Learn To Play Rock Guitar

Choosing Notes

Hey Friend, I’m back from snowy Ohio and ready to get back to it - guitar that is. The j.o.b. … well that’s another story! But not one I’m going to bore you with. Thanks for letting me take a little break. It was good to just turn everythi ...

Using Modes for Melody

Freekin’ J.O.B.

Hey Friend, Did you miss me? Were you worried when you didn’t get the email this morning? I got suckered into doing a software update for a client at 5:30 this morning and I just finished up. So much for taking a sick day… Anyway, I didn’t w ...

How About Some Holiday Songs?

Hey Friend, I want to shift gears today and break away from modes and melody. Give you a little break... Since we are in the thick of holiday season with some radio stations going full-on into Christmas music, I thought I’d pass on a resource I c ...

Coming Full Circle...

Hey Friend, Today’s exercise brings us back to the beginning. We’ve come around full circle, back to the Ionian mode. You’ll start the exercise in Locrian and end in Ionian. We’re still working in C major, so the first pattern starts on th ...

To Boldly Go...

Hey Friend, Ha! Did you ever see the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode where Jean Claude Picard is turned into a Borg? His Borg name was 'Locutus.’ That’s what I think of when I hear the name of the next mode - Locrian. There’s obviously ...

Made It To the Minors...

Hey Friend, Today’s exercise brings us up to incorporating the Aeolian mode (VI) into the fun. We start in the Mixolydian mode and work up the scale, but on the return we’ll transition into the Aeolian mode and end on that. If you remember, t ...

Adding the Mix(o)...

Hey Friend, Mixolydian, that is… Happy Friday and December 1st! My oldest daughter turns 20 today. Hard to believe I have a 20 year old kid… but she is my bestest creation! Yes, I have two daughters, but only my oldest is my biological child ...