Major scale & its modes applied to 7 string guitars

arjunmenon

Hi everybody, After trying to put all the information together in MS Word and spending all morning at it, i've come up with something interesting for people with 7 string guitars. The info in the attachement can also be applied to 6 string guitars. I would also advise anyone reading this to check out Meir's (Satriani on the forum) excellent lessons. i did this because i couldn't find anything for seven stringers. Cheers. https://s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/attachments.guitartalk/a760880003e7ddedfef56acb3b09697f-Major%20Scale%20for%207%20strings.doc

Satriani

Very nice Arjun ? I'm sad to say I've never actually tried to play on a 7 string yet, but I figured I would slip into the theory side of it easiest just as having another B string, and all the notes are already memorised that way. Interesting how all the modes shift tho ? thanks!

arjunmenon

Hey Satch,

Thank you for the kind words. Its quite cool, how the modes shift when applied to a 7 string guitar. I'm sure you will find a 7 string interesting mostly because you've got the theory down solid and also because a 7 string has great range in that you wouldn't have to move around too much to get to the various notes...IMO, its great for jazz-like application because you get comfortable with position based playing and then you can always throw in the linear lick.
Hope you don't mind the fact that i asked people to check out your excellent lessons ?
Keep well.

Satriani

Arjun Menon wrote: Hope you don't mind the fact that i asked people to check out your excellent lessons ?

Absolutely not, I appreciate it ? I just want as many people possible to learn as much as possible!