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What is the best way to approach modes when teaching it to young
novice guitar players?Any advice would help.

--- In jazz_guitar@..., "thehitman327" <thehitman327@y...>
wrote:

What is the best way to approach modes when teaching it to young
novice guitar players?Any advice would help.

One mode by one. Maybe 3-4 weeks per mode, depending on the students
graspability. Play modal tunes (Passion Dance,Impressions and all
that), or just vamps. And ask them to compose one melody for each
mode. Ok maybe 2 or more melodies per mode.

Or incorporate things they already know, like the blues form. Teach
them Mr PC for the Dorian mode.

Dimitris


dlazaridis.com

Thanx for the input, I will take it into consideration.

Big Help!
HitMan


--- In jazz_guitar@..., "jim_9791" <dimitris@d...> wrote:

--- In jazz_guitar@..., "thehitman327"

<thehitman327@y...>

wrote:

What is the best way to approach modes when teaching it to young
novice guitar players?Any advice would help.

One mode by one. Maybe 3-4 weeks per mode, depending on the students
graspability. Play modal tunes (Passion Dance,Impressions and all
that), or just vamps. And ask them to compose one melody for each
mode. Ok maybe 2 or more melodies per mode.

Or incorporate things they already know, like the blues form. Teach
them Mr PC for the Dorian mode.

Dimitris


dlazaridis.com

Teach them to hear every tone in the major scale as a Tonal Center.
Example, Dorian in the key of C, have them sing D as 1, E as 2, F as b3, G as 4, A as 5, B as 6 and C as b7.

Next have them sing 1 5 1,8va 5 1 the one and five of a mode establish "One" as the Tonal Center.

Next, have them sing the Tritone. in Dorian it's betweem b3 and 6 This will make them hear it.

All 12 Keys are structurally identical, so forget about letter notation. Use the numbers and tell them that the sound of the Modes is also identical in all twelve keys.




Dave Woods www.musictolight.org

That was so awesome my mind is blown, have anyother mode lessons like
that?

--- In jazz_guitar@..., "Dave Woods" <david_woods@v...>
wrote:

Teach them to hear every tone in the major scale as a Tonal Center.
Example, Dorian in the key of C, have them sing D as 1, E as 2, F

as b3, G

as 4, A as 5, B as 6 and C as b7.

Next have them sing 1 5 1,8va 5 1 the one and five of a mode

establish

"One" as the Tonal Center.

Next, have them sing the Tritone. in Dorian it's betweem b3 and 6

This will

make them hear it.

All 12 Keys are structurally identical, so forget about letter

notation. Use

the numbers and tell them that the sound of the Modes is also

identical in

all twelve keys.




Dave Woods www.musictolight.org

----- Original Message -----
From: "thehitman327" <thehitman327@y...>
To: <jazz_guitar@...>
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 9:09 AM
Subject: [jazz_guitar] Modes

What is the best way to approach modes when teaching it to young
novice guitar players?Any advice would help.

--- In jazz_guitar@..., "thehitman327" <thehitman327@y...>
wrote:

What is the best way to approach modes when teaching it to young
novice guitar players?Any advice would help.

What I do generally is start with the chords. All 7 of them,
explaining that on every step of the (major...) scale "belongs" a
chord.

Once they get / see / play that, it's easyer to understand that with
every "chord" goes a scale named "mode"...

I have a lesson on the diatonic chords with powertab and backing
tracks on pego.be:




-major-2.-roots-on-the-e-string.html


The tip to tackle one mode at a time and stay with it for some time is
also a good one. I work often that way with my pupils.

Hugo

--- In jazz_guitar@..., "thehitman327" <thehitman327@y...>
wrote:

What is the best way to approach modes when teaching it to young
novice guitar players?Any advice would help.

I would be absolutely sure to show them how the mode relates to a
particular chord voicing. The method I use is to show them how the
chord shape evolves into an arpeggio fingering and then I add the
scale tones to the chord tones.

I posted some stuff to the archives some months ago called "Priorities" that explains Modes and what's derived from them. Check it out.

Dave Woods www.musictolight.org

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I have a windows application that may help you with picturing Modes on the fretboard



-Paul


hugojacquet2002 wrote:

--- In jazz_guitar@..., "thehitman327" <thehitman327@y...>
wrote:

What is the best way to approach modes when teaching it to young
novice guitar players?Any advice would help.

What I do generally is start with the chords. All 7 of them,
explaining that on every step of the (major...) scale "belongs" a
chord.

Once they get / see / play that, it's easyer to understand that with
every "chord" goes a scale named "mode"...

[snip]