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Advanced Guitar Lesson – Modal Progressions On Guitar

In Advanced Guitar Lessons | on February, 12, 2010 | by | 7 Comments

This lesson is the video accompaniment to the “Writing Modal Progressions” PDF tutorial.

After learning the Dorian and Lydian progressions shown in the video lesson, try to come up with a bunch of progressions using various keys and modes. It will work the same way every time.

Then you should record yourself playing the progressions you have come up with and try to start practicing all of your modes over them. Try to really get the sound of each mode in you ear.

I hope everyone is enjoying these modal studies, I know it can get a bit involoved with the theory behind it and everything but I think that after a while of playing this type of stuff, you can easily make it part of the way you approach the guitar everyday.

REMEMBER, THE OCCASIONAL DONATION IS WHAT WILL INSURE THAT THIS SITE STAYS FREE FOR EVERYONE!! HELP ME KEEP IT GOING!! Carl.. :D

Modal Progressions On The Guitar

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7 Responses

acosebede
02.12.10

great lesson, very helpful for a self-taught like me :) thanks a lot

josh
02.12.10

WOW!!! thank you. You cannot begin to believe how hard it has been for me to find someone around here to explain this concept to me in such easy to understand terms as you just have!! I’m totally blown away at how easy this is once it is explained properly.. I’ve even been to the local college instructor who although he knew how to do it, he could not explain what his thought process was in order to relay his knowledge. And most other instructors here feed you tiny crumbs month by month without tying it all together in an understandable and applicable setting….. I have been one to be able to handle large lessons and work through them but it’s the “rubber meets the road” in terms of playing live or improvising that’s been my hard spot but now thanks to your lessons I truly have improved by months if not years honestly, in just a few weeks……..as soon as payday strikes (haha) I will definately be supporting you and your website!!! And again, THANK YOU!!!

josh

Carl Brown
02.12.10

Thanks for the support Josh, I really appreciate everything you said. I hope that as time goes by I will continue to put up lessons that have you go away with a better understanding of a myriad of topics. I am honored that you have chosen my site to help you down your musical path. Its a path that never ends, but that is half the fun right??!!

Cheers!! Hope to hear from you soon… Carl :)

Xaheen
02.12.10

Thanks man. that was awesome. Hats off.

Anonymous
02.12.10

hey carl thanks man ,iv been looking for guitar video lesson when i was 18 NOW IM 35 please give me some super licks ,well i would really really want to donate you something ,in our language MARATHI,it;s said PHOOL NAHI PHOOLACHI PAKHLI, that means not a rose but at least it;s leaf, thank u

Mike
02.12.10

Wow! you really are an amazing teacher, there is no other lesson I have found on the entire internet that explains the thought process like you just did THANK YOU!!!

One question though lol. I have been figuring out other modes and keys using this method and I keep getting oddly placed/very dissonant groupings of notes. They are the correct notes, its just the chords dont sound nice so I wanted to ask if there was a way to keep the same notes in the chords but play it differently on the fretboard?
Thanks in advance for any help :)

samuel gonzalez
02.12.10

gracias por este ejenplo que es de mucha ayuda eres un maestro

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