Modes
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The Only Modes You Actually Need to Know
Every guitarist reaches the modes eventually. Usually it goes something like this: you’re getting comfortable with the pentatonic scale, someone…
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Why You’re Still Struggling to Learn the Modes
There comes a time in every guitarist’s life when they feel the need to *drum roll* learn the modes. While…
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How to Dorian-Up a Blues
The Dorian scale makes for an interesting twist you can use in a 12-bar blues. Yes, that’s right, you can…
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Mixolydian Modal Pentatonics
There are literally endless things you can do with pentatonic scales in music and especially on the guitar. Everybody loves…
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How to Spanish-Up the Phrygian Mode
If you’ve been playing or studying modes for a while now, you might have overlooked the Phrygian mode in favor…
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How to Solo Using One Scale Pattern (Part 1)
This is something that a lot of players dismiss because they think they must learn 5 or 7 patterns for…
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A Different Take on the Dorian Mode
I often get students who like the idea or the sound of modes but are put off by the theory,…
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How Not to Get Lost in a Guitar Solo
A student once asked me if there was a foolproof way not to get lost when soloing on guitar and…
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How to Really Hear the Modes
You can find tons of stuff on modes right here on the blog, but I’d like to share this quick…
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From Pentatonics to Modes in 5 Minutes
This is a common problem among guitar players: they get very good at getting some great licks and runs from…