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Printable Guitar Modes Chart

Modes are seven scales built from the major scale, each with its own mood. Playing them all from one root note is the clearest way to hear and see the differences. Each strip shows a mode on the neck with scale degrees, plus its formula and character.

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Intermediate to advanced
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What’s inside

All 7 modes from root A on the neck
Formula for each mode
What each mode sounds like and where it is used

How to use it

Print it and keep it beside you while you practice.
Learn one position at a time, playing it up and down slowly with a metronome.
Say the note names or scale degrees out loud as you play.
When a position is smooth, improvise over a backing track using only those notes.

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Questions

What are guitar modes?

Seven scales that come from playing the major scale starting on each of its notes. Each has a different pattern of whole and half steps, so each has a different mood.

Which mode should I learn first?

Mixolydian (blues, rock, country) and Dorian (funk, jazz, Santana-style rock) are the most useful after the major and minor scales.

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