82: Music Theory 201 - Modes and Moods

If you've just been sticking to open guitar chords and pentatonic scales then you're cooking with salt and pepper. What if you had a whole arsenal of spices to work with? Sure you might make some weird meals at first but you'd probably also make some pretty memorable ones - and over time, you'd learn when to use (and not use) certain spices. Hint: NEVER use star anise. That stuff will ruin anything. 

In the last episode Ben gave us a high level overview and what's included in this monster we call "music theory". 

This time, he pulls out his guitar and talks about specific modes, scales and paths from note to note which allow us (as songwriters and performers) to change the mood or character of a composition or performance. 

You will learn:

• What the difference is between a major scale and a minor scale and how to convert one to the other. 
• Some helpful memory techniques for distinguishing intervals (these even work for the relatively tone deaf)
• What the different modes within a key are and some helpful memory joggers from pop culture
• Ways for guitarists and bassists to use modes
• Chord notations. How to interpret what you see in chord charts and why you don't need memorization to figure out what to p lay
• The secret behind why power chords and pentatonic scales are always safe bets to get you out of jams (like salt and pepper in cooking)

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