Rewriting 'Welcome Home (Sanitarium)' into 7 Modes

[00:00:00]Thanks to the love you guys gave to the last Metallica video, I decided to take Welcome Home Sanitarium this time and by only changing one note at a time, turn [music] it into seven completely different emotional experiences. So, first up, the original E minor scale, also known as E Aeolian. And as E Aeolian is a minor mode, you can just replace the Aeolian minor mode with the E minor chord. Root note E, minor third G, and a fifth B. And you've got the beginning of the song.

[00:00:33]>> [music] >> And that's how you can tell the song is an E minor. So, let's step down into the darkness by going from Aeolian down to Phrygian. And the only difference between E Aeolian and E Phrygian is the natural second interval being lowered to flat second interval by half step. So, let's write down the notes inside of E Phrygian so you know what the notes are coming from. So, we have a E Phrygian, F Lydian, G Mixolydian, A Aeolian, B Locrian, C Ionian, D Dorian, and E Phrygian.

[00:01:10]And the only thing we've got to do is to find all of the F sharp notes, which are the second interval, and lower them by half step down to F. As we don't have any flats and sharps inside of the Phrygian, we also need to lower this C sharp to C.

[00:01:25]>> [music] >> But that flat second already changes everything. So, here is the final Phrygian version.

[00:01:34]>> [music] [music] >> That flat second is the single most metal interval there is.

[00:01:48]>> [music] >> It pulls Sanitarium out of plain sadness into something much colder and more evil. Same minor chord underneath, but one note lowered and suddenly the song feels heavier. If you have an idea for the best sanitarian name for this darker Phrygian version, then drop it in the comments below and the best one will be featured on my Instagram. Now, let's go all the way down to the darkest mode, E Locrian. And the only difference between Phrygian and Locrian is lowering down the fifth degree from B to B flat. So, let's write down the notes inside of E Locrian so you know what the notes are coming from. So, we have a E Locrian, F Ionian, G Dorian, A Phrygian, B flat Lydian, C Mixolydian, D Aeolian, and E Locrian.

[00:02:45]And all we've got to do is to find all of the B notes and lower them down by half step to B flat.

[00:02:52]Now, the previous opening E minor chord >> [music] >> is becoming half diminished with that lowered fifth and minor third. And here's how the final Locrian version sounds like.

[00:03:07]>> [music] [music] >> I mean, this is how you can take this song and turn it into, I don't know, Welcome Home Asylum. As you can see and hear, the beautiful thing about modes is that you can take this iconic ballad and just by changing one or two intervals, you turn it into something so tense that your ear physically wants to escape from it. That diminished fifth makes the mode feel so unstable, like it's constantly trying to resolve to something to finally become complete. So, now let's go back up to the original Aeolian and step up to the brighter minor mode with E Dorian. And the only difference between the original Aeolian and Dorian is raising up the sixth degree from C to C sharp. So, let's write down the notes inside of E Dorian so you know what the notes are coming from. So, we have E Dorian, F sharp Phrygian, >> [music] >> G Lydian, A Mixolydian, B Aeolian, C sharp Locrian, D Ionian, and E Dorian.

[00:04:21]And all we've got to do is to find all of the C notes, the sixth interval, and raise them up to the major sixth, the C sharp notes. Such as here.

[00:04:31]And we already have the C sharp here.

[00:04:34]And that's all of the C notes. The E minor sixth chord gives the song in the beginning much brighter feel. So, here is how the Dorian version sounds like.

[00:04:44]>> [music] [music] >> The weight is still there, but there is movement underneath it. If Aeolian is pure melancholy, Dorian is melancholy with somewhere to go. By the way, if you like what you're learning and want to discover what you're truly capable of on the guitar, then feel free to book your shred audit by clicking the link below.

[00:05:11]Now, let's cross over into the major territory with Mixolydian. And the only difference between Dorian and Mixolydian is raising up the third degree from G to G sharp. So, let's write down the notes inside of E Mixolydian so you know what the notes are coming from. So, we have E Mixolydian, F sharp Aeolian, G sharp Locrian, A Ionian, B Dorian, C sharp Phrygian, D Lydian, and E Mixolydian.

[00:05:44]And all we've got to do is to find all of the G notes, the minor thirds, and raise them up by half step to G sharp.

[00:05:56]The opening chord is now E major.

[00:05:59]>> [music] >> And the song suddenly sounds like something completely different, something much brighter. So, here is how the Mixolydian sounds like.

[00:06:16]>> [music] >> Major third gives you that brightness and strength, but that minor seventh, the D, still keeps one foot grounded. It feels powerful without being too cheesy.

[00:06:33]So, drop me your best Mixolydian version for Sanitarium in the comments below, and let's now go all the way to the full major scale, the Ionian. And the only difference between Mixolydian and Ionian is raising up that seventh degree from D to D sharp. So, let's write down the notes inside of E Ionian, so you know it's where we are pulling the notes from.

[00:06:55]So, if E Ionian, F sharp Dorian, G sharp Phrygian, A Lydian, B Mixolydian, C sharp Aeolian, D sharp Locrian, and E Ionian.

[00:07:12]So, let's now find all of the D notes, the minor sevenths, and raise them up by half steps to D sharp.

[00:07:21]The opening chord is still E major.

[00:07:25]>> [music] >> But the major seventh gives it even more different feel. So, here is how the final Ionian version sounds like.

[00:07:39]>> [music] [music] >> This is how the full major scale sounds like. No tension there. I think it's safe to say that Sanitarium has officially become something else entirely. Resolved, optimistic, almost unrecognizable. And finally, the brightest point on the entire spectrum of our emotional experience, the Lydian.

[00:08:04]And the only difference between the major scale, the Ionian, and the Lydian is raising up the fourth degree from A to A sharp. So, let's write down the notes inside of E Lydian, so you know it's where we're pulling the notes from.

[00:08:18]So, we have E Lydian, F sharp Mixolydian, G sharp Aeolian, A Locrian, B Ionian, C sharp Dorian, >> [music] >> D sharp Phrygian, and E Lydian.

[00:08:40]And all we've got to do is to find all of the A notes, the fourth intervals, and raise them up by half step to A sharp.

[00:08:47]All right there.

[00:08:49]>> [music] >> The opening chord is still E major, but that sharp fourth takes it into something even more brighter than the previous major scale. So, here is how the final Lydian version sounds like.

[00:09:08]>> [music] [music] >> And that's it. You now have complete Sanitarium across the entire emotional spectrum from the darkest to the brightest. Locrian for horror, Phrygian for mystery, Aeolian for melancholy, Dorian for hope, Mixolydian for confidence, Ionian for optimism, and Lydian for transcendence.

[00:09:37]Seven modes, one song, and seven completely different emotional experiences. So, I hope you enjoyed this straight-to-the-point, no-filler video, and mainly you've learned something. If you did, then just please let me know by hitting the like button, so I know the stuff I talk about is helping guitar players out there. And if you want to hear what this exact idea does to the other legendary songs such as Nothing Else Matters, One, Fade to Black, then here's a whole rewriting into seven modes series waiting for you. Thank you so much for being here and working on becoming the best musician you can possibly be. I hope you have an amazing day. See you in the next video.