To a guitarist that moved away from keyboards as a kid, and as such only knows a little music theory... your explanation of this just blew my tiny little mind, I wish I had found this video sooner. The integration of modes + 5ths + pentatonic scales just changed my understanding for the better. Many thanks.
This maybe be the most helpful video on RUclips. Oh my god. My old neighbor has told me that Dorian is the shit but I never understood why until now. Thanks you so much for making this video. You just won over a new subscriber.
Thanks for your lessons ... it's really great ! For every instrument ... And your kind of speaking, slowly like that, makes a really big difference for the guys like me who don't speak a fluently english ! I can understand everything !!! THX ! ! !
I've been asking so many peeps bout what scale to use to play jazz for years, couldn't find it till I found this channel :) THANKS A LOT, BEST JAZZ CHANNEL!
Hi Oliver, I came across your New Jazz Channel some days ago and i find it very useful indeed. Your skills are simply amazing and you have a Brilliant Voice also. Love, Peace and Blessings to you Sir!
Oh Man! I've been practicing this, jumping from fifth to fifth indefinitely, but just now, it made so much sense that you may only navigate freely through three fifths! I'm absolutely thrilled with your videos, and I am so sure I will improve so much! You're giving me a purpose!
Very fun, and I love the explanation. I never thought of the minor pentatonic being derived from Dorian but it makes so much sense, especially when explaining the major 6th.
+Henrietta Atkin Thanks :) And yes, comparing the minor scale and the dorian scale points out the small but yet significant difference: the 6th step ;)
Hi Oliver. I wanted you to know that I decided to go back and start from the very beginning. I was following your videos and I am aware of your recent video.. But I need to get this right so I have started from this video and I will work my way from here. I think it is better this way. I've been jumping all over the place and I need to be more consistent. This has helped me a lot and I feel a lot better about applying it to some of the jazz songs I am learning. Thank you so very much. You have opened up my thinking, my brain and my musicianship in so many ways you have no idea how much you have done for me and I want to thank you because I see that you have been putting a lot of time and effort for some years now. Creating videos so that people like myself can learn. Thank you so very much. You are truly amazing Oliver. After taking my notes and listening to the jam at the end, it makes sense for me to focus on this for a while in all the different keys until I get more comfortable before moving on to the next video. Congrats to the musicians and also to your (twin brother 😄) at the end.
Great lesson. I actually noticed the linkage between the pentatonic scales of the root and the fifth through experimentation. This helped solidify and explain that finding so thank you.
Great video. Just started my second year piano lessons and im working with herbie hancocks cantaloupe island which happens to work with F- Dorian. this was the perfect video for me! thank you
Your explanations and teaching method is very clear and quite a revelation to those who are new to modal jazz! I like the fingering of the minor Pentatonic you use, here because you can simply use the 4th finger before the link to add the tri-tone changing it to the Blues scale, (and the fingering works in most key).
That was a fantastic lesson. I've been trying to teach myself the pentatonic minor scales but hadn't realised how they can be linked together. I finally get it! Thanks for lesson, looking forward to the next tutorial :)
Thx! It means a lot to get feedback from other musicians :) I think the Dorian mode in some cases can be more exiting when dividing it up into the 3 minor pentatonic tonalities. It is one way to provide your solo play with logic and structure :) I already made a Lesson2: ruclips.net/video/ItlFm9cyMQg/видео.html Lesson 3 is only drafts, it will still take some time...
Very informative video , thank you so much. I'm a Pianist ( classical by training) but I play Jazz and Indian Classical based fusion, this mode and many others have been used extensively through ancient India in most complex patterns . Dorian mode is called "kaafi" in Indian Music... if you ever get a chance listen to it, your improvisation will improve-- cheers
Me parece excelente lo que enseña Oliver para aquellos que no estamos en ese nivel de @livingpiano creo que lo que enseña Oliver es muy apropiado ya que muchos saben pero no enseñar bien como lo hace oliver muy didactico, adelante Oliver.@@NewJazz
+ABAA Adeola Thx. I'm really glad you can make use of the video. We are working on the next video - but they take some time to produce... :) Cheers Oliver Prehn
+pedro henrique bufulin de almeida Thx. I'm glad you can use the techniques on the guitar too. And fantastic that the 'jazzy' voice entertain you, haha :) Cheers Oliver
an old Korg X50 keyboard and a very old Rhodes mk-80 in combination. I cant remember the exact voices. On my newest videos I use only "Native Instruments".
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fantastic and interesting production. Very good explanation of the different playing of different key pentatonics in one key. Would you use all 3 across a ii-v-i progression? Any avoid notes for specific chords? Thanks! Love it
Peoria Os Thanks Peoria :) Yes, you can occasionally benefit from using all 3 pentatonic tonalities across the ii-v-i progression: For example F-dorian Bb-mixolydian Eb-ionian using F, C and G minor pentatonic - on all chords! The F and C minor pentatonic hand patterns gives the Bb-mixolydian a nice suspension effect by the way. Do not necessarily worry about "avoid notes" - the nice pentatonic structure gives the music a logic across the ii-v-i movement. So any clashing dissonant is somehow explained by your consistently use of the 3 pentatonic hand patterns...
Fantastic tutorial and great sound! How do you construct chords from 11:23 with your third hand? At first an F sus4? And then? Can you explain please? Thank you!
Hi, and thanks a lot :) I'm using what a guitarist may call power chords. And correct, I also have the sus4 included. The thumb is placed on one of the F minor pentatonic notes and then I build the chord upwards from there with a fourth, fifth and octave. I think it works fine no matter where I place my thumb - if it is just on one of the F minor pentatonic notes.
Interesting sound in spite of simple concept. At 11:27 then you move in parallel on Ab with the same shape, but it's not an Ab sus4 because the bass still play the F. So it would be F (first), Ab (third with the octave), Db (augmented fifth). Is it possible on a Minor 7 chord?
Correct - it's the same shape no matter where I move the hand. And yes, the shape on Ab is rather nasty ;) I think the shortest chord name is "Absus/F". But what we hear is more likely a minor 7 chord, you are right about that. The chord name should then be "Fmi7 (b13, no5)". And thanks for some really good questions!!! They make me reflecting ;) Regards Oliver
It just happens that the Dorian mode (or any of the 7 church modes actually) contains 3 pentatonic tonalities. And they are each separated with a perfect fifth. In that way the 3 pentatonic tonalities are easy to locate. Best regards Oliver
where you get the two dislikes i will never know! that was a very enlightening presentation. much appreciated. i am a classical pianist looking to make the transition to the "dark side". lol
Thanks Paul. And welcome to the dark side - hehe :) But anyway - improvisation techniques you can benefit from no matter what side you belong, I think :)
+paul budd I disliked because the voiceover was very... moist? It was like a lovely voice, but then recorded with the microphone somewhere actually inside his mouth.
Mr Oliver. Thank you. Where is the ‘starting point’ for understanding modes and scales? Learning and memorizing all the scales and modes Not necessarily beginner .
Well, you can for example start with Dorian. Then you can gradually expand to the other modes like in this other vid: ruclips.net/video/KiEoJjWlGMY/видео.html Just watch the first half - (the last part of the video is just crazy stuff). Cheers from Oliver
Thx dear Oliver for this nice and very well explained tutorial, just one question what chords do you use at the left hand for this pentatonic pattern can we use the usual minor chords for its corresponding minor scale or the 7th.
Hi Dani. I'm really glad you can use the tutorial :) Yes, you can use the minor 7th chord in left hand, which fits the Dorian scale in use. That works very well :) In this tune I'm using chords with notes stacked in a specific manner, having the little finger and thumb spaced with an octave and the long finger and the forefinger on the 4th and 5th in the middle. I't a kind of power chord I like for this song. Then I just jump around having the little finger and thumb placed on one of the notes from F minor pentatonic. Cheers Oliver Prehn
Great video! It seems that towards the end you go upwards another fifth and use d minor pentatonic scale which include A. A is not part of the F dorian mode but sounds still good. Or, how should you analyze the scale that you use at the end with A included?
Hi and thanks a lot :) An attentive student!!! Once upon a time there was annotations to this video, but YT removed that feature some years ago. The annotations showed what's going on ;) And correct, I move up another fifth approaching the Mixolydian scale ;) Cheers from Oliver
@@arpeggio8212 Great. And yes, from the "Chromatic Detox" video and onwards I had incorporated the annotations into the original videos instead of using a RUclips overlay.
+Frederik Stephano Thanks a lot! And I'm grateful that you can use the channel :) about the circle of fifth: Well, yes, I guess so :) Because we walk clockwise around the circle from Fm- to Cm- to Gm-pentatonic results in the Dorian scale. Actually I continue the circle-of-fifth-movement at time 14:06 in the video to the Dm pentatonic, playing out of the Dorian mode approaching the Mixolydian mode and the sound brightens (minor third turns into major third). This circle-of-fifth-movement you can continue even further to reach the Ionian Mode, then the Lydian and so on. I hope this gives any sense - or else just ask more :) I just love these good questions :) Cheers Oliver
+Anak Baiharn Hi Anak. I'm using a synthesizer Korg X50. It's a small, old and rather cheep synthesizer. But as always Korg amazes me. The Bass sound is a combination from the X50 and a "classic bass" from Native Instruments. The drum pads are homemade samples.
I'm looking at this lesson again to memorize the concept and... love the "lead" sound you used! Is it customized or have I any chance to find it in my synth? :)
Glad you like the concept :) The lead sound was a composite of several sounds from an old Korg keyboard and a Roland keyboard. The Korg just died, so it is impossible for me to reconstruct the sound. So we just have to make up new sounds ;) Warm Regards Oliver
Hi :) This video is my very first and it is quite old. At that time I had a Roland Rhodes mk80 and a korg x50 and I mixed the sounds of the two keyboards - I don't think you can buy these keyboards anymore. Today I use software sounds - mostly from Native Instruments...
+Bruce Bane Yes. The church modes are all similar in nature. Means you can find 3 pentatonic scales spaced with a perfect fifth in all the church modes. Example: In this lesson we have "F" as the keynote - playing F-Dorian. If we changed that to the note "G" we will play G-Frygian instead - still using the F, C and G minor pentatonic scales. Well this is the theory - But I must admit, I have not tried in practice, so I don't no how it sounds. I think I will try it out. Thanks for asking :)
Hi Oliver, I am loving your lessons. I was wondering about the last passage when you had the note "A" (which is not on the F dorian scale ) accompanied by Ab (which is included on the dorian scale). I'd like to ask what is the role of the note "A" on the improv, I noticed that although it is not on the dorian scale, it made the music more interesting. Is there a theory behind it? Thanks in advance! :)
Hi and thanks a lot - and really nice spotted; the mysterious a-note. This video was my very first lesson actually. At that time I had added a lot of annotations that explained what I was playing - but YT do not support annotations anymore, so they are gone... but anyway, the next lesson I'm working on right now actually explains it all. The lesson is about playing "Multi Modes" - a very nice way to give the Music extra color and play "out of the box". I think the lesson will be done and uploaded mid next week - I hope you have patience... Warm regards Oliver
@@NewJazz Hello Oliver, do you have a thorough order on your videos for complete beginners? Like is it good to start here on your first video and work on my way up to your latest ones? If not, do you consider making a playlist on the sequence of lessons?
@@mdiabetes Well, each lesson can be seen individually. But anyway I made this suggested order: ruclips.net/p/PLd8gNAxPUcJw1DmmWooCWx_jgKzgBfYGp Best regards from Oliver
Presumably if the band is playing in a Major key, these same minor pentatonic movements apply from the 6th degree of the Major key (typical relative minor pentatonic)?
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To a guitarist that moved away from keyboards as a kid, and as such only knows a little music theory... your explanation of this just blew my tiny little mind, I wish I had found this video sooner. The integration of modes + 5ths + pentatonic scales just changed my understanding for the better. Many thanks.
This maybe be the most helpful video on RUclips. Oh my god. My old neighbor has told me that Dorian is the shit but I never understood why until now. Thanks you so much for making this video. You just won over a new subscriber.
Thanks for your lessons ... it's really great ! For every instrument ...
And your kind of speaking, slowly like that, makes a really big difference for the guys like me who don't speak a fluently english !
I can understand everything !!! THX ! ! !
I've been asking so many peeps bout what scale to use to play jazz for years, couldn't find it till I found this channel :) THANKS A LOT, BEST JAZZ CHANNEL!
this is the best awesome tutorial jazz
Fantastic that you can use the techniques :)
Cheers Oliver Prehn
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absolutely!
Pure Gold! Thanking you for your time and generosity.
Yes so clear and focused on the student, grateful for such clarity
Best, Best, and I mean Best classroom of music learning. WOW! I can see clearly now the music in how it is made. Thank you Professor Prehn.
Hi Oliver, I came across your New Jazz Channel some days ago and i find it very useful indeed. Your skills are simply amazing and you have a Brilliant Voice also. Love, Peace and Blessings to you Sir!
Oh Man! I've been practicing this, jumping from fifth to fifth indefinitely, but just now, it made so much sense that you may only navigate freely through three fifths! I'm absolutely thrilled with your videos, and I am so sure I will improve so much! You're giving me a purpose!
Very fun, and I love the explanation. I never thought of the minor pentatonic being derived from Dorian but it makes so much sense, especially when explaining the major 6th.
+Henrietta Atkin Thanks :) And yes, comparing the minor scale and the dorian scale points out the small but yet significant difference: the 6th step ;)
Hi Oliver. I wanted you to know that I decided to go back and start from the very beginning. I was following your videos and I am aware of your recent video.. But I need to get this right so I have started from this video and I will work my way from here. I think it is better this way. I've been jumping all over the place and I need to be more consistent. This has helped me a lot and I feel a lot better about applying it to some of the jazz songs I am learning. Thank you so very much. You have opened up my thinking, my brain and my musicianship in so many ways you have no idea how much you have done for me and I want to thank you because I see that you have been putting a lot of time and effort for some years now. Creating videos so that people like myself can learn. Thank you so very much. You are truly amazing Oliver. After taking my notes and listening to the jam at the end, it makes sense for me to focus on this for a while in all the different keys until I get more comfortable before moving on to the next video. Congrats to the musicians and also to your (twin brother 😄) at the end.
OK, but some of the first videos can be a little weird sometimes haha... Warm regards from Oliver
@@NewJazz Thanks. Your videos are perfect always. Blessings to you always.
Great lesson. I actually noticed the linkage between the pentatonic scales of the root and the fifth through experimentation. This helped solidify and explain that finding so thank you.
+NaffArts
Thanks, and I'm so glad that the video could solidify your findings. Keep on experimenting ;)
Cheers Oliver Prehn
Fantastic clarity
Just fabulous. Loved the explanation. Waiting for your other videos. You make a great teacher.
+DrDee Thx DrDee :) I'm working on the next video. Hope it comes very soon...
New jazz You are the best!!!! I love your tutorials!!!
Great video. Just started my second year piano lessons and im working with herbie hancocks cantaloupe island which happens to work with F- Dorian. this was the perfect video for me! thank you
such an enjoyable piano lesson. its like learning a new instrument
So good ! Excellent indeed !
Your explanations and teaching method is very clear and quite a revelation to those who are new to modal jazz! I like the fingering of the minor Pentatonic you use, here because you can simply use the 4th finger before the link to add the tri-tone changing it to the Blues scale, (and the fingering works in most key).
Thanks a lot :) And exactly - you got the idea about the 4th finger: the "link" and the "blue note" :)
Really enjoyed this video! Very helpful.
What a great teacher.
That was a fantastic lesson. I've been trying to teach myself the pentatonic minor scales but hadn't realised how they can be linked together. I finally get it! Thanks for lesson, looking forward to the next tutorial :)
Thx! It means a lot to get feedback from other musicians :)
I think the Dorian mode in some cases can be more exiting when dividing it up into the 3 minor pentatonic tonalities. It is one way to provide your solo play with logic and structure :)
I already made a Lesson2: ruclips.net/video/ItlFm9cyMQg/видео.html
Lesson 3 is only drafts, it will still take some time...
Now this what you call music! Awesome!
An amazing tutorial as usual. Thank you for this treasure.
Beautifully illustrated video. I'm just learning about the
Dorian mode and Pentatonic scales for improvisation.
Thanks :) I surely hope you find this pentatonic fingering technique useful. Then you will avoid just playing the Dorian scale 'up and down' ;)
Mind blown! Thanks for this incredible video!
Fantastic tutorial Iam so inspired) Thank you!
Very helpful. Thank you
Thank you so much for this. Mind opening
Nice, very clear explanation.
Thank you dear Oliver you have been very helpful, regards to Erik.
Wow..really nice sound. Also like the graphic keyboard aid.
This is really like the musician phase of music for people who love making music, thank you for the video fellas,#raydatrapper.
+Ray Kakole
Thanks a lot Ray :)
Cheers Oliver
This lesson is so deliciously musical, I'm listening for use with saxophone, thank you.
wow! this is awesome video! i love the final part with the stereo image! :)
amazing teaching !!! thank you
Thanks. Great and useful lesson.
+Alejandro Ceppi
Thx a lot. I'm glad you can use the techniques :)
Cheers Oliver Prehn
really thank you. i'm waiting your next
Thx Sherif. I'm really glad you can use the lesson :)
I'm working on the next lesson 3...
very good channel. Well explained.
Very informative video , thank you so much. I'm a Pianist ( classical by training) but I play Jazz and Indian Classical based fusion, this mode and many others have been used extensively through ancient India in most complex patterns . Dorian mode is called "kaafi" in Indian Music... if you ever get a chance listen to it, your improvisation will improve-- cheers
+Harsha Jade Sounds very interesting! Can you help me, and give me some references to Indian songs that uses "kaafi"?
Me parece excelente lo que enseña Oliver para aquellos que no estamos en ese nivel de @livingpiano creo que lo que enseña Oliver es muy apropiado ya que muchos saben pero no enseñar bien como lo hace oliver muy didactico, adelante Oliver.@@NewJazz
Estuve viendo el canal de youtube de @livingpiano y no hay nada de jazz puro chopin y todo leyéndolo en partitura @newjazz
Awesome stuff man! Really useful, specially for people like me trying to play Jazz Fusion :) thanks!
Christian De Leon Thanks Christian :) I guess It should be possible to apply similar techniques on the guitar using pentatonic hand grips...
NewJazz Yes indeed! Thanks again. :)
Christian De Leon GREAT! :D
great vid! thank you, it is easy to understand this way.
Bordy Dee Thx. I'm glad you can use the technique :)
this was a great video and i learned a lot! more more more!!
+Rob Turner Thx Rob :) I'm working on the next video using chromatic scale...
Very useful lesson =) Thank's!
The pentatonic scales over the dorian mode with that timbre sounds like a soundtrack of a movie from the 80s
Very helpful... More videos please... keep it coming
+ABAA Adeola
Thx. I'm really glad you can make use of the video. We are working on the next video - but they take some time to produce... :)
Cheers Oliver Prehn
1000000000000 thank you for this awesome class!!!!! LOVED IT
Excellent ...
Great explanation👍
Great Tutorial!
Thanks. Really glad you can use the tutorial :)
Cheers Oliver Prehn
really helpful video, thanks a lot
Finally a good explanation! Thanks
this one helps me a lot :) thanks for posting
+adiprana Julian
I'm glad that I could help you :)
Cool love your breakdown and explanation great way to see the possibilities 😉
thanks for yours upload !!!
thats so cool you have four hands!
6 hands ! 2 legs! l see.... lol
fantastic works
The epic tale of 4 hands, sometimes God answers our prayers. Very helpful yet very entertaining.
I can’t stop watching his lessons. I’m sleep deprived.
that's the very best to learn! The right brain gets more work by the relaxed feeling.
Same. I'm addicted 😆
danke!!!!! das ist Super Kanal, ich kann damit viel üben ....
Excelente aula.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you
thanks for the clip. my advise: sketch the circle of 5th, mark the sounds and everything will be clear
you are amaizing man
Great !!!!! Thank you !!!
Thank you so much!
Hahaha this is awesome :) your voice is so jazzy. Besides being a guitar player , this helped me a lot
+pedro henrique bufulin de almeida
Thx. I'm glad you can use the techniques on the guitar too. And fantastic that the 'jazzy' voice entertain you, haha :)
Cheers Oliver
NewJazz what instrument voice are you using?
an old Korg X50 keyboard and a very old Rhodes mk-80 in combination. I cant remember the exact voices. On my newest videos I use only "Native Instruments".
fantastic
I'm sending the link to some of my students! Great job! :-)
+Boris Plazibat Yes, plz do :) And thanks :)
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That's encouraging. I will!
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Thanks for that creative tip. I need to study the video a little more closely before I get it down.
Have fun :) Feel free to ask if any questions..
interesting , such a sweet voice
Thank you
Olá, sou do Brasil! Obrigada pelo conteúdo
Another thumbs up from me.
excellente
fantastic and interesting production. Very good explanation of the different playing of different key pentatonics in one key. Would you use all 3 across a ii-v-i progression? Any avoid notes for specific chords? Thanks! Love it
Peoria Os Thanks Peoria :)
Yes, you can occasionally benefit from using all 3 pentatonic tonalities across the ii-v-i progression: For example F-dorian Bb-mixolydian Eb-ionian using F, C and G minor pentatonic - on all chords!
The F and C minor pentatonic hand patterns gives the Bb-mixolydian a nice suspension effect by the way.
Do not necessarily worry about "avoid notes" - the nice pentatonic structure gives the music a logic across the ii-v-i movement. So any clashing dissonant is somehow explained by your consistently use of the 3 pentatonic hand patterns...
sounds a lot like pet matheny! thank you very much for your time
I'm just really glad that you can use some of the ideas ;) Regards Oliver
Wow awesome lesson Oliver... How can I get the same sounds (layers) you're using? Thanks for sharing...
+Luke Kessie reFX Nexus >Bass, comes close to this If you use VST program like FL-Studio.
Fantastic tutorial and great sound! How do you construct chords from 11:23 with your third hand? At first an F sus4? And then? Can you explain please? Thank you!
Hi, and thanks a lot :)
I'm using what a guitarist may call power chords. And correct, I also have the sus4 included. The thumb is placed on one of the F minor pentatonic notes and then I build the chord upwards from there with a fourth, fifth and octave. I think it works fine no matter where I place my thumb - if it is just on one of the F minor pentatonic notes.
Interesting sound in spite of simple concept. At 11:27 then you move in parallel on Ab with the same shape, but it's not an Ab sus4 because the bass still play the F. So it would be F (first), Ab (third with the octave), Db (augmented fifth). Is it possible on a Minor 7 chord?
Correct - it's the same shape no matter where I move the hand. And yes, the shape on Ab is rather nasty ;) I think the shortest chord name is "Absus/F". But what we hear is more likely a minor 7 chord, you are right about that. The chord name should then be "Fmi7 (b13, no5)".
And thanks for some really good questions!!! They make me reflecting ;)
Regards Oliver
Mmm... thanks to you for explain me these concepts! You're very kind. See you soon. :) Regards. Marco
What is the theory behind moving up a fifth and still be able to stick to the key ?
It just happens that the Dorian mode (or any of the 7 church modes actually) contains 3 pentatonic tonalities. And they are each separated with a perfect fifth. In that way the 3 pentatonic tonalities are easy to locate. Best regards Oliver
where you get the two dislikes i will never know! that was a very enlightening presentation. much appreciated. i am a classical pianist looking to make the transition to the "dark side". lol
Thanks Paul. And welcome to the dark side - hehe :)
But anyway - improvisation techniques you can benefit from no matter what side you belong, I think :)
+paul budd I disliked because the voiceover was very... moist? It was like a lovely voice, but then recorded with the microphone somewhere actually inside his mouth.
thumbs up!
Mr Oliver. Thank you. Where is the ‘starting point’ for understanding modes and scales? Learning and memorizing all the scales and modes Not necessarily beginner .
Well, you can for example start with Dorian. Then you can gradually expand to the other modes like in this other vid:
ruclips.net/video/KiEoJjWlGMY/видео.html
Just watch the first half - (the last part of the video is just crazy stuff).
Cheers from Oliver
Thx dear Oliver for this nice and very well explained tutorial, just one question what chords do you use at the left hand for this pentatonic pattern can we use the usual minor chords for its corresponding minor scale or the 7th.
Hi Dani.
I'm really glad you can use the tutorial :)
Yes, you can use the minor 7th chord in left hand, which fits the Dorian scale in use. That works very well :)
In this tune I'm using chords with notes stacked in a specific manner, having the little finger and thumb spaced with an octave and the long finger and the forefinger on the 4th and 5th in the middle. I't a kind of power chord I like for this song. Then I just jump around having the little finger and thumb placed on one of the notes from F minor pentatonic.
Cheers Oliver Prehn
Four thumps?!?! I wasn't ready for that! LOL
Thanks for the lesson!
HAHA - crazy stuff happens sometimes...
genial...!
He is so theatrical Lol Great exploration love it
+D Collins
Lol :) Glad you can use it despite the "theatrical" presentation :)
Great video! It seems that towards the end you go upwards another fifth and use d minor pentatonic scale which include A. A is not part of the F dorian mode but sounds still good. Or, how should you analyze the scale that you use at the end with A included?
Hi and thanks a lot :) An attentive student!!! Once upon a time there was annotations to this video, but YT removed that feature some years ago. The annotations showed what's going on ;) And correct, I move up another fifth approaching the Mixolydian scale ;) Cheers from Oliver
@@NewJazz Thanks Oliver for your kind reply. Regarding annotations, they still seem to show on your ”Chromatic Detox” video, which is very helpful.
@@arpeggio8212 Great. And yes, from the "Chromatic Detox" video and onwards I had incorporated the annotations into the original videos instead of using a RUclips overlay.
Does this method is an implementation of circle of fifth? If yes, what else I can do with the "Circle of Fifth"? Thanks for the answer :)
+Frederik Stephano btw, I'm very grateful that I found your channel!!! :))
+Frederik Stephano
Thanks a lot! And I'm grateful that you can use the channel :)
about the circle of fifth: Well, yes, I guess so :) Because we walk clockwise around the circle from Fm- to Cm- to Gm-pentatonic results in the Dorian scale. Actually I continue the circle-of-fifth-movement at time 14:06 in the video to the Dm pentatonic, playing out of the Dorian mode approaching the Mixolydian mode and the sound brightens (minor third turns into major third). This circle-of-fifth-movement you can continue even further to reach the Ionian Mode, then the Lydian and so on.
I hope this gives any sense - or else just ask more :) I just love these good questions :)
Cheers Oliver
What keyboard and what sound are you using? They sound really amazing.
+Anak Baiharn Hi Anak. I'm using a synthesizer Korg X50. It's a small, old and rather cheep synthesizer. But as always Korg amazes me. The Bass sound is a
combination from the X50 and a "classic bass" from Native Instruments. The drum pads are homemade samples.
I'm looking at this lesson again to memorize the concept and... love the "lead" sound you used! Is it customized or have I any chance to find it in my synth? :)
Glad you like the concept :) The lead sound was a composite of several sounds from an old Korg keyboard and a Roland keyboard. The Korg just died, so it is impossible for me to reconstruct the sound. So we just have to make up new sounds ;)
Warm Regards
Oliver
Oh, sorry about that! Thank you and have a nice weekend... p.s. I'm on lesson 4 right now. :)
Enjoy :)
What software do you use for recording please?
Hi :) This video is my very first and it is quite old. At that time I had a Roland Rhodes mk80 and a korg x50 and I mixed the sounds of the two keyboards - I don't think you can buy these keyboards anymore. Today I use software sounds - mostly from Native Instruments...
Hmmmm Oliver the best
Does this work in other modes?
+Bruce Bane
Yes. The church modes are all similar in nature. Means you can find 3 pentatonic scales spaced with a perfect fifth in all the church modes.
Example: In this lesson we have "F" as the keynote - playing F-Dorian. If we changed that to the note "G" we will play G-Frygian instead - still using the F, C and G minor pentatonic scales.
Well this is the theory - But I must admit, I have not tried in practice, so I don't no how it sounds. I think I will try it out. Thanks for asking :)
+Bruce Bane YES!!! all 12 of them.
Hi Oliver, I am loving your lessons. I was wondering about the last passage when you had the note "A" (which is not on the F dorian scale ) accompanied by Ab (which is included on the dorian scale). I'd like to ask what is the role of the note "A" on the improv, I noticed that although it is not on the dorian scale, it made the music more interesting. Is there a theory behind it? Thanks in advance! :)
Hi and thanks a lot - and really nice spotted; the mysterious a-note. This video was my very first lesson actually. At that time I had added a lot of annotations that explained what I was playing - but YT do not support annotations anymore, so they are gone... but anyway, the next lesson I'm working on right now actually explains it all. The lesson is about playing "Multi Modes" - a very nice way to give the Music extra color and play "out of the box". I think the lesson will be done and uploaded mid next week - I hope you have patience... Warm regards Oliver
@@NewJazz cool! I'll look forward to it! :)
@@NewJazz Hello Oliver, do you have a thorough order on your videos for complete beginners? Like is it good to start here on your first video and work on my way up to your latest ones?
If not, do you consider making a playlist on the sequence of lessons?
@@mdiabetes Well, each lesson can be seen individually. But anyway I made this suggested order: ruclips.net/p/PLd8gNAxPUcJw1DmmWooCWx_jgKzgBfYGp
Best regards from Oliver
Presumably if the band is playing in a Major key, these same minor pentatonic movements apply from the 6th degree of the Major key (typical relative minor pentatonic)?
Yes. With these pentatonic movements you can actually play all the church modes. This will be explained in my next video...
Merci bonne soirée