Lesson #14: Derivative Modes in G (Guitar, Intermediate)

If you mastered the last thirteen lessons, get a harmonica in C and a harmonica in G, and you're good to go. Please stay, however, for more lessons. You can gloss over the redundancies, but there are few more chord shapes before you are "get a capo, and you're good to go" status. And we are a few keys away from truly understanding what you can do with the capo.

The G major diatonic scale (G A B C D E F# G) is the source of several other "scales," which are called modes:

G Ionian

G

A

B

C

D

E

F#

G

A Dorian

A

B

C

D

E

F#

G

A

B Phrygian

B

C

D

E

F#

G

A

B

C Lydian

C

D

E

F#

G

A

B

C

D Mixolydian

D

E

F#

G

A

B

C

D

E Aeolian

E

F#

G

A

B

C

D

E

F# Locrian

F#

G

A

B

C

D

E

F#