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[Errata: At 5:41, the fretboard diagram shows a natural 5th that should be a b5; At 7:53, the on-screen text should read "A minor pentatonic - 6th scale degree"]
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► Video description: What are the major scale modes? How do they relate to the pentatonic scale? What on earth is "brightness ordering"? All this and more are explained herein!
[Note to subscribers: this is an expanded and remastered version of an earlier video]
[Errata: at around 5:42, the diagram at the top of the screen is showing a natural 5th rather than a flat 4th, and at around 8:00, the Aeolian scale is built on the 6th scale degree, not the 3rd]
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► Recommended video viewing order:
Full playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMuHlX9RiFi1L1RdC0CzYa1qxZllD5Ujz&si=cOp25GnXrL28rbLQ
Individual videos:
1. Use "the warp" to reduce memorization: https://youtu.be/Qd8pyJ9A5W8
2. Master the pentatonic scale with the rectangle and stack: https://youtu.be/wzWE0dpxnmY
3. Learn the notes!: https://youtu.be/OHa2DklOeTI
4. Intervals: Guitar's secret decoder ring: https://youtu.be/3sUpoSTy8zw
5. Understand the modes: https://youtu.be/bFvTVnhmFfE
6. The best way to learn/play the modes: https://youtu.be/jrukJYI8ecY
7. Another easy way to play the modes: https://youtu.be/2IxiU96JQ7w
8. The CAGED system and triads: https://youtu.be/W4ZeaKoynv4
9. The 3nps system: https://youtu.be/CkymnwBDN9o
10. Instant harmony: https://youtu.be/G_YP-IpRfuM
► Keywords: guitar lesson, music theory, pentatonic scales, the modes, Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Locrian
► Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
01:20 - Where the modes come from
03:10 - "Brightness" ordering
04:30 - The sounds of the modes
05:49 - How the modes relate to the pentatonic scale
► Thank you to Dave DiCenso (drums), Jeff Gilman (bass), and Jake Shapiro (guitar, cello) for providing the theme music "Sea Horses".