Tip: Practicing Modes (Part 8)

Darrin Koltow Blog Scales and Modes for Guitar

We’ve been exploring C major chords as part of the mode workout. We covered C major chords with melody notes on string 3; we’re playing chords on string 4 this time. Note that the sound is a bit muddier “” that’s the nature of bass chords.

In the following tab, we’re playing a Dm instead of a true C chord, for the F melody note. I chose Dm because it sounds good with the whole progression.

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This first appeared in the Guitar Noise News – May 15, 2009 newsletter. Reprinted with permission.