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

Exercise to develop a mastery of the fretboard by visualizing patterns up and down the neck relative to a key using modes.

You have learned the Pentatonic scale and don't know where to next? Look no further cause here we unravel the mistery of the Diatonic scale pattern which contains major and minor scale and modes. In this lesson we cover CAGED method, very similar to pentatonic CAGED positions.

A fast descending pattern to get you down the neck in style.

An etude designed to help get you up and down the neck and connect the dots in new ways.

Master the diatonic pattern once and for all using systematic approach! In this lesson (which is the second in line) we will cover 3 note per string method. 3 notes on every string make 7 patterns starting from every note of the scale. If you want to learn to shred you just HAVE to learn this.

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!