thing is to learn ONE harmonic minor scale up and down the neck. Then apply the same chromatic shifting up and down the neck to have it in all keys. 3. Learn ONE jazz melodic minor scale and apply the same process. The main thing here is to wrap your head around the idea that ALL of the modes are included in these three scales: Major, harmonic minor, and melodic minor. Instructors get wrapped up in separating the modes and learning them individually, and the student quickly becomes overwhelmed. So here is the secret: Rather than learning all 21 modes of the 3 scales, it's easier to learn 3 scales inside-out, and KNOW in your head what modes are derived from them. I know this might sound insanely complicated, but people devote their lives to this topic. It's a lifelong endeavor. If you aspire to creating great music, be deliberate in your search to find good instructors. Best of luck to you!
What the hell have I just watched. This guy is absolutely amazing. I feel like a dog who has just been shown a card trick. I'm 40 and have been playing paino since I was 6 and this level of understanding of music is humbling on the most basic of topics or so i thought. Back to the drawing board for me as I have spent years experimenting and understanding the relationships of notes as a song writer and performer but wow thank you so much for this video. I've watched it once and I think ill need several more watches to fully comprehend what is being taught and then I'd say about 2 years of implementing this on the piano but wow thank you. Mind blown 😳
I felt exactly the same way when I bought 'The Guitar Grimoire (Scales and Modes)"after having played guitar for 30 yrs (by ear: I knew chord families and pentatonic major and minor scales, plus Major/Ionian modes, and the steps between the intervals of said intervals, but didn't realize I was playing these different modes. Simple example: when playing lead over the D or D7 chords in the key of G, while starting and ending on the D note (or at least highlighting that note) while playing G Major scale/ Ionian Mode, I was playing Mixolydian Mode. It just took one illustration for me to see and understand scales and modes. Chords are derived from scales and modes. It's quite simple, really. The Guitar Grimoire changed EVERYTHING in the 1990s-- everyone started playing guitar scales diagonally up the neck, rather than in blocks, and no one I know knows who wrote that series of books, as the author used the pseudonym Adam Kadmon (as in Adam & Eve in Judaic mysticism); and wore a mask in the (sub par) video series. It's amazing how someone who *thoroughly* understands theory can convey that info so clearly, like the gentleman playing and teaching in this video. Bravo!!
In under 4 minutes you managed to explain what all my music teachers failed to do during all my years at school. Scales never made sense and suddenly apparently it's all connected and logical! thank you!
I've played and taught guitar for decades, and actually learned beginning music theory on piano in school. But this is hands down the most complete and comprehensive 20 minute lesson I've ever seen on scales. _Subscribed._
Mastering music theory is one thing. Explaining music theory to a beginner is another. They can also explain music theory in an understandable way. Thank you for this video!
I've been playing keyboard for 20 years, and I have never heard anything as deep, as profound, as useful and as important, all wrapped up in simplicity, in such basic language that even a child could understand it. This my friend, is a GOLD, I am blow away. Plus, I don't usually write comments online, but whoah, I had to for this treasure. Thank you so much for this video...
Thanks a lot :) Actually I have a Master in Music but I just like to do something completely different and drive the city bus to make the extra income :)
@@NewJazz Oliver, I imagine you speaking to your bus passengers in the same tone of voice. If your side job was carpentry I'd be concerned about your talented fingers. Thanks for the interesting look at scales.
@@davidcox8961 Tell me about it. I play seriously and 2 years ago put the fingers of my left hand through a tablesaw, causing some serious damage. Now, 2 1/2 years later after hundreds of hours of hard work, I'm playing again and loving it. Still enjoy my woodworking but am a little more careful these days! Cheers from Sydney - Dave
Until now, I've never heard scales played with so much love. I adore the analogy of 7 families with various members and relationships between them. Thank you for sharing this. ♡
This entire video is endlessly useful, but I feel like I've spent my whole 40+ year musical life looking for a summary as succinct as 16:14 through 18:25. What I've come to realize is that there is not enough time in the span of one human being's life to fully explore this subject matter. Thankfully creators such as this fine gent have volunteered their own time and creativity to give us all a head start.
Well that’s the beauty of all of us being unique and being gifted with sound in this way where we can all share our sounds with each other and usually have it in some way sound like something different. No one person can or should be capable of naturally embodying every different aspect of sound
How many other viewers have struggled for months to understand modes, only to watch the first 4 minutes of this vid and realise how easy it is? Great lesson vid! Subscribed.
Oliver and Uwe, you have lifted the fog of ignorance from my eyes....and ears! my walks in the forest listening to birds singing now have a new meaning and expanded dimension. Music is our soul’s language and can show us the path back to harmony with nature and our place within.
Dang it! Nobody has EVER explained this concept so clearly and precisely!!! You've given me a reason to really memorize as many of these families as I can so I can utilize this concept... thank you!
As a guitar player, I feel both overwhelmed and empowered. Thanks for unlocking my fretboard and my understanding to further explore limitless possibilities. This is a great turning point.
I wish I had seen this 20 years ago. The guy who explained modes to me had me confused for nearly 3 years, before I figured it out. Your teaching method is WAY better than any I've EVER seen! Thank You!
My jaw is dropped. I thought I knew my scales and modes and chords, but not like this. I have a lot of work to do. Thank you so much for the video, you are absolutely amazing.
I’m speechless. You’re a music theory scientist. I’ve never thought of seeing scales this way. You’re literally the guy I was looking for in demystifying the chord to scale relationship. WOW. Thank you so much!!!
Thank you from Serbia. The upcoming autumne and winter now have a whole different meaning. I drink my beer now celebrating the fact that I have everything I need to dedicate myself to in order to give it back to people after I craft it, just cant wait to hear augmented modes coming out of my horn. Oh my god , this is the same feeling I ve had once when my parents bought me commodore 64.
I am teaching myself to play bass guitar and have been frustrated by the lack of depth of most of the videos on music theory. This video has shed the scales from my eyes. (pun intended) I am blown away. it's like having a glimpse of heaven. Thank you so much.
My entire musical WORLD has been given NEW EYES! As a transposing instrument (sax), I've struggled with Improvisation over more the complex chord progressions. With this understanding my brain just LIT UP with visual colors. I'm highly thankful for this lesson & I'm seeking more.
This may sound weird maybe, but I got tears in my eyes watching this video. Thank you so much for explaining this in such a crystal clear way! Just what I was looking for!
That’s cool. My Dad drove a bus but had a Masters in Education and was a teacher his whole life. He also sang in a Quartet, made a few records, played piano, and thanks to him, I have had a love affair with music my whole life. He bought me a Banjo when I was five. I now play guitar and have been trying to learn Jazz( theory) since I’m pretty much self taught. Thank you for your insights and having the heart to share your understanding to the world. It makes a difference. Positive energy!, I feel you, bro❤️
Only 5 mins watched and this is one of the best tutorials I have seen. Paused to read and see who you are ! So impressed! Thanks for your effort and sharing your calm soulful experience with us.
I'm 44 and learning... Although this lesson is too confusing too me. But I feel that if I understand and learn it - I can freely improvise whatever I want. Am I mistaken?
@@WojciechKobus even if you don't learn scales you can improvised by just learning so many songs and it will feel natural like your pressing notes that you don't know what your playing just hitting random keys but it sounds good. It just comes naturally so don't worry about it too much. I tried to learn many songs that i like to keep myself motivated and improvising comes naturally
@@idekwt Thank you, I keep learning stuff!! I really love it! I see you are into animation :) I'm learning that as well, maybe getting older makes me going more into art stuff ;]
I usually don't comment on videos but this deserves appreciation .. never have i ever encountered a video that explains such a complex or big topic so fluently and make it seem so easy thanks man.. i really wish u all the very best in ur music journey and i really hope u get where u wanna be
This twenty one minute tutorial stimulates about twenty hours, no...twenty days....of study and practice. This is a lot, Oliver, and I'm not complaining. The scales are so fascinating, sometimes exotic and "eastern" sounding, like the half diminished scale. I love that one, and the inverted augmented. Lions tigers and bears OMY!
Oh my goodness! Mind BLOWN. It may sound silly and simple, but I am a lifetime musician, having learned my first instrument as a young child, but my early music education was sadly lacking a theory base. I have been making up for lost time, and have come to know modes, the different scales, intervals, etc. BUT - just now, after literally decades of studying and a love of music, this information was presented in a way that set off a major lightbulb above my head. So much I thought I had learned has suddenly become so clear and a wealth of understand has flooded my brain. Thank you so much! If I had the means in these lean times, I would make a donation of thanks. As it is, I will do my part and subscribe to your great channel I have just discovered.
At 67, I am doing the most intensive study of music to date in my life. It is a huge, rich and rewarding study. I highly recommend this to anyone, especially senior citizens. Thank you very kindly for this very well organized and well paced gentle gradient explanation. Very satisfying. Thank you. (I said that twice because I felt it twice as much, not because I forgot saying it the first time!)
After a lifetime of searching, I now have found the only video that belongs on the internet. This video should be archived as well as placed on the next Golden Record.
Thisnm is, hands down, the BEST "introduction to music theory" I have ever watched, in terms of content, procedural approach, speed, logic, visual aid, content articulation. Kudos!!!
Just so u know u grew up to be an honest, humble and an extremely respectable man, thank you very much for who u are and for this magnificent lesson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Holy shit. This was such an eureka moment for me. When I learned the major modes for the first time, I understood the existence of other familial modes too, but it never really made sense to me how I could use them and how they fit together with chord progressions, I simply didn't get the point. This has truly opened my eyes to so many new and wonderful musical posibilities. Wish I could try them out right now, but I've got nerve damage which is preventing me from playing for the time being, but this has definitely made me even more excited to recover as fast as I can. Thank you so much, truly.
If the world were to receive an EMP to the internet and I could only save one video to study music for the rest of eternity, it would without a doubt be this one. Your teaching is so good it almost seems unfair to anyone who has pain thousands for lessons... You are a God-send my friend
I have been messing around with music since I was 14. I owned several chord and scale books and practiced then to get muscle memory. I never really looked at the theory behind because anytime I tried to learn I just get that blank stare in my eyes. This has been hands down the best explanation of scales I have ever heard. I turned 40 this year. Thank you so much, Oliver!
This one lesson totally opened up jazz for me. I finally get it about what most jazz players are playing, and what modal playing is all about. Thanks alot.
3 days into your channel, more progress in comprehension & playing than the previous 3 years easily... I'm speechless, thx a lot, I'll share this everywhere I can
That was absolutely the best lesson on scales and theory that I have had in my life! You have opened the door to another universe and answered so many questions, I don't know where to begin....I think I'll start with the harmonic Major. God Bless You!
I was schooled in classical music, completed a master's degree and a PhD (not in composition). Later I tried to expand my knowledge of improvisation and scales because I became interested in jazz, but hadn't been able to find sources that organize this kind of information so transparently. This material is wonderfully organized and thorough. Thank you so much for putting it together!
Never seen an explanation so organized, explained, clean visually, with the right flow of speech, without unnecessary words. This is a public utility video. A huge congratulations for this video, it's people like you who make things happen.
Dear Oliver, I watch your video's for years now. Your musical knowledge is astonishing. The piano sound is heavenly. Your talking is mesmerizing. The resulting video is just an amazing experience. This is pure art!
After watching the video until 16:51, it was like a new world was open for me, I just realized how amazing and interesting music theory is What a great video, one of the best I’ve ever seen! 👏
Man, congrats. I can't even realize how is possible to have a video like this on RUclips for free. You're amazing man, really. Thank tou, I feel like you just gave me the piece that was missing on my learning progress
Oh lordy. I've played classical piano for over 40 years and have attempted to jump into jazz a few times, but with varying degrees of failure and confusion. I've almost had tears of joy as I watch - suddenly I feel less daunted by the new thinking that a classical mindset has to move to. Thank you so much and I hope you're keeping well! Warm regards and thanks from Sydney - Dave
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We are a master here explaining the complex theory into a simple way. That's the kind of video we have to watch many times to really make sense of every escale. Thank you so much for this excelse lesson!
I've been playing piano by ear for my entire life (I'm 22 yrs old), only making an attempt at music theory a few times. Strangely enough as I continued learning more by ear I found myself "creating" patterns which really turned out to just be scales, (which of course have their own given names and patterns already lol). Well enough about me I really wanted to say thank you, and to let you know that I'm blown away with the presentation and execution of this video. This is incredible!
Thanks a lot. Playing by the ear is all that we need to do Music. The music theory is just for reflections - what happened - if we're interested in that part as well ;) Cheers from Oliver
Wow! This is the most full music lesson I've ever gotten in that amount of time. I understand what you said. Your "speaking" skills are at the highest level. Now I have to get it into my body memory & apply it to guitar & bass which are my instruments. Thank you for that amazing lesson when I needed it most. Liked & subbed.
I've recommended you channel to my musicians colleges. I like your charm, voice, your hands moving with elegance, your sistematic explanations, always starting from basics... Congratulations and many thanks
What the heck?!!! Hands down, this is the clearest, most well thought out, and effective lesson I've experienced yet. I've never looked at it in this way. Excellent work. Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom! Wow.
Pleaseeee, I don't understand why such channel with the most beautiful decent useful informative explanation, yet not really popular. This channel deserve millions subscribers. I really love how beautiful your voice are, sir!
Every video I watch of yours makes me want to sit down at the piano and play around. This is NOT the case with other people's teaching, where I more often than not simply feel discouraged and overwhelmed. Your teaching is motivating. In other words, I want to explore and I enjoy it, even when it's hard getting used to things. I have a hard time stopping!
This was the very first video I've seen from you and I instantly subscribed. I thought I had found really good lessons on youtube already. But that was before I found your channel. Such a high quality of presentation, you're just on another level entirely. The best part is that I understood everything and my brain didn't even hurt. Thanks so much for making this available.
Good Lord! Out of the many different explanations of the main scales used in Jazz and contemporary music (well over 20 in a span of more than 40 years), this is the clearest, most logical lesson I've ever seen! Thank you very much! I've been looking for something like this to help explain music theory to my very musically talented son, who often doesn't quite have the drive (obsession, whatever it is that serious musicians have) to spend the necessary time and effort required to gain a functional knowledge of music. ❤️❤️❤️🎶🎵🎸😁☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕
So clear and methodical. I love that! And I love it that he explains at a slow pace so we can think and down load the ideas as he presents them. As a school psychologist I will say that he's a natural teacher.
This is such a brilliant synthesis of a complex subject that is now appearing much clearer in my mind. I will never thank you enough for what it brought me. This brings me to modal interchange composition. What a great opening for mister everybody!
Very very comprehensive, this is a goldmine that any aspiring musician can land on. If you made it here, let's shake hands and raise a toast for it 👌🖤 Thanks a lot for your generosity Mr Oliver, as always, you are a blessing and I can't thank you enough.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!! I've been having so much trouble figuring out how the scales and their modes are supposed to be used, so I've always been very reluctant to play my guitar... With this graph I can finally practice some improvisation and not feel like I'm trying to decipher some ancient code!
Bloody Brilliant - I am a lost guitar player trying to learn piano and within 3 minutes of this lesson I can already form all major modes on a whim and understand the basics of chord theory for minor major an diminished. Like a reboot of lost knowledge but cleaned up my understanding thank you. This is gold!
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Dear fellow musicians. At 11:29 I made a little (but yet quite stupid) spelling mistake regarding the small green letters showing the interval sequence of the "Whole Tone Scale". The correct interval sequence is of course: "W-W-W-W-W-W". I'm so sorry about this misspell in the graphics!!! I hope you can ignore it and enjoy the lesson anyhow. Many warm regards from Oliver :)
Excellent, interesting, and very insightful video!
NewJazz for all you show we all never even seen the mistake.
was curious for a second lol
Just call it a test to see if the students were attentive 😉
Turns out I wasn't confused at all. Great video regardless.
This is, hands down, the best and most usefull music lesson I've ever watched. So many thanks!!
Agreeee!!
I feel the same. It is a wonderful guide to come back and continue learning. Absolutely amazing.
Facts
I agree
What he said ☝️☝️ 100% clear, simple and useful. All options/choices of scales laid out, and "when" to use each scale for that specific chord function. Brilliant! Thank you!👌🙏🙏
Until now I have not seen a person more talented in explaining music theory. You basically wrap up and roll out the architecture of harmonics in 20 min and give people the chance, to understand the beauty and coherence of music. Thank you maestro.
I think you mean harmonies, as opposed to harmonics.
Frank Gambale: "Modes, no more Mysteries"
I taught jazz guitar for 10 years and actually made a decent living at it. The information in this video was the "holy grail" that we would build towards in our lessons. Your presentation is hands-down the absolute best explanation of this heady material. All of western music is encompassed in this system. In modern composition, modulating using common pivot chords is the foundation of breaking out of the jazz progression box. That's the secret the big boys use. What a beautiful and relaxing presentation. Bravo!
Thank you so much!!! Cheers from Oliver
What would be the best way to go about learning this on guitar?
@@ihateyou3836 The instrument you are playing is secondary to understanding the theory presented here. Here is my specific recommendation for guitar: 1. Learn ONE major scale inside-out up and down the neck. Let's say C major scale. Google C major guitar positions for specific fingerings, or find a good RUclips video. This one scale is inclusive of all the seven modes: C Ionian, D Dorian, E Phrygian, F Lydian, G Mixolydian, A Aeolian (natural minor), and B Locrian. Then by simple fret movement you will be able to play all 12 major scales anywhere on the neck. For example, move everything up 2 frets from C major, and it's a D major scale and all of the associated modes of D major. 2. The next thing is to learn ONE harmonic minor scale up and down the neck. Then apply the same chromatic shifting up and down the neck to have it in all keys. 3. Learn ONE jazz melodic minor scale and apply the same process. The main thing here is to wrap your head around the idea that ALL of the modes are included in these three scales: Major, harmonic minor, and melodic minor. Instructors get wrapped up in separating the modes and learning them individually, and the student quickly becomes overwhelmed. So here is the secret: Rather than learning all 21 modes of the 3 scales, it's easier to learn 3 scales inside-out, and KNOW in your head what modes are derived from them. I know this might sound insanely complicated, but people devote their lives to this topic. It's a lifelong endeavor. If you aspire to creating great music, be deliberate in your search to find good instructors. Best of luck to you!
@@bpmac123 thank you for the awesome response 👍🏿
@@ihateyou3836 You bet!
What the hell have I just watched. This guy is absolutely amazing. I feel like a dog who has just been shown a card trick. I'm 40 and have been playing paino since I was 6 and this level of understanding of music is humbling on the most basic of topics or so i thought. Back to the drawing board for me as I have spent years experimenting and understanding the relationships of notes as a song writer and performer but wow thank you so much for this video. I've watched it once and I think ill need several more watches to fully comprehend what is being taught and then I'd say about 2 years of implementing this on the piano but wow thank you. Mind blown 😳
I need to watch this many times over
I felt exactly the same way when I bought 'The Guitar Grimoire (Scales and Modes)"after having played guitar for 30 yrs (by ear: I knew chord families and pentatonic major and minor scales, plus Major/Ionian modes, and the steps between the intervals of said intervals, but didn't realize I was playing these different modes. Simple example: when playing lead over the D or D7 chords in the key of G, while starting and ending on the D note (or at least highlighting that note) while playing G Major scale/ Ionian Mode, I was playing Mixolydian Mode.
It just took one illustration for me to see and understand scales and modes.
Chords are derived from scales and modes.
It's quite simple, really.
The Guitar Grimoire changed EVERYTHING in the 1990s-- everyone started playing guitar scales diagonally up the neck, rather than in blocks, and no one I know knows who wrote that series of books, as the author used the pseudonym Adam Kadmon (as in Adam & Eve in Judaic mysticism); and wore a mask in the (sub par) video series.
It's amazing how someone who *thoroughly* understands theory can convey that info so clearly, like the gentleman playing and teaching in this video.
Bravo!!
Agreed
As a classically trained pianist trying to understand jazz music theory, this blew my fuckin mind. Well done sir!!
In under 4 minutes you managed to explain what all my music teachers failed to do during all my years at school. Scales never made sense and suddenly apparently it's all connected and logical! thank you!
I totally agree, great explanations
I've played and taught guitar for decades, and actually learned beginning music theory on piano in school.
But this is hands down the most complete and comprehensive 20 minute lesson I've ever seen on scales.
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Hey man mee too. Same life 😀
Mastering music theory is one thing. Explaining music theory to a beginner is another. They can also explain music theory in an understandable way. Thank you for this video!
I've been playing keyboard for 20 years, and I have never heard anything as deep, as profound, as useful and as important, all wrapped up in simplicity, in such basic language that even a child could understand it. This my friend, is a GOLD, I am blow away. Plus, I don't usually write comments online, but whoah, I had to for this treasure. Thank you so much for this video...
Easy explanation ,easy understanding. Thank you.
Totally agree!!
The scales lighting up as options for chords are a masterful touch! S tier.
Bus driver!!!!!!!! What a great lesson from a great teacher and a great presentation tools. Never stop please.
Thanks a lot :) Actually I have a Master in Music but I just like to do something completely different and drive the city bus to make the extra income :)
@@NewJazz you are amazing
@@khantuta Well said!
@@NewJazz Oliver, I imagine you speaking to your bus passengers in the same tone of voice. If your side job was carpentry I'd be concerned about your talented fingers. Thanks for the interesting look at scales.
@@davidcox8961 Tell me about it. I play seriously and 2 years ago put the fingers of my left hand through a tablesaw, causing some serious damage. Now, 2 1/2 years later after hundreds of hours of hard work, I'm playing again and loving it. Still enjoy my woodworking but am a little more careful these days! Cheers from Sydney - Dave
Until now, I've never heard scales played with so much love. I adore the analogy of 7 families with various members and relationships between them. Thank you for sharing this. ♡
This entire video is endlessly useful, but I feel like I've spent my whole 40+ year musical life looking for a summary as succinct as 16:14 through 18:25. What I've come to realize is that there is not enough time in the span of one human being's life to fully explore this subject matter. Thankfully creators such as this fine gent have volunteered their own time and creativity to give us all a head start.
Well that’s the beauty of all of us being unique and being gifted with sound in this way where we can all share our sounds with each other and usually have it in some way sound like something different. No one person can or should be capable of naturally embodying every different aspect of sound
@@ChronoMune Totally agree, music's importance in the history of human invention has got to be in the top 5. I'd love to see a study on that.
How many other viewers have struggled for months to understand modes, only to watch the first 4 minutes of this vid and realise how easy it is?
Great lesson vid! Subscribed.
HAHA - Great!!! Thanks a lot :) :) :)
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Oliver and Uwe, you have lifted the fog of ignorance from my eyes....and ears! my walks in the forest listening to birds singing now have a new meaning and expanded dimension. Music is our soul’s language and can show us the path back to harmony with nature and our place within.
I wish other teachers on RUclips would teach at this pace and clarity rather than feel pressured to keep the lessons as short as possible.
Dang it! Nobody has EVER explained this concept so clearly and precisely!!! You've given me a reason to really memorize as many of these families as I can so I can utilize this concept... thank you!
As a guitar player, I feel both overwhelmed and empowered. Thanks for unlocking my fretboard and my understanding to further explore limitless possibilities. This is a great turning point.
this guy is either a genius savant or one of the most highly trained jazz musicians to ever grace youtube to date!!
I wish I had seen this 20 years ago. The guy who explained modes to me had me confused for nearly 3 years, before I figured it out. Your teaching method is WAY better than any I've EVER seen! Thank You!
Same!
It's certainly easy to overcomplicate
As many have already stated, this is by far one of the best music theory lessons I have ever been given. Thank you a million times.
My jaw is dropped. I thought I knew my scales and modes and chords, but not like this. I have a lot of work to do. Thank you so much for the video, you are absolutely amazing.
I’m speechless. You’re a music theory scientist. I’ve never thought of seeing scales this way. You’re literally the guy I was looking for in demystifying the chord to scale relationship. WOW. Thank you so much!!!
Thank you from Serbia. The upcoming autumne and winter now have a whole different meaning. I drink my beer now celebrating the fact that I have everything I need to dedicate myself to in order to give it back to people after I craft it, just cant wait to hear augmented modes coming out of my horn. Oh my god , this is the same feeling I ve had once when my parents bought me commodore 64.
I am teaching myself to play bass guitar and have been frustrated by the lack of depth of most of the videos on music theory. This video has shed the scales from my eyes. (pun intended) I am blown away. it's like having a glimpse of heaven. Thank you so much.
You are the Bob Ross of music teachers !! I think this is the best jazz improvisation video on youtube - the best explanation I've ever seen ^_^
This video is like an award-winning documentary.
My entire musical WORLD has been given NEW EYES! As a transposing instrument (sax), I've struggled with Improvisation over more the complex chord progressions. With this understanding my brain just LIT UP with visual colors. I'm highly thankful for this lesson & I'm seeking more.
Brilliant. Born to teach. Such a wonderful and calming voice.
watching this video was like living in a small room for decades and then opening the door and walking out on the street
Hahaha - Great - and thanks :)
i know i was like WWHAT - you rock new jazz
Yeah, but the street was too bright and too loud and crowded and I ran back straight into my cozy safe little room. :)
Your a Top waffler 😮😲😯✨🤣🤣🤣✨🌼🌿🌞🌿🌼✨
@@uhuebner I know the feeling 😂😂
I can't believe that this is true. This is by far the most useful music video that I've watched in my life.
Thank you very much for this man.
This may sound weird maybe, but I got tears in my eyes watching this video. Thank you so much for explaining this in such a crystal clear way! Just what I was looking for!
That’s cool. My Dad drove a bus but had a Masters in Education and was a teacher his whole life. He also sang in a Quartet, made a few records, played piano, and thanks to him, I have had a love affair with music my whole life. He bought me a Banjo when I was five. I now play guitar and have been trying to learn Jazz( theory) since I’m pretty much self taught. Thank you for your insights and having the heart to share your understanding to the world. It makes a difference. Positive energy!, I feel you, bro❤️
Only 5 mins watched and this is one of the best tutorials I have seen. Paused to read and see who you are ! So impressed! Thanks for your effort and sharing your calm soulful experience with us.
you are the reason why at 42 yo i'm starting to learn music and play the piano
I'm 38 and more focused to learn then I was when I was younger
I'm 44 and learning... Although this lesson is too confusing too me. But I feel that if I understand and learn it - I can freely improvise whatever I want. Am I mistaken?
Me at 39 ...
@@WojciechKobus even if you don't learn scales you can improvised by just learning so many songs and it will feel natural like your pressing notes that you don't know what your playing just hitting random keys but it sounds good. It just comes naturally so don't worry about it too much. I tried to learn many songs that i like to keep myself motivated and improvising comes naturally
@@idekwt Thank you, I keep learning stuff!! I really love it! I see you are into animation :) I'm learning that as well, maybe getting older makes me going more into art stuff ;]
I am convinced this is the best music lesson on the internet. There are no words to express how thankful I am. We love you, Oliver!
I usually don't comment on videos but this deserves appreciation .. never have i ever encountered a video that explains such a complex or big topic so fluently and make it seem so easy thanks man.. i really wish u all the very best in ur music journey and i really hope u get where u wanna be
One of my hobbies is designing algorithms for computer-generated music. These simple rules will make the result much more interesting. Thanks!
You should definitely consider making content about that man. Certainly interesting
wishing you all the best my friend
Cool
You should also learn about the rhythmic scale, poly-rhythms, etc. If you haven't done so already
What language did you build it in and can we download it?
What an intergalactic lesson, Oliver, I can only imagine how much work there must be behind it, thank you man!
This twenty one minute tutorial stimulates about twenty hours, no...twenty days....of study and practice. This is a lot, Oliver, and I'm not complaining. The scales are so fascinating, sometimes exotic and "eastern" sounding, like the half diminished scale. I love that one, and the inverted augmented. Lions tigers and bears OMY!
This is by far the best explanation I've ever encountered about scales. Hats off to you good sir. And thank you.
Oh my goodness! Mind BLOWN. It may sound silly and simple, but I am a lifetime musician, having learned my first instrument as a young child, but my early music education was sadly lacking a theory base. I have been making up for lost time, and have come to know modes, the different scales, intervals, etc. BUT - just now, after literally decades of studying and a love of music, this information was presented in a way that set off a major lightbulb above my head. So much I thought I had learned has suddenly become so clear and a wealth of understand has flooded my brain. Thank you so much! If I had the means in these lean times, I would make a donation of thanks. As it is, I will do my part and subscribe to your great channel I have just discovered.
Thank you so much!!! And don't worry about donating. A really nice comment like yours is all the support I need :) Many warm regards from Oliver
At 67, I am doing the most intensive study of music to date in my life. It is a huge, rich and rewarding study. I highly recommend this to anyone, especially senior citizens. Thank you very kindly for this very well organized and well paced gentle gradient explanation. Very satisfying. Thank you. (I said that twice because I felt it twice as much, not because I forgot saying it the first time!)
This lesson was a great revision to ur earlier ones. I loved every bit of it despite my limitations. I am 75. Tks to you, my Guru.
You are the definition of what a good teacher must be. Listening to your lecture makes me wanna rush to my piano and start playing.
How is it going?
After a lifetime of searching, I now have found the only video that belongs on the internet. This video should be archived as well as placed on the next Golden Record.
Thisnm is, hands down, the BEST "introduction to music theory" I have ever watched, in terms of content, procedural approach, speed, logic, visual aid, content articulation. Kudos!!!
Just so u know u grew up to be an honest, humble and an extremely respectable man, thank you very much for who u are and for this magnificent lesson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Holy shit. This was such an eureka moment for me. When I learned the major modes for the first time, I understood the existence of other familial modes too, but it never really made sense to me how I could use them and how they fit together with chord progressions, I simply didn't get the point. This has truly opened my eyes to so many new and wonderful musical posibilities.
Wish I could try them out right now, but I've got nerve damage which is preventing me from playing for the time being, but this has definitely made me even more excited to recover as fast as I can. Thank you so much, truly.
As a guitar player trying to learn music theory and modes, this is the most easy to understand lesson I have come across and I thank you so much.
If the world were to receive an EMP to the internet and I could only save one video to study music for the rest of eternity, it would without a doubt be this one. Your teaching is so good it almost seems unfair to anyone who has pain thousands for lessons... You are a God-send my friend
this is the first time I have ever seen modal jazz explained in a way that makes sense. Thank you so much for this!
I have been messing around with music since I was 14. I owned several chord and scale books and practiced then to get muscle memory. I never really looked at the theory behind because anytime I tried to learn I just get that blank stare in my eyes. This has been hands down the best explanation of scales I have ever heard. I turned 40 this year. Thank you so much, Oliver!
This one lesson totally opened up jazz for me. I finally get it about what most jazz players are playing, and what modal playing is all about. Thanks alot.
3 days into your channel, more progress in comprehension & playing than the previous 3 years easily... I'm speechless, thx a lot, I'll share this everywhere I can
I simply can't imagine the amount of work that goes into these videos, you are a real teacher!!
That was absolutely the best lesson on scales and theory that I have had in my life! You have opened the door to another universe and answered so many questions, I don't know where to begin....I think I'll start with the harmonic Major. God Bless You!
I was schooled in classical music, completed a master's degree and a PhD (not in composition). Later I tried to expand my knowledge of improvisation and scales because I became interested in jazz, but hadn't been able to find sources that organize this kind of information so transparently. This material is wonderfully organized and thorough. Thank you so much for putting it together!
Thank you thank you thank you! Finally someone presents modes in a logical, constructive and complete manner! I have searched for this a long time!
How do I choose a scale for any chord? I didnt really get it from 15.46min
Oliver, this is one of the best composition lessons I've had in my whole life. A big thank you from London!!
Never seen an explanation so organized, explained, clean visually, with the right flow of speech, without unnecessary words. This is a public utility video. A huge congratulations for this video, it's people like you who make things happen.
This is the best video about musical scales I've ever seen. Congrats, man. This is so usefull. Great method.
Dear Oliver, I watch your video's for years now. Your musical knowledge is astonishing. The piano sound is heavenly. Your talking is mesmerizing. The resulting video is just an amazing experience. This is pure art!
After watching the video until 16:51, it was like a new world was open for me, I just realized how amazing and interesting music theory is
What a great video, one of the best I’ve ever seen! 👏
Thanks RUclips algorithm, this is the most wholesome music channel!
The simple act of putting scale in a circle is so. damn. powerful.
Man, congrats. I can't even realize how is possible to have a video like this on RUclips for free. You're amazing man, really. Thank tou, I feel like you just gave me the piece that was missing on my learning progress
The best presentation of information I’ve ever come across in understanding the inter relationships of chords and scales.
Thank you.
Oh lordy. I've played classical piano for over 40 years and have attempted to jump into jazz a few times, but with varying degrees of failure and confusion. I've almost had tears of joy as I watch - suddenly I feel less daunted by the new thinking that a classical mindset has to move to. Thank you so much and I hope you're keeping well! Warm regards and thanks from Sydney - Dave
We are a master here explaining the complex theory into a simple way. That's the kind of video we have to watch many times to really make sense of every escale. Thank you so much for this excelse lesson!
This man can read an entire dictionary and I would listen it as if he's reading a story book
Hahaha - thanks :) Cheers from Oliver
So elegant and soothing voice, very immersive into the content.
I can hear it now :-)
What are you talking about? He talks weird as fuck.
Last piano lesson with my teacher was about 17 years before. This was so refreshing and so easy to understand! Thank you so much!
I've been playing piano by ear for my entire life (I'm 22 yrs old), only making an attempt at music theory a few times. Strangely enough as I continued learning more by ear I found myself "creating" patterns which really turned out to just be scales, (which of course have their own given names and patterns already lol). Well enough about me I really wanted to say thank you, and to let you know that I'm blown away with the presentation and execution of this video. This is incredible!
Thanks a lot. Playing by the ear is all that we need to do Music. The music theory is just for reflections - what happened - if we're interested in that part as well ;) Cheers from Oliver
Wow! This is the most full music lesson I've ever gotten in that amount of time. I understand what you said.
Your "speaking" skills are at the highest level.
Now I have to get it into my body memory & apply it to guitar & bass which are my instruments. Thank you for that amazing lesson when I needed it most. Liked & subbed.
That little cardboard tool is literally the coolest musical tool I've ever seen ever in my entire life!
I've recommended you channel to my musicians colleges. I like your charm, voice, your hands moving with elegance, your sistematic explanations, always starting from basics...
Congratulations and many thanks
What the heck?!!! Hands down, this is the clearest, most well thought out, and effective lesson I've experienced yet. I've never looked at it in this way. Excellent work. Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom! Wow.
This is the best music tutorial I've ever seen in my lifetime. Very useful! Thanks.
Pleaseeee, I don't understand why such channel with the most beautiful decent useful informative explanation, yet not really popular.
This channel deserve millions subscribers.
I really love how beautiful your voice are, sir!
This is the most legendary music theory lesson i've ever seen
THANK YOU
You're amazing. Finding new visual ways to grasp such complex concepts is truly impressive.
Every video I watch of yours makes me want to sit down at the piano and play around. This is NOT the case with other people's teaching, where I more often than not simply feel discouraged and overwhelmed. Your teaching is motivating. In other words, I want to explore and I enjoy it, even when it's hard getting used to things. I have a hard time stopping!
This was the very first video I've seen from you and I instantly subscribed. I thought I had found really good lessons on youtube already. But that was before I found your channel. Such a high quality of presentation, you're just on another level entirely. The best part is that I understood everything and my brain didn't even hurt. Thanks so much for making this available.
Thank you so much!!!
Good Lord! Out of the many different explanations of the main scales used in Jazz and contemporary music (well over 20 in a span of more than 40 years), this is the clearest, most logical lesson I've ever seen! Thank you very much! I've been looking for something like this to help explain music theory to my very musically talented son, who often doesn't quite have the drive (obsession, whatever it is that serious musicians have) to spend the necessary time and effort required to gain a functional knowledge of music. ❤️❤️❤️🎶🎵🎸😁☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕
Explaining something that complex that easily is a sign of true genius.
Sir, In just 24 hours I watched this video 9 times, and learned something new every time I watched it...👏👏
I absolutely love that in the first 90 seconds you blow our minds. I've sent this video to soooooo many people introducing them to the channel.
So clear and methodical. I love that! And I love it that he explains at a slow pace so we can think and down load the ideas as he presents them. As a school psychologist I will say that he's a natural teacher.
ive played piano about 12 years and this is still eye opening, thank you
I finally understand all of this! It's amazing how clear this lesson is and how helpful it can be to self-taught musicians like me.
This video contains a lifetime of study in 21 minutes. Really impressive! Great job!
Thanks to Oliver, this brilliant lesson will give the ambitious student a huge head start with the piano!
This is such a brilliant synthesis of a complex subject that is now appearing much clearer in my mind. I will never thank you enough for what it brought me. This brings me to modal interchange composition. What a great opening for mister everybody!
Earned a subscriber, it's been about 10 years since I've felt like a kid learning chords again. Thank you for this awesome refresher
Very very comprehensive, this is a goldmine that any aspiring musician can land on. If you made it here, let's shake hands and raise a toast for it 👌🖤 Thanks a lot for your generosity Mr Oliver, as always, you are a blessing and I can't thank you enough.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!
I've been having so much trouble figuring out how the scales and their modes are supposed to be used, so I've always been very reluctant to play my guitar... With this graph I can finally practice some improvisation and not feel like I'm trying to decipher some ancient code!
Bloody Brilliant - I am a lost guitar player trying to learn piano and within 3 minutes of this lesson I can already form all major modes on a whim and understand the basics of chord theory for minor major an diminished. Like a reboot of lost knowledge but cleaned up my understanding thank you. This is gold!
What I was learning in my music theory class during 7 years, here is in 20 minutes. Big thanks for this excellent video.
this is hands down the easiest lesson on youtube for music, and of all things jazz!