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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Easy Lydian Dominant Scale Flavors
The Lydian Dominant Scale, also known as the Lydian b7 scale, is the fourth mode of the melodic minor. But…
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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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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 to Approach Scales in Your First Few Years of Playing
If you’re serious about learning guitar, beyond having the technical ability to play your favorite songs, then at some stage…
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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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Diatonic Harmony: Soloing Over Chord Progressions
Knowing what scales to use over a given chord progression was always shrouded in mystery for me until I understood…
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Modes: How to Use Parent Scales
One of the most challenging things about learning to use modes is crafting your licks and runs to bring out…
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Understanding Modes on Guitar
Figuring out the modes on guitar is a bitch. I remember it took me a while grasp the incredibly simple…