Locrian mode

And minor has, of course, a complicated system of chord structure that is established for how music theory works in that.

Whereas, you know... you're Dorian, you're Lydian, you're certainly Locrian modes.

And we'll talk, I will rant, I am sure, in a few minutes about modal music and what it means to be playing in a mode.

You know, there aren't chord structures that necessarily lend themselves well to establishing that kind of sound.

All that to say, you could start that scale of all white notes on any different key and you end up with seven different sounding scales.

And some of them are brighter, like the major or like Lydian, which starts on the F.

And some of them are darker, like minor, which starts on the A or Phrygian or Locrian.

So if I'm playing in the key of C...

There's a name for it.

It's called probably like Locrian or something.

Right,

yeah.

Now, this already gives you a clue because there are two variables that affect practicality.

It is the root tone and the scale, right? So if you want to compose with, let's say, the Locrian scale, Well, it would be very smart to pick the B root tone because then you end up just hitting on the white keys on the piano.

It's very easy to compose with just the white keys.

It only matters now where you stop your lines and what the chord structures are that you pick.

You get different sounds and they have very fancy names.

Dorian, Ionian, uh, Mixolydian, Locrian, and those things.

But the thing is, you're already playing modes.

If you've ever played a minor scale, you're playing a mode.

Uh, you start to unlock the fret board here.

Uh, this is a system that no matter where your hand is on the guitar, no matter what you wanna play, it's underneath your f- your, your fingers.

So you say, "Okay, well that's great." That's major, minor, major pentatonic, minor pentatonic, and then we have Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Locrian, right? So, so we have, um, all the different sounds across...

And I probably missed one.