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PRACTICE: Collected list of backing tracks to practice soloing over modes)
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**I have recently updated Modes series, click here for the newest version: Modal Magic**
One of the things that is constantly confusing guitarist, old and new alike, is the concept of modes. The truth of the matter is that unless you at least have a solid grasp of the diatonic scale, then trying to understand modes will be very hard.
That being said, I need to remember that as a young, fresh faced, budding guitarist, I also didn’t want to wait. So here is the most simple explanation into the concept of modes that I can provide:
(Disclaimer: This is a basic intro to soloing over modes. Writing modal chord progressions is an essential part of creating modal music and is not discussed here.)
and this is how all of these shapes connect to one another:
