..that sometimes when I'm playing a simple three chord progression, in this case lets say simple power chords...A, F, and G.

When i think theoretically, I think, hmmm...it's in A minor, so I can do some A minor stuff, some A minor pentatonic...and if I wanna swing it thru into major over these chords for a few bars, I can always go do some C major stuff...it still sounds like minor, but the chords are what's giving it the feel..just another way for me to visualize some stuff.

...but WHY does playing a D major shape sound GOOD to me during those chords??....I dont' wanna think that I'm hearing tones that I think 'work' when really it's just a figment of my imagination (kinda like how tone deaf people can 'hear no wrong')...I'd think that for something in A minor, if I wanted to hit the major I'd go to the relative, C major, not D Major.

Yes, I know, play what you think sounds good but I'd like to at least know if there's a theory reason why it 'works'...or am I just being tone deaf??...lol

Thanks dudes.

Guitar Lesson by Eric of 5 Knuckle Shuffle

Title:
Modes, Arpeggios and Scales


All modes use the same spacings or intervals.
The only thing that changes is the primary key scale and
the roots (starting/stopping notes).
If you know the G Major scale positions,
then use those to play all the modes by moving intervals
up or down the neck to fit the primary scale. Then
pick the correct starting point of the scale (roots)

This will be helpfull:
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whole step = 2 frets
half step = 1 fret
# = up 1 fret or half step
Flat= down 1 fret or half step
Example: (B & C) and (E & F) are a half step apart
Every thing else is a whole step apart

half half
step step
/\ /\
A B C D E F G

Ionian = interval 1 (root) normal major scale
Dorian = interval 2 (2nd) soulful and bluesy (minor)
Phrygian = interval 3 (3rd) Spanish sounding (minor)
Lydian = interval 4 (4th) spacey unresolved sound
Mixolydian = interval 5 (5th) funky sound
Aeolian = interval 6 (6th) dark, sad and mysterious (relative minor)
Locrian = interval 7 (7th) Spanish sounding but darker and unresolved/spacey

To bring out the tonal colors of these modes,
you need to play them over the mode/key chord.
Or if you are playing solo, try to work the
mode chord in with the scale notes.

mixolydian example:

A mixolydian = D Major Scale - 5th (root is A, the 5th interval)
B mixolydian = E
C mixolydian = F
D mixolydian = G
E mixolydian = A
F mixolydian = B flat
G mixolydian = C



Using key of A Major:

1. A - Ionian

2. B - Dorian

3. C# - Phrygian

4. D - Lydian

5. E - Mixolydian

6. F# - Aeolian/F# Minor

7. G# - Locrian

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Using key of A# or B Flat Major:

1. B Flat - Ionian

2. C - Dorian

3. D - Phrygian

4. D# - Lydian

5. F - Mixolydian

6. G - Aeolian/G Minor

7. A - Locrian

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Using key of B Major:

1. B - Ionian

2. C# - Dorian

3. D# - Phrygian

4. E - Lydian

5. F# - Mixolydian

6. G# - Aeolian/G# Minor

7. A# - Locrian

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using key C Major:

1. C - Ionian

2. D - Dorian

3. E - Phrygian

4. F - Lydian

5. G - Mixolydian

6. A - Aeolian/A Minor

7. B - Locrian

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Using key of C# or D Flat Major:

1. C# - Ionian

2. D# - Dorian

3. F - Phrygian

4. F# - Lydian

5. G# - Mixolydian

6. B Flat - Aeolian/B Flat Minor

7. C - Locrian

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Using key of D Major:

1. D - Ionian

2. E - Dorian

3. F# - Phrygian

4. G - Lydian

5. A - Mixolydian

6. B - Aeolian/B Minor

7. C# - Locrian

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Using key of D# or E Flat Major:

1. D# - Ionian

2. F - Dorian

3. G - Phrygian

4. G# - Lydian

5. B Flat - Mixolydian

6. C - Aeolian/C Minor

7. D - Locrian

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Using key of E Major:

1. E - Ionian

2. F# - Dorian

3. G# - Phrygian

4. A - Lydian

5. B - Mixolydian

6. C# - Aeolian/C# Minor

7. D# - Locrian

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Using key of F Major:

1. F - Ionian

2. G - Dorian

3. A - Phrygian

4. A# - Lydian

5. C - Mixolydian

6. D - Aeolian/D Minor

7. E - Locrian

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Using key of F# or G Flat Major:

1. F# - Ionian

2. G# - Dorian

3. A# - Phrygian

4. B - Lydian

5. C# - Mixolydian

6. D# - Aeolian/D# Minor

7. F - Locrian

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Using key of G Major:

1. G - Ionian

2. A - Dorian

3. B - Phrygian

4. C - Lydian

5. D - Mixolydian

6. E - Aeolian/E Minor

7. F# - Locrian

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Using key of G# or A Flat Major:

1. G# - Ionian

2. A# - Dorian

3. C - Phrygian

4. C# - Lydian

5. D# - Mixolydian

6. F - Aeolian/F Minor

7. G - Locrian

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root/Modes Scale

1. A Ionian = A Major
2. A Dorian = G Major
3. A Phrygian = F Major
4. A Lydian = E Major
5. A Mixolydian = D Major
6. A Aeolian/A Minor = C Major
7. A Locrian = B Flat


1. A#/B Flat Ionian = A# Flat Major
2. A#/B Flat Dorian = G# Major
3. A#/B Flat Phrygian = F# Major
4. A#/B Flat Lydian = F Major
5. A#/B Flat Mixolydian = D# Major
6. A#/B Flat Aeolian/A# Minor = C# Major
7. A#/B Flat Locrian = B Major


1. B Ionian = B Major
2. B Dorian = A Major
3. B Phrygian = G Major
4. B Lydian = F# Major
5. B Mixolydian = E Major
6. B Aeolian/B Minor = D Major
7. B Locrian = C Major


1. C Ionian = C Major
2. C Dorian = A# Major
3. C Phrygian = G# Major
4. C Lydian = G Major
5. C Mixolydian = F Major
6. C Aeolian/C Minor = D# Major
7. C Locrian = C# Major


1. C# Ionian = C# Major
2. C# Dorian = B Major
3. C# Phrygian = A Major
4. C# Lydian = G# Major
5. C# Mixolydian = F# Major
6. C# Aeolian/C# Minor = E Major
7. C# Locrian = D Major


1. D Ionian = D Major
2. D Dorian = C Major
3. D Phrygian = A# Major
4. D Lydian = A Major
5. D Mixolydian = G Major
6. D Aeolian/D Minor = F Major
7. D Locrian = D# Major


1. D# Ionian = D# Major
2. D# Dorian = C# Major
3. D# Phrygian = B Major
4. D# Lydian = A# Major
5. D# Mixolydian = G# Major
6. D# Aeolian/D# Minor = F# Major
7. D# Locrian = E Major


1. E Ionian = E Major
2. E Dorian = D Major
3. E Phrygian = C Major
4. E Lydian = B Major
5. E Mixolydian = A Major
6. E Aeolian/E Minor = G Major
7. E Locrian = F Major


1. F Ionian = F Major
2. F Dorian = D# Major
3. F Phrygian = C# Major
4. F Lydian = C Major
5. F Mixolydian = A# Major
6. F Aeolian/F Minor = G# Major
7. F Locrian = F# Major


1. F# Ionian = F# Major
2. F# Dorian = E Major
3. F# Phrygian = D Major
4. F# Lydian = C# Major
5. F# Mixolydian = B Major
6. F# Aeolian/F# Minor = A Major
7. F# Locrian = G Major


1. G Ionian = G Major
2. G Dorian = F Major
3. G Phrygian = D# Major
4. G Lydian = D Major
5. G Mixolydian = C Major
6. G Aeolian/G Minor = A# Major
7. G Locrian = G# Major


1. G# Ionian = G# Major
2. G# Dorian = F# Major
3. G# Phrygian = E Major
4. G# Lydian = D# Major
5. G# Mixolydian = C# Major
6. G# Aeolian/G# Minor = B Major
7. G# Locrian = A Major

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Major and Minor Arpeggios

Arpeggios are notes of a chord played indiviually.

The chords of the Major keys are:

I II III IV V VI VII VIII
Dmaj7 Em7 F#m7 Gmaj7 A7 Bm7 C#m7b5 Dmaj7
Emaj7 F#m7 G#m7 Amaj7 B7 C#m7 D#m7b5 Emaj7
Fmaj7 Gm7 Am7 A#maj7 C7 Dm7 Em7b5 Fmaj7
Gmaj7 Am7 Bm7 Cmaj7 D7 Em7 F#m7b5 Gmaj7
Amaj7 Bm7 C#m7 Dmaj7 E7 F#m7 G#m7b5 Amaj7
Bmaj7 C#m7 D#m7 Emaj7 F#7 G#m7 Bbm7b5 Bmaj7
Cmaj7 Dm7 Em7 Fmaj7 G7 Am7 Bm7b5 Cmaj7


Key: D Scale Chords:


D Em F#m G
E ||------2-5-2-----------3-7-3-----------5-9-5------------7-10-7-------|
B ||-----3-----3---------5-----5---------7-----7----------8------8------|
G ||----2-------2-------4-------4-------6-------6--------7--------7-----|
D ||---4---------4-----5---------5-----7---------7------9----------9----|
A ||--5-----------5---7-----------7---9-----------9---10------------10--|
E ||--------------------------------------------------------------------|


A Bm C#m7b5
E ||---------9-12-9------------------10-14-10-------------------12-15-12----------|
B ||-------10------10--------------12--------12---------------14--------14--------|
G ||------9----------9-----------11------------11-----------12------------12------|
D ||----11------------11-------12----------------12-------14----------------14----|
A ||--12----------------12---14--------------------14---16--------------------16--|
E ||------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


D
E ||----------14-17-14-----------|
B ||--------15--------15---------|
G ||------14------------14-------|
D ||----16----------------16-----|
A ||--17--------------------17---|
E ||-----------------------------|



Key: A Scale Chords:


A Bm C#m D
E ||---------5-----------------7-----------------9-------------------10-----------|
B ||------2-5-5-2-------------7-7---------------9-9--------------7-10--10-7-------|
G ||-----2-------2---------4-7---7-4---------6-9---9-6----------7-----------7-----|
D ||----2---------2-------4---------4-------6---------6--------7-------------7----|
A ||---4-----------4-----5-----------5-----7-----------7------9---------------9---|
E ||--5-------------5---7-------------7---9-------------9---10-----------------10-|


E F#m G#m7b5
E ||------------9--------------------------14-----------------------------16--------------|
B ||--------9-12-12-9--------------------14--14----------------------12-15--15-12---------|
G ||-------9---------9--------------11-14------14-11---------------13------------13-------|
D ||------9-----------9-----------11----------------11-----------12----------------12-----|
A ||----11-------------11-------12--------------------12-------14--------------------14---|
E ||--12-----------------12---14------------------------14---16------------------------16-|


A
E ||--------------16---------------|
B ||---------14-16--16-14----------|
G ||-------14------------14--------|
D ||-----14----------------14------|
A ||---16--------------------16----|
E ||-17------------------------17--|

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A - Diminished Scale

Play this forwards and backwards alternating the pick up and down on every other note.
Next, play the scale in different keys up the neck. (for example: the key of C - will move everything up 3 frets)
Also, make sure you know the names of the notes on the 6-string E from the 1st fret to the 12th fret.


Key: A - Diminished Scale

A Dim Chords:
(skip 2 frets)

E ||--------------------11-14------14--11--8--5--2--|
B ||---------------10-13-----------13--10--7--4--1--|
G ||-----------8-11----------------14--11--8--5--2--|
D ||-------7-10--------------------13--10--7--4--1--|
A ||----6-9-----------------------------------------|
E ||-5-8--------------------------------------------|

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Key=A
Basic Pentatonic With Extensions

E |-----5--------8----------------| E |-----5---------8------10--------|
B |-----5--------8----------------| B |-----5---------8------10--------|
G |-----5-----7-------------------| G |-----5-----7------9-------------|
D |-----5-----7-------------------| D |-----5-----7---------------------|
A |-----5-----7-------------------| D |-----5-----7---------------------|
E |-----5--------8----------------| E |-----5--------8------------------|



The Major Pentatonic Scale

As a guitar player all you need to know is that you can play in two different positions on the fret board in the same song and get two
entirely different sets of sounds using the same standard pentatonic scale and even the same riffs.
All you have to do is move the pattern down three frets and see how it sounds.

Key=A
Minor Pentatonic Major Pentatonic

E |-----5---------8------10-------|E |-----2---------5------7--------|
B |-----5---------8------10-------|B |-----2---------5------7--------|
G |-----5-----7------9------------|G |-----2-----4------6------------|
D |-----5-----7-------------------|D |-----2-----4-------------------|
A |-----5-----7-------------------|A |-----2-----4-------------------|
E |-----5--------8----------------|E |-----2--------5----------------|

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So what is to stop you from combining the two? Nothing, not one thing except the song itself.
It's not really complicated It's just two simple pentatonic scales sitting side by side.

Key=A
Minor Pentatonic PLUS Major Pentatonic

E |-----2----------5-------7---8------10--------|
B |-----2----------5-------7---8------10--------|
G |-----2------4---5---6---7-------9------------|
D |-----2------4---5-------7--------------------|
A |-----2------4---5-------7--------------------|
E |-----2----------5-------7---8----------------|

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This shows the difference in "feel" between playing in the major pentatonic and in the standard pentatonic.
It also has a little vabrato at the end.


KEY=A Major

E |-------------5-----------------|------------------8~~~~~\---------|
B |---------5-------8---5---------|--------8---10--------------------|
G |----7b-------------------7---5-|---/9-----------------------------|
D |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|

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Just mix notes from the two scales together?
Here is one way to do that. The first note (G string 5th fret) is from the standard scale, and the rest are from the major pentatonic.

KEY=A Major

E |---5---------------------------|----------------------------------|
B |---5-------------5---7---5-----|----------------------------------|
G |---6-----5-h-6---------------6-|-5---4---2---4---2-------2--------|
D |---7---------------------------|---------------------4------------|
A |---7---------------------------|----------------------------------|
E |---5---------------------------|----------------------------------|


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No theory here. Relax and play

KEY=A Major

E |-----------8-------------------|----------------------------------|
B |---8-h-10-----10--8-----8------|--------8-------------------------|
G |---------------------9-----9---|-7-h-9-----9--7--5--7--5---5------|
D |-------------------------------|-------------------------7---7----|
A |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|


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When I've been soloing through a few songs and my brain is starting to get tired,
I like to do the same trick twice in a row. I play it in the major pentatonic position and then in the standard position.


KEY=A Major

E |---------------5---7b/\---5----|--------------8---10b/\---8-------|
B |---------5--7----------------7-|-------8--10-----------------10---|
G |----/6-------------------------|---/9-----------------------------|
D |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|


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You can play the exact same note in several different places on the guitar.


E |---1---------------------------|---0------------------------------|
B |-----------6-------------------|-------------5--------------------|
G |---------------------10--------|-----------------------9----------|
D |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|


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When you play the exact same notes in different places on the guitar, the fingering of a group of notes will change,
Notice how the hammer-ons occur between different pairs of notes in the second measure than in the first.


E |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B |----------------------------5--|----------------------------------|
G |----------------------5-h-7----|---------------------------7-h-9--|
D |--------------5-h-7------------|--------------------7-h-10--------|
A |--------5-h-7------------------|------------7-h-10----------------|
E |-5-h-8-------------------------|-5-h-8--/10-----------------------|


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Now just play this rif till you feel it come natural

E |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------|---5---------5~~~~~~~~~-----------|
D |-------------------------------|--------7-------------------------|
A |-------------3-----5------/7---|----------------------------------|
E |------/5-----------------------|----------------------------------|


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http://youtube.com/watch?v=m7Jh1BV1EOc
amazing
enjoy

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZybJ9Z1bJxw

At 2:01 he starts playing that lick from floods, does anyone have accurate tabs for that, I've tried looking for Floods tabs but none of the one's I've looked at sound or look right compared to that he's playing.

Say if I pull off the 5th fret to the open string on the G string I also seem to knick the b string aswell, just seeing if I've been doin it wrong the whole time I've been playing guitar or if anyone has had the same problem.

Hey guys. I want some exercises that will SERIOUSLY test my picking ability. I want something so disgustingly difficult that it will make the solos I WANT to play seem easy so that they become second nature to me. And by solos I want to play I mean stuff like the solos on the CFH record, or the Master of Puppets record, or Rust In Peace, etc. etc. So something that will make those seem easy in comparison would be nice.

WARNING: This is .wav is a recording of MIDI so the quality of sound isn't that great.

I've been playing for 2 and a half years and for a very LONG time I've had a serious mental block for original material. Well a month ago I learned the Hungarian Minor and this tune was born. There's an interlude I wrote but I haven't written enough of the song to put it somewhere so it just kinda starts from nowhere. Anyway, let me know what you guys think so far:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RMEO3GRP

And no you don't need a membership to download this, just the usual typing in of letters to download shiz.

EDIT: Alright I saved it as a wav so you guys should be able to listen to it now. Once again I apologize for the horrific quality, but all I have to work with is MIDI.

What would you say are the best complete songs for beginners to learn(including solos)

I'd have to go with :
Bombtrack by RATM
paranoid by Black Sabbath

I hate metronomes, the click click click drives me nuts.
So in my web travels i was very happy to come across this

http://www.threechords.com/hammerhead/introduction.shtml

A free drum machine yay no more click click click.
Its actually stupidly easy to use, and the web site has some usefull drum samples and user made loops.
But the big thing i liked was, it lets you stream your drum pattern as a wav file. So if unlike me you dont practice infront of your pc,(read that as scrolling through this forum more than playing hehe)
You can throw them onto a CD.
Its helped my playing, coz now i can actually feel the groove when rehersing a song, instead of that mechanicalness a metronome seems to produce in your playing.
So give it a try,hehe run through those pentatonic licks to a bossa nova beat or practice those modes as a samba

I remember seeing years ago, a set of finger stretching exercises in a guitar book that you could do anywhere
( I remember one lookin like the Vulcan salute)

Any one got any ideas????

Found this in an old copy of guitar (june 1997)

the thumbnail links to a scan you can actually read

I'm sure someone will find it usefull

I don't care whether it's in Guitar Pro or if its a jpeg, but I need accurate tabs!

I’m trying to get more into proper lead playing and im currently working through the Troy Stetina Speed mechanics book which is actually pretty good but it doesn’t have much info on good solo construction teqniques or scale selection over rhythm parts ect. I don’t really want to get too bogged down in theory at the moment as I am just really trying to develop my speed and timing but is there any other good books out there that anyone could recommend. I would say my style is a sort of Spanish Phrygian slurry Iommi type of sound with the lead over easier rhythm parts sort of discordant.