Much better way of thinking about modes?

allen

I really like this way of thinking about modes and harmony. It's on the piano, but some useful insight in my opinion.

 

 I particularly like the stuff about thinking of a chord as being from several keys. That starts about 2m 50secs into the video.

 I once saw a guitar video about this too and really liked it, but I can't remember which video it was.

viz

Yes. the Dm in a 251 in C is not some sort of D Dorian mode, that would be a weird way of looking at things. It's just chord 2 in C major. 

Modal music is where a piece is actually "written in Dorian" such as What Shall We Do with a Drunken Sailor.

axisus

I'm only a minute in but it's fascinating how he plays the mode notes in such a simple way on the piano!

allen

axisus said:

I'm only a minute in but it's fascinating how he plays the mode notes in such a simple way on the piano!

Yes, that got me too. To me, that might be a way of showing what a nonsense it is to talk about it that way.

sev112

I didn’t get much from that other than reinforcing my normal view that music theory for guitarists is better done on a piano