#133 - MODAL CHORDS | Learn Them To Sound AMAZING!
Added 2020-11-24 14:01:02 +0000 UTCLet's work on some killer music theory tricks today! We check out typical modal progressions and chords together and compare all that to the more simple/common key of A minor :)
You will be surprised to see that small changes (just one note in the case of dorian!) have big effects on the chords and sound of a composition! Make sure to check out the cadence comparison at the end of the video.
Download the tabs, guitar pro files, and special jamtrack for this lesson below! Don't forget that you can apply all this knowledge to the other modes as well. As mentioned in the video, it would be a great and very practical homework exercise to work on a small dorian composition, also using your knowledge of the dorian scale to compose a melody :)
Hope you have fun with this one, something very special and technique related is coming this Friday!
Comments
Just play A natural minor scale, with raised (sharped) 6th..
Pulasthi Amarasinghe
2021-07-29 00:18:26 +0000 UTCAnother small light came on, thanks Bernth.
Steve Shaw
2020-11-26 13:13:28 +0000 UTCGreat video and topic, thanks Bernth!! I have a sticking point (in terms of applying theory) that relates to this exactly: when I hear 'A dorian' my brain immediately sees 'G Major', as the 'parent' scale. At first this really helped me understand the modes and how they relate the major scales but now I'm finding it difficult to imagine a composition in 'A Dorian', for example, because in my head it's become automatic that I see the chord positions of just G Major (G=1, Am=2, Bm = 3 etc). This makes it quite tricky to think in terms of chord progressions because a '1,6,7,5' progression in A Dorian comes out as a '1,6,7,5 in G Major!' and I have to resort to using a pen and paper. My Q is: is there a rule or pattern that might help me undo this, like the way that A dorian is a minor scale with a flat 6?
Richard Simpson
2020-11-26 10:27:16 +0000 UTC
