Guitar scales explained like you're 5

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Timestamps:
0:00 Scale types overview
0:42 Major scale
1:14 Major scale modes explained (in C)
2:39 Major scale modes in Bb
3:02 Intervallic structure explained
5:25 Pentatonic shapes
You're all a bunch of bitches

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  • @BrandonDeon
    @BrandonDeonАй бұрын

    Probably my nicest intro yet. Did you learn anything about scales from this video tho?! Also, 52 Week Guitar Player is open for enrollment until JUNE 30. We will only be accepting 100 new students. Enroll here: brandondeon.com/52weekguitarplayer-page

  • @facundorichard2589

    @facundorichard2589

    Ай бұрын

    Thx so so so MUCH! this was really clear for me. Helped me a LOT.

  • @Dorina_Plays_Guitar

    @Dorina_Plays_Guitar

    26 күн бұрын

    Brandonnnn, are my eyes cheating me or did you fook up the intervallic structure of the pentatonic scales? At 5:35 you count the notes as "1 2 3 5 6" this seems correct to me, but at 6:01 you write "1 2 3 4 5" Sooooo... why it that, please? Is it a mistake from your side? I am a lil confused.

  • @GuitarHeroGuy550

    @GuitarHeroGuy550

    22 күн бұрын

    i dont want to learn this, but i have to, so i will, and i bet itl help me later.

  • @Lostinfantry868
    @Lostinfantry868Ай бұрын

    If this is for 5 year-olds, then I applaud the 5 year-olds of today. This had me confused 3 minutes in.

  • @kalacxxx

    @kalacxxx

    Ай бұрын

    Yeah

  • @jasonswitzer1748

    @jasonswitzer1748

    Ай бұрын

    Why is this stuff important? Please explain as though I were a 5 year old. :)

  • @spaghettisauce445

    @spaghettisauce445

    Ай бұрын

    @@jasonswitzer1748it really isn’t just some scales to “spice” up your playing

  • @expertarcher8542

    @expertarcher8542

    Ай бұрын

    @@jasonswitzer1748if you can identify the scale something is in, it’s easier to improvise. It also helps with making your own solos. That’s my understanding anyways

  • @77777771955

    @77777771955

    Ай бұрын

    I made it all the way to 3:20. GOODBYE.

  • @LMacNeill
    @LMacNeillАй бұрын

    Here's the mnemonic I use to remember the order of the modes: I Don't Play Loud Music At Lunch Ionian, Dorian, Phrigian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Locrian

  • @PoPoRybnik

    @PoPoRybnik

    Ай бұрын

    I Don't Particularly Like Modes And Licks

  • @TheBangingBongos

    @TheBangingBongos

    Ай бұрын

    Thank you! I actually really like that and will now be using it forever!

  • @LMacNeill

    @LMacNeill

    Ай бұрын

    @@TheBangingBongos You're welcome. My high-school band director taught me that 35+ years ago. It comes in handy. 🙂

  • @forkless

    @forkless

    Ай бұрын

    @@PoPoRybnik or I Don't Particularly Like Modes A Lot

  • @ConnorMcInerney-fk8vc

    @ConnorMcInerney-fk8vc

    13 күн бұрын

    That's so smart

  • @nlnl8787xd
    @nlnl8787xdАй бұрын

    Need no scales, I got cigarettes.

  • @patrickmaline4258

    @patrickmaline4258

    Ай бұрын

    ciggies are good for avoiding that pesky lingering in the realm of the living thing when you’re seriously past it… in walks keith richards “mumble mumble hold me beer heh heh mumble never gonna happen mate heh heh” ☮️❤️🌏🌍🌎

  • @davidgordy9303

    @davidgordy9303

    23 күн бұрын

    after this video i think i need cigarettes

  • @jrlikeshockey
    @jrlikeshockeyАй бұрын

    Bro is definitely the nicest guitar player and guy in the world 😊💀

  • @Kam-p-bell516

    @Kam-p-bell516

    Ай бұрын

    How fucking dare you? I happen to be a very nice person you ass 😠 (this is satire don’t murder me)

  • @jrlikeshockey

    @jrlikeshockey

    Ай бұрын

    @@Kam-p-bell516 ❤️😌

  • @madster01
    @madster01Ай бұрын

    This is the only channel on KZread to shit on the audience and they applaud 👏

  • @redbloodedamerican2346

    @redbloodedamerican2346

    Ай бұрын

    It's not. There are several. He played Am you've been begging for by the way.

  • @christopherwitherill7939
    @christopherwitherill7939Ай бұрын

    Do I need my fishing license for this?

  • @merc___
    @merc___Ай бұрын

    best guitar theory guy out there. Literally all you need to start without useless talking and other bullsht. If only you were there while I was starting out. keep on with those videos

  • @geludduk2407
    @geludduk2407Ай бұрын

    Because of brandon now I don't smoke cigarettes anymore and start to use cocaiinnaa ❤

  • @NinjaGasher13
    @NinjaGasher13Ай бұрын

    Keep it up with these concise few minute videos! Super helpful to learn, reference, and share with others.

  • @luckeclips53
    @luckeclips53Ай бұрын

    I wish there were videos like this 20 years ago!

  • @Isaacunderscore
    @IsaacunderscoreАй бұрын

    Honestly, I think the approach of starting modes from each note from a major scale is really useless in a practical way. Things like “if you wanna play F lydian, think about the C major scale but start on F”, and not only this is confusing, imagine wanting to play B lydian, you would have to figure out a scale in which B is the 4th note and then play that scale from it. It seems simple in paper, but imagine you’re improvising over a song a it has 2 borrowed chords from let’s say phrygian, it’s too complicated to use this approach in an improvising scenario. Me personally, think “formulas” are way easier to grasp. I.g. Lydian has a #4, so if you want to play C Lydian, just play C major and raise the fourth, makes so much more sense. Another interesting way of looking at modes, is to relate the minor modes to the minor pentatonic scale, since for example, Mixolydian si just adding the major third to the pentatonic. Hope this helps someone struggling to learn modes (just like I did)

  • @itscaptainterry

    @itscaptainterry

    Ай бұрын

    I learned piano at a music school. Getting into guitar a couple years after on my own now. I was so confused on why the guy needlessly overcomplicated it like this, +1 to your comment.

  • @Mrs.Foster1719

    @Mrs.Foster1719

    Ай бұрын

    👍👍

  • @ralfspecht827

    @ralfspecht827

    Ай бұрын

    👍

  • @R_Euphrates

    @R_Euphrates

    24 күн бұрын

    He literally explains it exactly the way you did in the section about intervallic structure...

  • @GuillermoSmyser
    @GuillermoSmyserАй бұрын

    Seems like things are going better and better for you. You deserve the success. I hope it continues.

  • @reincarne
    @reincarne23 күн бұрын

    I watch these everytime they come up but I have been struggling with a way to understand modes and this is a great simplification. Thank you, now to practice

  • @horiaatanasiu3173
    @horiaatanasiu3173Ай бұрын

    Great video! Great structure of the information. Please do more of these short but full of information videos!

  • @kyleistheguru
    @kyleistheguruАй бұрын

    “Playing guitar is a great way to express your creativity, and to learn how to play it here are the most rigid, math-like and creativity-killing set of rules you’ve ever heard” And yes I’m mad because I’m confused

  • @andrewfrancis7739

    @andrewfrancis7739

    Ай бұрын

    Yeah, this guy will mislead you not going to lie. Check out Guthrie trapp and his CAGED philosophy. Listen to the dude improvise if you have doubts.

  • @dogukandanac7520

    @dogukandanac7520

    Ай бұрын

    I feel you bro. But think of it this way: to bend and play around the rules, you must first know the rules. They are just meant to be your tools to create w/e you want.

  • @jmcbeady8210
    @jmcbeady8210Ай бұрын

    Well done . Your method of teaching opened my old brain up and I learned a lot in 7 minutes.

  • @theme6530
    @theme6530Ай бұрын

    Great video, really want further knowledge of scales and next video about them!

  • @Vibrationofawesome
    @Vibrationofawesome16 күн бұрын

    This dude is a cross between POWER THIRST ENERGY FOR MEN and a guitar teacher

  • @RoseETempest
    @RoseETempest20 күн бұрын

    The anger in this video is ridiculously helpful 😂

  • @grantberke5704
    @grantberke5704Ай бұрын

    At 1:03 the term "accidental" is being used incorrectly. Accidentals refer to a sharp or flat that is placed to the immediate left of a note. The sharps or flats within the key signature itself are not considered accidentals.

  • @ljub0

    @ljub0

    Ай бұрын

    yeah idk why he said that

  • @RyanS493

    @RyanS493

    Ай бұрын

    I was thinking the same thing, as a bass player I’m hanging on the right side of accidentals 🤓

  • @mikehan3130
    @mikehan3130Ай бұрын

    Great explanation!

  • @adriandelacroix
    @adriandelacroixАй бұрын

    Great stuff. I’d definitely be interested to see the harmonic minor and melodic minor videos if you decide to make them.

  • @jobinzooki
    @jobinzooki15 күн бұрын

    I finally fully understand all the modes. Thanks bro beanzil

  • @getintheoven
    @getintheoven15 күн бұрын

    lol, you're the guy that keeps pooping up on my facebook ads. you've helped me a lot! thank you for this.

  • @rodox_sk8
    @rodox_sk8Ай бұрын

    Hell of a gud class buddy

  • @pawanagarwal4513
    @pawanagarwal451319 күн бұрын

    Excellent performance 👍

  • @AM2PMReviews
    @AM2PMReviews19 күн бұрын

    I seem to use Ionian, aeolian, Dorian, Mixolydian most. After pentatonic minor and major. Putting it all together is the hard part over chord changes.

  • @jaimedominicpanelo7246
    @jaimedominicpanelo72468 күн бұрын

    Scales or modes don't sound original music if they are played vertically. The mode pattern of the first 2 or 3 top strings must be joined in sequence with the next mode pattern of the 3rd or fourth strings, and so on to the next mode pattern played on the 5th or 6th strings, thus the phrase appears to be diagonally descending; can be played diagonally ascending or combination. But these are just the filler melody patterns, in between them there must be an original few notes of melody by your own choice. Then to complete the whole phrase, it must be resolved ending in any of the triads of the last chord in the progression. The number of notes played per beat must be about 4 to 6 notes and distributed equally to form 1 bar. On the chord progression, choose the mode pattern (inversion) to be played on all chords throughout the progression. One or more modes based on any of the chords in the progression may be played. How to play the modes are by your own pre-designed lick patterns (with intervals or skipped notes), usually skip the 3rd and 5th degrees, (only 5 out of 7notes are then played all throughout), but retain the root note. In this way, your melody will sound tensional at first, then will sound beautiful when resolved with the triads at the end of the phrase. Often times, arpeggios are played as resolving portion of the phrase. Watch how Matteo Mancuso plays, (only he does it way too fast and uses many kinds of lick patterns in a phrase).

  • @Rectitude4U
    @Rectitude4U19 күн бұрын

    Liked and Subscribed.

  • @michaeljohnson5648
    @michaeljohnson5648Ай бұрын

    More please?

  • @damianrf6309
    @damianrf6309Ай бұрын

    Great title, Matt. And those lyrics! I was almost expecting you to mention “WTC 7” and “Event 201”.

  • @davep5647
    @davep5647Ай бұрын

    If its all the same notes why call it different modes...just because yoyre starting it at a different note??

  • @douglaspate9314
    @douglaspate931429 күн бұрын

    Brandon is good! No two ways about it

  • @martinrodriguez3454
    @martinrodriguez345413 күн бұрын

    thanks

  • @LordChevonlier
    @LordChevonlierАй бұрын

    I would like if you covered the 2 minor scales. I already understand basically where all the modes come from but I haven't heard anyone cover the 2 minor modes

  • @spencerkagan1860
    @spencerkagan186024 күн бұрын

    my head hurts now but thank you this was helpful i think

  • @Mr.HorribleAtMusic
    @Mr.HorribleAtMusicАй бұрын

    ok that's it I hated when people say Ghost is not metal. Ghost is METAL, and that is final

  • @codychickadee5095
    @codychickadee509516 күн бұрын

    Hahaha oh shit man. 5 seconds in I have subscribed.

  • @miraggg
    @miragggАй бұрын

    so if i understand correctly it's always the same pattern,but depending on what fret you start on it has a different name?

  • @8Phoenix8
    @8Phoenix8Ай бұрын

    Go for it harmonic minor and melodic is worth it :)

  • @narrowonflow
    @narrowonflowАй бұрын

    man that a sick tele... i really like how it doesn't have those skinny tall frets... what kind of tele is that?

  • @wesleyreed3534
    @wesleyreed35344 күн бұрын

    Everybody gives this same information, but nobody explains when or how to use these modes

  • @viniciusricardodearaujo7662
    @viniciusricardodearaujo766222 күн бұрын

    Nice video

  • @MauroNigro
    @MauroNigro15 күн бұрын

    i'm 47 and i confirm i'm like in the picture at the start

  • @bubbles3161
    @bubbles316117 күн бұрын

    I just look that way!

  • @Adorable_Pumpkin
    @Adorable_PumpkinАй бұрын

    😍😍😍 i need this typesof video

  • @Commonsenseprevails23
    @Commonsenseprevails2313 күн бұрын

    Im 10 years in and still on minor pentatonic

  • @TalostheCat
    @TalostheCatАй бұрын

    worth mentioning that at 4:35 C Aeolian has Eb and Ab, not E and A

  • @maxduke1943

    @maxduke1943

    29 күн бұрын

    Yes, I was going to point out this error.

  • @sickgixxer7869
    @sickgixxer78694 күн бұрын

    Thanks you just fucked me up thanks

  • @walterallen4069
    @walterallen40699 күн бұрын

    Modes of harmonic minor and melodic minor scales? Yes, please. Burning questions: Are modes of harmonic major used? Why only 26 modes and not a multiple of 7? Would arranging modes of major scale in order of descending 5ths make the Circle of 4ths and 5ths too complicated for 5 year olds? What's your take on Lydian Chromatic scales?

  • @tomtoss2463
    @tomtoss246311 күн бұрын

    So let me get this straight. If you take the Locrian mode in the key of C and then change it into the Locrian scale in the key of C you end up with the Locrian mode in the key of Db.

  • @maxduke1943
    @maxduke194329 күн бұрын

    @4:38 there's an error in the graphics: the Aeolian/Minor has Ab and Eb

  • @RotterStudios
    @RotterStudios29 күн бұрын

    Great video! Very clean, however, after all the years I have tried, I see how it works but I CANNOT incorporate it. It's just too much, too overwhelming. I have always had a mental block with this. I play by ear via shapes.

  • @aaronjaehutcheson
    @aaronjaehutchesonАй бұрын

    please give us harmonic and melodic minor coverage

  • @rafaelpagtalunan285
    @rafaelpagtalunan285Ай бұрын

    6:27 I hope this video does well and I would like you to cover the harmonic minor and melodic minor modes RAHHHH

  • @dubmastergee8184
    @dubmastergee81847 күн бұрын

    there is an error in the diagram at 4:44: the aeolian scale should display Eb and Ab instead of E and A

  • @guu356
    @guu35620 күн бұрын

    Same mistake again. How do you use them? How do they sound in relation to chords and chord progressions.

  • @edinasenol1605
    @edinasenol160511 күн бұрын

    Ya I caught none of that

  • @Val.666
    @Val.666Ай бұрын

    I CACKLED SO HARD LMFAO

  • @rosemadelynh
    @rosemadelynh16 күн бұрын

    Check out the album Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms And Lava by King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard. Each song on the album is in a different mode. (As the title is just a mnemonic for the modes) It's such a cool album that got me interested in learning about music theory, and plus the songs are just awesome (and check out the band, they are music theory geniuses and have soooo many great songs AND albums)

  • @jacobportillo4673
    @jacobportillo467322 күн бұрын

    Please do the other video

  • @th.elim1832
    @th.elim183229 күн бұрын

    Bro is teaching stuff which we may have to pay for it, always glad Davie504 welcomed you to Us.

  • @CottidaeSEA
    @CottidaeSEA23 күн бұрын

    My main problem with scales is not really understanding, it's remembering.

  • @muzerino
    @muzerinoАй бұрын

    My five year old just had an aneurysm trying to work this out. 🥺

  • @XselfwillrunriotX
    @XselfwillrunriotX18 күн бұрын

    Ive been playing guitar for 30 years. Mostly self taught. I write and record originals, so coming up with melodies and solos has been such a nightmare since I dont really know any theory or scales.. so Im trying to learn what I shouldve done years ago... I do feel ridiculous for asking this, but why does there seem to be an extra note in these scales?. Im seeing that most scales have 7 notes, as shown in the text for each of the scales...but when hes playing out the scale, theres always one extra note being played...Like... "D DORIAN - D E F G A B C" which has 7 notes, yet 8 were played. what the heck am I missing here?

  • @satvikgupta1215
    @satvikgupta121510 сағат бұрын

    Please explain harmonic minor and melodic minor

  • @maxs972
    @maxs972Ай бұрын

    So what about the fish scale?

  • @shadicgamer2124
    @shadicgamer212424 күн бұрын

    Bro is literally Gordon Ramsay but in music

  • @886014
    @886014Ай бұрын

    Ok. Could we have another version for 4 1/2 year olds?

  • @Sm0kn
    @Sm0kn16 күн бұрын

    would of been helpful if the fret numbers were there also in diagrams

  • @ManiacMageetheG
    @ManiacMageetheGАй бұрын

    I got my first gold star! It's probably because I'm not on cigarettes.

  • @ElijahStar-st1tg
    @ElijahStar-st1tgАй бұрын

    brandon is god.

  • @justin_smith556
    @justin_smith55622 күн бұрын

    Whats with the names of these scales? Sounds like characters from a role playing game.

  • @SirCumcircle
    @SirCumcircle10 күн бұрын

    Brain Hurts

  • @patrickmaline4258
    @patrickmaline4258Ай бұрын

    my brain rejects modes. i just understand that sometimes the target notes shift. six of one…

  • @EduFirenze
    @EduFirenze18 күн бұрын

    Intervals, intervals but how I use this crap to make my solos sound cooler?

  • @ElectricIguana
    @ElectricIguana25 күн бұрын

    Hmm, maybe you could explain it to me like I'm 4?

  • @mikek9246
    @mikek924614 күн бұрын

    I'm lost 😢

  • @darkblueinthehouse
    @darkblueinthehouse26 күн бұрын

    I love Aeolians

  • @darkblueinthehouse

    @darkblueinthehouse

    26 күн бұрын

    scales

  • @azertyqwerty1317
    @azertyqwerty1317Ай бұрын

    I don t need scales, my old guitarist instinct sharpened by cigarettes and acdc will gide me through every impros

  • @izachu904
    @izachu90428 күн бұрын

    0:00

  • @kentozapater8972
    @kentozapater8972Ай бұрын

    I need to read a book

  • @annaschofield5131

    @annaschofield5131

    Ай бұрын

    He has a book too !

  • @DanielLopez-ip7oe
    @DanielLopez-ip7oeАй бұрын

    His father is the angriest guitar player in the world.

  • @zireael66
    @zireael66Ай бұрын

    0:00 sorry dad... 😢

  • @TomtheMagician21
    @TomtheMagician21Ай бұрын

    This is really one of the guitar videos ever

  • @slverwoerd2335
    @slverwoerd233523 күн бұрын

    made my day. This is great. shit on me as most of us are stupid, but want to become better :)

  • @AirRoller
    @AirRollerАй бұрын

    Its called, turn on some music , stick to one string and attempt to play along. Then add a string when you feel comortable. Abracadabra your playing music without having to listen to anyone seeming overwhelming.

  • @sixstrings4568
    @sixstrings4568Ай бұрын

    I must be 4 years old.

  • @BigDan85
    @BigDan8519 күн бұрын

    Guitar scales explained like Davie504

  • @Vibrationofawesome
    @Vibrationofawesome16 күн бұрын

    5 year olds these days hear Fuck as a normal word

  • @phillipfry9765
    @phillipfry976526 күн бұрын

    Hey Im 4 and I didnt get this.

  • @petergibson7287
    @petergibson728722 күн бұрын

    I love music theory, but it doesn't love me.

  • @halopanda3690
    @halopanda3690Ай бұрын

    You are the nicest guy in the world ❤️🌍

  • @AlexKosSaheli
    @AlexKosSaheli29 күн бұрын

    С lydian is a forth degree of G Which means that if I play G major scale, I also play C lydian. Why 4rth degree? Maj scale -> Dorian -> Phrygian -> Lydian (№4) Which means that if you know all the Maj scales, you can play any mode. Bonus: every Maj scale has it's relative minor a.i. Alien mode or some SH, which is 6th degree. For example. If you play G maj scale you actually play E minor scale/mode. But nobody of you would use that, cuz you gonna go play you penta I know you c*nts Supergame? Nah I would take the money.

  • @OscarTheGrouchy
    @OscarTheGrouchy18 күн бұрын

    I feel like calling sharps and flats "accidentals" is rather offensive. It's like you're calling them an unfortunate incident that happened unintentionally. I prefer to call them differently abled notes.

  • @graphicartdude
    @graphicartdudeАй бұрын

    Good video. Please though refrain from the yelling. It’s loud as hell compared to everything else.

  • @pimhoff
    @pimhoff24 күн бұрын

    Way too aggressive for me…. Even if I learned something.

  • @user-mt4vs6uj2x
    @user-mt4vs6uj2xАй бұрын

    Take the piss out of people learning the guitar .

  • @4stevio
    @4stevioАй бұрын

    Some KZreadrs should shut up and get on with it, others should take a breath and slow down a bit!