QUOTE (Guitar1969 @ Oct 15 2008, 11:41 PM)
So looking at this more I have a few questions - These might be more based upon proper usage of modes and sorry if I am asking something that has been answered elsewhere, but I am trying to relate this to the Diagram and just recently started looking into modes, so this is a more practical understanding.
Up till now I am pretty much playing a particular scale(such as Home position Major pentatonic) over the whole chord progression, accenting various notes. I am just starting to learn to move to different positions of the scale based upon the chord progression. The beauty of Pentatonic and Diatonic scales is that you can move the same shape to a different root note over a chord progression without much thought.
So if I am understanding modes correctly, you move to the related mode during the chord progression, which basically is a different scale shape for each chord your playing over.
Is that correct? or am I way off
So looking at the above diagram, lets say the chord progression is: C F G (I IV V), would I be playing Ionian for C chord, Lydian for F chord , and Mixolydian for G Chord., moving from the root of 8fret low E to 13th fret, to 15th fret accordingly.
Thanks for any clarification you can provide(Modes confuse and scare me).
I didn't write this post for modal teaching mate, it's just to teach one to jam.
As I stated, start off by getting backing tracks you know the key of, and use this diagram to lead your fingers.
If you want to learn about modes, in my opinion it's wasted time if you don't knowhow to jam much already.
Edit:
And regarding your question, there, no, that's not entirely right. If you play the chords seperately, it would be - but in this case it's the full modal progression of C Ionian.
The reason that the diagram puts "I VII" degrees + names is for you to identify the locations of the chord degrees, also scale patterns. Again, it's just a tool to help your fingers fret the right places.
Your modulation options are decided by the chord progression.
And another edit:
You don't have to play Mixo on G etc, because all the modes here contain the same notes, so it's all the same scale. Therefore you can play Gmixo all the time on Cmaj chord, et cetera.
I hope this clarifies.
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This post has been edited by kjutte: Oct 16 2008, 08:34 AM