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Ever wanted to QUIT? Why I stopped taking lessons
🕑 Added 2024-05-08 14:00:12 +0000 UTCI need to come clean with you guys. When I first started playing guitar, I resisted learning theory because I didn't think it applied to METAL. At my first guitar lesson, my teacher handed me the 7 modes of the major scale. "Learn these by next week", he said. I threw it away and quit instead!
Years later at music school, I realized that was a huge mistake! After attending a few semesters of ear training class, I started to hear modes in all my favorite songs. The majesty of Lydian, the demonic gloom of Locrian and even the uplifting cheerfulness of Ionian. In this video I'll show you a rock or metal song for every mode of the major scale! (full tabs below)
IONIAN | NUMBER OF THE BEAST
You wouldn't think a song called Number of the Beast would be in a major key but here we are. Iron Maiden's classic track uses the D Ionian scale to tell the biblical story of the number of the beast...which is of course 420....I mean 666 muhahaha
DORIAN | SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND
Dorian is one of my favorite modes. It's like being stuck in between heaven and hell. Pink Floyd's Shine On You Crazy Diamond is a perfect example, targeting the flat 3rd and raised 6th scale degrees
PHRYGIAN | SYMPHONY OF DESTRUCTION
The 3rd mode of the major scale has a dark, brooding quality. Dave Mustaine wrote a song in Phrygian called Symphony Of CONSTRUCTION....I mean Destruction
LYDIAN | COUNT OF TUSCANY
The bright, nostalgic character of Lydian can be quite addicting. It's a major mode defined by the devil's interval, or raised 4th degree. Dream Theater's Count Of Tuscany is the perfect example
MIXOLYDIAN | THUNDERSTRUCK
Listen to ACDC's Thunderstruck to hear the Mixolydian mode in action. It's close to Ionian, however, there's one key difference...the flat 7th degree. This turns the party from a suit and tie event, to a ruckus rager!
AEOLIAN | FEAR OF THE DARK
Aeolian is a sad, sad sound. The b3rd and b6th often make people weep. Iron Maiden's Fear Of The Dark has a touching melody using this mode in the key of D Aeolian
LOCRIAN | PAINKILLER
The last mode of the major scale is by far the most evil. It took me years to learn how to harness the raging darkness of LOCRIAN. Everytime I play it, the b2 and b5 open a portal to hell muhahaha. Judas Priest's Painkiller is the best way to get acquainted with this Satanic sound!
⭐️Which mode was your favorite? The cool thing about modes is they each have a unique personality. Use these sounds to channel your emotions and articulate what you can't put into words. If you're interested in the topic of modes, you gotta check out the video below. This is a special video that specifically targets how to write music with modes using scales, chords and counterpoint!
🛑ULTIMATE LESSON ON GUITAR MODES
https://www.patreon.com/posts/81006295
Comments
SHRED
Thank you Michael! I can’t imagine my life without modes. Fun to try and pick them out of songs
Michael
Such a good modes lesson dude 😎🤘
