Octave Method for 6-String Guitar : Major Scales & Arpeggios
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EDCAG octaves - F lydian mode box shapes
The table that follows lists previous BLOGoZON issues where the MAJOR SCALE MODES have been detailed:-
BLOGoZON ISSUE No. |
MODAL FORMULA |
MAJOR SCALE MODE NAME |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
Ionian |
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1 2 b3 4 5 6 b7 |
Dorian |
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1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 |
Phrygian |
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1 2 3 #4 5 6 7 |
Lydian |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 b7 |
Mixolydian |
1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 |
Aeolian |
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1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7 |
Locrian |
This issue demonstrates the perfect mode to improvise guitar solos over the chords listed in the next table - the LYDIAN MODE.
CHORD SYMBOL |
CHORD NAME |
FORMULA |
| F | major | 1 3 5 |
| Fmaj7 | major seventh | 1 3 5 7 |
| Fmaj9 | major ninth | 1 3 5 7 9 |
| Fmaj9#11 | major ninth sharp eleventh | 1 3 5 7 9 #11 |
| Fmaj13#11 | major thirteenth sharp eleventh | 1 3 5 7 9 #11 13 |
The reason this mode works over these chords is that they are both essentially the derived from the same thing i.e the Fmaj13#11 chord is the lydian mode stacked in thirds.
The easiest example of the lydian mode is rooted on F natural - as it is really the C major scale re-arranged so that it starts with the fourth note (F) rather than the first (C).
Hence the EDCAG octaves sequence is shown for F natural in the diagram that follows:-
The diagram that follows shows all of the F lydian mode notes plotted over the entire guitar's fretboard in the EDCAG octaves style:-
Once again a more long term solution to fretboard navigation is to see scales/modes/arpeggios as INTERVAL shapes rather than note names - as these are universal to all scales, modes, arpeggios and chords rather than specific to one particular root note - with this in mind the intervals for the F lydian mode are detailed below in the EDCAG octaves manner:-
All modes (and scales for that matter) have an underlying triad - 3 note chord - that defines their tonality.
In the case of the F lydian mode this the F major arpeggio - hence the notes for an F major triad are shown the EDCAG octaves style in the next diagram.
Similarly the intervals forming an F major arpeggio are shown next:-
The table and tabbed panel below detail all five box shapes for the F lydian mode in the EDCAG octaves style.
EDCAG octaves - F lydian mode box shapes
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- 4D2
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- 6E4E1 at 12
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