Modal System of Music

The modal system comprises seven modes where each mode represents a tribe in the ancient Greek civilization.In this system no sharps are used i.e every mode consists of combination of the following notes : ABCDEFG.
Following are the modes in the basic modal system of music:

• Ionian Mode: Starts with the note C and the mode progresses as : CDEFGABC which is nothing but the C Major Diatonic Scale.
• Dorian Mode: Starts with the note D and progresses as DEFGABC
• Phrygian Mode: Starts with the note E and progresses as EFGABCD
• Lydian Mode: Starts with the note F and progresses as FGABCDE
• Mixo-Lydian Mode: Starts with the note G and progresses as GABCDEF
• Aeoline Mode: Starts with the note A and progresses as ABCDEFG
• Locrian Mode: Starts with the note B and progresses as BCDEFGA

Six String Adventure

I start of the other half of the day trying to play some tunes on Jack' (my black acoustic spanish guitar) fret.

The first ten minutes I usually try to do some warm ups which involves practicing the basic chromatic scale(A,A#,B,C,C#,D,D#,E,F,F#,G,G#) on various ocatves(different places where notes occur again) in the fretboard.This exercise is very useful for increasing the speed and getting used to the frets. I try to play it in various metronomes as fast and as slow as possible trying various picking patterns which include up pick, down pick and alternate picks.

Then I usually try to divert my mind by trying to get some tabs from the internet of some basic guitar songs which really is very useful to get back to the mood as playing the basic chromatics will not give much of a pleasure unless you accent it which I suck at this stage.

Getting back in the mood and now comes the part I am struggling with . The chord transition. I have tried various ways but it is all the same. Tried to play slow and then shift but skip goes one beat of the metronome. Tried to play basic down strokes and yes I did it...... oh no!!!!!!

It goes again in the second metronome.