Playing with Scales
 
 Overview 

 1) Sound and Music 

 2) The Major Scale 

 3) Chords and Harmony 

 4) Scales and Melody 

 5) Meter and Rhythm 

 6) Chord/Scale Relations 

 7) Playing with Chords 

 8) Playing with Scales 
    Introduction 
    Understanding Improvisation 
    Improvising on the Song Scale 
    Relations and Improvisation 
    Introducing Scale Modes 
    Major Scale Modes 
    Using Major Scale Modes 
    More on Major Scale Modes 
    Improvisation Examples 
    Melodic Minor Scale Modes 
    Harmonic Minor Scale Modes 
    The Blues Exception 

 9) Writing Songs 



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(8.5)  Major Scale Modes

Before we explain the benefits of using modes, let us first lay out the degrees of all the Major scale modes, in the same format as we have done for the other scale types.





























Most ChordWizard products contain all the Major scale modes within the standard scale types.  At Beginner level, only these are activated, but at Intermediate and Advanced levels, other scales and their modes are also shown.



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