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We start very simple and make our way through: the musical alphabet, the major scale, intervals, where chords come from, keys, tonal centres, modal chord progressions, modal scales, analysing harmony, learning which modes to use where and how to organise all this information on the fretboard!

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V I D E O C H A P T E R S

00:00 - Intro
00:40 - My Teaching Background
01:11 - About This Video
01:49 - Theory Recap
02:04 - The Musical Alphabet
03:22 - Memorising The Musical Alphabet
03:57 - Visualising The Musical Alphabet
05:01 - The Major Scale
05:41 - Tones and Semitones
05:50 - Major Scale Formula
06:34 - The Rules Of The Major Scale
08:00 - How To Practice The Major Scale
08:28 - Intervals And Their Importance
09:53 - Why Context Matters
10:40 - Where Do Chords Come From?
13:20 - Generating Diatonic Chords
13:57 - Memorising The Sequence Of Diatonic Chord Qualities
15:10 - Creating Diatonic Chord Progressions
16:41 - The Concept Of Tonal Centres
18:53 - A Mode For Each Chord
19:45 - What Role Do Modal Scales Play?
20:09 - Intervallic Qualities
21:20 - Intervallic Displacement
22:38 - Modal Formulas
23:56 - Recapping The Relationship Between Chords And Modes
24:44 - Modes Are All About Context
25:33 - When To Use Which Mode?
28:00 - Organising The Modes
28:15 - Major Pentatonic Scales As A Framework For Modes
30:02 - Minor Pentatonic Scales As A Framework For Modes
31:05 - Organisation
32:06 - Conclusion