Saturday, September 27, 2008

Lesson #30: Parallel Modes in E (Guitar, Intermediate)

If you've mastered the past 29 lessons, you're essentially good to go as a guitarist. You know enough open chords to buy a capo to do all your transposing. You know a lot of moveable chords, so that you might not even need to use a capo to transpose. However, we have seven more weeks of differing root notes, so please stick around!

Okay, if you remember the Derivative Modes lesson, you will recall that - for example - the E major scale (E F# G# A B C# D# E) can change order into modes that start at different notes. The B Mixolydian, for example, contains the same exact notes as E major, but in a different order: B C# D# E F# G# A B.

Today, we're going to look at the various modes, but we'll let all the modes start with the E note. Notice how each mode relates to a corresponding major scale:

E Ionian

E

F#

G#

A

B

C#

D#

E

E major scale

E Dorian

E

F#

G

A

B

C#

D

E

D major scale

E Phrygian

E

F

G

A

B

C

D

E

C major scale

E Lydian

E

F#

G#

A#

B

C#

D#

E

B major scale

E Mixolydian

E

F#

G#

A

B

C#

D

E

A major scale

E Aeolian

E

F#

G

A

B

C

D

E

G major scale

E Locrian

E

F

G

A

Bb

C

D

E

F major scale

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