Technique Exercise #2: 3 Note Per String Picking - Patreon Lesson

[@thatcyguy3625]

Hey Jon, thanks for the lesson! I found your lesson on the 7 shapes of the major scale super helpful in terms on connecting the shapes and hearing the root notes within those shapes. Do you think it would be worth your while to do a lesson on the shapes of the natural minor scale or do you think there's too much overlap between the shapes of major and minor that a lesson wouldn't be necessary? Thanks for all the great work you do!

[@JonBjork]

Hey! The shapes are all the same for the related modes. So by learning these 7 shapes you’ve actually learned 49 shapes. (7 modes x 7 shapes). Once you know the physical shapes you can go through them again in the same way but start on the note that would be the root of whatever mode you’re working on. For the natural minor you’d start on the F#’s if you keep the original key of A major of the exercise. For Dorian you’d start on the B’s and so on. So the shapes remain the same but what note you see/hear as the root will depend on the tonality you’re after. Hope that helps!

[@marLamaDeo]

That guitar looks dope. What do you think of solar guitars?

[@KRayxKodessA]

I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest this may be an older video, only recently updated. Jon's newer videos have multiple Solars hanging on the walls behind him... And that's not even touching the fact that he does an almost weekly segment for Ola Englund's show.

[@JonBjork]

I’m sponsored by Solar since they started the company, was a no brainer once Ola had me play the first batch of models. If I wasn’t happy with them I’d rather buy my own guitars so it’s not a biased review😊

[@marLamaDeo]

@@JonBjork 👍 only thing making me hesitate is not being able to touch one in a physical store and having to order it but I might get one at this rate I’ve seen a lot of people happy with them