Thanks for checking out this new approach to learning the modes! Grab the charts + the bonus lesson showing you how to SHRED these things here: www.patreon.com/posts/101673271?
Hi Ben! This seemed like a scam but I received this message from "@YT_BenEller", wanted to make you aware of it: "Tᴇxᴛ ᴍᴇ ᴏɴ ᴛᴇʟᴇɢʀᴀᴍ 👉@YT_BenEller replied: "There's an item(Guitar and a MacBook)on my mind that I'd like to handover to ya." Just wanted to make you aware. Keep up the great content!
Been playing guitar for 26 years now , I have done the band thing, took like ten years of lessons also been to and finshed a diploma in jazz guitar and I teach for a living . so I have been around the guitar a lot, and no one has ever shown me these before, so slick and super intuitive this was a great lesson. thank you and you had me with the lord of the rings lore
It still gets me that modes are all just diatonic scales with different root notes. The bit at the end where you play each over its home chord was helpful.
Love your content Uncle Ben, you’ve taken many string ticklers to new heights. Some things I hope can be helpful to others - the way I’ve learned the modes AND fretboard is to memorize all the natural notes CDEFGAB on the fretboard using mode pattern boxes. Background music theory: each note letter has a mode associated with it where all the notes are natural (no sharps or flats): 1. C Ionian aka Major scale (way to remember: “See-eye”) CDEFGAB 2. D Dorian (D-D, easy) DEFGABC 3. E Phrygian (“Eat-fridge”) EFGABCD 4. F Lydian (“F- Lydia”, she sucks) FGABCDE 5. G Mixolydian (“Granola mix”) GABCDEF 6. A Aeolian Aka minor scale (A-A, easy) ABCDEFG 7. B Locrian (“Be-low”) BCDEFGA See how the sequence is always alphabetical, but starting on a different letter. Someone just starting out might be confused about G Ionian mentioned in the video, because C is usually associated with Ionian. You can apply a mode’s note interval spacing to any root note, which is how Uncle Ben gets the G Ionian at the 3rd fret. GABCDEF# If the root note or background chord is a C major, you can play any of the modes of C Ionian listed above and it will sound major and happy. Change the chord to A minor but keep playing the same notes from those modes and suddenly it sounds sad. All the notes are the same but the mood becomes different because the context (root note) has changed. A mode/scale’s mood comes from the *note relationships to the root*, not the individual notes themselves. There are 5 mode box patterns in the sequence E-Phrygian/G-Mixolydian/A-Aeolian/B-Locrian/D-Dorian (C Ionian is inside in B, just ignore the first C note) and (same, F Lydian is inside E, skip E) Start with the open E string and play the natural note sequence EFGABCD in a box that spans the open strings to the third fret (reference a chart that shows fret notes). Continue this idea with G on the third fret of the E string, A-5th fret, B-7th fret, D-10th fret. You’ll see that the guitar is tuned in such a way that you can go through all notes in the modes within a 4 fret finger stretch across all 6 strings. The mode boxes attach to each other end-to-end in an endless cycle. These mode boxes can be shifted and applied to any root note to allow you to play the modes in any key. Also remember that any 7 note scale contains 7 modes in 7 different keys (5 note scale=5 modes, 5 keys etc). Every mode of a scale contains the same notes, just with the sequence starting on a different letter. It’s a bargain 7-for-1 deal. Knowing the modes and their major/minor character also helps in understanding chord progressions. This is just one way to learn the fretboard and music theory that I taught myself, but there are many others that have their own benefits. TL;DR Learn the C major scale, then how the modes are based off it. Apply to fretboard. This is what has helped me wrap my head around music theory+the fretboard and improvisation.
What really helped me learn the modes was an old Guitar World article it suggested to learn the modes in this order Lydian. Ionian, Mixolydian, Dorian, Aeolian, Phrygian, Locrian, L.I.M.D.A.P.L., in this order you are seeing the modes from the one-note changing perspective, this always you to see and hear the changes to each mode by starting on Lydian and lowering one note at a time, you can quickly and easily build and memorize all seven major scale modes on the guitar. I really don't know why were not taught these modes in this order, it really was a game changer for me.
That's pretty cool. But, for me, if C Ionian = D Dorian = E Phrygian = F Lydian = G Mixolydian = A Aeolian = B Locrian is true, then it stands to reason there ought to be a major scale I can play for every mode instead of having to memorize a bunch of shapes. I mean, everyone already knows the major scale anyway, right? So I do believe that if you wanted to play: C Locrian, you'd just play Db major scale C Aeolian you'd just play Eb major scale C Mixolydian, you'd just play the F Major scale C Lydian, you'd just play the G major scale C Phrygian, you'd just play the G# major scale C Dorian, you'd just play the Bb major scale I hope this helps someone.
I might be the dumbest regarding scales and modes but I don't know why, but I've had a block on this subject. I've been playing for 10+ years and can't figure it out... I haven't even tried because it seems confusing. I want so much to learn all this. Hopefully, this video will help.
Wow! I’ve been so confused about this topic and this totally opened my eyes to the modes. So - they way it relates to keys - if I’m playing D mixolydian I’m in the key of G, but if I’m playing D Dorian, I’m playing in Cmajor. And the mode covers the whole fretboard while playing over that chord (in this case D minor). Is that a correct example?
Yeah daddy, Uncle Benny Bob.. Awesome lesson (as always) .. In particular; I really like, That Frigid Lydia, Yup I am Smitten More than that you could say that I'm in really deep Smitt. with'um.. Thanks Uncle Benny Bob, For Always keeping it cool and Fun. You and your hard wok creating this content .. Are appreciated
Hello Ben, I'm working up a song lesson by the Scorpions and was very surprised at the use of a Bdim and Ddim in the song - It's titled Loving You Sunday Morning; I think it would be a great song to discuss the use of diminished chords (Zeps Wanton Song also) in a rock context. Thanks for all you do ~ My Very Best ~ Joe
Ben’s my favorite YT guitar guy cause he’s like a bro ya know. Like someone I know and grew up with, no pretentious BS, just gold content and delivery.
I just tried that same Jackson American Series Soloist SL2 HT at a local shop. Very different than any guitar I had played before. Quite tempting and Ben Eller approved! 😎
Amazing video. A few weeks ago I started in on doing 3nps shapes for all modes and the “atoms” of the 3nps. I asked myself if there are other groupings and tried variations and found this one as well for each mode. And then suddenly this great video comes out and validates all that hard work!
I know what you re saying, but you don' t need to. You can refer to the tutorial below, I also had to watch it three times to grasp everything and practiced it for a while, but now I can do pentatonic vertically on the fretboard with the root note anywhere on the fretboard, check it out: ruclips.net/video/dvtYbbOpwX0/видео.html I also made a playlist with all the videos I found useful to understand music theory and concepts a little bit clearer, you can check it out mate ruclips.net/p/PLitR3nKFB-dvSgxBA0XfSawSbvWZqhaUX
When playing the 3 -4 combo are you using strict alternate picking or are you using a hybrid picking technique from the 4th note to the beginning of the next pattern?
Dear Uncle Ben. Sincerely, many thanks 🙏 This is such a simple, yet so amazing hack! It's working wonders for me. I was stuck living secretly in a 3 note-per-string lifestyle - "Not that there's anything wrong with that!" 😉
Modes mastered , understanding modes , the mode mystery unlocked, the secret to modes.... FFS! stop sounding like a 90's guitar world mag.... and bring back the beard.
@dengazz1004 0 seconds ago I had the pleasure of meeting Ben just the other day in NY at the Satriani/Vai show. Your Uncle Ben cares about teaching, he’s great at it, he’s witty, he’s knowledgeable,…all the while being a down to earth, humble guy who’s in it for all the right reasons. He’s the real deal.
Intelligent lesson structure. Genuinely funny and engaging teaching style. Hell’s bells, I even like the no nonsense (and pretty) handwritten notes too. Stellar content, good sir. Bravo.
What I do is way better. Way more efficient. Way more logical. But the world doesn’t care enough to ask. You click my profile and clearly I know what I’m doing. But no one ever asks. Modes, arpeggios, chords, my way is so much better. I’ll keep having constant progress all by myself then.
Crazy, I've used the all whole step pattern/idea for latin music for years, but never changed modes with it. I'm really looking forward trying out the other patterns.
Impressive! But I doubt whether this is the easiest way for everybody. 7 shapes of 7 notes each is a lot. With 3 note per string you only have 3 shapes of 3 notes for all modes and a (fixed) order between them plus starting point (which shifts for each next mode).
so in a G major progression, I could play 8th fret G lydian over the 4 chord C, and so forth? these sound good but I don't necessarily know how to apply each modal scale to each chord change.
bums me out that the locrian is the easiest pattern with that 1b2 yet it is sour and totally useless.. if you haven't yet, maybe a lesson on vamps for modes.. ie sus chord for lydian, m7 for phrygian.. dom7 for mixo
Its very interesting. I have been using a similar strategy for a few months now. I was looking for a way to play a scale/mode through the whole neck and I came a cross these kind of shapes. For me, they mix the shapes I have memorized. For example, in your first example, the way I see it, you are mixing the Major shape with the Minor shape. You are starting on the Major shape and ending on the second note of the Minor shape. I don't know if it makes sense to you but this is how I learned to vizualize the shapes on the neck.
Nobody ever ever answers the simple question , when you choose a G modal Shape, do you play the mode with the g root. In the g position? To change the complete chord arrangements in g. Or are you just jamming the g major scale , just starting on other notes in that one scale. Is G Phrygian in the g position and not all the notes of the g major scale.
Excellent lesson Ben. The one thing that's always confused me is when to use what mode. A lot of chord progressions do not neatly fall into 1 key all the way through a song.
why cant you play this with normal guitar tone and why dont you put some fret numbers and note names instead of those dots. I enjoyed watching your other videos, but this annoying sound and distant view of your guitar, it is hard to follow
I have always played blues so I live in the 5 shapes of the minor pentatonic. I have always tried to figure out how the major scale fits into my playing and modes have always confused me. Dumb question, your example starts in G, if I am playing in a different key do the shapes and names, Ionain, Dorian, stay the same or does it key off the new root I am playing in? Or can I just memorize the shapes you showed us and if I am playing in C, can I just call it Lydian and play the shape you showed me? Hope this makes sense? I think I "saw the light" when watching this video but i want to confirm before I memorize all the shapes and am applying them wrong..
If I understand the question... memorize the shapes and then apply the shape to whatever key you want. eg If you want to play C Dorian, start the Dorian shape on the E string 8th fret OR A string 3rd fret, etc... any C on the fretboard
Thanks for checking out this new approach to learning the modes! Grab the charts + the bonus lesson showing you how to SHRED these things here: www.patreon.com/posts/101673271?
dude you rule really helped me put this stuff together. great videos been going through them.
Hi Ben! This seemed like a scam but I received this message from "@YT_BenEller", wanted to make you aware of it: "Tᴇxᴛ ᴍᴇ ᴏɴ ᴛᴇʟᴇɢʀᴀᴍ 👉@YT_BenEller replied: "There's an item(Guitar and a MacBook)on my mind that I'd like to handover to ya."
Just wanted to make you aware. Keep up the great content!
Been playing guitar for 26 years now , I have done the band thing, took like ten years of lessons also been to and finshed a diploma in jazz guitar and I teach for a living . so I have been around the guitar a lot, and no one has ever shown me these before, so slick and super intuitive this was a great lesson. thank you and you had me with the lord of the rings lore
Probably going to call you Bendalf now.
It still gets me that modes are all just diatonic scales with different root notes.
The bit at the end where you play each over its home chord was helpful.
Very much a beginner here. Wasn’t sure I’d get much out of this but just the two string Ionian scale was worth it. Slowly but surely. Thanks!
Love your content Uncle Ben, you’ve taken many string ticklers to new heights.
Some things I hope can be helpful to others - the way I’ve learned the modes AND fretboard is to memorize all the natural notes CDEFGAB on the fretboard using mode pattern boxes.
Background music theory: each note letter has a mode associated with it where all the notes are natural (no sharps or flats):
1. C Ionian aka Major scale (way to remember: “See-eye”) CDEFGAB
2. D Dorian (D-D, easy) DEFGABC
3. E Phrygian (“Eat-fridge”) EFGABCD
4. F Lydian (“F- Lydia”, she sucks) FGABCDE
5. G Mixolydian (“Granola mix”) GABCDEF
6. A Aeolian Aka minor scale (A-A, easy) ABCDEFG
7. B Locrian (“Be-low”) BCDEFGA
See how the sequence is always alphabetical, but starting on a different letter.
Someone just starting out might be confused about G Ionian mentioned in the video, because C is usually associated with Ionian. You can apply a mode’s note interval spacing to any root note, which is how Uncle Ben gets the G Ionian at the 3rd fret. GABCDEF#
If the root note or background chord is a C major, you can play any of the modes of C Ionian listed above and it will sound major and happy. Change the chord to A minor but keep playing the same notes from those modes and suddenly it sounds sad. All the notes are the same but the mood becomes different because the context (root note) has changed. A mode/scale’s mood comes from the *note relationships to the root*, not the individual notes themselves.
There are 5 mode box patterns in the sequence E-Phrygian/G-Mixolydian/A-Aeolian/B-Locrian/D-Dorian (C Ionian is inside in B, just ignore the first C note) and (same, F Lydian is inside E, skip E) Start with the open E string and play the natural note sequence EFGABCD in a box that spans the open strings to the third fret (reference a chart that shows fret notes). Continue this idea with G on the third fret of the E string, A-5th fret, B-7th fret, D-10th fret. You’ll see that the guitar is tuned in such a way that you can go through all notes in the modes within a 4 fret finger stretch across all 6 strings.
The mode boxes attach to each other end-to-end in an endless cycle. These mode boxes can be shifted and applied to any root note to allow you to play the modes in any key. Also remember that any 7 note scale contains 7 modes in 7 different keys (5 note scale=5 modes, 5 keys etc). Every mode of a scale contains the same notes, just with the sequence starting on a different letter. It’s a bargain 7-for-1 deal. Knowing the modes and their major/minor character also helps in understanding chord progressions. This is just one way to learn the fretboard and music theory that I taught myself, but there are many others that have their own benefits.
TL;DR Learn the C major scale, then how the modes are based off it. Apply to fretboard. This is what has helped me wrap my head around music theory+the fretboard and improvisation.
Yes we've had first scale shape memorization strategy, but what about second scale shape memorization strategy?
Dude is teaching shapes but ends up teaching us modes in 11 minutes where as other _teachers_ take 40+ minutes over multiple episodes.
Speed is sometimes an asset… somebody explain that to my wife, OH! (Rimshot) (booed offstage) (cries)
@@BenEllerthe oh had Andrew Dice Clay all over it! 😂😂😂
I only can agree with George Costanza.
What really helped me learn the modes was an old Guitar World article it suggested to learn the modes in this order Lydian. Ionian, Mixolydian, Dorian, Aeolian, Phrygian, Locrian, L.I.M.D.A.P.L., in this order you are seeing the modes from the one-note changing perspective, this always you to see and hear the changes to each mode by starting on Lydian and lowering one note at a time, you can quickly and easily build and memorize all seven major scale modes on the guitar.
I really don't know why were not taught these modes in this order, it really was a game changer for me.
That's pretty cool. But, for me, if C Ionian = D Dorian = E Phrygian = F Lydian = G Mixolydian = A Aeolian = B Locrian is true, then it stands to reason there ought to be a major scale I can play for every mode instead of having to memorize a bunch of shapes. I mean, everyone already knows the major scale anyway, right? So I do believe that if you wanted to play:
C Locrian, you'd just play Db major scale
C Aeolian you'd just play Eb major scale
C Mixolydian, you'd just play the F Major scale
C Lydian, you'd just play the G major scale
C Phrygian, you'd just play the G# major scale
C Dorian, you'd just play the Bb major scale
I hope this helps someone.
I might be the dumbest regarding scales and modes but I don't know why, but I've had a block on this subject.
I've been playing for 10+ years and can't figure it out... I haven't even tried because it seems confusing. I want so much to learn all this. Hopefully, this video will help.
That lady Lydia really knew what she was doing when she cooked up her mode
The fairest in all the land
I don't know... That Phrygid chick knew how to create a mood... 🤘😁
"Lydia, oh, Lydia that encyclopydia, Lydia the tah-ha-toed lady..." Groucho Marx
The LOTR jokes shouldn’t make me so happy, unfortunately they do
You just smashed 3 half hour headache lessons into one smooth easy to swallow burrito. Well done sir. Well done.
Glad to help
Exactly!
With these shapes, we should be able to find the pocketses.
What is a 'metric buttload' in Fahrenheit? Lol...
Buckleberry Fairy ...damn I still suck
Chuckled a bit over "F# demolished chord" at 11:12 haha. Good vid
One of the best lessons I've ever had. Came just at the right time. I'm going to learn and practice this for the next forever. Thanks!
It's really the shapes in relation to the scale and chords as the complete package. Guitar seems to be a G Major E minor instrument.
Wow! I’ve been so confused about this topic and this totally opened my eyes to the modes. So - they way it relates to keys - if I’m playing D mixolydian I’m in the key of G, but if I’m playing D Dorian, I’m playing in Cmajor. And the mode covers the whole fretboard while playing over that chord (in this case D minor). Is that a correct example?
Sounds like you’re on the right track here. Happy to help!
Metric butt loads are more biggerer, I think?
Yeah daddy, Uncle Benny Bob.. Awesome lesson (as always) ..
In particular; I really like, That Frigid Lydia, Yup I am Smitten
More than that you could say that I'm in really deep Smitt. with'um..
Thanks Uncle Benny Bob, For Always keeping it cool and Fun.
You and your hard wok creating this content .. Are appreciated
You got to have a second breakfast after a little bit of old Toby.
Hello Ben, I'm working up a song lesson by the Scorpions and was very surprised at the use of a Bdim and Ddim in the song - It's titled Loving You Sunday Morning; I think it would be a great song to discuss the use of diminished chords (Zeps Wanton Song also) in a rock context.
Thanks for all you do ~ My Very Best ~ Joe
Totally! Gotta love those demolished sounds.
Yup. Easiest explanation ever.
Ben’s my favorite YT guitar guy cause he’s like a bro ya know. Like someone I know and grew up with, no pretentious BS, just gold content and delivery.
Thanks dude
Uncle Ben. You are the fucking best ❤
I just tried that same Jackson American Series Soloist SL2 HT at a local shop. Very different than any guitar I had played before. Quite tempting and Ben Eller approved! 😎
Shredi Nights 😂 ok you win. I laughed way too hard at that.
2nd Bfast joke lol credit. You are not forgotten.
I didn't get the "Just don't call it late for second breakfast" joke. Maybe it's something in American culture I'm missing?
@@bradsutherland_writer Lord of the Rings book/movie reference...Ben snuck in a few this vid!
Man I could"nt Thank you enough I have just learnt a new way to play the Guitar Thanks Again BENELLERGUITARS Donald Laughlin Melbourne Australia
I've seen a lot of modes tutorials but this is by far the easiest one to understand. Great video! Added to my practice repertoire.
Amazing video. A few weeks ago I started in on doing 3nps shapes for all modes and the “atoms” of the 3nps. I asked myself if there are other groupings and tried variations and found this one as well for each mode. And then suddenly this great video comes out and validates all that hard work!
Getting these shapes down and working on your legato and palm muting will have you ripping up the fretboard in no time. Good stuff, Ben. 🤘
I still haven't figured out how to commit the pentatonic shapes to memory. It's why I suck on guitar.
I know what you re saying, but you don' t need to. You can refer to the tutorial below, I also had to watch it three times to grasp everything and practiced it for a while, but now I can do pentatonic vertically on the fretboard with the root note anywhere on the fretboard, check it out:
ruclips.net/video/dvtYbbOpwX0/видео.html
I also made a playlist with all the videos I found useful to understand music theory and concepts a little bit clearer, you can check it out mate
ruclips.net/p/PLitR3nKFB-dvSgxBA0XfSawSbvWZqhaUX
@@florisrobert Thanks! Very kind of you!
When playing the 3 -4 combo are you using strict alternate picking or are you using a hybrid picking technique from the 4th note to the beginning of the next pattern?
Dear Uncle Ben. Sincerely, many thanks 🙏 This is such a simple, yet so amazing hack! It's working wonders for me. I was stuck living secretly in a 3 note-per-string lifestyle - "Not that there's anything wrong with that!" 😉
Thats a beautiful guitar! Looks like a Jackson and a ESP MII mixed, the primo combo!
What? No pie ala mode? LOL. That Jackson is sweet. It looks like a Carbon Fiber body 🤔 Ben Ala mode strikes again 😂.
Modes mastered , understanding modes , the mode mystery unlocked, the secret to modes....
FFS! stop sounding like a 90's guitar world mag....
and bring back the beard.
Ben can you do the modes in E and A?
@dengazz1004
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I had the pleasure of meeting Ben just the other day in NY at the Satriani/Vai show. Your Uncle Ben cares about teaching, he’s great at it, he’s witty, he’s knowledgeable,…all the while being a down to earth, humble guy who’s in it for all the right reasons. He’s the real deal.
Intelligent lesson structure. Genuinely funny and engaging teaching style. Hell’s bells, I even like the no nonsense (and pretty) handwritten notes too. Stellar content, good sir. Bravo.
What I do is way better. Way more efficient. Way more logical. But the world doesn’t care enough to ask. You click my profile and clearly I know what I’m doing. But no one ever asks. Modes, arpeggios, chords, my way is so much better. I’ll keep having constant progress all by myself then.
Psh... I said "Bucklebury Ferry" before your intro was even over, and I didn't magically learn the modes!
Crazy, I've used the all whole step pattern/idea for latin music for years, but never changed modes with it. I'm really looking forward trying out the other patterns.
Shred is such an abused term. If you can't play Batio-type ascending and descending fours in sixteenth notes at at least 180BPM, you can't shred.
?? would the Em7 be better for than an Em for phryg.. D7(dom) for D Mixo?? maybe a sus4 for the 4 in Lydian?
This is a GREAT lesson sir!
Even for a 'late' re-learner!
Thanks for your easy explanation.
🎸🎸🎸🎶🎶🎶🤪
I need to practice more
F# Demolished? 😂
Impressive! But I doubt whether this is the easiest way for everybody. 7 shapes of 7 notes each is a lot. With 3 note per string you only have 3 shapes of 3 notes for all modes and a (fixed) order between them plus starting point (which shifts for each next mode).
so in a G major progression, I could play 8th fret G lydian over the 4 chord C, and so forth? these sound good but I don't necessarily know how to apply each modal scale to each chord change.
Why are guitar players so.obsessed with modes. What is their function? How are they actually applied?
bums me out that the locrian is the easiest pattern with that 1b2 yet it is sour and totally useless.. if you haven't yet, maybe a lesson on vamps for modes.. ie sus chord for lydian, m7 for phrygian.. dom7 for mixo
Its very interesting. I have been using a similar strategy for a few months now. I was looking for a way to play a scale/mode through the whole neck and I came a cross these kind of shapes. For me, they mix the shapes I have memorized. For example, in your first example, the way I see it, you are mixing the Major shape with the Minor shape. You are starting on the Major shape and ending on the second note of the Minor shape. I don't know if it makes sense to you but this is how I learned to vizualize the shapes on the neck.
which is Ellerian
Nobody ever ever answers the simple question , when you choose a G modal
Shape, do you play the mode with the g root. In the g position? To change the complete chord arrangements in g. Or are you just jamming the g major scale , just starting on other notes in that one scale. Is G Phrygian in the g position and not all the notes of the g major scale.
Excellent lesson Ben. The one thing that's always confused me is when to use what mode. A lot of chord progressions do not neatly fall into 1 key all the way through a song.
Where the F$&% were you 30 YEARS AGO, MAAAAAAIIINNG!?!?!?!😫
2:17 I hear lord of the ring, good enough for me to learn 😄
Unca Ben, yer a nerd...lol! Love the lesson! Another way to connect the scale. Thanks!
Ben thank you so much for this video! You rock
My pleasure!
I was hoping you would skip the Locrian mode. Nevertheless, it’s a excellent lesson uncle Ben! 👍
You always have a sweet sounding rig! Cheers Unk!
It's a simple concept but this will have big ramifications on my playing. You can apply this to other scales like harmonic and melodic minor
I like😛😛😛😛😛
Awesome way of showing octaves on this! Locrian is a no fly zone lol
I called for aid in the form of a guitar this. 😅
And Gondor answered!!!
why cant you play this with normal guitar tone and why dont you put some fret numbers and note names instead of those dots. I enjoyed watching your other videos, but this annoying sound and distant view of your guitar, it is hard to follow
BE earns a thumbs up simply for all the LOTR references in the first two minutes
Not a fan of teaching modes this way, I think modes are actually the harmony, since the scale is G major for all, but thats me
Is that a tyrannosaur on the wall? Can't beat a bit of T. Rex! Great video!!!
Thanks Uncle Ben, another Great lesson!much luv🤩👍
well done, another great way of looking at the modes. I will add this to my mash up of fretboard visualizations.
Great lesson! I also really like Guthrie Govan's creative guitar book series for modes and Frank Gambale's video on modes.
This makes a lot of sense as we’re talking octaves do the pattern will be the same, it’s just do Ray mi fa so la ti do, Ray mi fa so la ti do Ray…
I have always played blues so I live in the 5 shapes of the minor pentatonic. I have always tried to figure out how the major scale fits into my playing and modes have always confused me. Dumb question, your example starts in G, if I am playing in a different key do the shapes and names, Ionain, Dorian, stay the same or does it key off the new root I am playing in? Or can I just memorize the shapes you showed us and if I am playing in C, can I just call it Lydian and play the shape you showed me? Hope this makes sense? I think I "saw the light" when watching this video but i want to confirm before I memorize all the shapes and am applying them wrong..
If I understand the question... memorize the shapes and then apply the shape to whatever key you want. eg If you want to play C Dorian, start the Dorian shape on the E string 8th fret OR A string 3rd fret, etc... any C on the fretboard
The lord of the rings references and jokes you dropped are 10/10
Thanks uncle Ben!
Great lesson. Lighting, audio and camera work on point. What camera are you using? Looks great.
Oh thanks! It’s a garbage Canon T5i hahaha super outdated
Confused cause he put the fat low string printed on the bottom startumg from.left to right then the higher string on the top.
Hey uncle Ben! Do you have a music theory class that you teach online? Thank you very much
Do ı need to set my guitar to e standart for learning music teory? I play in c standart is it a problem?
Uncle B also has a cooking lesson, friends. Pies and a la modes made simple. Tasty riffs, tasty treats.
Thanks for all this valuable informations. Really good video.
Joe Bonamassa a la Mode is Joe Bonamassa with Ice Cream.
4:00 Frying pan shape major scale
i was able to say uncle berry fairy before the intro was even over. downvoted
Starting off with Keep it Dark by Genesis in G Ionian.
Hey, I really like the intro song! How can I find it?
This is exactly what I was looking for: A way to cover more territory on the fretboard
I don't particularly like modes a lot.
Ben I would love a theory course! Looking forward to that
Clearest explanation ever, thank you.
Longbottom leaf and guitar go hand in hand Uncle Ben
That was fantastic and was a revelation as well.
Thanks
But which mode do you use over which chord pattern?
Exactly what I needed. Right to the point... Thx for this.
The C Lydian + C major sounded the nicest
Great video. Very good for people to learn to find root notes and go from there. Kudos!
Works fairly well on a 6 string bass to😂