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The DNA of Western music.

What about Modes? The mode of song affects its mood and character. Mode 1 is the ubiquitous major scale. The other modes are simply offsets of Mode 1. Mode 1 [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [1] Mode 2 [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [1] [2] Mode 3 [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] …

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Beginner Guitarist Learn your [1], [4] and [5] chords in the key of G. Then play any of these songs. Change keys with the capo to suit the vocalists range.

Get more mileage out of your chord by experimenting with it’s suspended variations.