Modal Major Scale ideas for guitar video

F major 7th idea

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2 Modal Extension Ideas

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Arpeggio line descending from the Major modes

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Ascending Modal idea

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Pentatonic Simple Guitar fingering idea

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F Major 7th Ascending Arpeggio Idea

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MODES OF THE MAJOR SCALE DIAGRAM: With Transpositions in C

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What is a mode?

A mode is an “inversion” of a scale:

For instance if you start a scale on the 2nd note of the C major scale you will be playing “D dorian mode”.

THEN WHY DO PEOPLE FIND IT CONFUSING?

That is because of “transposition”.

For instance:

We can transpose that “Dorian mode of D” to any tonic we desire.

In the example below it is transposed to C as the tonic. How did I do this? Well if the note D [Tonic of D dorian] is two 1/2 steps up from C then what is the note C two 1/2 steps up from? Answer is B flat. So we have a B flat scale staring on the note C.

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Why are the modes useful for the guitar player?

The modes [in this case of the major scale] open up the guitar fingerboard and it becomes easier and easier to connect arpeggios, phrases, quartal, pentatonic and melodic lines together and create smooth transitions across the guitar fingerboard.

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Below you will see how easy it is to connect together arpeggios and then create triad pairs from them.

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Again, more arpeggio connections from the major modes

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Below, a mix of arpeggios and triad pairs from the modes

QUARTAL HARMONY. JOHN COLTRANE 4THS DEVELOPED FROM THE DORIAN MODE. THIS IS HOW YOU GAET THAT JAZZY SOUND!

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D Minor to E minor

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Simple quartal dorian mode jazz/fusion vamp

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Below is a simple pentatonic line from the major mode to play over a dominant G 7 chord

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Finally an extended F major 9 extended line from the major mode

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Author: Clifford Martin Musical Artist: Guitar Gti

Modern Music Theory

Clifford Martin is a trained classical musician and composer. His 1st study being piano and composition and a deep study into the meticulous world of modern music theory. He also studied jazz piano and jazz drums privately. Clifford later came back to the guitar and studied in the jazz fusion style of John McLaughlin and Al di Meola. It was at this point that he put all of his years of learning together into one musical form This website is a sort of cataloging of ideas and musical concepts for exploitation and development in the arts of musical composition and improvisation. What started out as a jazz improvisation site has grown into a full blown, harmony, timbre, pitch and rhythm library. Peace, Enjoy!