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Sep 6 2007, 11:48 PM
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Yes, that's theoretically sound, provided you are careful, but you covered all the gotchas!
One additional thing to add for others reading this - Deep Root's strategy will only work for 3nps. If you try and use this with regular Major scale boxes you will get horribly confused. Why? Because we traditionally use 5 boxes for major scales, when in fact there are really 7 (2 of them are really close to other boxes so we tend to ignore them). 3nps (3 Note Per String) scales are looking at the neck as a whole, and don't work so much with boxes, or if you do split them into boxes you would usually use 7 boxes. The result of this is that there are no missing notes to get you out of sync with your modes. So, yes, learn the root box of (for instance): C Ionian D Dorian E Phrygian F Lydian G Mixolydian A Aeolian B Locrian And you have also covered all 7 boxes of a major scale  Good thinking batman!Now, a suggestion that might make this easier ... Whether you perceive a scale as a particular mode or a major scale starting on a different note is all in the mind since the notes are identical. You need to be very conscious of which you are doing at a particular time. So, I suggest you make 2 or more backing tracks as follows: 1. Modal Backing track - pick a key, the right speed, and a number of repetitions, and for each mode, the backing track plays the modes root chord (could be a piano or strings or anything): C Ionian - C D Dorian - Dm7 E Phrygian - Em7 F Lydian - F Major 7 G Mixolydian - G7 A Aeolian - Am B Locrian - Bm7b5 (or B diminished) 2. Major Backing Track - do the same but just play C major all the way through - this trains you to hear the boxes as major. 3. Added Bonus - focus on each mode by putting together a backing track that uses the characteristic chord for that mode, e.g. Am - Aeolian. That of course gives you Major and Minor for free Then you can work each mode individually by going through all the boxes - the chord trains your ear to hear the modes correctly.Go ahead, and let us know how it works out! This post has been edited by Andrew Cockburn: Sep 6 2007, 11:58 PM -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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Sep 7 2007, 06:23 AM
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Thanks Andrew
 , that backing track idea sounds pretty great. I'll be trying that out this weekend!DeepRoots |
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