Introduction to the major scale modes

Sooner or later the subject of modes will appear on the horizon. While definitely not the first thing to learn it is an important tool for expressing oneself and to be able to solo over different chord types found in blues, rock or jazz.

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Memorizing notes on the fretboard

OK, at some point of time you have to know the fretboard. The earlier the better, but as a beginner you can often get away with knowing only string names at best.

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