Using Modes in Your Music
There are many techniques used by guitar masters for using modes in music and we will try to incorporate some of these techniques here.
There are many techniques used by guitar masters for using modes in music and we will try to incorporate some of these techniques here.
This is the last mode of any major scale and is also considered as the most difficult mode.
Aeolian is brighter than Phrygian and Locrian while it is darker than Dorian mode.
Mixolydian is an all-rounder mode that has been used in very uplifting solos to many 70’s rock songs.Although it is an all-rounder scale but it doesn’t mean that it’s an easy mode.
We are using C major scale as the reference point therefore the Lydian mode we will learn in this lesson is the F Lydian.
Phrygian mode is very famously used by neo-classical guitarists like Yngwie J Malmsteen, Joe Stump and Vinnie Moore.
Dorian is the second mode of a major scale and in our example it is D Dorian mode.
This mode is used even by the guitar players who are not aware of the modal theory because it is also the natural major scale.
There are seven modes of a major scale and all of these modes represent easily distinguishable sounds/emotions.
In order to become a well-equipped guitar player, the most important technique a guitarist needs to understand and use is modes.