Visualizing Modes

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Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Any Style

Excerpt: Visualizing Modes For The Guitar  Overview Welcome to this month’s tutorial! I want to talk a bit about a method of fretboard visualization that I’ve developed to get me away from using “box patterns” and other fretboard visualization methods, like the “CAGED System” and the repeating "3 note per string cycle". I'm...

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Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Any Style

Excerpt: Visualizing Modes  Intervallic Approach [PDF Below] -Arpeggio - 3 Positions So first we map out the three arpeggio positions in “root position” Position 1 – First Finger Position 2 – Second Finger Position 3 – Third or Forth Finger -Chord Scale - 3 Positions Now we fill them in with the “upp...

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Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Any Style

Excerpt: Root Connection Study So here’s the graph! Go through it carefully from the ‘lowest’ point of the neck (3rd position) and work your way up, then down the neck. Remember, this is no way to improvise. This is just to show you how scales in general are connected on the guitar. So take your time and when you’re ready… Impr...

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Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Any Style

Excerpt: In this video I discuss how to actually visualize the licks on the fretboard.

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Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Any Style

Excerpt: Learning The Other Modes  How The Intervallic Approach is applied to other scales USE YOUR EARS The thing about modes is that you can’t assume you know a mode just because you know how to build one. Quick example: You can’t become a great songwriter just because you’ve learned the key components of writing a song. You must use that...

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