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Guitar modes lesson 1: The Ionian mode is the same as the major scale – here’s what makes it work
The ‘happiest’ sounding of the modes, the Ionian is identical to the major scale, so it’s highly ... mode against a repeating open-string root note (known as a pedal tone) helps your ears ...
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Confused about altered and extended guitar chords? Here’s the theory behind them – and how they can supercharge your songwriting
Extended chords add other notes from the scale to the existing root-3rd-5th triad (for example ... almost dissonant voicing. On guitar we’d struggle because we only have six strings, plus ...