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This hypertext includes many Graphics and  MIDI files to illustrate how to use the modes over chord changes in actual performance situations.

 Contents

How to read this document

The Ionian Mode or Major Scale

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The book includes a similar treatment of the following scales
 and a chord - scale chart!

The Ascending Melodic Minor Scale AKA 
The Jazz Minor Scale 
The Lydian Mode 
Third Mode of the Harmonic Minor Scale 
The Mixolydian Mode 
Sixth Mode of the Harmonic Minor Scale 
The Harmonic Minor Scale 
The Dorian Mode 
The Lydian - Augmented Mode 
The Lydian - Dominant or Lydian b7 Mode 
The Mixolydian, b6 Mode

The Dorian b2 Mode AKA The Phrygian #6 
Fifth Mode of the Harmonic Minor Scale AKA The Spanish Phrygian Mode 
Fourth Mode of the Harmonic Minor Scale 
The Aeolian Mode AKA Pure or Natural Minor 
Second Mode of the Harmonic Minor Scale 
The Phrygian Mode 
The Locrian #2 Mode 
The Locrian Mode 
The Super Locrian Mode 
Seventh Mode of the Harmonic Minor Scale

The Major Pentatonic Scale 
The Minor Pentatonic Scale 
Whole Tone Scale 
Augmented Scale 
The Blues Scale 
The Diminished Scales  
The Bebop Major Scale 
The Bebop Minor Scale 
The Bebop Dominant Scale 
The Chromatic Scale

How to read the notation and the tablature in this book:

Numbers on Tablature Lines = Fret Number on specific string.
Numbers Below Tablature Lines within a circle  = strings.
Numbers Below Tablature Lines without a circle  = left hand fingers.
The scales with fingerings that begin on the fifth string start on the third fret (III).
The scales with fingerings that begin on the sixth string start on the eighth fret (VIII).
Both sets of scales are transposable to all keys.

We'll begin at the same point that most traditional methods use:  

The Ionian Mode or Major Scale

The Ionian Mode or Major Scale is an appropriate choice over any of the unaltered Major Family Chords such as the Major Triad, Major 6, Major 7th etc.

For example:

CMaj6 = (C E G A)

This is what the chord would look like on the guitar:

CMaj7 = (C E G B)

This is what the guitar chord would look like on the guitar:

The Ionian Mode or Major Scale is the simplest way to handle a ii - V - I progression since you can play the Major Scale of the I chord (CMaj7) over all three chords: Dmin7, G7, CMaj7. The only note you should be conscious of when using this scale is the fourth scale degree (F). Since this note (F) will sound dissonant against a CMaj7 chord, it should be resolved to the third (E).

Try playing The Ionian Mode or Major Scale  over the following formats!

The short format - swing: ||:Dmin7 /  G7 / |CMaj7 / / / :||

The long format - swing: ||:Dmin7 / / / |G7 / / / |CMaj7 / / / | / / / / :||

The short format - Latin: ||:Dmin7 /  G7 / |CMaj7 / / / :||

The long format - Latin: ||:Dmin7 / / / |G7 / / / |CMaj7 / / / | / / / / :||

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