Mode: A Mixolydian

This is the 5th mode of the E Major Scale, and in fact has its own harmony (sequence of 7 diatonic chords) accompanied by 7 arpeggios directly linked to each chord of the same tonic note letter. The mode itself has 7 notes and may be learned and played at various positions (locations) on the fretboard.

Importantly, to get creative with the harmony, it helps to learn a few options of chord progression that sound good in a contemporary way. To convey such information there will be lesson series based on a single “song” composition, essentially a modern day “Guitar Etude”, composed especially for this purpose.

Merely learning one single chord progression of four or eight bars is not quite enough, really, to give the interested guitarist enough musical scope and context and continued interest. So, each song will have between two and five “sections” given various familiar names such “Intro”, “Verse”, “Chorus”, “Bridge”, “Outro”.

Even though there are no words (and by the way there will be no musical traditional notation either), the focus is really all about the music and a sense of immediate accessibility from the learning guitarist’s viewpoint.

The structure of each “Instalment” for each mode-relevant song will deal directly with one of those sections in a rational sequence. To begin with a Chord Chart is shown, then the Chord Maps shown in the sequence they appear in the Chord Chart. From there, the ideas and practical options of basic mode learning progress to introducing “melody infusion practice techniques”. These shall present a variety of options to get inventive with the mode and melody potential.

1st Learning Series: “Hope”

mode-based tonality: A Mixolydian

Instalment #01 Page Link … A Mixolydian “Hope” Verse 01