What a ridiculously stunning concept!!! Not every good musician is a good teacher. And every good teacher might not be that great a player. David is one guy who is a fab musician and an equally incredible educator. I often get asked about my fav instructors on youtube and elsewhere, and David's name is always on top. Great lesson mate!
Chord tone lessons are gold. So many beginners get caught cycling endlessly through the pentatonic and wonder why they're stuck. Good job on the lesson, and so important to learn. You're theory knowledge can be limited, but if you can hit chord tones and have good vibrato you'll sound great.
Hey thank you for this video. I am a bass player who occasionally watches your channel. I found this video extremely helpful in clearing up a lot of confusion I have regarding substitutions.
It's not really a "trick" it's a necessary ingredient, but you seem to know this already... People can talk about music theory, or mechanics, but that's only because they don't understand what it truly takes to be a good Blues guitar player. Blues legends like Buddy Guy, Blind Willie, Howlin' Wolf, Led Belly and even B.B. King, knew nothing about music theory, or mechanics. These legends only knew what they felt in their hearts when they played, and sang. These legends simply played with only their hearts and souls! And that is what it takes to be a REAL Blues guitarist!
I think your an awesome teacher that makes things more easy to learn then the guy who looses me when he starts with all the theory talk through out instead of breaking it down with no bullshit like you. Right on ,and Im signing up with you brother !!!!
I have a white A12 ...bought from rent return of the Sanremo Festival! After 26 years i can say that there is nothing better: easy to play, a lot of changeable tons and very light... perfect in studio a nd live...one of my best guitars in 54 years!
And he's back! Thank you for finally posting something for your "older" subscribers, who've now moved on to advanced-intermediate levels thanks to your earlier videos. I respect that your USP is catering to beginners without obfuscating them with unnecessary jargon, but I do hope you find a way to intelligently segregate your audiences and help us "older" guys continue to grow to advanced levels. My unprofessional advice: an indicator/marker at the start of the video to manage expectations of audiences in a way that doesn't negatively affect fan-folllowing. Easier said than done, I know (LOL) Thanks for the great lesson David. Cheers!
This just totally opened up my understanding of soloing! I’ve been struggling with this for what seemed like forever. How about adding a tutorial for a minor blues?
Just doubling back to make sure I’ve internalized the lesson. Is it correct to say that the following is true: Solo using a ii Dorian over a I7 (E Dorian over A7), ii Aeolian over IV7 (E Aeolian over D7), and V mixolydian over the V?
Well done and great explanations. I haven't run through my 7 mode types in years since I studied music at college. Gosh, can't remember the last time that I even heard "Mixolydian", lol. It's a good plan to practice all 7 modes, in my opinion. Thanks!
Good lesson. Question/comment: It might be easier to think in terms of each dominant chord being a V7 of some parent scale, e.g. A7 is the V7 chord of D major. While D maj. does give us E Dorian notes to play over A7, it seems more direct (to me) to think in terms of playing D major notes over the A7. So instead of thinking/memorizing "play E Dorian over A7 and play E minor over D7," we can just think of playing the parent major scale of whatever dominant 7 chord we're on, so we have D maj / A mixo. over A7 and G maj / D mixo. over D7. (The dominant 7 arpeggios are useful, too, to know some target notes out of these scales.) Cheers.
The way I handle 7th blues is to mix minor blues ,major pentatonic, mixlydian in the 1 4 5. Whole tone scale, Lydian dominant on the first chord. Then maybe some 7th appegios. Great fun changing it up on each cycle.
I've been beating the pentatonic scale and blues scale to death for a lot of years, trying to select the best notes to make it sound better (at least to me). A few years ago I added the dominant seventh scale and the Lydian dominant scale into the mix to make things more interesting. Seemed to make it easier to make my playing sound more bluesy without having to keep bending notes all the time. I know the major scale and modes but, apparently, didn't give them enough of a chance to do them justice when applied to the blues. Your playing sounds great and is miles above mine so I'm going back to the major scale to see what I can do with it. Thanks very much for this video. Now I've got a new project. I see some people here saying that what you're doing is more like jazz. That works fine for me as I'm getting more drawn into that direction anyway.
Fantastic. Lukather is a huge inspiration and you really get in and out of the pentatonic in a class way. Please type in Merry Christmas Guitar Players
I love your vids and a lot of your playing too, but maybe "Exploring Fusion Blues" would be a better title choice since that's what you're doing here? I think a lot of the criticism in these comments are because the title isn't a very good match for the content. I for one got some good stuff out of this since I am interested in fusion and recognize the correlation here. It seems that a lot of these people commenting came here expecting something else. Keep up the good work and thank you for the great info in this lesson.
Thanks for the tips..when you run the scales showing the 'fit' into the 1-4-5 it sounds like fusion-jazz..kinda Jeff Beck..the beauty is, one can take powerful triads in those scales, stop em up just right, and get nice blues riffs for sure without being fusion-jazz sounding. I like to do a BB riff in middle of that section and trail it into just one or two notes of the scales you show. Thanks
This lesson crystalized something I was trying to do years ago but couldn't stay with the logic long enough to see it through. I'm so stoked I happened upon this video. It now makes great sense, being able to stay in one section of the fretboard and get such varietal flavor. So tasty. Question..... while you're on the IV chord (aeolian), can you substitute regular minor pentatonic blues?
Thx for not going too slow. Anyone who's watching a vid at this level is a decent player already, but so many RUclips teachers go through complex things as though they're teaching to total beginners.
Great lesson and way of thinking! I was a bit confused about all the modes thing so I wrote them all in front of me while watching the lesson and now everything makes sense! Thank you so much!
I love how people who obviously aren't very good at guitar (otherwise they wouldn't be wasting their time searching for guitar videos to criticize) have got all kinds of advice about why theory is useless.
None of all those words we needed, just show the lick, no talking please. I can drive a car without knowing anything about the engine, you can play a guitar without knowing anything about reading music, or knowing scales, modes, or the fret board. Delta blues players played what they felt without knowing all the technical aspects of notes and chords. Just show the lick, no talk please, we can turn on the news if we want words.
@@josephkingston9252 You're watching the wrong channel. You're watching Cable News, and then complaining that there's too much news. I don't like this jazz, fusion crap, and I'm not in love with music theory, but get a Blues lick app, if you want Blues Licks. There's an awesome App called 96 Free Blues Licks. They have a Delta Blues section, a Texas Blues section, etc.. And if you pay five bucks or whatever, they give you like 400 more licks. With sound that you can slow down, and everything. It's like a cheap Songsterr App, but just for Blues. And get Songsterr, if you don't already have it. It will change your life.
@@josephkingston9252 I'm glad somebody likes that Blues app. I think it's great. Especially for a free app. The two speeds of sound help you to play the lick right. Thate company makes other apps with rock licks, country licks, jazz licks, etc., but I haven't checked them out. I'm still busy with the 96 Blues licks. For complete songs, Songsterr is incredible, but sometimes you just want a library of licks to practice. And I think they've made that little app pretty user friendly. It helps you get the nuances right. 10 good Blues licks can go a long way. 96 will last a lifetime.
I like guitar theory only when I desire to increase my knowledge on such, then I seek and search out what and when I desire that knowledge, but many times guitarist start speaking all the theory lingo in conjunction on what they are displaying in the present video they are displaying, and a lot of times it is nonessential to the video at hand, and I truly believe that the reason why they joy themselves with all the theory jargon is because they are on an ego trip, and they use the lingo as a means to make themselves feel important and appear as a great teacher, because beside their parade of nonessential words that they so arrogantly speak, they have found nothing else in life as of yet, to make themselves useful to themselves or other people. It makes them feel important to speak lingo that profits no one, except for those who have not learned yet that music is a gift from God. Look at all these blind musicians, ray Charles, etc. , the delta blues boys of yesteryears, they played what they felt , not from head knowledge they learned from a book. To speak theory to them you, to them, would had sounded like monday’s moron, and july’s joke. Every musician and musician wannabes, needs to see the RUclips videos stories of LESLIE LEMPKE. He can play anything note for note after hearing it one time. God endowed him with the gift. You are either god-given-talented, for music, playing, and or singing, or you are not, you were meant to have other talents. Don't get discouraged if you never succeed with music, perhaps God in his sovereignty has ordained other gifts for you. I do like music theory, love the knowledge of it, but would rather listen to a musician that plays from feeling and God infused inspiration, than to listen to one who has only that to give you that they learned from lecture or a book. I would rather hear Pete fountain play on a $90.00 clarinet, than to hear a beginner play from a $10,000.00 Leblanc clarinet with a crystal rock mouth piece.
"Modal scales for blues" should be the title of your video. But, my guess is.. you'd scare off many people. I, personally... am indeed, intimidated by modal scales. I use the minor & major pentatonic. And not strong per the major as I'd like to be. But, I have lots of soul in my playing. Know the fret-board quite well. Less i8s more but, I enjoy letting go from time to time as the spirit moves me.
There are no tricks, no shortcuts, no hot tips that are going to make your playing great. Talent, and hard work will do it but it will take years. You only get what you give.
OMG!!! THANK YOU!! I'm a self taught guitarist since 1970- have learned by ear,note for note soloes by slowing 33rpm records to 16 rpm (half speed) songs like Lazy (Deep Purple)to Ramblin Man (Allman Bros.)when I was 14 years old.I've known all the "modes" for decades, and understood their basic place in the scale, but this "blues/ jazz" understanding has always eluded me..UNTIL NOW!! Thank You soooo Much!!.
Very good point you make at the end. I have given up trying to explain to people that technique is essential because then you don't have to think about what you're playing. At fast speeds particularly, it's impossible to think about the next note, and the next and the next and so on. The learning of techniques (scales etc) allows you to do this until in the end there is no technique.
Never forget your "root notes"(fondamentals) ,While each note of that blues is played.Otherwise you'll just have : A whole Lotta notes there :) Nice lesson anyhow . Cheers.
4:08 - accidental Gary Moore :D oh and that run at 7:20 sounds a bit like the start of the Blue Bossa theme...cool shit as usual, David, I dig your stuff!
Awesome awesome awesome lesson! I've been playing acoustic fingerstyle for a couple of decades altogether, and I just started learning to solo (on my strato electric) about 6 months ago. I quickly mastered the 5 pentatonic shapes and understan the theory of scales and chords to some extent, but this lesson just opened up a whole new way of thinking about soloing to me! Thank you! And you managed to do it without blowing a lot of extra gas on wasted words! Thanks again - I am now a subscriber to your channel and you are already one of my favorite youtube guitar teachers!
None of all those words we needed, just show the lick, no talking please. I can drive a car without knowing anything about the engine, you can play a guitar without knowing anything about reading music, or knowing scales, modes, or the fret board. Delta blues players played what they felt without knowing all the technical aspects of notes and chords. Just show the lick, no talk please, we can turn on the news if we want words.
@@november2k11 None of all those words we needed, just show the lick, no talking please. I can drive a car without knowing anything about the engine, you can play a guitar without knowing anything about reading music, or knowing scales, modes, or the fret board. Delta blues players played what they felt without knowing all the technical aspects of notes and chords. Just show the lick, no talk please, we can turn on the news if we want words.
Hey,guys he’s got a point, without complicating this,take the Aminor pentatonic scale,add passing tones and move it around the neck and your in business.
The real trick: live the blues, play the blues, listen to the blues. Put your heart and soul into it. Give your life to it. Love it. Dig down deep to the bottom of your soul and find yourself inside the music.
I hear as much sweetness in these demonstrations as I do in top players' concert solos where its as if they're competing with somebody somewhere. Slow down.
Hi David I love what you do ,transposing A mixolydian to E dorian ,or D mixolydian to E aolian .and its sounds good and the music fits , but does it sound like the blues ? Not so sure . However i did understand the concept and I thank you for explaining this to us . For the ones that don't get it .Hes dropping down from A to E , note wise A , G ,F#,E . Mode wise mixolydian, lydian ,phrygian, dorian.As in the first example. So dropping down four notes hes dropping down four modes in order. Thanks again , love your channel and i subscribed.
It sounds too "meandering" and scale based. Too few bends and embellishments, and too much running up and down sounds like babble rather than a "conversation" to my ears. Great playing, as always, but I can't say I'm fond of the concept.
Roger Fleming he is just teaching you that there are some more words that you might not know out there. It is still up to you combine these words in order to say something interesting
Makes sense? No. Did you get that? No. Mixodynamo? No. Delorian? No. Acetylene? No. Ionion-onion? No. And, that's how easy it can be...weedlee-weedlee bicketty-phatt-oo-ee bing. Got that? No. (This guy is full of himself!!!)
dorien mixeladien, oxyladian .... I have a feeling Im gonna be stuck at the major penatonic for another few decades. That stuffr you just explained is just as confusing to me as when I first started playing guitar & Im at about 33 years now. I think therers some people who just arent gonna get it because they dont have the brain capacity the way others do.
I used to think the same as what you just commented. But after studying modal theory for just a little while, it all makes sense to me now. It seems more confusing that it really is. You just have to find that one instructor that gets you to the aha moment, and you will understand it.
It's just the Major /Ionian scale with a different root note.Same pattern, or in some cases you'd just have to omit some notes like the Lydian dominant, but then again it is essentially the same backbone. Honestly, once you learn the major scale you'll never have to worry about learning another scale.,unless you want to delve into those Phrygian dominant stuff. Example, if you want to improvise over an A Natural minor or D Dorian or C Major backing track , they all share the same scale patterns. With A Blues, you'd just have to omit some notes. They all have the same backbone
@@nethbt That is not what David was doing here. You are just going to make him more confused. He did not play the Ionian shape here at all. He played the Dorian shape starting from E, then he played the Aeolian shape starting from E, then he played the Mixolydian shape starting from E. All of which translate to A D and E Mixolydian starting from E. David says this and plays this if you watch and listen.
After years im still always suprised how you explain the same fundamental ideas from fresh, abstract and creative angles. I always learn at least one thing from these videos, if not a full blown epiphany.
you need to put that PRS down when you're talking because when you're holding it I miss half the lesson due to my inability to stop gawking at your guitar.
Many years ago I started playing guitar by ear. At an early age I looked at guitars and the strings and frets caught my attention mostly. After fiddling with a cheap old guitar I started to see diagrams shapes of all different sorts on the neck and every fret space meant opportunity to discover new notes, melodies, chords which I can't even name, but sounded pleasing to MY ear. I'm a lefty so I just used a right handed guitar turning it over... I was alone in this incredible journey to playing guitar, no one to teach me, a quiet introvert. I wanted to express myself with those 6 strings on that guitar neck. I sat for many hours in the bathroom sitting on the throne of contemplation (toilet). It just sounded better in there to me. After 3-years of that, I got an electric guitar, played that WITHOUT an amp, for two years, then finally had enough to purchase a small cheap amp and found an entire new world of possibility open up for me... Strangely enough, I can actually play pretty well now, and definitely have my own style... I can hear something and play it. But don't ask me what chords to use... So as I watch, and hear you speak about the scales, with the chords you are showing it seems that my ears recognize what you are playing and the form/shape to play from, but I do not understand the music language you use! I know I should have studied music, theory, and to be able to read music, but I never did. I was terrified that it would change my feeling and thinking on how I perceived music and get a lazy ear, and now when I work with other musicians obviously I can not even begin to explain a piece of music, which makes me feel even more strange! I just pass the whole recording (entire song/all parts) to them so THEY can call out notes, chords if needed etc... Your channel is incredible, and very helpful to all of us who love playing the guitar, I don't catch the lingo you speak (theory), but as soon as I hear the notes you play, I'm in the game, thank God for these ears of mine!! Though I envy people who can understand theory, and can read music, and speak the language of music... :-) :-)
Thank you for that man!! I can COMPLETELY relate to your message. I too have been an ear player for the longest time and also was afraid that if I understood all the theory it would take away from that magic musical experience. I finally took the plunge and in the end it only enhanced my love for music. Thank you for the nice comments, it means a lot! PS: if you are interested in this, check out my free theory course at www.guitarinfusion.com It’s different. I think you might like it!
Brilliant video! I have some really amazing guitar playing friends that disagree with me on this way of thinking, but I think this is the easiest way to understand how to play modes over any chord in any position. Learn mode shapes and then just know what shape you want to play in whatever position you're in. Thanks for this!
i use to play guitar in my 20s but then i became jaded via satrianni and vai etal so iv forgot alot but i need to get back to playing the blues im 66 yrs of age
lol finally memorized the minor pentatonic scale after months and then added in the blues notes and this video just melted my brain and made me feel like im 10 years away from understanding any of it
I kinda figured there's some sort of 'connection' to how modal patterns work along the fretboard, like how if you jump three frets down from A minor you find the position for the A major, so I gather it's safe to assume there are ways to seeing the other modes similarly? ... if so, I'm just not seeing them yet...
I was at that point then I got a look at David's music DNA thing.The diagram/lesson really helped me. Now I no longer try shifting the scales all the time, which was hard work remembering exactly where I was. Now I just use the same base pattern but move a note or two (David calls it the formula for the mode). I kept looking at the patterns for each mode until I could see which ones looked nearly the same. It seemed easier to me to remember the small differences.
Carissimo David.. Seguo piacevolmente i tuoi video.. Con interesse e passione.. Si potrebbe pensare in futuro a sottotitoli in Italiano??? Un caro Saluto
A mixo changes to E dorian, D mixo changes to E aolian.But just wish to know if those notes remain the same ,i.e if someone plays A mixo to E dorian, he will be playing same notes?? Hopefully someone will answer.BTW lick was just mind blowing.
E Dorian = B Minor = D Major 👍 just think the entire fretboard are major scales and you’re all set. Find the key notes for chord changes as the video says, use the caged system if you want, but in the end, we learn to forget it all and go back to square one. Everything is a major scale. 🤟
wow - yeah man - way cool - I don't have my guitar w me at the moment (I travel a lot for my job and don't take a guitar with me but i do watch videos like this just to kind of keep learning stuff - definitely saved this to my favorites and can't wait to get back home and check it out w guitar in hand!! TY!!
So you take E Min Pent. and add each note of the three modes to it as you switch chords . You keep E as the root as to have as a starting point. It's not the typical way you would use modes, but it would work the same way, however you would still need to work out all three positions and get use to adding them in on the changes. I have come up with similar ways myself. Basically it's scale weaving or note weaving, combining.
You are not qualified to teach blues. Your own playing is not bluesy. Aspiring bluesmen need to study some of the seminal recordings like BB King "Live at the Regal". Albert King "Born under a Bad Sign" and Freddie King 'Texas Oil". Select a couple of songs and listen to them over and over until you can sing the guitar parts. Then learn them on your instrument; give yourself plenty of time. Practice small sections at a tempo where you are not making mistakes and gradually build up to the tempo of the recording.
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Thanks , I can’t believe you have almost 700,000 views and no one thanked you for the free jam track
Indeed, David. Thank you!
What a ridiculously stunning concept!!! Not every good musician is a good teacher. And every good teacher might not be that great a player. David is one guy who is a fab musician and an equally incredible educator. I often get asked about my fav instructors on youtube and elsewhere, and David's name is always on top. Great lesson mate!
5:50, that headstock is so damn close to the desk that I'm stressing out over here imagining my PRS wacking the desk. lol
Chord tone lessons are gold. So many beginners get caught cycling endlessly through the pentatonic and wonder why they're stuck. Good job on the lesson, and so important to learn. You're theory knowledge can be limited, but if you can hit chord tones and have good vibrato you'll sound great.
Hey thank you for this video. I am a bass player who occasionally watches your channel. I found this video extremely helpful in clearing up a lot of confusion I have regarding substitutions.
Playing with 100% heart and feeling is the best 'trick' I know of to play blues solos :-)
Technique and skill help.
Playing, even with heart and feeling, when knowing not enough patterns make you sound repetitive
Understanding music theory is the best ‘trick’
I’m numb
It's not really a "trick" it's a necessary ingredient, but you seem to know this already... People can talk about music theory, or mechanics, but that's only because they don't understand what it truly takes to be a good Blues guitar player. Blues legends like Buddy Guy, Blind Willie, Howlin' Wolf, Led Belly and even B.B. King, knew nothing about music theory, or mechanics. These legends only knew what they felt in their hearts when they played, and sang. These legends simply played with only their hearts and souls! And that is what it takes to be a REAL Blues guitarist!
I think your an awesome teacher that makes things more easy to learn then the guy who looses me when he starts with all the theory talk through out instead of breaking it down with no bullshit like you. Right on ,and Im signing up with you brother !!!!
I have a white A12 ...bought from rent return of the Sanremo Festival! After 26 years i can say that there is nothing better: easy to play, a lot of changeable tons and very light... perfect in studio a nd live...one of my best guitars in 54 years!
Excellent stuff as always, David. Thank you for breaking this down into bits small enough for those of us learning how to chew.
This guy is a phenomenal teacher. Great stuff.
Thank you so much!
And he's back! Thank you for finally posting something for your "older" subscribers, who've now moved on to advanced-intermediate levels thanks to your earlier videos. I respect that your USP is catering to beginners without obfuscating them with unnecessary jargon, but I do hope you find a way to intelligently segregate your audiences and help us "older" guys continue to grow to advanced levels.
My unprofessional advice: an indicator/marker at the start of the video to manage expectations of audiences in a way that doesn't negatively affect fan-folllowing.
Easier said than done, I know (LOL)
Thanks for the great lesson David.
Cheers!
This just totally opened up my understanding of soloing! I’ve been struggling with this for what seemed like forever. How about adding a tutorial for a minor blues?
Thank you! There you go! :) ruclips.net/p/PLH8SpmhtFbBvGBOX3CZz_CDkIW6fpSbNl
Just doubling back to make sure I’ve internalized the lesson.
Is it correct to say that the following is true:
Solo using a ii Dorian over a I7 (E Dorian over A7), ii Aeolian over IV7 (E Aeolian over D7), and V mixolydian over the V?
That's a great way to organize the scales and approach David. Fantastic lesson!
Great lesson! Just what I needed in order to add more interesting tones to the blues progression!
Well done David! Thanx for the aha moment!!
This guy is a good teacher
Best teacher on the web - thanks for these vids!
This is an awesome technique. Therefore, LEARN YOUR MODES. In two or three days you can be well on your way.
Well done and great explanations. I haven't run through my 7 mode types in years since I studied music at college. Gosh, can't remember the last time that I even heard "Mixolydian", lol. It's a good plan to practice all 7 modes, in my opinion. Thanks!
Good lesson. Question/comment: It might be easier to think in terms of each dominant chord being a V7 of some parent scale, e.g. A7 is the V7 chord of D major. While D maj. does give us E Dorian notes to play over A7, it seems more direct (to me) to think in terms of playing D major notes over the A7.
So instead of thinking/memorizing "play E Dorian over A7 and play E minor over D7," we can just think of playing the parent major scale of whatever dominant 7 chord we're on, so we have D maj / A mixo. over A7 and G maj / D mixo. over D7. (The dominant 7 arpeggios are useful, too, to know some target notes out of these scales.)
Cheers.
Thank you! This is more understanding since A7 Mixolydian is in key of D Major
This was my first visit. Great lesson. Beautiful guitar.
This one hit home for me!
I like your style.... I felt my mind to start opening up... Subscribed........Thanks David....!
Very well articulated! Great vid David.
The way I handle 7th blues is to mix minor blues ,major pentatonic, mixlydian in the 1 4 5. Whole tone scale, Lydian dominant on the first chord. Then maybe some 7th appegios. Great fun changing it up on each cycle.
I've been beating the pentatonic scale and blues scale to death for a lot of years, trying to select the best notes to make it sound better (at least to me). A few years ago I added the dominant seventh scale and the Lydian dominant scale into the mix to make things more interesting. Seemed to make it easier to make my playing sound more bluesy without having to keep bending notes all the time. I know the major scale and modes but, apparently, didn't give them enough of a chance to do them justice when applied to the blues. Your playing sounds great and is miles above mine so I'm going back to the major scale to see what I can do with it. Thanks very much for this video. Now I've got a new project. I see some people here saying that what you're doing is more like jazz. That works fine for me as I'm getting more drawn into that direction anyway.
Superb lesson.....so simple really....why didn't i think of that....!!!!
Fantastic. Lukather is a huge inspiration and you really get in and out of the pentatonic in a class way. Please type in Merry Christmas Guitar Players
You blew my mind. I am going to play so much better once I put this to use. It makes sense.
lol....what yu smoking ?
Nice lesson on an idea that a lot won't know about. You're a good guy and smooth guitar player man. Keep up the good work.
mmmm, confusing man, but id like to get to grips with this
Use the force, Luke.... This guy is all over the place!
Thank you Dr Steve Brule!
So cool and easy
This hit home for me. Third time watching this video, and I get it. Fantastic.
This year is my year for CAGED. This was helpful. Nice job!
Sick! 🤮 Mind Blown! 🤯
Well taught, thank you.
As always a lesson well done
I love your vids and a lot of your playing too, but maybe "Exploring Fusion Blues" would be a better title choice since that's what you're doing here? I think a lot of the criticism in these comments are because the title isn't a very good match for the content. I for one got some good stuff out of this since I am interested in fusion and recognize the correlation here. It seems that a lot of these people commenting came here expecting something else. Keep up the good work and thank you for the great info in this lesson.
Great lesson Dave. I love that classy blues sound. I just subscribed so please keep it coming
Thanks for the tips..when you run the scales showing the 'fit' into the 1-4-5 it sounds like fusion-jazz..kinda Jeff Beck..the beauty is, one can take powerful triads in those scales, stop em up just right, and get nice blues riffs for sure without being fusion-jazz sounding. I like to do a BB riff in middle of that section and trail it into just one or two notes of the scales you show. Thanks
This lesson crystalized something I was trying to do years ago but couldn't stay with the logic long enough to see it through. I'm so stoked I happened upon this video. It now makes great sense, being able to stay in one section of the fretboard and get such varietal flavor. So tasty. Question..... while you're on the IV chord (aeolian), can you substitute regular minor pentatonic blues?
real nice brother, thanks
Great video, man. thanks
Great lesson, but you might consider slowing down just a little! You talk really fast.
I absolutely love that guitar, great taste man!!
@@starttherebellion9146 ..thanks fella, i get it !!
PRS .. I have one THEY are phenomenal!!!
Wesley alan v
Thx for not going too slow. Anyone who's watching a vid at this level is a decent player already, but so many RUclips teachers go through complex things as though they're teaching to total beginners.
Very Cool stuff! Thank you for your wisdom David...I am hooked on your teaching now!! :)
You are my teacher🥰🥰🥰
Great lesson and way of thinking! I was a bit confused about all the modes thing so I wrote them all in front of me while watching the lesson and now everything makes sense! Thank you so much!
Whats with dislikes?
Be appreciative at least or dont say anything. It is pathetic.
Thankyou David. Great stuff.
After listening to the explanation of chord fingering a couple times it came to me...
You are just playing the standard open chords an octave up.
Oh, my, David, that opening sequence was so tasty! Love the PRS. Stunning. Best of all, this lesson was great! Thanks.
I love how people who obviously aren't very good at guitar (otherwise they wouldn't be wasting their time searching for guitar videos to criticize) have got all kinds of advice about why theory is useless.
None of all those words we needed, just show the lick, no talking please. I can drive a car without knowing anything about the engine, you can play a guitar without knowing anything about reading music, or knowing scales, modes, or the fret board. Delta blues players played what they felt without knowing all the technical aspects of notes and chords. Just show the lick, no talk please, we can turn on the news if we want words.
@@josephkingston9252 You're watching the wrong channel. You're watching Cable News, and then complaining that there's too much news. I don't like this jazz, fusion crap, and I'm not in love with music theory, but get a Blues lick app, if you want Blues Licks. There's an awesome App called 96 Free Blues Licks. They have a Delta Blues section, a Texas Blues section, etc.. And if you pay five bucks or whatever, they give you like 400 more licks. With sound that you can slow down, and everything. It's like a cheap Songsterr App, but just for Blues. And get Songsterr, if you don't already have it. It will change your life.
@@cryptoskywalker6000 thank you so so so much
@@josephkingston9252 I'm glad somebody likes that Blues app. I think it's great. Especially for a free app. The two speeds of sound help you to play the lick right. Thate company makes other apps with rock licks, country licks, jazz licks, etc., but I haven't checked them out. I'm still busy with the 96 Blues licks.
For complete songs, Songsterr is incredible, but sometimes you just want a library of licks to practice. And I think they've made that little app pretty user friendly. It helps you get the nuances right.
10 good Blues licks can go a long way. 96 will last a lifetime.
I like guitar theory only when I desire to increase my knowledge on such, then I seek and search out what and when I desire that knowledge, but many times guitarist start speaking all the theory lingo in conjunction on what they are displaying in the present video they are displaying, and a lot of times it is nonessential to the video at hand, and I truly believe that the reason why they joy themselves with all the theory jargon is because they are on an ego trip, and they use the lingo as a means to make themselves feel important and appear as a great teacher, because beside their parade of nonessential words that they so arrogantly speak, they have found nothing else in life as of yet, to make themselves useful to themselves or other people. It makes them feel important to speak lingo that profits no one, except for those who have not learned yet that music is a gift from God. Look at all these blind musicians, ray Charles, etc. , the delta blues boys of yesteryears, they played what they felt , not from head knowledge they learned from a book. To speak theory to them you, to them, would had sounded like monday’s moron, and july’s joke. Every musician and musician wannabes, needs to see the RUclips videos stories of LESLIE LEMPKE. He can play anything note for note after hearing it one time. God endowed him with the gift. You are either god-given-talented, for music, playing, and or singing, or you are not, you were meant to have other talents. Don't get discouraged if you never succeed with music, perhaps God in his sovereignty has ordained other gifts for you. I do like music theory, love the knowledge of it, but would rather listen to a musician that plays from feeling and God infused inspiration, than to listen to one who has only that to give you that they learned from lecture or a book. I would rather hear Pete fountain play on a $90.00 clarinet, than to hear a beginner play from a $10,000.00 Leblanc clarinet with a crystal rock mouth piece.
"Modal scales for blues" should be the title of your video. But, my guess is.. you'd scare off many people. I, personally... am indeed, intimidated by modal scales. I use the minor & major pentatonic. And not strong per the major as I'd like to be. But, I have lots of soul in my playing. Know the fret-board quite well. Less i8s more but, I enjoy letting go from time to time as the spirit moves me.
What guitar is that I love it
There are no tricks, no shortcuts, no hot tips that are going to make your playing great. Talent, and hard work will do it but it will take years. You only get what you give.
Yup that's how all the blues greats did it ...GUITAR THEORY ...
bob dillon I’m detecting sarcasm there..
Really good lessons. I like the focus on expressing oneself rather than imitating someone else.
OMG!!! THANK YOU!! I'm a self taught guitarist since 1970- have learned by ear,note for note soloes by slowing 33rpm records to 16 rpm (half speed) songs like Lazy (Deep Purple)to Ramblin Man (Allman Bros.)when I was 14 years old.I've known all the "modes" for decades, and understood their basic place in the scale, but this "blues/ jazz" understanding has always eluded me..UNTIL NOW!! Thank You soooo Much!!.
Very good point you make at the end. I have given up trying to explain to people that technique is essential because then you don't have to think about what you're playing. At fast speeds particularly, it's impossible to think about the next note, and the next and the next and so on. The learning of techniques (scales etc) allows you to do this until in the end there is no technique.
Never forget your "root notes"(fondamentals) ,While each note of that blues is played.Otherwise you'll just have : A whole Lotta notes there :)
Nice lesson anyhow . Cheers.
4:08 - accidental Gary Moore :D oh and that run at 7:20 sounds a bit like the start of the Blue Bossa theme...cool shit as usual, David, I dig your stuff!
Nice guitar 👍🏻
Awesome awesome awesome lesson! I've been playing acoustic fingerstyle for a couple of decades altogether, and I just started learning to solo (on my strato electric) about 6 months ago. I quickly mastered the 5 pentatonic shapes and understan the theory of scales and chords to some extent, but this lesson just opened up a whole new way of thinking about soloing to me! Thank you! And you managed to do it without blowing a lot of extra gas on wasted words! Thanks again - I am now a subscriber to your channel and you are already one of my favorite youtube guitar teachers!
Totally lost me with the theory but kept me here with the guitar....
Not that hard of theory man. Some 7ths 8ths the 5 forms of chords and a a one interval off the major scale throws you off?
None of all those words we needed, just show the lick, no talking please. I can drive a car without knowing anything about the engine, you can play a guitar without knowing anything about reading music, or knowing scales, modes, or the fret board. Delta blues players played what they felt without knowing all the technical aspects of notes and chords. Just show the lick, no talk please, we can turn on the news if we want words.
@@november2k11 None of all those words we needed, just show the lick, no talking please. I can drive a car without knowing anything about the engine, you can play a guitar without knowing anything about reading music, or knowing scales, modes, or the fret board. Delta blues players played what they felt without knowing all the technical aspects of notes and chords. Just show the lick, no talk please, we can turn on the news if we want words.
Hey,guys he’s got a point, without complicating this,take the Aminor pentatonic scale,add passing tones and move it around the neck and your in business.
VV nice...thanks sir
Lightbulb moment! Thanks David, you’ve just clarified mode application for me. Awesome
Have a 1991 PRS that is twin to what your playing.
yea and there are im sure hundreds more who cares!
@@richfitz9250 How many are in your possession?
Oh yeah? Well I have two of them.
The real trick: live the blues, play the blues, listen to the blues. Put your heart and soul into it. Give your life to it. Love it. Dig down deep to the bottom of your soul and find yourself inside the music.
Maybe in 20 years of playing you will get somewhere.
I hope so!
I hear as much sweetness in these demonstrations as I do in top players' concert solos where its as if they're competing with somebody somewhere. Slow down.
that's your opinion.
Hi David I love what you do ,transposing A mixolydian to E dorian ,or D mixolydian to E aolian .and its sounds good and the music fits , but does it sound like the blues ?
Not so sure .
However i did understand the concept and I thank you for explaining this to us .
For the ones that don't get it .Hes dropping down from A to E , note wise A , G ,F#,E . Mode wise mixolydian, lydian ,phrygian, dorian.As in the first example.
So dropping down four notes hes dropping down four modes in order.
Thanks again , love your channel and i subscribed.
It sounds too "meandering" and scale based. Too few bends and embellishments, and too much running up and down sounds like babble rather than a "conversation" to my ears. Great playing, as always, but I can't say I'm fond of the concept.
Roger Fleming he is just teaching you that there are some more words that you might not know out there. It is still up to you combine these words in order to say something interesting
Makes sense? No.
Did you get that? No.
Mixodynamo? No.
Delorian? No.
Acetylene? No.
Ionion-onion? No.
And, that's how easy it can be...weedlee-weedlee bicketty-phatt-oo-ee bing.
Got that? No.
(This guy is full of himself!!!)
dorien mixeladien, oxyladian .... I have a feeling Im gonna be stuck at the major penatonic for another few decades. That stuffr you just explained is just as confusing to me as when I first started playing guitar & Im at about 33 years now. I think therers some people who just arent gonna get it because they dont have the brain capacity the way others do.
I used to think the same as what you just commented. But after studying modal theory for just a little while, it all makes sense to me now. It seems more confusing that it really is. You just have to find that one instructor that gets you to the aha moment, and you will understand it.
It's just the Major /Ionian scale with a different root note.Same pattern, or in some cases you'd just have to omit some notes like the Lydian dominant, but then again it is essentially the same backbone. Honestly, once you learn the major scale you'll never have to worry about learning another scale.,unless you want to delve into those Phrygian dominant stuff. Example, if you want to improvise over an A Natural minor or D Dorian or C Major backing track , they all share the same scale patterns. With A Blues, you'd just have to omit some notes. They all have the same backbone
@@nethbt That is not what David was doing here. You are just going to make him more confused. He did not play the Ionian shape here at all. He played the Dorian shape starting from E, then he played the Aeolian shape starting from E, then he played the Mixolydian shape starting from E. All of which translate to A D and E Mixolydian starting from E. David says this and plays this if you watch and listen.
97warlock ismyname It's easy man. The maxominimammalian b17 substitutes for the larcophragnian modulation to the root chard...
I don't want to get stuck in some more patterns (scales). I want to be free !
Then you'll want to divide the isosceles triangle by pi r squared, landing on the root note before going into the pythagorean theorem
You didn't carry the 1
Our of all the videos I watch on youtube I'm surprised you never showed up on my feed until now!
best lesson ever (Y)
After years im still always suprised how you explain the same fundamental ideas from fresh, abstract and creative angles. I always learn at least one thing from these videos, if not a full blown epiphany.
Same Mike. Truly great quality content.
you need to put that PRS down when you're talking because when you're holding it I miss half the lesson due to my inability to stop gawking at your guitar.
It really is a gorgeous piece of art!
I'd buy this guitar just to play Opeth songs lol
dork..
What happens if you play A7 D7 E7 all on the 6th string ?
crazy how it all fits together, great lesson, gotta try this, thx bro
I just dont like the sharps of dorian. Opposite of pocket, to dumb ass me.
Many years ago I started playing guitar by ear. At an early age I looked at guitars and the strings and frets caught my attention mostly. After fiddling with a cheap old guitar I started to see diagrams shapes of all different sorts on the neck and every fret space meant opportunity to discover new notes, melodies, chords which I can't even name, but sounded pleasing to MY ear. I'm a lefty so I just used a right handed guitar turning it over...
I was alone in this incredible journey to playing guitar, no one to teach me, a quiet introvert. I wanted to express myself with those 6 strings on that guitar neck. I sat for many hours in the bathroom sitting on the throne of contemplation (toilet). It just sounded better in there to me. After 3-years of that, I got an electric guitar, played that WITHOUT an amp, for two years, then finally had enough to purchase a small cheap amp and found an entire new world of possibility open up for me...
Strangely enough, I can actually play pretty well now, and definitely have my own style...
I can hear something and play it. But don't ask me what chords to use...
So as I watch, and hear you speak about the scales, with the chords you are showing it seems that my ears recognize what you are playing and the form/shape to play from, but I do not understand the music language you use! I know I should have studied music, theory, and to be able to read music, but I never did. I was terrified that it would change my feeling and thinking on how I perceived music and get a lazy ear, and now when I work with other musicians obviously I can not even begin to explain a piece of music, which makes me feel even more strange!
I just pass the whole recording (entire song/all parts) to them so THEY can call out notes, chords if needed etc...
Your channel is incredible, and very helpful to all of us who love playing the guitar, I don't catch the lingo you speak (theory), but as soon as I hear the notes you play, I'm in the game, thank God for these ears of mine!!
Though I envy people who can understand theory, and can read music, and speak the language of music... :-) :-)
Thank you for that man!! I can COMPLETELY relate to your message. I too have been an ear player for the longest time and also was afraid that if I understood all the theory it would take away from that magic musical experience.
I finally took the plunge and in the end it only enhanced my love for music.
Thank you for the nice comments, it means a lot!
PS: if you are interested in this, check out my free theory course at www.guitarinfusion.com
It’s different. I think you might like it!
@@Wallimann Best keys player I ever heard doesn't read. Music is about instinctive use of intervals and expression, not maths.
Brilliant video! I have some really amazing guitar playing friends that disagree with me on this way of thinking, but I think this is the easiest way to understand how to play modes over any chord in any position. Learn mode shapes and then just know what shape you want to play in whatever position you're in. Thanks for this!
Je regarde régulièrement ta chaine David. Vraiment Bravo! Tout est super solide et concis!
I KNEW IT ! You taught me SO WELL.....David thank YOU!
That guitar though........🤤
Now take E Dorian E Aolian, , and E Mixo and learn the patterns in 5 positions on the neck and watch what happens. Enjoyed the video. :)
Larry Brown , well he’s play 7th chords so mixolydian is already covered
Easy for you to say . . haha! I'll try it.
i use to play guitar in my 20s but then i became jaded via satrianni and vai etal so iv forgot alot but i need to get back to playing the blues im 66 yrs of age
lol finally memorized the minor pentatonic scale after months and then added in the blues notes and this video just melted my brain and made me feel like im 10 years away from understanding any of it
I kinda figured there's some sort of 'connection' to how modal patterns work along the fretboard, like how if you jump three frets down from A minor you find the position for the A major, so I gather it's safe to assume there are ways to seeing the other modes similarly? ... if so, I'm just not seeing them yet...
I was at that point then I got a look at David's music DNA thing.The diagram/lesson really helped me. Now I no longer try shifting the scales all the time, which was hard work remembering exactly where I was. Now I just use the same base pattern but move a note or two (David calls it the formula for the mode). I kept looking at the patterns for each mode until I could see which ones looked nearly the same. It seemed easier to me to remember the small differences.
You're brilliant! but i just cant take it all in... too much for me and i class myself as intermediate... i'll come back when i am ready.. thankyou
Carissimo David.. Seguo piacevolmente i tuoi video.. Con interesse e passione.. Si potrebbe pensare in futuro a sottotitoli in Italiano??? Un caro Saluto
A mixo changes to E dorian, D mixo changes to E aolian.But just wish to know if those notes remain the same ,i.e if someone plays A mixo to E dorian, he will be playing same notes?? Hopefully someone will answer.BTW lick was just mind blowing.
E Dorian = B Minor = D Major 👍 just think the entire fretboard are major scales and you’re all set. Find the key notes for chord changes as the video says, use the caged system if you want, but in the end, we learn to forget it all and go back to square one. Everything is a major scale. 🤟
wow - yeah man - way cool - I don't have my guitar w me at the moment (I travel a lot for my job and don't take a guitar with me but i do watch videos like this just to kind of keep learning stuff - definitely saved this to my favorites and can't wait to get back home and check it out w guitar in hand!! TY!!
So you take E Min Pent. and add each note of the three modes to it as you switch chords . You keep E as the root as to have as a starting point. It's not the typical way you would use modes, but it would work the same way, however you would still need to work out all three positions and get use to adding them in on the changes. I have come up with similar ways myself. Basically it's scale weaving or note weaving, combining.
You are not qualified to teach blues. Your own playing is not bluesy. Aspiring bluesmen need to study some of the seminal recordings like
BB King "Live at the Regal". Albert King "Born under a Bad Sign" and Freddie King 'Texas Oil". Select a couple of songs and listen to them over and over until you can sing the guitar parts. Then learn them on your instrument; give yourself plenty of time. Practice small sections at a tempo where you are not making mistakes and gradually build up to the tempo of the recording.
Blues qualification? That is an oxymoron.