The Scales
In music theory, a Scale is any set of musical notes ordered by fundamental frequency or pitch. It is a group of ascending and descending notes that are used for the creation of melody. They are also the building blocks for harmony, and chords can be built from them. When learning about music and scales, it's important to get to know the notes and where all the notes are on the fretboard before learning the scales or chords themselves. Below is a diagram showing all the notes on the guitar fretboard.
The 7 Modes of Music
The modes consist of seven scales related to the familiar major and minor keys. Originated from ancient Greece, each mode has characteristic intervals and chords that give it its distinctive sound. Each one is linked to one another. These seven scales are; Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian and Locrian.
These below are the scale patterns of each individual modes shown.
When learning the seven modes on the guitar, we start with the Major scale, the Ionian mode, Each mode starts and stops on a different note within the Major scale. For example, the Dorian mode starts on the 2nd degree of the Major scale all the way up to an octave higher, the Phrygian mode starts on the 3rd degree of the Major scale up to an octave higher, the Lydian mode starts on the 4th degree of the Major scale up to an octave higher and so on until we’ve learned all seven patterns. Starting with Ionian in the key of C. Here are the modes and their patterns on the fretboard.
C Ionian, D Dorian, E Phrygian, F Lydian, G Mixolydian, A Aeolian and B Locrian.
The black dots resemble your root notes and all the other white dots resemble the other notes in that particular scale.
Scale Patterns On The Fretboard
C Ionian
D Dorian
E Phrygian
F Lydian
G Mixolydian
A Aeolian
B Locrian
The Patterns On The Low Strings
The Patterns On The High Strings
