Notes About Mods

Major and Minor Modes

There are 9 major and corresponding minor modes for guitar.
This website has 4 of these mods.
Other major and related minor modes are similar to those on this website.

List of all guitar modes in order:

• • C Major
  • Nat. A Minor
  • Har. A Minor
  • Mel. A Minor
• • G Major
  • Nat. E Minor
  • Har. E Minor
  • Mel. E Minor
• • D Major
  • Nat. B Minor
  • Har. B Minor
  • Mel. B Minor
• • A Major
  • Nat. F# Minor
  • Har. F# Minor
  • Mel. F# Minor
• • E Major:
    E-F#-G#-A-B-C#-D#-E
  • Nat. C# Minor:
    C#-D#-E-F#-G#-A-B-C#
  • Har. C# Minor:
    C#-D#-E-F#-G#-A-B#-C#
  • Mel. C# Minor:
    C#-D#-E-F#-G#-A#-B#-C#-B♮-A♮-G#-F#-E-D#-C#
• • Ab Major:
    Ab-Bb-C-Db-Eb-F-G-Ab
  • Nat. F Minor:
    F-G-Ab-Bb-C-Db-Eb-F
  • Har. F Minor:
    F-G-Ab-Bb-C-Db-E♮-F
  • Mel. F Minor:
    F-G-Ab-Bb-C-D♮-E♮-F-Eb-Db-C-Bb-Ab-G-F
• • Eb Major:
    Eb-F-G-Ab-Bb-C-D-Eb
  • Nat. C Minor:
    C-D-Eb-F-G-Ab-Bb-C
  • Har. C Minor:
    C-D-Eb-F-G-Ab-B♮-C
  • Mel. C Minor:
    C-D-Eb-F-G-A♮-B♮-C-Bb-Ab-G-F-Eb-D-C
• • Bb Major:
    Bb-C-D-Eb-F-G-A-Bb
  • Nat. G Minor:
    G-A-Bb-C-D-Eb-F-G
  • Har. G Minor:
    G-A-Bb-C-D-Eb-F#-G
  • Mel. G Minor:
    G-A-Bb-C-D-E♮-F#-G-F♮-Eb-D-C-Bb-A-G
• • F Major:
    F-G-A-Bb-C-D-E-F
  • Nat. D Minor:
    D-E-F-G-A-Bb-C-D
  • Har. D Minor:
    D-E-F-G-A-Bb-C#-D
  • Mel. D Minor:
    D-E-F-G-A-B♮-C#-D-C♮-Bb-A-G-F-E-D

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Harmonic Minor Varieties

There are 2 varieties of harmonic minor.

• Harmonic minors whose descending scale is harmonic.
• Harmonic minors whose descending scale is natural.

For example, for the harmonic A minor mode:

• A-B-C-D-E-F-G#-A-G#-F-E-D-C-B-A
• A-B-C-D-E-F-G#-A-G♮-F-E-D-C-B-A

The descending scale of harmonic minor modes of 2 octaves can be in 4 ways.

• A-G#-F-E-D-C-B-A-G#-F-E-D-C-B-A
• A-G♮-F-E-D-C-B-A-G♮-F-E-D-C-B-A
• A-G#-F-E-D-C-B-A-G♮-F-E-D-C-B-A
• A-G♮-F-E-D-C-B-A-G#-F-E-D-C-B-A

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Right Hand and Pick

The mod notes on this website are in 4 time. With the repeat, the lowest notes and the highest notes of the mode are played twice. These types of notes will be called 4-time notes when explaining the right hand and pick.

With the repeat, notes can be made in 7 time by playing the lowest note and the highest note of the mode once. Such notes will be called 7-time notes when explaining the right hand and pick.

Right Hand

Showing the right hand fingers on the note:

• p : Thumb
• i : Forefinger
• m : Middle finger
• a : Ring finger
• c : Pinky finger

The pictures below can be examined for the right hand fingers at the beginning and end of the modes starting from the 6th string.

For 3 notes on the 6th string:
4 time notes:

7 time notes:

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For 2 notes on the 6th string:
4 time notes:

7 time notes:

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For 1 notes on the 6th string:
4 time notes:

7 time notes:

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Pick

Pick, should be played up and down in all modes, without changing their order.

The pictures above can be examined for 4-time and 7-time notes.

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Notes For the Left Hand

Titles 4-1 finger and 1-4 finger are for notes with one fret between the 1st and 4th fingers.

For example, as written in this note ».

In the note, the 1st finger on the 2nd string and the 4th finger on the 3rd string are examples of this.

4 - 1 finger:
In the ascending scale, for the 1st finger following the 4th finger, the hand should move to the right, without keeping the 4th finger on the fret being played.

1 - 4 finger:
In the descending scale, for the 4th finger following the 1st finger, the hand should move to the left, without keeping the 1st finger on the fret being played.

1 - 1 finger (Bend):
In the ascending scale, for the 1st finger following the 1st finger, the finger can be slided to the right while the 1st finger is pressed on the fret being played. Only the 1st finger played first is played with the right hand. While the finger is pressed, the hand is slided to the 1st finger that is played second.

Note:
All modes that are 2 octaves can be divided into 2 separate modes that are 1 octave.