The GuitArchitect’s Guide to Modes Part 8 – Major Positional Modal Interchange and Complimenting Modes with Chords

Welcome to the part eight of the GuitArcitecture Mode Visualization lesson series. If you see anything unfamiliar here, you may want to check out: . part one, part two, part 3a part 3b  part 4  part 5  part 6 or part 7 of the series . In the last lesson, I took a look at adapting … Read more

The GuitArchitect’s Guide to Modes Part 7 – Minor Positional Modal Interchange and Complimenting Modes with Chords

Welcome to the seventh installment of the GuitArcitecture Mode Visualization lesson series. If you see anything unfamiliar here, you may want to check out: . part one, part two, part 3a part 3b  part 4  part 5 or part 6 of the series . In the last lesson, I took a look at the modes and … Read more

The GuitArchitect’s Guide To Modes Part 6 – The Circle of 5ths and Modal Interchange

Welcome to the sixth installment of the GuitArcitecture Mode Visualization lesson series. If you see anything unfamiliar here, you may want to check out: . part one, part two, part 3a part 3b  part 4  or part 5 of the series. . In the last lesson, I took a look at using one fingering pattern to … Read more

Don’t Be Afraid Of the Work

If you’ve already read my post on project management – some of this will fall into very familiar territory. Since I’m editing/serializing much of the modes book online – I’ve decided to try to get my GuitArchitect’s Guide to Chords and Modal Harmony book out the door as a pre-release this year rather than 2012. … Read more

The GuitArchitect’s Guide To Modes Part 5 – Making The Most Of One Pattern

Welcome to the fifth installment of the GuitArcitecture Mode Visualization lesson series. If you see anything unfamiliar here, you may want to check out: . part one, part two, part 3a part 3b or  part 4  of the series. . About The Modal Exchange Example Since describing how interchanging modes work – doesn’t really get you any … Read more

The GuitArchitect’s Guide To Modes Part 4 – Modes and Chords

Welcome to the fourth installment of the GuitArcitecture Mode Visualization lesson series. If you see anything unfamiliar here, you may want to check out part one, part two, part 3a or part 3b, of the series, but in the meantime, here’s a quick recap: . To Review: Any major scale can be broken down into … Read more

The GuitArchitect’s Positional Exploration Pre-Release Now Available

3/22/12 . While the official version of this book has been released as both a print and PDF version, I’m leaving this page up  for historical purposes (and so that people who are interested in the book can get some more detailed information).   Print book orders can be ordered through LULU.com. . Hello Everyone! . … Read more

The GuitArchitect’s Guide To Modes Part 3b – Seeing The Six-String Major Scale

Hello Everyone!  Here’s the second 1/2 of the GuitArcitecture Mode visualization lesson 3 extravaganza! . This lesson, is only the six-string examples from the first 1/2 of the lesson.  If the charts or the rules don’t make any sense – you may want to read the first 1/2 of this lesson (found here) for clarity. … Read more

The GuitArchitect’s Guide To Modes Part 3a – Seeing The Six-String Major Scale

Welcome to Part 3 of the GuitArcitecture Mode visualization lesson series! . In this lesson, I’m going to show how to utilize the 2-string patterns from part two of this series positionally.  Since this post was pretty lengthy,  I’ve split it in half: . If you want to get right into the patterns – just … Read more

The GuitArchitect’s Guide To Modes Part 2 – Seeing The Two String Major Scale

Welcome to part two of modal/parent major scale lesson series that’s been adapted from the forthcoming, GuitArchitect’s Guide To Modes book.  In the last post, I showed how to visualize a major scale on a single string using seven connecting patterns. (Note: you can see that lesson here).  In this lesson, I’m going to expand on those fingerings … Read more

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