Chords for The Modes Explained 4 - Identifying Modes by Ear

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_ Welcome to the Modes Explained 4.
Now I apologize, it's been a long time [F#] since the Modes [G] Explained 3.
So I'm going to make it up to you, this one's going to be really good, and it's going to
be quite interactive [N] as well.
So this is on identifying the modes by ear.
Now I've got some good news for you.
Forgive the assumption, but I'm guessing that you grew up in a society where _ film, radio,
and pop music, and television advert jingles have all been 99.9% in the minor or the major scale.
And so I'm betting that you can already tell those two apart.
Let's give that a go. _
_ _ I'm going to play two short leads, one and two.
One will be in the minor scale, the Aeolian, and the other will be in the major scale,
the Ionian.
Try to guess which is which.
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_ here are the answers.
[E] The first was [F] in the minor scale, and the [G] second was in the major scale.
Did you guess these correctly? _
If you did, was it because the first one sounded kind of sad, and that the second sounded kind of happy?
_ Okay, we're onto something. _
So that's great, you can already identify the major and the minor scales, which is of
course the Ionian mode and the Aeolian mode.
But how do you get to the point where you can tell the other modes apart just using your ear?
Well, it's all to do with familiarity.
And the way that you develop familiarity with the modes is of course by playing them and
getting used to hearing them. _
And that's where the Modal Drone Challenge comes in.
Let's give that a go. _ _
_ _ First up, [F#] grab a pen and some paper.
Write down the names of the modes, in order, down the left side of the page.
On the right is where you will write down how the modes make you feel.
[F] I filled in Ionian and Aeolian for you.
The Ionian is generally accepted to be happy, uplifting, and so on.
And the Aeolian seems to be regarded as sad or melancholy.
_ The next section of this video will be a 2 minute long drone track.
Play through the modes one at a time, all starting on the A note, the 5th fret of the
low E string.
_ So, for instance, play the A Dorian shape over the 2 minute long A drone track.
Stop, think for a minute, and then write down how it made you feel.
[G] Rewind the video to the beginning of the drone and do [G#] the same for A Phrygian, and [G] so on,
until you've completed the page.
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_ Hopefully by now, you've filled up the page with how these modes make you feel.
If you're interested in how they make me feel, well, the Ionian, as we said before, is, you
know, kind of happy or uplifting.
The Dorian, it's similar to the Aeolian for me, but it had more of a journeying, lonely,
sad, yet sometimes hopeful kind of sound to it.
The Phrygian I find to be dark, thoughtful, and brooding.
The Lydian, ethereal, [N] spacey. _ _ _
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