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Riffing With Modes #1: Writing with Major/Ionian [Rock/Prog style]

Signals Music Studio 170,040 5 years ago
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The Chord Progression Codex is NOW AVAILABLE! https://shorturl.at/bouLV My pro theory + songwriting course: https://bit.ly/2J2Nctn Enroll in my Rhythm Training Course at ANY price! https://bit.ly/3wDacU4 I posted a video on how I wrote the solo (at 16:52) with tabs at my Patreon: https://bit.ly/35Ll3x1 Riffing with Modes part 2- Dorian Dad Rock:https://youtu.be/_r6ftqp1bkA This is the first of a seven part series on how to write riffs. Every guitarist should be able to make a decent riff, and throughout these videos, I’ll be demonstrating the strategies and techniques I use to writing music on the guitar. Each video will focus on a different mode of major, but will not always be totally limited to that key. In the case of this video, we perform a relative modulation by resolving to the vi chord for long enough to make it feel like our new tonal center. In future videos, we’ll build on the skills we learned before and explore new possibilities. To fully understand this video you’ll want to know the following topics- Major Scale + Chords: https://youtu.be/M8eItITv8QA Seventh Chords: https://youtu.be/3JizNRwHYNY Suspended Chords Pt 1: https://youtu.be/qu49nYaBfdM This video is brought to you by an incredible subsection of the human race known as MY PATREON SUBSCRIBERS. I owe them my thanks for their support, and so do you if you learned something from this video! You can join them here: www.patreon.com/signalsmusicstudio Special thanks to the following members: Adam Granger Billyshes Bradley Bower Brandon Combs BuzzWasHere Christopher Swanson CrippleMonkey Daniel Danciu Darrin Goren Don Dachenhausen III Don Watters Erik Lange Joe Buote John Arnold jon reddish Kip Ingram Linas Orentas Lord of the Chords Live on Indiegogo Now! Marc Bulandr Marek Pawlowski Markos Zouganelis Martin Morgan M. Nick White Patrick Ryan Philip Sharp Table of Contents: 00:00 Intro 01:33 Riffing in Major Basics 02:12 Constructing a Major Riff 04:15 Expanding your Major Riff 06:51 Spicing Up the Rhythm 09:35 Next Steps 10:20 Repackaging your Major Riff 11:06 Adding a B Section 14:36 Happy Rhythmic Accidents 16:25 Finished Product! 17:23 Closing Notes

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