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Hello everyone, how ya doin.well its like this,i just had surgery on my knee an knee replacement,i am telling you all cause i will be away from my guitar for a.month .the pain is so bad its driving me crazy.so with that being said i shall take this opportunity to play fretboard game,and soak in as much theory as possible.i no nothin about modes and how they work..chord progressions, ,anything that doesn't require a guitar.any and all suggestios would be much appreciated.THANK YOU ALL..GUITAR TRICKS AS A WHOLE IS AWSOME,WE LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER..TY

Originally Posted by: axe2Hello everyone, how ya doin.well its like this,i just had surgery on my knee an knee replacement,i am telling you all cause i will be away from my guitar for a.month .the pain is so bad its driving me crazy.so with that being said i shall take this opportunity to play fretboard game,and soak in as much theory as possible.i no nothin about modes and how they work..chord progressions, ,anything that doesn't require a guitar.any and all suggestios would be much appreciated.THANK YOU ALL..GUITAR TRICKS AS A WHOLE IS AWSOME,WE LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER..TY

Btw like i said i dont no a whole lot bout theory,would i be walkin before crawling if i started with modes.i know the basics ,wh wwh ect,i ,can use a brush up on that matter.thanks

You are in luck... I have just the book for you. Its called "The Fretboard Workbook". Its an MIT book that you can buy on Amazon. You'll also want to get some fretboard paper... you can buy it pretty cheap on-line from Guitar Center. Don't bother trying to make your own fretboard paper... for the hassle its just easier to buy a couple of pads that will keep you going for a long time.

The book will ask you to play through some exercises, but you can skip that if you have to. Its a great book... I think its just what you're looking for. It starts very basic and builds up slowly. I found it really helpful.

Get well!

Hey thanks for the tip. I would like to try that out it's.right up my alley.but is there a course on modes here on GT.

I wish you a speedy recovery!

Originally Posted by: axe2... i shall take this opportunity to play fretboard game,and soak in as much theory as possible.i no nothin about modes and how they work..chord progressions, ,anything that doesn't require a guitar.any and all suggestios would be much appreciated.

Guitar Fundamentals 2 starts with a basic music theory primer.

www.guitartricks.com/course.php?input=2

And this is my intro to music theory tutorial.

http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=495

There are two tutorials that focus on modes:

http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=370
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=770

I understand that you might be unable to play guitar for a while. And it's admirable that you want to use your recovery time productively. And studying theory is a great way to do this! But keep this very important point in mind: you still need to use your ears.

Even if you aren't moving your fingers, you still need to keep connecting your ears to you mind.

Sometimes people study theory as an isolated pursuit, separated from the sounds. I've seen it result in students that can name every note, scale, chord, mode & inversion. But since they only studied in "on paper", they can't identify the sound of those things when they hear them.

The moral to the story is to always find a practical application for your theory. A concept that doesn't point to an actual concrete is worse than useless.

With that in mind, listen to the various lessons & work on memorizing the sounds in order to associate them with the concepts. Learn the scale formulas & the interval patterns of the modes, but also learn to identify them by sound. This is called ear training (or sometimes, aural training).

You can do this with the GT scale finder & chord finder, since it plays the pitches for you! You can also do this with this nifty site that has great ear training exercises:

http://www.musictheory.net/lessons
http://www.musictheory.net/exercises

About halfway down the page are some great ear training exercises! Have fun & speedy recovery!

axe2,

I went in the lesions section, then typed Modes in the search box, 5 came up I only added 3. Nothing wrong with the other two, you can find them now if you want to.
http://www.guitartricks.com/instructor.php?input=155014
http://www.guitartricks.com/instructor.php?input=155014
http://www.guitartricks.com/instructor.php?input=155014

The last one here is a thread on the forms.
http://www.guitartricks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21727

Good luck with the recovery.

Thanks everyone for ur support, it means allot to me.GT PPL ROCK.I AM SURE I'll get a good understanding of modes and ear training...peace......axe2 !!

Originally Posted by: haghj500axe2,

I went in the lesions section, then typed Modes in the search box, 5 came up I only added 3. Nothing wrong with the other two, you can find them now if you want to.
http://www.guitartricks.com/instructor.php?input=155014
http://www.guitartricks.com/instructor.php?input=155014
http://www.guitartricks.com/instructor.php?input=155014

The last one here is a thread on the forms.
http://www.guitartricks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21727

Good luck with the recovery.

Thanks i am half finished with chris 's lesson on modes omg so far what i see it aint bad at all.see thats why i never had an idea of modes,cause i would look it up on u tube. Really miss my axe ,but i am diggin these lessons,it is so what i need.thanks everyone,...axe2

Hey i have a question.i am working on learning mods ect.my question is this,i went through the ionian mod,there were two sets of intervals which both are the same,now i am on dorian mod and dorian has two sets of intervals but they are different from each other.so i am not sure which is the interval for the dorian,and whats the other interval for...thank you and all that might help me see through this.btw,i am still in rehab for my knee.being away from my guitar is more painful .

Originally Posted by: axe2Hey i have a question.i am working on learning mods ect.my question is this,i went through the ionian mod,there were two sets of intervals which both are the same,now i am on dorian mod and dorian has two sets of intervals but they are different from each other.so i am not sure which is the interval for the dorian,and whats the other interval for...thank you and all that might help me see through this.btw,i am still in rehab for my knee.being away from my guitar is more painful .

Hey i went back for another look,and the problem is there is an era in the second set of interval ,what i seen was last note is C hs D case closed.

Originally Posted by: axe2Hey i went back for another look,and the problem is there is an era in the second set of interval ,what i seen was last note is C hs D case closed.

I'm not sure which lesson you are referring to here. Can you reply with a lesson number or link to the lesson page, please? If there is an error I want to make sure we get it fixed! Thanks!

Originally Posted by: CSchlegelI'm not sure which lesson you are referring to here. Can you reply with a lesson number or link to the lesson page, please? If there is an error I want to make sure we get it fixed! Thanks!

No problem

Originally Posted by: axe2No problem

Major scale modes lesson 4 .hope this helps,I am not sure how to AT&T links,ty

Originally Posted by: axe2Major scale modes lesson 4 .hope this helps,I am not sure how to AT&T links,ty

Ah ha! I found the error in the text of this lesson.

http://www.guitartricks.com/lesson.php?input=13426&s_id=770

It's fixed now! Thanks for the heads up. :)

Originally Posted by: CSchlegelAh ha! I found the error in the text of this lesson.

http://www.guitartricks.com/lesson.php?input=13426&s_id=770

It's fixed now! Thanks for the heads up. :)

Ur welcome,btw ur coarse on modes are awesome,