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Take four familiar E form chords and learn modes and melody from this simplistic form.
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Ian Argys brings you a lesson series all about creating melody, harmony and working within the modes. Starting from a basic E chord and four forms of it, you'll unlock the modes and start thinking melodically from the root concepts of the E chord.
Ian Argys presents a new way to think about modes, harmony and melody all taught from the comfort of four familiar E type chords. Lesson one delves into the concept behind this series and starts setting you up for the pre-requisite knowledge needed to successfully manage this course.
5:44 Runtime
0.0 Difficulty
To get going with Ian's curriculum you'll first need to establish a baseline of the E chord shapes that you must master. The basic major and minor open E shapes should be familiar to you already. You'll cover those as well as the basic shapes for diminished and augmented E chords.
3:29 Runtime
1.0 Difficulty
Now that you have your basic chord shapes mastered it's time to start looking at melodic content in the context of E, starting with E Lydian. In this lesson Ian discusses this mode and the harmonization of each of the scale tones.
8:10 Runtime
2.5 Difficulty
In the previous lesson you harmonized the lydian scale with your familiar chord shapes. It's not time to start making a few melodies. Ian covers the scale across the first and second strings of the guitar and imparts some wisdom on how to play melodically on those strings.
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Lesson 5 is another look at the E Lydian move, this time utilizing strings 3 through 6 on the guitar.
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Lesson 6 is all about the major mode. As with the other lessons you'll be taking a look at the individual notes on the strings that work in this scale and end by playing freely over a looped track.
16:00 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
It's not time to move on to yet another mode of E. This time you'll be learning the scale across the strings of the E Mixolydian Mode.
14:12 Runtime
Lesson 8 is a continuation on lesson 7, this time delving into the mixolydian scale on strings 4 through 6.
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Lesson 9 begins a look at the Dorian mode in the key of E. As usual, you'll start by learning the scale on the first three strings, then move to some improvisation using them.
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Lesson 10 is a continuation of lesson 9. This time you'll focus on the Dorian mode played on the lower register strings.
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It's time to start looking at yet another mode of the E major scale. Working our way down to no accidentals, we find ourselves in the key of G and E Aeolian. Ian starts in reverse for the look at this mode, covering the lowest three strings.
15:12 Runtime
Lesson 12 picks up were 11 left off. You'll be continuing to learn the E Aeolian mode across the neck of the guitar, this time focusing on strings 1 through 3.
10:19 Runtime
Now that you've been through the Aeolian mode, it's time to move down another accidental, this time to E Phrygian.
10:39 Runtime
Ian is back with lesson 14 of his Evolving the E series. This lesson continues his look at the E Phrygian mode across the neck of the guitar. You'll be focusing on strings 4 through 6.
8:07 Runtime
Now that you've gone through the six basic modes in the key of E, excluding Locrian, it's time to start focusing on mixed harmonic scales. In lesson 15, Ian discusses and demonstrates playing the E Harmonic Minor scale.
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Lesson 16 continues a look at the E Harmonic minor scale across the fretboard. This time you'll be utilizing strings 4-6.
9:19 Runtime
Lesson 17 starts another two part segment on a new scale. This time you'll be taking a look at the Phrygian Dominant scale on strings 1 through 3.
11:01 Runtime
Lesson 18 picks up the second half of the Phrygian Dominant mini-series. In this lesson you'll be looking at the scale on strings 4, 5 and 6.
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Winding down the series now at lesson 20, Ian takes a look at the Melodic Minor scale on strings 1-3 of the guitar.
9:07 Runtime
Lesson 20 picks up the last three strings of the Melodic Minor scale. Ian will demonstrate the notes available, then play over the vamp to provide inspiration.
6:07 Runtime
It's time once again to start taking a look at another scale across the fretboard. In lesson 21 you'll start a look at Lydian Dominant. As usual, Ian will discuss the scale across the first three strings of the guitar before moving to the next three strings in lesson 22.
7:19 Runtime
To wrap up his series, Ian provides the last lesson on the Lydian Dominant scale. You'll learn the scale across strings 4-6.
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Stumbled across this series. what a great teacher!! easy to understand beautiful music. THANKS!!!! Can't wait to practice and continue on.
Ian has a really small dick.
Love it
please point me towards more of this!!!
Really good stuff!!