Understanding Modes for Guitar

In this Book you will find the information that will clear all your doubts about Modes by understanding the simple theory that goes behind the concept of Modal sounds. You will understand the relation between the Tonal Center and the current Scale and how their combination generates the Modal sound. You will also understand the differences between Relative & Parallel Modes. As an extra, owners of the Book will have access to a companion web app: fret{Modes} and also to a Google Chrome Extension: fret{Notes}

In the course of this book, we will cover:

1. About this Book

2. To Understand vs To Know...

3.Tonal Center

4.Major Scales with Sharps

5.Major Scales with Flats

6.The Sound of a Scale

7.Harmonizing a Major Scale

8. How to Derive Modes from a Parent Scale

9.The Natural Minor Scale

10.Ionian Mode

11.Dorian Mode

12.Phrygian Mode

13.Lydian Mode

14.Mixolydian Mode

15.Aeolian Mode

16.Locrian Mode

17.Organizing Modes

18.re-Cap

19.Parallel Modes

20.Practicing the Modes

21.Pentatonic Modes

22.More Modal Families

Afterword

Working Through This Book

This book is purposely broken down into short chapters centered on the essentials, so you have a concise, but clear and direct to the point chapters.

Requirements

In a music theory course, we start the study of Modes after we have learned the basics of music theory, but the necessary basics like: Formation of Key Signatures, Harmonizing a Major Scale, Tonal Center, etc will be included along with the chapters.

As a quick test in order to check if you need this Book, try to answer the following questions:

• considering the following group of notes: G w A w B h C w D w E h F w G, if we set the Tonal Center to C and play the notes in any sequence, what kind of Mode or Modal sound we achieve?

• similar, but now for the following group of notes: C w D w E h F w G w A w B h C, if we set the Tonal Center to G, what kind of Mode or Modal sound we achieve?

• What's the main difference between a Scale and a Mode?

• When the starting note is relevant to achieve a modal sound and when it's not?

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