I'm almost positive I know what modes are; starting a scale from a note besides the root, ie, playing a G major scale, but starting form the A.
However, I can't see the point of them at all. I don't know any guitarists who, when soloing, only use the notes within one octave of the root note. When playing something in the key of A minor for instance, I view all notes in the key, regardless of where they are, fair game. I might start playing it on a B, D, whatever, but it's all in A minor. I can understand perhaps going through modes as a way to learn all the notes in a certain key from many different positions, but when you're actually playing, does anyone actually think "I'm playing in mode x"?
However, I can't see the point of them at all. I don't know any guitarists who, when soloing, only use the notes within one octave of the root note. When playing something in the key of A minor for instance, I view all notes in the key, regardless of where they are, fair game. I might start playing it on a B, D, whatever, but it's all in A minor. I can understand perhaps going through modes as a way to learn all the notes in a certain key from many different positions, but when you're actually playing, does anyone actually think "I'm playing in mode x"?
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