Rock guitar lessons

The Phrygian mode

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The phrygian mode is dark and exotic sounding. The phrygian is the third mode and therefor starts on the third note of a major scale. If you use a C major scale as a basis for the mode you would start the scale on a E note. It can be tricky for some but the best way to get the sound of it in to your head is to play it over a E note or the E minor chord and get a feel for it's structure.

The major scale pattern - The most important scale pattern you will ever learn

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The major scale pattern is the most useful scale pattern you can learn. With it under your belt you can play 84 different scales including all the modes.

The Modal Chord

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Modal chords can mean different things to different people. For a Jazz player the modal chord means what scale to play to a specific chord. Heavy metal tends to employ modal scales and then there is modal music composed in modes. This article touches on little of all.

Making music with a single chord - The modal chord

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In the last article I talked about the modal chord and how it could be used to make music. In this article I will make some music from this chord form and I will also try to break it down for you. You will have access to all the composition materials i.e. score, midi file, individual tracks and the mix of the result, all these materials are at the end of this article.

Musical modes

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Modal theory is simple to understand, still this simple concept has caused mode confusion that any other musical principle in music. For most musicians the term scale and mode are interchangeable. There is some truth to this perception, understanding the difference is crucial.

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