ISBN 9781585604968. With Text Language: English; Standard notation and tablature. Exercises.
A mode is a scale in which the tonal center has been displaced. It is simply playing a major scale in any given key and beginning and ending on the same note an octave apart which is not necessarily the root of the key. To comprehend then implement these improvisational scales is an important lesson and the melodic basis for many great jazz artists. Ultimate Scales and Modes for Guitar by Sal Salvador distributed by Santorella Publications, explains this intervallic concept in detail. Scales and modes are an important part of the playing styles of Al DiMeola, John Scofield, Joe Pass, Carlos Santana, Yngwie Malmsteen, Joe Satriani, B. B. King, Robert Cray, Stevie Ray Vaughan and so many others that to list them would be an impossible task. Ultimate Scales and Modes for Guitar by Sal Salvador is a methodic approach to learning all these scales and modes by using exercises with examples from so many of these great guitarists. There are so many possibilities and Sal has written them all in standard notation and tablature just for you in Ultimate Scales and Modes for Guitar. Here's an example of what you'll learn; Ionian Mode (Major Scale) - Dorian Mode - Phrygian Mode - Lydian Mode - Mixolydian Mode - Aeolian Mode - Locrian Mode - Harmonic Minor Scale - Jazz Melodic Minor Scale - Lydian Dominant Scale - Super Locrian Mode - Minor Pentatonic Scale - Major Pentatonic Scale - Blues Scale - Diminished Scale - Whole Tone Scale - Spanish Phrygian Scale - How To Determine The Appropriate Scale - The Appropriate Mode - Major Scales In All Keys - Harmonic Minors In All Keys - Harmonized Jazz Minors In All Keys.