Enlightenment from Ear Training One Note Complete Method

Enlightenment from Ear Training One Note Complete Method

Q: Wow! It finally sunk into my thick skull. A mode is a tonality and not just one scale in one position like I thought, the 7 different positions you show for each mode are all in the same tonality (mode). And when improvising, many chords have avoid notes like F in Cmaj7 chord, so C Ionian would have F as the avoid note. Playing C dorian over Cmin7 there is no avoid note.
I really should have read the Ear Training One Note Complete book more carefully and not so much in a hurry to get to the CDs. I also think Music Theory Workbook for Guitar Volume Two will help engrain this stuff. I have been enlightened.

A: That’s a real break through for you and it’s one of the most important things an improvising musician needs to know to play musically. I’m very glad we got that cleared up because you had me worried there for a while.

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