Guitar SCALES for BEGINNERS (music theory)

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00:00 - Introduction
01:13 - Most important scale
04:25 - How to use scales
07:52 - Modes on the guitar
11:49 - Modes in the circle of fifths
To play the guitar, you need to play scales. But don't waste your time with mindless memorization. Here, you'll see exactly how scales work to quickly master the fretboard.
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Songwriting is fun when you can actually see what you're doing. I use the familiar patterns of color to explain music theory so you can write songs.

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  • @moxxy3565
    @moxxy35659 ай бұрын

    "Each mode has it's own unique sound." What my brain hears for every mode: Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo

  • @Phaseish

    @Phaseish

    3 ай бұрын

    idk if you are joking or not, but the reason why you prob can't hear it , and I couldn't hear it either, is because you have to listen to music that is using that tonal center, and not just borrowing chords from the modes aka modal mixture. so either with a drone playing the root and than you play the scale. or something like modal jazz , and Flamenco, and looking up songs that are in the tonal center, like lydian, sarais forrst from zelda, there are many videos that show the tonal center, that you can start using relative pitch for. Phyrgiain, and Phyirgian dominaant is by the far the easier, because it sounds foreign and exotic from the start. I think Dorian is probably the hardest unless you have listneed to a ton of jazz and its very close to minor beides one note.

  • @madyem4672

    @madyem4672

    3 ай бұрын

    Lol!

  • @williammaple8857
    @williammaple885711 ай бұрын

    I just starting playing… What on Gods green earth did I just watch. I don’t understand what I just learned 😂

  • @AlvanNoah

    @AlvanNoah

    10 ай бұрын

    On g We together 😭😭

  • @sharatchandran72

    @sharatchandran72

    2 ай бұрын

    😂same boat here

  • @hulkhogan3104
    @hulkhogan3104 Жыл бұрын

    That explanation of how the scale modes are derived from other scales has just changed my world haha thanks

  • @philhooper4196
    @philhooper41968 ай бұрын

    this is confusing as hell for a beginner

  • @TheLifescasualty

    @TheLifescasualty

    29 күн бұрын

    I was thinking. Not sure why but I’m not even close to understanding 😂

  • @jonchristianmanuel5508
    @jonchristianmanuel550811 ай бұрын

    This seems like a really informative video, but still lost in some concepts, when is it the approiate time to re-watch this? Because I am completely lost as as beginner

  • @shanemeely5959

    @shanemeely5959

    2 ай бұрын

    I'm with you, what's less than a beginner and where can I find those videos

  • @sirnatanielson
    @sirnatanielson3 ай бұрын

    I've been playing for 18 years, mostly a rhythm player. Those visual graphics REALLY helped clarify and make sense of basic scales. Instead of just camera showing the scales by playing them backwards and upside down, it made it more sense explaining the modes to the scales. Awesome

  • @verdigo5892

    @verdigo5892

    Ай бұрын

    18 years...As a beginner the video is completely useless.

  • @life.as.a.duck.336
    @life.as.a.duck.336Ай бұрын

    THIS IS FANTASTIC, IT MAKES SENSE FINALLY

  • @chrisowens7612
    @chrisowens7612Ай бұрын

    It took me 4 sessions with this video to finally understand it but you are an amazing teacher. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

  • @googleaccount2397
    @googleaccount23972 ай бұрын

    I thoroughly enjoy your order of operation teaching style. There are no frills, no filler, no introduction with channel advertisement. You just give information that is important and explain why it is important. When you did the robot voice and impression of every other music teacher in the world, I laughed. Its funny because its true.

  • @laureness
    @laureness8 күн бұрын

    Definitely not for beginners who have no music theory background, but as someone who knows a little bit of guitar theory this was a really helpful reference. Thank you!

  • @ricktomaski603
    @ricktomaski603 Жыл бұрын

    You, Mike are a gift! Thanks for these tutorials. I'm a visual and hands on guy, so you have hit both of my learning styles in one of the most beneficial tutorials that you have. Now, time to do my part and implement this 16:11 into everyday practice. THANKS!!

  • @mikegeorge360

    @mikegeorge360

    Жыл бұрын

    Very cool -- thank you, Rick. I'm glad this is helpful!

  • @tetragem1887
    @tetragem1887 Жыл бұрын

    i’ve been playing music for years and this video opened my head. i’ve been to school and still learned probably more in this about theory than anything else. the single info bit about how all modes are just derived from ionian make music and understanding it much easier.

  • @iDigsGiantRobots
    @iDigsGiantRobots Жыл бұрын

    Man! I figured these diatonic scale/mode "patterns" out years ago but couldn't really analyse them in any useful way. I am a drummer and only play guitar occasionally but I can see that your videos will be so much help in internalising the guitar. You've inspired me to revisit the fretboard! 🎉😅😊

  • @tristanedmunds5934
    @tristanedmunds593411 ай бұрын

    I LOVE YOU MANNN , Ive been trying to do theory for months and months on end and this video finally got through to me . Thank you for your efforts!!

  • @jaybaird05
    @jaybaird05 Жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU. Seriously. I can't tell how much this has helped me. I have been trying to get an understanding of these concepts for some time now, but for some reason, none of the material I was studying made sense to me. It just wouldn't click.... with these videos, your teaching style, and the visual breakdown you give, basically fit perfectly with they way I learn. THANK YOU.

  • @brucerain2106
    @brucerain210611 ай бұрын

    For beginners : proceeds to show modes used in jazz

  • @mohammedazharquazi7266
    @mohammedazharquazi726611 ай бұрын

    Simply amazing. Loved your explanation. It cleared my thought process. Thanks.

  • @ShellyHolden
    @ShellyHolden17 күн бұрын

    You make this so simple ... I will waterpaint the colors & shapes..while listening

  • @MoonmanSpacejam
    @MoonmanSpacejam9 ай бұрын

    This video really unlocked my mind to understanding everything you’ve mentioned that I’ve always wondered about. Modes, the circle of fiths and so much more. I’m truly blown away at the level it took to do this. I just wished you would have played the scale as you where going through each one that we could see it. But my goodness. No complaints

  • @Tha1Voda
    @Tha1VodaАй бұрын

    im glad i played flute for 8 years its funny because when i played the flute i visualized the scale shape in a straight line but on here its so different because i actually see the picture as a whole .

  • @nitinjain2089
    @nitinjain208911 ай бұрын

    *Excellent video..I can imagine how much efforts must have been taken to make this video & these secrets nobody reveals..It must jhave taken months n years U to understand this & in 15 min U have given it to us all ..Thanks!!*

  • @anabelle._e
    @anabelle._e5 ай бұрын

    This is really helpful. As a pianist trying to teach herself guitar, I’m getting the information I need to connect my understanding to a new instrument, while learning some new things I can apply to piano too! Thanks!

  • @kaidemen156
    @kaidemen1565 ай бұрын

    Thanks for posting this, I had a breakthrough in my understanding of scales and how they connect thanks to you!

  • @1minutecomicswalahollywood648
    @1minutecomicswalahollywood648 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Mike, It was a wonderful lesson.

  • @sockeye31
    @sockeye3118 күн бұрын

    Finally answers!!!!! I’m self taught and this is helping me a lot

  • @MusicWizard85
    @MusicWizard856 ай бұрын

    One of the best educational videos on guitar scales/modes I've ever seen. Thank you! 🎸

  • @garythompson2736
    @garythompson27369 ай бұрын

    Great presentation! Best I have seen, it really helped!

  • @michaelevers9193
    @michaelevers91935 ай бұрын

    This is fantastic. So well done! Thank you for the explanation!

  • @nz7166
    @nz716611 ай бұрын

    ty so much for all your extremely helpful videos

  • @goazong13
    @goazong1311 ай бұрын

    I just understood everything! Thank you so much 😁 the diagrams helped a lot

  • @skeletor625
    @skeletor6253 ай бұрын

    This was so incredibly helpful. I've known the different names of modes and scales but always struggled to visualize how they tie together. Because any book just has the black dots and does explain it but not to a digestible form such as this. Thank you for uploading this as it has really ignited my passion for learning the fretboard and theory. Many thanks 👏

  • @alainaerland4631
    @alainaerland46319 ай бұрын

    This is one of the most helpful videos I have watched since I started learning guitar. The visuals and Cornell notes style layout you teach in genuinely makes me wonder how this doesn’t have million+ views yet. I feel less intimidated by guitar(/music) now and more curious. Very clear. Very professional. Very helpful. Very inspiring. Very appreciated.

  • @evernolasco19
    @evernolasco198 ай бұрын

    Awesome video 🔥🔥🔥 finally starting to understand scales, it’s awesome when something starts to click

  • @darrell5228
    @darrell522811 ай бұрын

    Man I am relearning the guitar and I was totally lost on the scales but you explained them so clearly I understand them now . Thank You.

  • @michaelvest6861
    @michaelvest6861 Жыл бұрын

    Good point man. Every video is exactly like you described. Play these scales with no explanation

  • @paulsto6516
    @paulsto6516 Жыл бұрын

    The visuals are very helpful. Well done!

  • @mikegeorge360

    @mikegeorge360

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you! 🤘

  • @camerondanchuk5558
    @camerondanchuk555810 ай бұрын

    I tried understanding this but it sounds like gibberish to me💀

  • @NIRVANA_enjoyer

    @NIRVANA_enjoyer

    7 ай бұрын

    I gave up at 1:21

  • @Austinbuff

    @Austinbuff

    7 ай бұрын

    The weird thing is that, I know it and understand it all conceptually but when it comes to applying it I just always go back to minor pentatonic

  • @NIRVANA_enjoyer

    @NIRVANA_enjoyer

    6 ай бұрын

    @@Austinbuff I think we all struggle from that problem with something we like to do

  • @23kyd49

    @23kyd49

    6 ай бұрын

    It’s ok. Don’t give up. 10 minutes doing the WTF stuff and 20+ minutes enjoying your instrument and you’ll get there. But you still have to do the not so fun stuff to grow.

  • @fruitykrueger

    @fruitykrueger

    6 ай бұрын

    This will be easier to understand if you have some knowledge on major scale, intervals and the circle of 5ths. A few days ealier I would’ve watched this with the same WTF as I don’t know shit about music theory except for the shapes of scales and some CAGED stuff. But then yesterday I decided to binge watch some music theory (samjamguitars and gracie terzian) videos. Now I have fallen into a rabbit hole and can understand what he was taking about in this video lol. It’s crazy how much knowledge you can cram in only a few hours.

  • @lmore1499
    @lmore14998 ай бұрын

    Very well presented -thank you

  • @andengq
    @andengqАй бұрын

    Awesome! Thanks so much for this

  • @Redheadedlady55
    @Redheadedlady55 Жыл бұрын

    ~Thanks Mike...looking forward to more videos 😊

  • @TheMazz1234
    @TheMazz12347 ай бұрын

    You are a legend ! Was so confused with this topic as a beginner, now its all making sense

  • @user-nu6hk7lo6i
    @user-nu6hk7lo6i14 күн бұрын

    I have been looking for this exact explanation for a long time. This just opened up a whole world of learning for me. Thanks man!!!

  • @theycallmeglen
    @theycallmeglen Жыл бұрын

    Great explanation of modes, how the intervals stay the same, just the starting and ending notes change. But I still struggle because I need to buckle down and memorize the fretboard lol!

  • @sometimes18
    @sometimes189 ай бұрын

    Such a informative lesson. Thanks so much :)

  • @budumixaiv8757
    @budumixaiv87578 ай бұрын

    Many thanks for this video. This is really useful.

  • @meyaht
    @meyaht4 ай бұрын

    I've finally found you, someone who speaks to my level of knowledge, with visual aids. it's like you made this video for me. thank you.

  • @parthapratimghoshroy6559
    @parthapratimghoshroy655911 ай бұрын

    Amazing. Thanks bro.❤❤

  • @Lena-hf6ij
    @Lena-hf6ij8 ай бұрын

    Thank-you & Thank you 🙂 This is a brilliant video!

  • @dcarsondavis
    @dcarsondavis9 ай бұрын

    Thank you. Very helpful

  • @Alvy93
    @Alvy93Ай бұрын

    This is an awesome video. Thanks mate!

  • @Blalack77
    @Blalack773 ай бұрын

    Man... My grandpa was a hellacious guitar player. His style and idol was Chet Atkins - which, at least to me, always seemed fairly complex. My grandpa used to play two songs at once on the same guitar - one song on the low strings served as the bass and the other song on the higher strings was the lead (or whatever - also not very good with notation and nomenclature). If I remember right, one was the Battle Hymn of the Republic and the other was I Wish I Was in Dixie - so like doubly dueling and opposing songs lol. But I've always been interested in guitar and my grandpa taught people guitar for years. The only issue was, I was nervous and squirmy and supposedly had ADD. I remember sitting down with my grandpa dozens of times trying to learn and he always started with scales and I remember - for whatever reason - it didn't make sense to me and I didn't understand how it all fit together - like I didn't understand the importance of scales. And that was a success killer for me back when I was a kid - if I didn't understand the broader picture, I couldn't focus on learning the basics (which applied to everything - math, science, music or anything else) - it just created an immovable block for me... But I still managed to learn some chords and songs on my own (I remember learning OCMS - Wagon Wheel and The Animals - House of the Rising Sun was the breakthrough - when I could recognize a song in my playing, I was off to the races for the next several years) and maybe, perhaps _almost_ surpassed the "novice" stage to some degree - though without any knowledge of theory or scales, etc. Now, it's been a few years since I played guitar, my grandpa passed away in 2021, all of his stuff went to my dad - including dozens of old and highly valuable guitars (his prized Gretsch among them - and my _great_ grandpa's old 12 string), my dad gave me my grandpa's old Martin (since he knew I'm the only grandkid with any interest in guitar - and I told him I just wanted one of his simple, plain guitars to remember him by) - and since I hit that "intermediate" roadblock several years ago and realized it was time to invest in theory and I now see the importance of scales and other fundamentals - and now that my master guitar picker and guitar teacher grandpa has already passed - _now_ I want to take the time to learn what my grandpa tried to teach me probably nearly 30 years ago - now that my mind is a little calmer and I can actually retain information to some degree lol... I'd give anything to go back in time, calm my mind and engage a lot better with my grandpa and his lessons - if I'd have listened to him back then and just focused, I have _zero_ doubt I'd be a really good guitar player now... I still have several of his old lesson books and a Chet Atkins VHS tape in one of my guitar cases - freaking brings tears to my eyes when I see those things.

  • @jacelandadventures1523
    @jacelandadventures15234 ай бұрын

    Dude! I totally understand everything you just explained! 🤯🤯🤯 excellent video thanks for sharing 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

  • @stefanblois7275
    @stefanblois727510 ай бұрын

    I have been playing for 20 years and this video has helped me immensley

  • @brnrik500
    @brnrik5009 ай бұрын

    Great job!!

  • @tweener9779
    @tweener97797 ай бұрын

    Best teacher on youtube. Can't wait to find time to join community and see courses on your website!

  • @oz6894
    @oz6894 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @AaronAnsuini
    @AaronAnsuini4 ай бұрын

    I’ve spent YEARS trying to learn this. No one EVER explained how anything was connected, so I’ve never been able to confidently incorporate any theory into my playing-I just learn songs and separately learn random bits of “theory”. The way that you explain everything not as separate things, but as parts of a whole that follow a logic… it FINALLY makes sense. I can see it in the songs that I play. Holy shit, thank you.

  • @gabrielmusso3144
    @gabrielmusso3144 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the video!

  • @mikegeorge360

    @mikegeorge360

    Жыл бұрын

    🤘

  • @skssnehilsharma9
    @skssnehilsharma915 күн бұрын

    Great explaination

  • @antonsaiko
    @antonsaiko11 ай бұрын

    Finally a video explaining music theory that I actually understand! Thank you for the video.

  • @blutufable
    @blutufable9 ай бұрын

    Excellent thank you ❤

  • @rishitiku5996
    @rishitiku59964 ай бұрын

    Thank you, such a nice video

  • @Daniel_McDougall
    @Daniel_McDougall5 ай бұрын

    Holy shit. Instantly subbed. Thank you. Three months into guitar and music and this one video answered so many of my questions.

  • @davewalsh3200
    @davewalsh32008 ай бұрын

    Brilliant explanation

  • @FB-gy8vy
    @FB-gy8vy3 ай бұрын

    Great video, thanks

  • @ILoveYou-em9ol
    @ILoveYou-em9ol4 ай бұрын

    I think this was very helpful, thank you.

  • @darrylmoffett8323
    @darrylmoffett8323 Жыл бұрын

    I am a beginner and I’ll play this as with your other videos over and over to truly understand things. Thanks.

  • @mikegeorge360

    @mikegeorge360

    Жыл бұрын

    Right on -- yes, the guitar is a beautiful thing. 🤘

  • @Dedadudu09
    @Dedadudu095 ай бұрын

    This is awesome!

  • @mr_fox8066
    @mr_fox806618 күн бұрын

    I luckily knew what you talking about, I started playing piano and this makes sense to me. It will improve my guitar play for sure, so thanks ❤

  • @twilightriptide
    @twilightriptide9 ай бұрын

    I've recently pulled out my old guitar and started learning. I've been using KZread tutorials and playing a little bit each day for only about a week. I found this video because every video I watched told me to learn about scales and music theory. The idea of all the scales being permutations of each other makes a lot of sense to me, but being so new to this I had some trouble following all the information haha. Should I be learning some scales first just for their patterns and then coming back to this information maybe?

  • @RyanHurts
    @RyanHurts2 ай бұрын

    Man! I figured these diatonic scale/mode "patterns" out years ago but couldn't really analyse them in any useful way. I am a drummer and only play guitar occasionally but I can see that your videos will be so much help in internalising the guitar. You've inspired me to revisit the fretboard!

  • @michael_caz_nyc
    @michael_caz_nyc8 ай бұрын

    Wow. The amount of work & effort you put into this, was incredible. You really made it as "Painless-as-possible" oNe LovE from NYC

  • @geraldhoffpauir5048
    @geraldhoffpauir5048Ай бұрын

    great video, it's a lot to take in but very well explained. I might have to watch in thousands of times to get it, but that's ok..i will eventually understand. Thanks for the info and video.

  • @josephcortez7849
    @josephcortez78493 ай бұрын

    By far the best description of modes I've seen. You made the light bulb come on! Thank you.

  • @Bogart1971
    @Bogart19713 ай бұрын

    Mike re attempting to learn guitar. I have all the Grimoir books and others as well as watched many videos. And your explanation of this was excellent .well done

  • @enlightme5933
    @enlightme59332 ай бұрын

    The colours are beautiful...❤❤❤.. The tables and diagrams are fantastic....🎉🎉🎉 Appreciate your effort... The best....

  • @christianesposito7722
    @christianesposito77227 ай бұрын

    you are a genius and a wizard thank you for what you do

  • @Miran088
    @Miran0888 ай бұрын

    thank you so much

  • @patrickmaline4258
    @patrickmaline42585 ай бұрын

    i have had trouble with modes ever since i heard of them. i am troubled no longer. ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty. ☮️

  • @ronnyr-hb4gm
    @ronnyr-hb4gm2 ай бұрын

    Iord!!!! Mind blowing!!!

  • @queenofclubs
    @queenofclubs10 ай бұрын

    You’re a genius ❤

  • @davidwayne763
    @davidwayne763 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent

  • @mikegeorge360

    @mikegeorge360

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @saulibarra1705
    @saulibarra17059 ай бұрын

    Watched a whole bunch music theory videos. This one finally made sense

  • @neutralgrounds07
    @neutralgrounds0711 ай бұрын

    Yes this is what I am looking for... I have been trying to understand how the guitar works but never got a satisfactory answer... Thanks and here's one sub from me...

  • @bruah4364
    @bruah43647 ай бұрын

    most comprehensive video about scales i have ever watched

  • @jaynojamiloapat4501
    @jaynojamiloapat4501 Жыл бұрын

    Owh! Nice! New video! ❤

  • @mikegeorge360

    @mikegeorge360

    Жыл бұрын

    Cheers! 🤘

  • @michaelka3071
    @michaelka30719 ай бұрын

    who else is watching this with a guitar in their lap?

  • @iseeyou6969

    @iseeyou6969

    28 күн бұрын

    And u don't understand what is he saying

  • @johnnythumper409
    @johnnythumper409Ай бұрын

    Thank you.. wish I could understand what you are talking about but your way over my head. I want to learn but this is obviously for more advanced people. I’ll be back..!!

  • @mokilolo5907
    @mokilolo59079 ай бұрын

    Wowi was incredibly made

  • @VirtuousHereticKristin
    @VirtuousHereticKristin Жыл бұрын

    Yes!

  • @sheiladuke3289
    @sheiladuke3289 Жыл бұрын

    😂 thankyou so much You have opened the door with abig musical key🎉 God Bless 😅 Sheila Duke I love it ❤

  • @florentinosanchez3969
    @florentinosanchez39695 ай бұрын

    Nice video

  • @Sumguyinavan_
    @Sumguyinavan_4 ай бұрын

    It was easy for me to learn piano because all of the notes are 1 after the other, you can look at it and understand how the notes progress. But it isn't that way for my brain on the guitar, I never was taught what frets on what strings correspond to what notes. This FINALLY makes it all make sense to me. And I'm sure as I progress learning there will be alterations to these patterns, but the pattern finally lets me understand what "button" to push to make the note I am trying to produce.

  • @lizasaakadze5411
    @lizasaakadze54112 ай бұрын

    Ill stick to do re mi thank you very much

  • @starfox0988
    @starfox09887 ай бұрын

    Y'know I used to call my friends nerds for talking about the circle of fifths because I never understood it. The way you broke it down made it a lot more understandable.

  • @icemediapro
    @icemediapro9 ай бұрын

    I think I found my favourite guitar learning channel right here

  • @Evietheanoying124
    @Evietheanoying124Ай бұрын

    Thank you Christian Borle

  • @burdenedspirit
    @burdenedspirit4 ай бұрын

    I am no expert but from my experience, for people who don't feel naturally talented as such as me and need time to let things seep in you should learn about something about notes some basic chords. Make some music here and there and then come here it's much simpler to follow.❤ Hope you succeed in your journey.

  • @rustknale3818
    @rustknale38184 ай бұрын

    Wow! The last time I felt like this was when I read Stephen Hawking's 'A Brief History of Time'. A universe beyond my comprehension. I need to lie down now. Great visuals and explanation. A great resource which I will need to revisit again and again and ......

  • @smwallace2368

    @smwallace2368

    11 күн бұрын

    That is a truly awfully written book.

  • @rustknale3818

    @rustknale3818

    10 күн бұрын

    @@smwallace2368 Well, he was a mathematical theoretical physicist, not a Shakespeare. I wouldn't understand it in any language - above my pay grade. And thank you, your comment has prompted me to revisit the video. Deep breath, 1 2 3 and dive in.

  • @jimoshirakka
    @jimoshirakka Жыл бұрын

    i am lost, my dude. this is a lot.

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