Group A: Scales and Modes
Learn essential scales, chords and arpeggios with master technician and guitar educator James Barratt. Nail Group A of your Rockschool Guitar grade 7 technical exercises.
What's in the course
44 lessons (3h 49m) · 1 free
01. Intro to Approaches to improvisation
1:00
02. Embelleshing a melody
5:36
03. Challenge: Submit your melody
0:26
04. 7th chords
6:38
05. Composing your solo
8:53
06. Further extensions and sus chords
4:19
07. Comping on two different music styles
Free lesson8:36
08. Mixing Rhythmic and Melodic comping
4:24
09. Rhythmic improv & comping
9:55
Lesson transcript
Grade Seven Technical Exercises
Okay then, guys, let's check out the Grade Seven technical exercises.
Group A: Modes and Jazz Melodic Minor Scale
G Lydian
We're going to begin with Group A looking at the modes and the jazz melodic minor scale.
The first scale is in the key of G, G Lydian. That's this scale here:
1, 2, 3, 4.
C Lydian
Next, let's take a look at the Lydian mode in the key of C, starting on the A string.
1, 2, 3, 4.
B Phrygian
Now, moving on to the Phrygian mode. We've been given B Phrygian in the book, with the root note on the E string, the seventh fret:
1, 2, 3, 4.
E Phrygian
Let's take a look at E Phrygian now, with the root note on the A string this time. Here we go:
1, 2, 3, 4.
Jazz Melodic Minor Scale
Up next we have the jazz melodic minor scale, starting with the root note on the A string in the key of C:
1, 2, 3, 4.
Explanation of the Jazz Melodic Minor Scale
Essentially, the jazz melodic minor scale is half of the natural minor scale and then half of the major scale. So, it's a very unusual sounding scale.
Now, let's have a look at it in the key of A, starting with the root note on the E string, beginning on the A note:
1, 2, 3, 4.
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