Disclaimer: This video is not JUST for slide guitar, though I use a slide throughout. You can play the patterns without a slide and get just as much out of it. Don’t let that scare you away if you don’t play slide.
The guitar has two basic planes, the horizontal and the vertical. The horizontal plane consists of movement up and down the fretboard while the vertical plane consists of movement across the strings.
This basic division is a useful way to categorize the two basic types of movement involved in playing guitar fluidly. If you can navigate the neck on both planes easily, you will set free your ideas and creativity.
In this video we’ll explore the horizontal plane, looking at scales and modes. We’ll approach them on a single string with a static starting point, looking at the individual character of each mode rather than in relation to its parent key.
We’ll cover the major scale and its 7 modes, the melodic minor scale and its 7 modes, as well as a couple of more exotic scales that I think are very interesting and fun.
All in all I hope you will expand your understanding of music theory with this lesson and enjoy exploring some new sounds.
Thanks for your support,
Trent
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