modes

Hi. I guess many of us have been in a situation when you try to explain what a Tonal Center is, in particular, when talking about modes. Well, I did first learn the modes theory the traditional way, eg. you have a base scale with no accidentals aka: C D E F G A B C , then first harmonize in...

I am a seasoned musician but for some reason never managed to wrap my head around the modes, especially patterns for application. I know all the major and 3 types of minor scales (major / relative minor) all over the neck and can harmonize, etc. with no issue but modes for some reason have...

Have spent the last year trying to get the fret board under my fingers using pentatonics, modes, and playing those along with backing tracks and simply chord progressions I've come up with that seem to make sense from what I've picked up from learning the pentatonic scales. Ex. A minor - I...

Hi :wavey: I've been a "silent lurker" for some time now, and finally decided to make a thread and ask a question that has been buggin me ever since I first learned about scales from my bass teacher... If I'm breaking any rules, please do forgive my insolence! :lol: So here goes (Please do...

Ok its called the Guitar Grimoire. First off, yes, I'm a dumbass, just play along here...:wavey: The entire book has the asceending and decending of the F major and minor scale. They have different positions throughout the entire neck. Now if this is F because the scale starts on F does that...

After many years of playing guitar without a clue, I've decided to learn music theory properly. :) I'm starting to understand modes, and can play all seven in one position (staring with A Aeolian on the open A and going up one note at a time), but I've confused myself now. In standard...

I have created a site with every scale there is sorted by mode and every 3, 4, and 5 note chord in the 12 tone system. The chords are listed on fingerboards for 8, 7, and 6 string guitars in standard, P4, and drop tuning. The layout is unique and allows for quickly seeing all iterations of...

Hey guys I'm working on a guitar website where I put a premium on a logical approach to learning/ studying the guitar. It's called bigpictureguitar.com and I'm about half way through finishing the core guitar lessons for the site. These are HD video lessons with a lot of material and some...

Hi guys check out these two backing tracks on youtube.. great for getting into the 7 major modes! Enjoy...

hey there ive been learning my 7 mores dorian,phygrian etc. i have been learning them in the key of C. So the first (ioanian) is C, but it says 2. (dorian) is D, so you play dorian in D if you are playing a song in the key of C? and so on? also 3. phygrian is E if you are in the key of C...

So I understand modes in general (like A minor = E phrygian = C major, depending on what note you start on). But what I don't understand is how you would say a song is written in one mode or the other. So tell me if I'm understanding this correctly: A song with a I IV V progression of A...

I've messed around on guitars (by that, I mean I've learned covers, primarily using tab, sometimes by ear) for 15+ years. It's not satisfying any longer. I'd like to get to a point where I can rip solos by myself, write interesting rhythm parts, etc. My question is this: what should I...

Guitar Scales @ Chordbook.Com This is pretty nifty. I have a binder full of printouts that I usually use for scale practice, and while I can rattle off the standard ones with no problem, if you asked me to play A# harmonic minor, it might take me a few tries before I remember it. :lol: I...

Bass strings on top in the diagrams. Forgive my ugly handwriting. Also ignore my odd habit of using flats for intervals and sharps for note names. I'm not sure where I picked it up, but it annoyed the hell out of my violin teacher. I chose sharps for the whole tone scale because "A, B, C#"...

Thought some of you would find this interesting...