*Shred mode, ACTIVATED!*

@gregmerritt9366

5 жыл бұрын

Nik Nocturnal \m/ A video explaining the difference between modes and scales would be hugely appreciated. I was suprised to discover, through your examples, that I lean towards different modes while jamming than I first thought. Leads me to think that my idea of modes being a way to compartmentalize scales might be inaccurate.

@joshposada6426

5 жыл бұрын

*THE MEMES ARE STRONG WITH THIS ONE*

@eternalhorizons6524

5 жыл бұрын

Memes are your life now a days. I love it.

@wknalbc

5 жыл бұрын

i LIVE for your memeful intros!! They are hilarious

@jakewells3665

5 жыл бұрын

Love the intros to these videos 😂🤘🏻

"Bruh, that hit me right in the feels" hit me right in the feels.

@pointlessvideos7344

5 жыл бұрын

James underrated comment

@Redgired51

5 жыл бұрын

Literally was going to post the same comment but you won me to it. It just sounds so good

@FlyingVHockey

5 жыл бұрын

It hit me right in my periphery

@carson8915

5 жыл бұрын

@@FlyingVHockey you beat me to it...

@Szili0

5 жыл бұрын

Reminded my of Polyphia

Your ability to write and put out such high quality content on a regular basis literally blows my mind

@charliedell9607

5 жыл бұрын

For real

@brianmarshall5985

5 жыл бұрын

Nik is Egyptian mythology

@StarlordStavanger

5 жыл бұрын

he's blowing me too!

@MilitantMe

5 жыл бұрын

@@StarlordStavanger Haha wtf

@parklands9739

5 жыл бұрын

DannyP 6 That’s awkward as he said I was the one for him

Please do a lesson on modes and scales!

@xxivancraftxxtutorialesyma7709

5 жыл бұрын

*+1*

@LucasBozovich

5 жыл бұрын

Joshua Hinz I would start on your end by learning your major scales, then learn the three minor scales (natural, harmonic, and melodic), then ask Nik about how to do modes.

@joshuahinz2447

5 жыл бұрын

JudgementStorm1 thanks for the advice!

@NikNocturnal

5 жыл бұрын

Will try my best!

@worldaswar3784

5 жыл бұрын

yes yes yes. in dept 1hr video

I need a full version of "Bruh, that hit me right in the feels" for scientific purposes, of course.

@rozzorblop

5 жыл бұрын

Check out ERRA

@kevinperri93

5 жыл бұрын

Listen to Forget Me by Currents. The chorus is pretty close to it

@ColtsFan2016

5 жыл бұрын

kevinperri93 my favorite

@NikNocturnal

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe...

@AlucardArkaine

5 жыл бұрын

Get your hand away from your pants, what do you think this is?!

*laughs but actually bookmarks this for practice*

This is exactly what we're covering in a music theory class I'm taking. How funny.

@NikNocturnal

5 жыл бұрын

Hope it helps!

@comradefreedom8275

5 жыл бұрын

@@NikNocturnal Well Ultralocrian is a totally new one on me, but I'd definitely look more into it.

@comradefreedom8275

5 жыл бұрын

@@joaoneno4067 The major scale is also known as the Ionian mode. Starting on the second note of the major scale makes it into the Dorian mode, then on the third note of the scale would make it the Phrygian mode, on the 4th note, Lydian mode and so on. It's basically the major scale, just starting on different degrees.

@comradefreedom8275

5 жыл бұрын

@@joaoneno4067 Basically, yeah.

@comradefreedom8275

5 жыл бұрын

@@joaoneno4067 You're welcome.

You forgot one, The Neoclassical Nerd (Harmonic Minor).

@NikNocturnal

5 жыл бұрын

That's the perfect name for it

@truedarklander

4 жыл бұрын

@killchargemembrfrank modes feel different, also, ultralocrian is also a mode of harmonic minor

@Trubel2146

3 жыл бұрын

@killchargemembrfrank In that way Ultralocrian is also a mode for Harmonic minor

@ha-qw4rm

3 жыл бұрын

What are the famous classical songs in harmonic minor

@toprak3479

2 жыл бұрын

@@ha-qw4rm Literally every classical music that's in minor. (Kind of) Mozart's Symphony no.25 starts out in harmonic minor. Vivaldi's Winter allegro non molto is entirely or almost entirely in harmonic minor iirc. Any baroque or classical era piece in minor you find is going to be, if not fully, partly in harmonic minor.

"Bruh, that hit me right in the feels" hit me right in the minor scale + that fancy jazz note.

@NikNocturnal

5 жыл бұрын

^^

@JohnnySauceMusic

Жыл бұрын

pretty sure its major with sharp 4 so not minor

Nik you didnt have to go so hard on this video but you did and I love you for it.

@NikNocturnal

5 жыл бұрын

Aha thanks fam!

Please do a lesion on modes/scales. It would help out a BUNCH

@bowlerpro2

5 жыл бұрын

Josh Posada Why a lesion? Wouldn’t that be painful?

@joshposada6426

5 жыл бұрын

BowlerPro I’m not understanding how it would be painful. It would better the understanding of modes for me and a lot of people

@joshposada6426

5 жыл бұрын

BowlerPro wait nvm I understand the joke

@joshposada6426

5 жыл бұрын

Lesson*

@bowlerpro2

5 жыл бұрын

Josh Posada Had to be done 😂

Lydian sounds like every KZreadrs prog side project

@NikNocturnal

5 жыл бұрын

^^^^

The Aeolion bit is probably one of the best solos I've ever heard. Honestly awesome, my friend.

Aeolian is so Jared Dines- change my mind

@matildagreene

5 жыл бұрын

fuck, you're not wrong

@davidgarcia6796

5 жыл бұрын

Too tasty to be Jared

@Hahvayz

5 жыл бұрын

Listen to the song Somnarium by animals as leaders and then comment that again, hes super not Aeolian, what I heard in the vid doesnt really sound aeolian tbh..

@lucashernandez8146

5 жыл бұрын

Aeolian is every sad song ever. Why could this be? /s

@Hafer_

5 жыл бұрын

It's literally the most used scale in metal.

0:01 When John Petrucci starts a fast solo

I've noticed your camera quality has improved, and your riffs are getting longer and spicier. Killin' it bro, keep it up!

@NikNocturnal

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Logan!

I’m going to have to check out Egyptian Mythology now. 😮

@NikNocturnal

5 жыл бұрын

I love that stuff tbh

@groovy_9633

5 жыл бұрын

Praise Ra

@melonxo

5 жыл бұрын

Shokran is good

@groovy_9633

5 жыл бұрын

@@melonxo yes

@rickoblivion1312

5 жыл бұрын

I'm the first mode 😂😂😂😂 I can relate xD

"the dark side" was soooo sick

Double Harmonic Major is my favorite. It's just major (Ionian) but with two augmented seconds, (like the one in harmonic minor, hence the name harmonic). It sounds like Phrygian dominant but better in my opinion. It's like a dissonance that never truly resolves but is pleasant enough that it isn't unusable like Locrian usually is.

@artman40

9 ай бұрын

Mick Gordon - "The Only Thing The Fear Is You"

Breaking News! KZreadr "Nik Nocturnal" has been found to actually be a power ranger in his latest video. At the beginning of the said video, he shows off his zord powers and activates his shred mode, displaying an amount of musical power that has never been witnessed before.

@NikNocturnal

5 жыл бұрын

Yes

I don't know enough about music theory to even be here, but whatever that Lydian thing was is definitely my answer to "what kind of music do you like?" That somehow sounded like every metal song I've ever loved all at the same time.

Southern style? That’s a weird way to spell Synyster Gates 😅

@lucasnakata7146

5 жыл бұрын

lol for real

@danpuljic

5 жыл бұрын

Ikr I was gonna say... sounds just like him!

@ShinyCLEM

5 жыл бұрын

Totally what I was thinking \m/

@marcellosandoval459

5 жыл бұрын

That’s cause Synyster plays a lot of the Blue note pentatonic scale

@enjoikeenan

5 жыл бұрын

really pantera esk, but yeah he got a lot of inspiration from them

The Dark Side - Ultralocrian is my favorite of all

Can you do metalcovers of nonmetal songs? That would be sick!

@Biggerbepis

5 жыл бұрын

Noah Brooks he’s been doing that

@NikNocturnal

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah I've done a decent amount of those, will be sure to do more in the future

That was The Scnitzel my man! I’ve been looking for ways that Locrian is used since most people disrespect it who don’t understand metal. Solos with a flat fifth are just diabolical AF when played over power chords (non-stop perfect fifths). Yours was fantastic! Anyway the song The Evil has Landed by Testament, how much of that is played with Locrian? Certainly the verses right?

I love the way ultralocrian sounds so ominous holy shit

Please do an entire song of just Bruh that hit me right in the feels

@rizkyagungmartadiraja725

3 жыл бұрын

+1

Well I learned that Ultralocrian is a thing. Way sick! I love being able to actually learn some things on your videos!!

Your phrygian solo reminded me of Revocation Your aeolian solo reminded me of All That Remains circa 2005 Your mixolydian reminded me of Pantera Great video and slick solos!

@johnvincent1823

5 жыл бұрын

All those bands put out the same song over and over and over again.

Phrygian Dominant - Arabian/Egyphian vibe Aeolian - Emotionally dark Mixolydian - Groovy Lydian - Dreamy Ultralocrian - Unstable and diminished Ionian - Happy That's how I describe these modes ,_,

After I fully understood Modes (2 years ago) I realized I wrote just about all my riffs in Lydian and Dorian. How I learned and understood Modes was the chords for each. I had known all the scales for years but didn't know how to use them.

Dude you have no idea how much you make me wanna pick up my shredder and play my butt off after a long week of playing J A Z Z for school. Please never stop what you do; It's artists like you that inspire the new generation of metal players and keep the flame burning for the genre. Metal's not dead because Nik's here: Change.My.Mind.

This video truly shows your vast amount of skill, really impressed! Love your stuff as always

@NikNocturnal

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :)

Dude that tapping at the tail end of the Lydian mode was sexy as hell! Great job!!! I would love an explanation on how to change root modes ( forgive me if that’s nonsense) in a solo and switch the chord progression appropriately. I find if I just noodle away in aeolian it gets dull after a bit.

@NikNocturnal

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Will see what I can do :)

Nik Nocturnal activated

@NikNocturnal

5 жыл бұрын

Dahhh

This may be... one of my favorite videos on KZread. Holy fuck.

Oh gosh, the Lydian..such a heavenly mode

I doubt you'll see this but I would love to see a tab for the lydian shred. That was so beautiful.

Ultralocrian is so Oli Herbert

@MattlProductions

5 жыл бұрын

Dude yes! That section sounded like Chiron to me!

@NikNocturnal

5 жыл бұрын

Oli used a lot of these

@bicasualtea7563

5 жыл бұрын

may he rest in peace

@mpk6664

5 жыл бұрын

R.I.P May justice be served, his wife needs locked up.

@bakedcat7494

3 жыл бұрын

Can someone explain ultralocrian a but more in depth

Nik is another kind of beast, the fact he took the time to memorize all those names speaks volumes.

Really good content, man, thank you!

Great vid dude, excellent playing! And that's a definite yes please on some scales and modes lesson vids :)

@NikNocturnal

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! :D

0:02 when you learn the pentatonic scale well and now you think you're a shred god

should write a song where 'shred mode, activated' is a callout

Would really like to hear a more full version of the Ionian mode song you did at the end. Really liked how you wrote that.

Like the video before even watching

15 seconds in and I am personally attacked. Good stuff.

This is actually helpful lol. I know what modes I should look into learning now.

Amazing vid Nik.

Dude that playing was impressive! Keep up the amazing work!!!

@NikNocturnal

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Please please do a lesson on modes and scales, that would be amazing.. I have a really hard time understanding them and putting them into practice ! Awesome video as always your skills are insane !

The tremolo picking at the middle of the dark side sounds like part of Jim Root’s solo in Absolute Zero

Never knew you could do so well with lead guitar but that shit was dope.

@NikNocturnal

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I just started taking guitar lessons a few weeks ago after self teaching myself for the past 4 months, I have already learned so much including the major scale with the seven major modes. Guitar lessons are definitely worth it

please do it. explain to us all the scales/modes. you're the man Nik!!

Hella heart eyes for you bro thanks for posting this, I’m def learning all the scales that I don’t yet know in this vid. You’re highkey my guitar teacher rn 😂

@NikNocturnal

5 жыл бұрын

Aha glad I could help Romeo!

love the right hand on the sweeps!

The beginning of dark side sounds so much like your intro

still use this video to this day. thanks for this.

Nik's videos never disappoint!!

damn bro you’ve been goin fuckin nuts on the shredding, also congrats on that Jared dines shred thing he’s been doing on Instagram

@NikNocturnal

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro! :)

awesome video!!!

Thanks nik for educate me to more more grew up my guitar skill. 😀 and all your djent instrumental all sick broo respect from Indonesia

I love all your videos Nik. You rock. Would you make a video about how to use a mode to write a metal song please?

Almost a 100k dude keep it up!!!

@NikNocturnal

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Nikki!

You are hella talented! I subbed 😄

@NikNocturnal

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

You've motivated me soo much with these videos.

Basic idea as I know it is this, Mode = Pattern of steps, Scales = pattern of notes. They can blend together, but they're different.

Riffs are killing it as allways!

@NikNocturnal

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Wow... here I am playing dimebag solos thinking I'm something... I heard pieces of Symphony X / Mr. Romeo in that Mixolydian bro... You're going places with those combo's. Nice work man!

Perfect love these videos👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

I hear Synyster Gates playing in this video. Am I the only one who heard it? btw AWESOME VIDEO!

@NikNocturnal

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ben! :D

Bro I love your intros more than life itself

Phrygian dominant is real fun to play around with

HELL YES !! please do that lesson 🙏

I love this theory with a fun twist. You and Ola are my favourite to watch 🤘🏻

@NikNocturnal

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jason!

Awesome!

Amazing!!!

Please please do a lesson on modes and scales! I've been playing for 10 years, on my own terms, and have come to realise that I keep getting stuck when writing because I am rusty with modes and scales... everywhere I look, they are explained in a weird way so I need it simplified! These solos were awesome btw! Good job!

Waited so long for this.

@NikNocturnal

5 жыл бұрын

Hope it didn't disappoint

Lydian reminds me of August Burns Red - Found in Far Away Places!! Love it!!

Gonna be real with you Nik, I love your videos but I come for the intros. Keep up the great work

@NikNocturnal

5 жыл бұрын

Aha thank you!

Awesome shredding 👏

@NikNocturnal

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

You should definitely do a lesson on modes it would help so much!

I would love a lesson of modes please!! I knew a little about Phrygian and Lydian but I’ve only heard the terms through passing!

Who else saw his jared dines shred collab on insta👌

@NikNocturnal

5 жыл бұрын

:)

I've been playing guitar for a little over 10 years now, and I sort of knew modes, but only really decided to brush up on it last night. Turns out, I've been playing all the modes the entire time and haven't realized it. But still do the lesson video! I'd love to hear the perspective from someone else

Yeah epic dude!!

Yes, please do a lesson on modes and scales!

Yes please lessons btw nice guitar I just ordered the exact schecter but in black

I definitely would like to see a video on scales/modes. Great content! Not sure if you do online lessons, but if so, how much would they be?

All of that sounded amazing ! What is your signal chain ? I have the same guitar but with the thru-body strings. Do you like yours ? Major thanks for the video also and helping people learn modes.

Best riffs for each decade (70, 80, 90, 2000, 2010)

Yes, a lesson on scales/modes, would be awesome!

Watching your videos helps me learn so much more. Thanks and keep rocking🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟

@NikNocturnal

5 жыл бұрын

Thank YOU for watching :)

Southern style is 100% A7X

@krispayy6076

5 жыл бұрын

John Romano it’s more pantera but okay

@FirionFF2

5 жыл бұрын

Synyster gates has a huge background in blues and jazz, and he is very vocally open about the influence it has on his music, so yeah that is exactly how his guitar style is haha.

@elitebelt

3 жыл бұрын

Pantera, actually. It's literally nothing like A7X lmao. That Egyptian one sounded WAY more similar to A7X

@gergoretvari6373

2 жыл бұрын

@@elitebelt you couldn't be more wrong. lmao.

@elitebelt

2 жыл бұрын

@@gergoretvari6373 This Means War is an exact example for A7X Also over half of the entirety of Pantera is literally country metal, the only way you could possibly argue they aren't is if you have literally never listened to a single Pantera song in your life.

What about a Lesson on „Bruh, that Hit me right in the Feels“? I‘d Love to Play that

Hey man, love the vid as always. One thing though is I feel like the leads are a little bit low in the mix on some places, don't get me wrong cause your playing is effin fantastic but I can't help but feel like the lead could be turned up more. Might just be the fact that my ears are giving up on me though, keep up the good work :)

Meme on the one hand and kinda useful vid on another. Good job man

@NikNocturnal

5 жыл бұрын

Aha thank you!

Ang galing mo talaga pogi, kahanga-hanga talaga yung mga modes na binanatan mo, as usual nakakatawa pa rin yang intro mo! 😂😂😂