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Hello folks
This is the second lesson on how to approach Major modes. From now on I’ll be including more playing examples and less talk in my lessons so that you can apply ‘hands on’ techniques! This lesson is quite straight forward but very powerful at the same time. I’m using the 7 power chords that come out of any major scale when harmonized with 5th intervals. In the key of C these will result:
C5 D5 E5 F5 G5 A5 B(b5) = CG DA EB FC GD AE BF
Yes the 7th one is a flat(b)5 interval! And it will sound quite dissonant for those that aren’t used to use b5 power chords. But for our purpose it has to be played. So grab your axe and record the track2 rhythm using semi quavers/sixteenths notes. Use palm muting so you keep things a bit clear. Then learn my solo stuff note by note or somewhere close to it. When comfortable with lead lines just play them over the rhythm over and over again. What you’ll be doing is using the CMajor scale as a guideline but sounding all the 7 different Major modes as the 4 beat power chord is sounded!! In bar 1 you’ll have Ionian/Major bar 2 will sound Dorian bar 3 Phrygian bar 4 Lydian bar 5 Mixolydian bar 6 Aeolian/Natural mInor bar 7 Locrian. This will help you think less on the theory part and focus more on the sound. You won’t have to say or think..’hey I’m in the Mixolydian now or I’m sounding the Dorian’..we’ll study that in future lessons when we’ll use the pitch axis or common tone technique made so much popular by John Coltrane and Miles Davis in the past and Joe Satriani in recent years. You’ll just sound very cool by simply playing in one key and having 7 chords changing your mood every time! Think about that.
If you wish you can and maybe you should change the order of the power chords but be sure to stay in one key for now. You’ll notice that I used the ¼ bend in some places. Sometimes it’s called the ‘blue’ note. Whatever name you give it be very sure you include it in your playing as it adds something that no other thing can add on the guitar! In the future we’ll speak on that when we’ll cover the Blues..
For now jam jam jam on the Major modes until you can day and night dream about them.
Click Major Modes Part 2 pdf with tabs.
See ya soon
Jean
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