Hello! I am very excited to start working with you!
I know that you are interested in learning modes in 7 Days and we will start working on it ASAP!
I have a few questions for you! It will give me a better idea about your other goals and styles you like!
-What are your goals?
-What is your weakness?
-What is your strongest point?
-Your favorite guitar players?
Hi Alex
I am very excited to start working with you to ! And yes you are right about me wanting to learn the modes. Although I do not need to learn them is 7 days ( If I do that would be sweet ! ) but I am prepared to practice. I realize that the only way to get good is to practice, practice, practice .Anyway here is some stuff about me .
1 Goals : Make beautiful solo's . I want to be able to express myself through my guitar. I can hear these melodies in my head that would compliment a certain song so nicely but I don't know how to play them . For me personally I want to create A gorgeous melody . I see guys like Eddie Van Halen who play super fast and throw these crazy techniques in there solo's and people go WOW did you see how fast his fingers moved ! When I solo I want people to go WOW did you hear that melody he played ! For me it is not about speed or technique ( although they do have there place ) it is about sound . I would also like to learn to play by ear, and be a Lead guitarist
2 Weakness : that is an easy one. My ear is my biggest weakness.
3 Strong point : Well I am a Fairly new guitarist but I have played piano for 2 years and I am a thinker. So when I started learning guitar I started learning theory as well , pair that up with what I learnt in Piano I think theory is one of my strong points , I just need to learn how to apply it to the guitar. I think creativity is my other strong point .
4 Favorite guitar players : Mark Tremonti ( alter bridge ), Slash , Andrew and Micah from the band disciple , The lead guitarist from seventh day slumber ( I don't know his name ) Listen to their song wasted life I also like the guitarist's from Nickelback.
Although most of the guitarist's I just listed play in hard rock bands I appreciate all kinds of music . I love Country, Rock ,punk , Classical ,Blues, Christian worship music . it's all good and fun to play
Hi Alex !
Okay I got the Locrian mode memorized ! I was naming out the notes as I played them . i figure if I memorize the fretboard I will be a better improviser !
I am bit confused though with theory . You said the notes don't change in the Locrian mode. Which in the scale you showed me they didn't . It was just the G Major scale starting on the 7 degree. Now in this guitar theory book I have it says there are 2 ways to make a mode.
1 What they call the "Derivative approach" All you do is re-order the notes . So in G Locrian mode we start on the 7th degree ( F#) and play from there .
2 what they call the "Parallel approach" they say you use slighty different notes. Such as the say the G major Locrian mode is just the G major scale with a flat 2,3,5,6,and 7th . Now to me these are 2 different scales because the first one contains the notes
F#-G-A-B-C-D-E-F#
and the 2nd one contains the notes
G-Ab-Bb-C-Db-Eb-F ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?
I am very confused at this and I am hoping you can shed some light on the situation!
Okay then, I will trust you seeing as you are the master and I am the student I have now memorized both shapes and can play them up down with ease. I am excited for my next assignment. I have this feeling that we are about to make a major breakthrough in my improvising skills in these next few weeks !
Okay Mission accomplished !! I now have all three memorized , and in doing so I have noticed that they all kind of link together !! am I correct ?
Its no problem I figured it out just fine I know enough about the guitar that I realize after the 12 fret the notes just repeat. And I know the way the sharps go and such from piano ( A,A#,B,C,C#,D,#,E,F,F#,G,G#). Anyway I have all four shapes memorized now !! I am noticing we are in the key of G major aren't we ?
Yes I have also noticed that the notes are the same , yet the shapes are different. I have lots to learn yet but I have this feeling that with your help I am on the verge of a major soloing breakthrough ! I have been practicing the modes by playing three notes per string and moving through all the 4 modes you taught me. I am hoping that in doing this I will be able to move between them freely.
I am Anxiously awaiting your next Assignment !!!
Okay as soon as I saw the new assignment I practiced both shapes for 45min . I just have 1 question before we move on. If we are in Gmajor then didn't you mean E Aolian ? Other than that I am ready for the next step !
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Okay I have my work cut out for me ! It looks like a great chance to also improve my alternate picking and legato. I couldnt open the guitar pro file. What was in it ? Here is a video of my favorite guitarist. My goal is to be able to play like this one day .
http://youtu.be/4Ouz-T5JKh8
Okay I think I have that chart memorized just a few questions. In bars 11-12 that is the D mixolydian mode , The tab says to play 15-14-12 on the B string ? is this just a typo ? Becuase 15-14-12 on the B string is D-C#-B, If we are in the key of G shouldnt it be D-C-B , which would be 15-13-12.
Also I noticed that all of these exercises are just the mode descending and then ascending again over 2 bars. The only one i didn;t know was bars 3&4. Is that G ionian ?
That was my only question. Practice is going good. I played through it at least 5 times yesterday, and 3 times today already. I am taking it slow and making sure I hit all the correct notes,and once my muscles have memorized then I will build up speed. i just find that if I play to fast I will forget where I am going .
Okay I have continued to practice this exercise lots! I am going on a backpacking trip for the next 4 days but when I get back I will probably practice this for 1 more day and then I will be ready for a new assignment!
Okay I have practiced that assignment up and down the neck tons ! I think I am ready for the next one !
Okay I am excited to see it !
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Is this exercise a mode or the modes in a different key ?
Wow this is news to me ! I thought that when improvising we just used scales from that key. So if we are in the key of G for example I didnt think we could use the C major pentatonic scale over a C chord !
I just have one question. You listed the progression as E7-A7-B7, but down below you said A7-D7-E7 ? So is the chord a B7 or a D7 ?
This is so sweet !!!! Okay here my part is Let me know what you think !!
http://soundcloud.com/jessej-3/blues-rock-solo-part-1
I just have 1 question. What is "Question and answer technique" ?
Oh that is so awesome I will try this on my next turn ! I believe it is your turn next for the improvising .
So you want me to do another one ? Should I take the backing track that just has you soloing on it ?
How do I make the track downloadable ?
Sorry this is a little off topic but when I found this out it hit me like a truck ! okay here is something I figured out about modes today. The shapes we worked on weren't actually modes of the G Major scale. The shapes we worked on was the G major Ionian mode. Which is also know as just plain old G major. But what I just figured out is I know these modes A Dorian mode, B Phrygian mode , C Lydian mode, D Mixolydian mode , E Aeolian mode, F# Locrian mode. Because the one thing these all have in common is the same notes. So If a song is in the key of D I can to play the D Mixolydian mode is the same thing as playing the G major scale, because D Mixolydian mode and the G major scale share the exact same scale shapes and notes !!!!!!!!! This means I already know every single mode !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So if I am in the key of G major and I want to play the Phrygian mode all I have to do is play D# Ionian and I have played the G Phrygian mode !! Do you see what this means ? As long as you know the Ionian mode ( Which is the same on all keys just has a different starting note ) You know every mode ! And seeing as you already taught me the 3 note per string way to play the Ionian mode I know the fastest way to play every mode !! This is ground breaking technology I am so excited to have made this discovery !!!! I am going to post a thread in the forum about this epicness !
Well I was thinking that maybe before I make another solo I should learn that lesson you put out with 15 blues licks and then make my solo using ideas from there and the Q&A technique. I was thinking I could learn a lick day and record it and post it here for you. Maybe some days I could even do 2 licks a day ! What do you think of my idea ?
Okay here are the first 3 licks off the lesson
http://soundcloud.com/jessej-3/blues-licks-3of15
Oh yah sorry for not responding for so long. I went back and fixed that third lick that you said to look at and learnt the 2 next ones. So now I know 5. 1/3 of the way there ! I will try to record them shortly.
I am really sorry I have not put anything up yet. I have been very busy with work. Because I am in highschool I can only have a Casual job and I work kinda on and off but Lately I have been called in a lot. I will try to get one up soon .
Hello! How are you? Are you ready for a new challenge? Let me know!
Hi alex
Sorry for the 3 month late reply I feel terrible for leaving you hanging for so long. If you still want me as a student I can pick up where we left off.
Part of my problem was I just had to many mentors and was getting swamped with things to practice till I couldn't keep up. So I am just going to go with one mentor for now So what should I work on? Those licks we were working on earlier?
That's a tough question! Well I like pretty much all styles of music. But my favorite guitar player/ improviser is Mark Tremonti from alter bridge. The solo in Rise today is my favorite solo I have ever heard.
I put the link for the song up. The solo is at the very end.
http://youtu.be/ZYG3BPvFOgs
That would be awesome! Like I mentioned it is my favorite solo so if I could learn the structure to it that would be amazing Where do we start?
Hi! So I think I am ready with the solo! I transcribed it and it is not as complicated as it seems!
How the exercise is coming along? Are you ready to start working on the solo?
Let me know!
Hi I just wanted to follow up I transcribed tho and ready to explain it part by part I will also create a similar backing track for you to jam over just let me know when you are ready!
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