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So I've been plugging away at aeolian and mixolydian and the strangest thing I noticed. E aeolian for example has the exact same notes as G major. I know you already know that. So here I am memorizing the pattern for aeolian when I already know the major scale and suddenly I forgot why the hell I'm doing this.

So I've been plugging away at aeolian and mixolydian and the strangest thing I noticed. E aeolian for example has the exact same notes as G major. I know you already know that. So here I am memorizing the pattern for aeolian when I already know the major scale and suddenly I forgot why the hell I'm doing this.

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Yeah idk why you'd do this. I mastered college theory I and then never fucking bothered.

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I suppose the practicality is staying in the same position to play all the chords and just highlighting notes.

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I suppose, I just did this crazy Russian scales drill on the piano that goes through the entire circle of fifths with a bunch of hoops to jump through every day for 15+ years, so I think my brain is just wires differently now lmao

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I play guitar but I find instead of learning music, I'm just up and down the scales. I only recently took to the theory and scales but have been playing since a teen.

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It's merely the result of a need to express the same thing in different ways relative to other instruments so that everyone is "on the same page" and you have access to every shape available on an instrument to fully be able to express yourself in any mode, no matter where the other instruments go.

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Only faggots learn scales. The fastest way to learn any instrument is to play along with the radio. Doesn't matter what song/style it is, just attempt to play along with it, even the commercial jingles. A few months of this, and you can join any band. Switch between stations, dive into everything. You may THINK you hate jazz or country, but how much have you actually listened to?

Bands mostly want versatile players, not the guy that can nail a Van Halen solo, but is useless for anything else. If you can jump in a unfamiliar song, esp. an original that the band throws at you, your place is all but guaranteed. Play along with the radio.

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There's probably some bullshit theory about how it sounds in relation to the root key. As to why you're torturing yourself like that, I have nothing.

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Yeah, the G over the Em. or, aeolian. Same shit, exact same notes and pattern. There's still 6 other modes to learn and when you play them, it's just the major key.

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Yep. I think it's just supposed to invoke a certain feeling whenever you transition to it. When I started studying modes I ran through a few of them and eventually had the same reaction as you. "Why am I doing this?"

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lol right? For some reason l lost the desire to keep learning this.

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Music theory isn’t something you practice; it’s something you understand. Aeolian is the 6th mode of the Major scale so naturally it’s going to have the same notes.

As far as practice: It’s great to know some modal patterns if you ever plan to write melodies or solos, as you obviously will be playing chords other than the tonic. If you want to think of it as the Major scale starting at a different note then that’s perfectly fine too, as that’s really all it is.