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While 3-note-per-string scale shapes certainly make it easier to play faster, they also just cover more of the fretboard and overlap in a way that’s visually easier to digest. Good technique and fretboard knowledge can be a means to an end regardless of whether you want to play “fast” or not. They also were all using some form of a 3-note-per string scale to achieve a higher level of speed and technique than heard previously. Suddenly everyone was getting really, really good.

It just didn’t really catch on in the mainstream… and certainly not Rock guitar, until the early 1980’s.Įdward Van Halen along with Randy Rhoads and later Yngwie Malmsteen, ushered forth a new revolution in Rock and Metal guitar pedagogy. What a boom it was too! Sure, guys like Al Di Meola and John McLaughlin and other Jazz and Classical guitarists had been using shapes like these for years. …well, maybe not, but it certainly became a thing in the 1980’s post Van Halen era guitar boom. They will feel comfortable in no time with a little practice. Don’t be afraid of those 5 fret stretches.

Lots more fretboard coverage right? You bet! Not only that, but you get a much easier to memorize symmetrical shape that includes a few extra high notes on the high E string. Now let’s take a look at the same G Ionian scale mapped out for 3 notes on each string: In this common block form, we get all of the notes in the G Major scale twice up to the high A on the 5th fret, E string. Let’s take a look at the difference between conventional block shapes and more modern shapes using the G Major or G IonianMode:

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Want to print this lesson out for later? Get a FREE 16 Page PDF mini-book of this lesson (and lots of others) in the Guitar Printables area.īlock Shapes vs. Having both a flatted 3rd, 5th and 7th makes for a very exotic and dark sound. The natural minor scale works great over any minor type chord and any time you want to take some of the “happy” out of your solos. Try this scale over a D7 or D9 chord or backing track.Į Aeolian, a.k.a., the E Natural Minor scale and chord. Mixolydian works great over dominant 7th and 9ths. Lydian is a great mode that exploits the b5 (#11) sound and is widely used by guitarists such as Steve Vai and Joe Satriani. Phrygian is a cool sounding mode when you’re trying to get a dark, almost Spanish sound. The 3rd degree, also a minor chord on the B root. The 2nd degree A, includes a minor chord form.ĭorian is a popular minor mode often used by Carlos Santana among others. Remember that Ionian is just another name for a plain old Major Scale. This is handy, as it allows you to get both under you fingers right away. The thing I like about these shapes is that you can clearly see the chord form for each within the block shape. The squared notes indicate the root of each scale: Let’s look at the old-school block style modal shapes in order in the key of G Major (G A B C D E F# G). In fact, I believe there is some benefit to learning both. Old-School Block-Style Guitar Mode Shapesīefore we get into the bigger shapes, it’s worth mentioning that these block shapes are perfectly fine and useful guitar mode shapes.

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Using GuitarLayer Software for this lesson.

If you’re completely new to modes and want to see how they are constructed from scratch, check out my Intro to Guitar Modal Scales Lesson and workout. Randal said his guitar teacher had shown him modal scales in the old style block forms and wondered why I taught them as 3-note-per-string-shapes. To further illustrate this point, I received an email from Randal, an email subscriber who had just purchased my book The 7 Day Practice Routine For Guitarists.

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When discussing how to use guitar modes, it’s really important to understand how they fall across the fretboard in any given key. Whenever I see guitar modes explained in lessons and other guitar blogs, there always seems to be one key point missing.