Cosmin Lupu | The Mindful Musician & Guitar Guide
Cosmin Lupu | The Mindful Musician & Guitar Guide
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hey cosmin its good to see you. I started my guitar journey with you on GMC. my name is sumit . i don't know if you remember or not.
Oh, man! That's so awesome! I find it brilliantly amazing when I get to exchange a thought or two with the people I was working back in those days! I hope that life treats you well and that you have continued to enjoy playing the guitar and making music!
@@CosminLupuMMGG You were a great teacher and very patient. thanks for everything. My life is good, surviving with guitar may be hard but it's also very rewarding.
You're unnecessarily complicating it. It should just be the Bb scale starting on the 3rd 3-4-5-6-7-1-2-3. And the second one was simply the Gm scale starting on the 5th 5-b6-maj7-1-2-b3-4-5. That's so much easier to understand. You don't have to learn 7 (14 or 21 including minor) entirely new scales by changing and re-learning half-steps and whole steps all over the place... ARGH!! All you need to do is start major and minor scales on different notes. It's that simple. And don't call it any kind of D scale because it's not. The first one was Bb starting on the 3rd and the other was Gm starting starting on the 5th. Simple as that.
Hey there! I understand your perspective and in the same time, if you would take the time to dive into music theory you would have a tremendous grasp on the idea of shifting the tonal center, in the case of modes. When I was in my teens, I was struggling with the same issue: why should I learn all of these modes instead of just thinking about one scale? In time, I realised that by choosing to think about the notes in that one scale as relative to a new root from within that same bunch of notes, had a huge impact on the chords, the relationship between them and the relationship between them and the notes one could play over those chords. This changed my view on music forever. Is it complex? Yes, it can be a little bit daunting at first… Is it useful? YES! So, if you would accept a thought from me, meant only to encourage you to explore and get better with music and guitar playing: be curious and ask yourself “hey, what else is possible aside from what I already know and find comfortable?” I hope this helps, thanks for your input and keep rocking!
I have no idea what phrygian means. All of these modes are the same scale just starting and ending on a different note other than the root of the scale. Ya know what would help me.. Tell me which note of the scale you're starting on. All these other names as if they're completely different scales (when they're not) just complicates the hell out of it unnecessarily.
following this channel quite for a while and i only can say it has a huge improvment recently, professional lessons and ultra quality and environment! Keep it up!
Thank you so much! The only way is forward!
Good video and lesson I'll re-watch as enormous amount of data Also, everything was going fine until +/-10:00, when the Thrash Metal screaming voice kicked in Then it all jumbled into a fur ball and became indistinguishable Maybe, rework and leave out the screaming parts Just an idea Otherwise, informative regarding an complex subject Thank you
Hey there and thank you for the feedback! I'm glad you're finding this video useful and I'll mind the volumes :D Rock on!!!
Dragul meu coleg :D ! Mult succes in tot ce faci ! 🚀
Multam, Alex! Cine s’ar fi gandit la toate lucrurile din viitor cand ne jucam cu surprize de la Kinder in banca in clasa 2-a? 🎸💪🥳
@@CosminLupuMMGG noi 2, eram paleontologi experti in clasa a 4 a, genial. :))) Te salut cu drag! Minunat ce faci !!
@@Mcnstudio1 EXACT! :D Multumesc tare pt gandul bun!
Fake! This guy doesn't have a cool Romanian accent like Codrin Starvi. 😂
:)))) That's all you get! :D :D :D
Really cool, Cosmin! Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Love the professional vibe of your videos!
Thank you!!!
I never heard of a phrygian dominant before but it's cool. I like it. Reminds me of like a Byzantine scale.
Happy you like it, man!
Phrygian sounds like Holdsworth, Phrygian Dominant sounds like Holdsworth went to Egypt.
Mentioning hiphop while holding a guitar is a mortal sin.
To make it even worse, I even played guitar in a hip hop band when I was 20 🤣🤣🤣
@@CosminLupuMMGG Obviously there was no permanent damage - your playing is fantastic!
@@mikesekula3949 Thank you, man!
This is by far the best video I've found on this topic, thank you for making it!
Thanks, man! I super happy to know it helped!
Good vid. I never really thought about the main distinction being the major third, so that made it worth it. But the self ego-stroking in the beginning was insufferable. Like, what do karate and muscle shirts have to do with musical modes. Less about how cool you are, more about your audience.
Hey, James - thank you for your feedback and I am glad that you learned something from this video - I think that is the most important thing :) All the best and keep rocking!
This might be a stupid question. What's the point of deriving these modes from the Major scale, if, for example, E Phrygian is completely the same as C Major, or D Dorian, etc. I checked some other keys: for example, if we take E Major scale and build a Phrygian mode from the 3rd degree we get G# Phrygian and it is completely the same as our original E Major. Notes and chords. What's the difference then? Thank you.
Hey there! It's not a stupid question at all, but a very often encountered one! The principle is the following: when you think D Dorian for instance, all the notes that normally make up the C major scale (the parent scale of D Dorian), are being judged in relationship to a new tonal center which is D. From a derivative perspective, which is the one I have dissected in this video, the chord progressions are also built in respect to having D as 1, instead of C. So whenever you have a Dm Gmaj progression - this provides the right kind of harmonic environment for the Dorian mode. Now, if you start improvising in D minor pentatonic over this - it will sound great, because D minor pentatonic is the skeleton of the D Dorian mode. If you wanna make things sound truly Dorian, add a B note to the D minor pentatonic (that being the major 6th interval). Now both the harmonic and the melodic contexts match. It is a matter of establishing a new tonal center FROM AMONG the notes in the mother scale and relate all the other notes to that new tonal center and then exploit the harmonic and melodic possibilities that arise. Please let me know if this is clear and if I can help further. All the best!
@@CosminLupuMMGG Ahhh now I'm starting to get it. This part was completely new to me, and it changes the perspective. Thank you for such a detail answer! And for your videos as well, they are very instructive
@@8w6good8 Happy to have helped! Also, check out my latest vids, as they are oriented towards framing the minor pentatonic as the skeleton for minor modes. Cheers!
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Este in al doilea link din descrierea text de mai sus
complexitatea unei note : sunet, nume, poziție. Domnule, așa este. pentru că atunci când avem trei elemente avem o realitate complexă și nota este o realitate complexă.
Un mare profesor este cel care învață împreună cu elevii, pentru că descoperă interiorul înțelegerii fenomenului. Ai dreptate.
Cosmine, ești um om fain și creativi. Cucerești publicul pin interpretare discursului:dependențe, interdependențe...
Multumesc frumos pentru gandul bun!
Sick
Thanks!
9:13 Yooo, gimmie the things you used to make that initial backing beat!
Hey there - it's a beatboxing sample I found on a stock sfx site (I'll try to remember where and I'll link you) which I have played around with, a bit by adding some delays.
@@CosminLupuMMGG Lovely, thank you!
First riff was kina meh. 2nd was 🔥
ok nu stiu de ce nu te-am descoperit mai repede, esti genial!
Multumesc frumos si ma bucur daca iti e de folos ce ai gasit aici!
@@CosminLupuMMGG prima dată când algoritmul de la youtube a fost util. M-am uitat puțin la tine pe canal și chiar depui efort și faci treabă bună, m-ai câștigat ca subscriber și dau vorba mai departe!
@@cojonez9520 Iti multumesc frumos, promit sa continui si sa evoluez! Spor maxim!
More playing less talking 😉
Nice chops and helpfully communicated. To my ears, Phryg sounds 'Western classical' and PhrygDom sounds 'eastern'. And in terms of feel it's kinda like 'moody' vs 'otherwordly'. I'm a huge fan and explorer of the modes of the harmonic minor and always come back to PhrygDom for its consistency of inspiration
Thank you for your input, @WolfgangRP ! Also, glad you liked it! I'm a bit on the outside in respect to the other modes of the harmonic minor and the melodic minor, as well, for the mere fact that I haven't yet used them extensively, so I am looking forward to making some time to explore and experiment! Rock n roll!
@@CosminLupuMMGG Yeah since I started composing a couple of years back I purposefully avoid Aeolian and Ionian and looked at the more obscure scales for inspiration. Current faves are Messaien 3 and Bebop Dominant. Look forward to seeing your takes on those
@@WolfgangRP Haha! That's very nice, man! I have NEVER tried those and honestly, barely heard about them :D But hey, sure, I'll do my best in a future video! Thank you for the inspiration!
The experience that comes from meeting something you don't know for the first time and that feeling of alienation is Rare (cause you can't unseen) and undervalued.
Hey there! Are you referring to these modes in particular?
video length 13:12? BASED
Hey buddy, I'm afraid I don't understand the question - can you please be more specific? Thank you!
@@CosminLupuMMGGhe's jokingly praising the video's duration. I don't actually get the joke though, maybe he's saying it's a reference to a prog time signature (13/12)
@@bigspice4419 hahaha, thanks! I haven't thought of it like that, especially since time signatures are usually written by having common denominators of 2 ex: /2 /4 /8 /16 . I've just researched though and found out about irrational time signatures which might be something in the lines of the example above :)) One learns every day!
I like phrygian dominant plus major 7 note (like harmonic minor), so there would be 2 minor third intervals in the scale, create even more tension, sound even more sick!
Phrygian is the sexiest most well spoken mode. Phrygian dominant has only-child energy. Lol
Haha! I never looked at it like that - thanks for the perspective, man!
Literally the best and most accurate comment I have yet to see in all of my years on KZread.
@@coltonpugh9669 :)))
Top tunes: good playing and composing.
Thank you!
Scorpions - Sails of Sharon
Laughs in Byzantine scale
I'll actually try that today :)))))))))))))))
@@CosminLupuMMGG I guess by your name you're Romanian, so you probably are familiar with it, phrygian it for the americans :p we have something similar but better over here in the "east". Greetings from greece
Mulțumim.
Si eu multumesc si sper sa fie cu folos!
good content and good English, congrats!
Thank you!!
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Thank you very much!
You can instantly hear that mysterious middle-eastern sound! Amazing!
Yep, it's the go to tool for that sort of sound!
The only people that say this are those who don't really listen to 'middle eastern' music. A more accurate statement is it sounds like whay westerners are led to believe middle eastern music sounds like based on media/Hollywood portrayal.
@@adamguitar1498 I do believe you are right to an extent - I've been following an amazing guitarist called Gabriel Akhmad Nur Marin, who plays all sorts of middle eastern traditional instruments besides electric guitar and him alongside a lot of other players, seasoned in the middle eastern culture, are using other scales as well as microtonal guitars or non fretted instruments which allow THOSE sounds to shine, in a way in which the phrygian dominant can't :)
@@CosminLupuMMGG I think the other thing to mention is that scales are only a small part of achieving a sound. Rhythm has a huge role in this, as well as other things like melodic development, phrasing/articulation and timbre. It's like saying the pentatonic scale has some heavy rock vibes. It absolutely can, but it's also shown itself to be able to capture and create many other feelings and styles.
@@adamguitar1498 Yeps, definitely! I agree with you and thank you for the inspiration :) I plan on making some videos around these topics and aspects soon! Keep rocking!
phryg dom? it's just harmonic minor for the key 4 notes above the "root". iow, what you played starting on D was just G harmonic minor notes. Kind of simplifies it for me to not memorize so many different labels. Just know WHERE to position these things. Just call it harmonic minor mode 5. ie, you start the harmonic minor scale on the 5th note of the minor key. anyway... a rose by any other name...
Thanks for the input! The thing is that while you are indeed using the same bunch of notes like the ones in the harmonic minor, which is the parent scale of the phrygian dominant, all those notes answer to a different tonal center and thus, other possibilities are born. That's why modes actually exist, otherwise we'd just stick to the major scale, the harmonic minor and the melodic minor, completely neglecting the other 18 modes that are born out of these 3 parent scales. It's a matter of perspective and possibilities, even though, technically you are right :D My two cents: As long as we have access to the tools to explore and develop what we create as far as we can, why not use them?
@@CosminLupuMMGG Yes, you can argue that it's important to memorize the same shapes as something new. I just prefer to understand that A harmonic minor is just harmonic minor in one particular position of the 12 possible spots and same for the other keys. Like, if someone said hey, let's jam in E lydian. I don't really need to memorize what lydian is so much as understand where to shift my major scale so I AM playing lydian. Then part 2 of this would be to understand that we are implying a tonal root of E yet playing the notes of B major. So, you can play in B major with an EAR for the chords that are going to be happening and not feel like oh, I'm playing a NEW scale or mode. Same intervals, then no need to rename it is all I'm saying. ? if the structure is different from major scale, then yeah, you have a new scale and 7 modes of it. So, I guess the end result might be the same or not. I would just know that I can play in a major key for any of the standard modes IF I position myself to that spot. Good thing I'm only doing music for myself! hahaha No need to write it down or try to communicate anything to anyone else. Thanks and good luck with everything!!!
@@TruthSurge Whatever gets the job done, as I like to say :D Each person has their own subjective experience in respect to anything in this world - our own inner map of reality. The way we choose to augment it and expand it in the time given to us in this life is a constant choice. I like to share my map and if you guys find it useful, it only makes me happy! Thank you for your thoughts and enjoy the music!!!!
@@CosminLupuMMGG thx! Have a good one and thanks for your info.
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Another way to find / see the derivatives tonalities: For the Phrygian, we shall know it's the third mode (so E Phrygian relates to C major). So if you're in D Phrygian (so D is one step below E), it's going to relate to C down a step, so Bb. For the Phrygian dominant, if we just keep in mind that it is related to the minor harmonic scale, then we get G minor being the relative minor scale of Bb for which we have taken the harmonic version. So D Phrygian relates to Bb, but also to Gm and so D dominant Phrygian relates to Gm as well but in its harmonic version. They are both related to Gm.
Thanks for the analysis! I usually like to use the derivative approach for understanding modal chord progressions and the parallel approach in respect to becoming able to discriminate between the sound of each mode. I have met a lot of people who use the derivative approach in all that regards modes and tend to want to relate to any mode as it is its mother scale which does not help in understanding those differences one bit. Still, I think it's an exploratory endeavour and being able to listen and tell the differences by picking up on the sounds of each mode is the way to go. Keep rocking!!
As a huge fan of prog & flamenco these are probably my 2 favorite modes.
Sir, I believe you are now ready for double harmonic major.
@@M2Mil7er Or double harmonic, aka Phrygian Natural 7 Phrygian chord for you. Esus4(add b9) or 023200
Hell naahhhh!! Wowwwww
Thank you!
Thank you for this lesson
Happy you like it and find it useful!
Like :)
Multumesc, Alin! Sper sa ti fie de folos!
Cosmin bro
Multumim pentru clip, foarte bine explicat si chiar ma gandeam cum pot sa fac asa ceva pe anumite piese.
Multumesc si ma bucur tare ca e de folos! Spor si inspiratie maxima la scris!
Foarte interesant! Eu vreau sa invat sa fac piese ambientale in care sa pun si cateva note de chitara, dar sa nu iasa in evidenta ca o melodie care duce undeva. Poate ideea asta cu sextele ar fi utila.
Salutare si multumesc pentru ganduri! E foarte posibil ca sunetul intervalului de sexta sa fie potrvit, mai ales daca ai intentia de a obtine o stare melancolica, in piesa respectiva. Ca prim pas, te incurajez sa te rezumi la a gasi o linie cu note putine si care mai degraba sa contribuie la constructia ambientului, decat sa iasa in fata. Canta linia respectiva in context si apoi adauga sextele notelor respective, ca sa auzi daca se potrivesc cu contextul. E un punct de pornire :) Spor maxim sa ai si astept orice intrebare ai avea!
This explanation has been the easiest to understand thus far -- and concise to boot. Thank you!
Happy to know I could help out! Thank you!
This is exactly what I need in my life at this point in my musical journey. LITERALLY woke up out bed today, played a single note “riff”. Then tried adding onto it by ear, playing what “felt” right. Now using this technique, it will fortify my ability as a musician and not just a guitar player!!! It’s gonna take some work and of course time to fully absorb, and I can’t thank you enough for the clarity and sincerity of your presentation!
Hey there! I am happy you found it useful and the fact that my work helps people, keeps me at it! Thank you!
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Multumesc! Sper sa iti fie de folos!
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Ma bucur ca iti place? :))