Modes Made Easy! How To Best Learn The Modes On Guitar
By Simon Candy
In this video, you learn all about the modes of the major scale on guitar.
Modes are notorious for being complicated and hard to understand, and with all the different approaches and methods out there this is not surprising.
In this lesson, I’ll explain modes to you that will make them easy to understand.
What’s important here is that you listen to the sound of each mode as I take you through them.
Trying to intellectualise the modes and focus only on the theory is incomplete and will leave you feeling frustrated and confused.
You will learn each mode of the major scale, and most importantly how they sound.
Watch the video below to have modes explained in the simplest way:
C Ionian
The following is the C Ionian mode played on the second string of the guitar.
The root note and chord tones have been highlighted:
D Dorian
The following is the D Dorian mode played on the second string of the guitar.
The root note and chord tones have been highlighted:
E Phrygian
The following is the E Phrygian mode played on the second string of the guitar.
The root note and chord tones have been highlighted:
F Lydian
The following is the F Lydian mode played on the second string of the guitar.
The root note and chord tones have been highlighted:
G Mixolydian
The following is the G Mixolydian mode played on the second string of the guitar.
The root note and chord tones have been highlighted:
A Aeolian
The following is the A Aeolian mode played on the second string of the guitar.
The root note and chord tones have been highlighted:
B Locrian
The following is the B Locrian mode played on the second string of the guitar.
The root note and chord tones have been highlighted:
