Diatonic Barre Chord Progressions, Scales and Modes - Free Guitar Theory Lesson HD

1st 30 days free with code "youtube" at SixStringCountry.com Sheet music and full lesson: http://www.sixstringcountry.com/lessons/diatonic-barre-chord-progressions-scales-and-modes.2693286 Diatonic Barre Chord Progressions, Scales, and Modes - Key Takeaways The main goal of this tutorial is unlocking the fretboard in a new way, and mentally tying together a key of bar chord shapes, corresponding scales, and corresponding modes. This way, when we play or jam in any key we can mentally keep all of these skills in our toolbox in a useful way. As we lay out the 7 barre chords up the neck of a major key of chords (below we see it in the key of G), we can relate the 7 positions of the diatonic scale back to them. The 7 starting notes are the same all the way up the neck. We can also trace the 7 modes (Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixo-Lydian, Aeolian, Locrian) back to these same starting notes (i.e. A Dorian starts at the same note as the A minor barre chord and position 2 of the diatonic scale in G). NOTE: This is a good mental shortcut, but as we discuss in the second half it’s important to remember that you can play any mode in any of these positions. The modes are created by starting on a certain note and playing that group of notes in order. A Dorian, for example, is A B C D E F# G A. You can play this in any of the scale positions. It lays out nicely in position 2, though, since the lowest note of the finger position is an A note. This is a great place to start thinking about this mentally but we want to eventually understand how to play A dorian in any position (you would do this by starting the pattern of any position on an A note). We can do all of this with diatonic barre chords starting with a root on the A string as well as soon as we understand that the modes and positions are 2 different things. Scale Positions: show us where all the notes of a scale are up and down the neck in a way that lays out nicely for our fingers. They all happen to start on a different note of the scale on the low E string, which makes it a useful way to start thinking about the modes, but… Modes: Modes can be created in any scale position. Although they can be related, modes are a separate idea from scale positions. For example, in the key of A, you can play any mode in any of the 7 scale positions. You could play A Ionian in position 5 simply by starting on the open A string. Similarly, you could play B Dorian in position 6 by starting on the 2nd fret of the A string. EXERCISE: Pick a diatonic key of barre chords. Turn on a click. Jam on the barre chord for 4 beats, then improvising using the corresponding mode for 4 beats. Go to the next chord and mode.