Mixing two modes in one lick!

Lesson teaching tricks and tips of the modes of the melodic minor scale. Nowadays, this scale is primarily used in jazz/fusion, but some excerpts of it can be found in other styles as well, such as prog rock, country, funk, samba and others.

What is a mode and how do you approach it on the guitar?

In this lesson we are going to work on combining the mixolydian mode with other scales like minor pentatonic and blues scales.

Learn to play and recognize by ear the modes from the Major scale.

It's easy for guitar players to get stuck in the same area of the fretboard while improvising. In this lesson we'll study a little exercise using open strings that should help you see your scales in a new linear way.

Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian... Modes can be very confusing! Wallimann created this lesson to help you memorize the 7 modes taken out of a Major scale. This lesson should definitally boost your mode knowledge!

All 7 Modes of the Harmonic minor scale in 7 different Keys demonstrated in 7 cool licks

From simple 7th chords to more complex altered chords, we'll improve our guitar accompaniment and chords knowledge over a 12bars blues shuffle.