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MonkeyDAthos8th January 2011xD have the same strap
Daniel Realpe30th April 2010excellent lesson to polish legato technique!
oikonen19th July 2009Jep, this is fun. Never thought to play in half steps, it puts my brains(?) to work.
Zsolt Galambos17th June 2009Awesomeness! I just love your style
Emir Hot17th June 2009awesome legato, like a machine
Great stuff
Sinisa Cekic15th June 2009Top legato lesson !! I like it much
Ivan Milenkovic14th June 2009Great legato man!
Stephane Lucarelli14th June 2009Great lesson, well done David!
kaznie_NL14th June 2009Great legato playing David!
Sensible Jones13th June 2009Great lesson David! Bookmarked!
sigma713th June 2009i have a quick question David. If i learn these modal positions, then I will be able to play the major, minor, dorian, locrian, etc? haha, sorry, im still confused on the mode theory. Great lesson, man....learning a lot from you!
berko13th June 2009Excellent workout David
Pedja Simovic13th June 2009Very cool lesson David, excellent legato work out
Canis13th June 2009I sense a great legato workout in this one!
Thanks a lot, I'm gonna learn this and use it often ^^
Bogdan Radovic13th June 2009Excellent lesson David!
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Discussions about modes have been popping up on the forum lately. Your questions have inspired this lesson in which we'll work on memorizing the church modes. Don't be overwhelmed by the speed of this. Your main focus should be to memorize by heart the following positions and know their names.
From a technical point of view, we'll use a legato technique which enables the guitar part to sound a bit smoother than straight alternate picking.You'll notice that instead of playing the modes in the same key, we'll play them in a chromatic way which adds an interesting twist to the track. Your concentration should be maximum if you want to overcome this lesson.
Practice slowly with confidence that much time spent on this lesson will have its rewards! Have fun and work hard!G Ionian
G# Dorian
A Phrygian
A# Lydian
B Mixolydian
C Aeolian
C# Locrian
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