Modal Harmony for Two or Three Guitars (December 2010)

Harmonies using Modes for 2 or 3 guitars is instantly accessible if you learn the Guitarmodes method, even for a beginner.

Play through each mode individually.

One musician plays the Ionian mode.
The second musician plays the Phrygian mode.
The third musician plays the Mixolydian mode.

Modes and Chords of the Pentatonic Scale Played Diagonally (December 2010)

Guitar modes has a unique simple formula to play the Pentatonic scale and all of it's modes diagonally across the fretboard as well as teaching how to make chords and arpeggios from the diagonal Pentatonic scale and each of the modes.

Please let us know if you have seen a pre todays date copy right method/lesson that offers this concept.

Guitar modes across the fretboard (December 2010)

Guitarmodes is dedicated to developing teaching methods for you to navigate the guitar fretboard.

You will gain the knowledge and be able to play vertically, horizontally, diagonally forward and diagonally back across the instruments fretboard.

Modes in One Position (November 2010)

Guitarmodes method provides a way to play one octave of each mode in one location. This is based on the Relative approach to modes.

This can be done for each major scale. Obviously by moving the fingering to the required starting position.

Build Diagonal Chords from Modes (November 2010)

The 1 3 5 7 9 11 and 3 5 7 9 11 13 are located diagonally to create major based chords such as C major 7th, Cmajor 9th etc.
The 5 7 9 11 13 1 3 are located diagonally to create all dominant 7th based chords such as C7th, C9th, C11th, C13th.

This is a small example of diagonal chord structure (chords sitting under 1 finger 1 fret similar to the open C chord formation) easily derived from the Gu

Modes (September 2010)

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There are 2 concepts involved when learning modes.

How to Play Diagonally Across the Fretboard (September 2010)

Guitar modes provides a very simple formula to play diagonally.

Earn Money Teaching Guitar (September 2010)



Guitar Modes Guide Through all Lessons (August 2010)


Chord Formulas (August 2010)

Apply numbers (degrees) to the C major scale.


CMaj or C = 1 3 5
CMaj7 = 1 3 5 7
CMaj9 = 1 3 5 7 9
CMaj11 = 1 3 5 7 9 11
CMaj13 = 1 3 5 7 9 13

Cmin = 1 b3 5
Cmin7 = 1 b3 5 b7
Cmin9 = 1 b3 5 b7 9
Cmin11 = 1 b3 5 b7 9 11
Cmin13 = 1 b3 5 b7 9 11 13

C7 = 1 3 5 b7
C9 = 1 3 5 b7 9
C11 = 1 3 5 b7 9 11
C13 = 1 3 5

Drop 2 Voicing Explained (August 2010)



Take the first inversion of a chord as an example.

Guitar Modes 4 Note Harmony Method (August 2010)


Guitar Modes Parallel and Relative Explained (July 2010)

Guitar Modes method teaches both these approaches in the first lesson.

Hirajoshi Scale Explained (July 2010)

C D Eb G Ab C.

Guitar Modes Lesson Extension (July 2010)



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