After more than 20 years of learning, teaching and using the modes, this is my definitive guide to understanding and applying them on the guitar.
Most modes resources either drown you in theory before you’ve played a note, or skip the theory entirely and hand you scale patterns to memorise. Modes and How to Use Them does neither. I’ve reduced the theory overhead by roughly 80% to get to practical application as quickly as possible — because a practical understanding of modes is what actually produces results in your playing.
What you’ll learn:
- How to hear the modes — training your ear alongside your fretboard knowledge
- Modes as scales in their own right — not just rotations of the major scale
- How to practice scales effectively to get real results
- Modes all over the fretboard without endless scale patterns
- Which modes to play over which chords
- How to make the parent scale system work for you
- How to understand and apply modes to chord progressions
- How to create your own modal chord progressions
- How to transition from pentatonics to modes without starting from scratch
Available on Amazon Kindle
Also worth exploring:
For a free overview before committing: Modes on Guitar for People in a Hurry — the fastest, most practical introduction to modes on guitar. Free PDF, no sign-up required.
For fretboard application: Major Scale Modes Designed for the Guitar — a visual method for playing any mode all over the neck from any root note.
For improvising with modes immediately: The Dorian Improvisation System — a complete improvisational framework built around the most versatile mode on the guitar.