New lesson material: Dorian mode

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A new lesson plan has been added to the Lesson Materials Section on the Dorian mode. This is the second guide on the modes after the Ionian guide. The rest of the guides on the modes will be available shortly. Students will love learning Dorian as it has a very versatile sound and once your student hears Dorian in action, they will begin to understand the importance of learning modes.

Access the lesson here: SCA-05 Dorian Mode

You can access the Ionian guide and other lesson plans in the Lesson Materials Section.

SCA-05 Dorian Mode

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About this lesson

The Dorian mode is the second of seven modes and has a great sound. Most students will love the sound of Dorian and once they can improvise using this mode, they will start to understand why modes are so important to understand. Make sure your student fully understands the Ionian mode before learning Dorian as it's easier to teach modes starting from Ionian and working through each one.

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Related lessons

SCA-04 Ionian Mode

SCA-06 Phrygian Mode

SCA-07 Lydian Mode

SCA-08 Mixolydian Mode

SCA-09 Aeolian Mode

SCA-10 Locrian Mode

New lesson series on scales and modes

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A new series of materials and lesson plans has been created in the Lesson Materials Section. These lesson plans will help you teach various scales as well as modes to your students. So if you have any intermediate students wanting to find out what all the fuss is over modes, head over to the SCA series and get started.

Lesson plans for all seven modes will be available very shortly. We currently have the Ionian Mode lesson available to download.

Access the first mode lesson here: SCA-04 Ionian Mode

Keep an eye on the News section for more updates on the rest of the modes.

SCA-04 Ionian Mode

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About this lesson

Modes are extremely fun for students to apply once they understand them. It can be tough teaching modes as people have different ideas on how they should be used and many materials confuse the issue by going too deep into the theory. This lesson will explain how your student can apply the Ionian Mode. Theory is kept to a minimum but is still explained on the sheet if your student wants to learn more about it.

This series on modes will give your student a movable shape for each mode they can memorize so they don't have to worry about working out the notes every time they want to apply a mode. The included lesson instructions gives you a simple way to explain modes which focuses on how the mode is applied in it's simplest way

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Related lessons

SCA-05 Dorian Mode

SCA-06 Phrygian Mode

SCA-07 Lydian Mode

SCA-08 Mixolydian Mode

SCA-09 Aeolian Mode

SCA-10 Locrian Mode

New teaching guide: TTL-02 Software to use in your lessons

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A new guide has been added to the Teaching Guides Section covering a few different programs you can use to improve the quality of your lessons. Some of the software options are free which means you can get started straight away. These programs will make your job easier as they will give you different ways to explain material and allow your student to get interactive with the software which helps keep your student engaged with the material.

Access the guide here: TTL-02 Software to use in your lessons

There are more teaching guides available in the Teaching Guides Section.

TTL-02 Software to use in your lessons

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About this guide

If you have a PC/Mac/Laptop within reach when giving lessons, there are many tools you can use to give the student a richer learning experience. In this guide we will look at a few different programs and how you can use them in your lessons.

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New lesson material: BBL-10 Songs on all six strings

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A new lesson has been added to the Lesson Material Section under the BBL Beginner Book Style lessons. This lesson gives you three basic songs to give to your student to test their understanding of the notes across all six strings. Only give your student this lesson material if they have completed all the previous BBL lessons.

Access the lesson material here: BBL-10 Songs on all six strings

Be sure to check out the other BBL materials in the Lesson Materials Section. This series works extremely well with young children as it teaches them how to read music as well as only needing to focus on one note at a time.

BBL-10 Songs on all six strings

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About this lesson

This lesson is a great test to check if your student has properly understood all the previous lessons. The songs used cover all six strings so you will be able to see straight away which areas of the guitar your student needs more practice with. One of the songs introduces a sharp and another song tests whether your student can accurately pick the correct name of a chord played. Only give this material to your student if they have completed lessons BBL-01 to BBL-09.

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Related lessons

BBL-09 Low E String

BBL-16 C Major Scale Time Test

New lesson resource: RES-09 Blank Fretboard Diagrams

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A new teaching resource has been added to the Lesson Materials section under the RES series. This new resource will give you simple fretboard diagrams to use to help teach scales and modes. You can also use the diagrams to come up with exercises and tests to check your student's level of understanding and application of theory. It's a simple resource but very useful.

Access the resource here: RES-09 Blank Fretboard Diagrams.

More resources under the RES series are available in the Lesson Materials Section.

RES-09 Blank Fretboard Diagrams

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About this resource

This resource contains basic fretboard diagrams you can use to write down various scales or modes. Instead of giving your student the entire scale to learn, you could write out only a small area of the fretboard for them to focus on. Later on you can expand the notes in the diagram as the student progresses. You could even use this template as a test to see how well your student can figure out the positions of the notes. You could ask your student to 'map out the entire A minor Pentatonic Scale'. This is a great way to break out of the limiting 'box patterns' so many people get stuck using over and over.

There are many other uses for the diagrams and when appropriate, other lessons will refer to this resource if it will help you out.

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