The Dorian scale makes for an interesting twist you can use in a 12-bar blues. Yes, that’s right, you can use the Dorian scale over…
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There are literally endless things you can do with pentatonic scales in music and especially on the guitar. We all love them, so why not…
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If you’ve been playing or studying modes for a while now, you might have overlooked the Phrygian mode in favor of the more usable minor…
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This is something that a lot of players dismiss because they think they must learn 5 or 7 patterns for each scale in all keys,…
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I often get students who like the idea or the sound of modes but are put off by the theory, and as modes are a…
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A student once asked me if there was a foolproof way not to get lost when soloing on guitar and as I didn’t really have…
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You can find tons of stuff on modes right here on the blog, but I’d like to share this quick exercise which tests whether you’re…
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This is a common problem among guitar players: they get very good at getting some great licks and runs from major and minor pentatonic scales,…
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If you’ve learned the modes using the parent scale method, which we went into in depth in this article, you might be having a hard…
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When you start using the modes, it can be a little tricky to get a handle on phrasing and avoid playing stuff that sounds too…
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