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christa
okay so i have problem with your whole Tripple Block, Bridge Set, Head Set deal. What mode do you propose to be in for this? Cause i tell ya, i'm looking at my list of modes right now, and i don't see any that contain all three of your "sets". So how is this tecnique aplicable to soloing? Is it supposed to work universally in every key or what? A little help understanding your thought proccess here.

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24 February 2006 03:37pm

Fred
Christa,
I'm sorry I didn't see your message here. I'm glad to help you understand what my method is about. If you looked in some book for all of my "sets" and didn't find them it's because I made them up! I made up the names for these shapes...not the shapes themselves. God put them there...I just gave them names. : )
So, you asked about what mode they represent or something to that effect? Well, the answer is: All of them! If you understand modes, you'll understand my answer. It's like pointing to a piano keyboard and asking, "What mode do the shapes I see here represent?" = all of them (depending on where you start playing).

So, start playing through my "shapes" with the second row triple block (regardless of where you put it on the guitar) and you should hear the very familiar sound of the Ionian mode (do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do). That's small potatoes. The real power of following my shapes is that it can take you clear up and down the fretboard without hitting a single bad note.
Now, you won't really hear modes when you play this pattern unless you accompany it with a chord. For example, start the first row bridge set on the 5th fret of the top string and accompany it with a minor chord on the 5th fret (Amin) and you will hear the Aeolian mode, aka natural minor.
Does this help?
I'm willing to answer any question you throw at me...fire away...I'll help you in any way I can. I enjoy it!

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15 March 2006 04:41am