Guitar World's 'In Deep with the Minor Modes' Is the Ultimate DVD Guide
In Deep with the Minor Modes is the latest in Andy Aledort's "In Deep" instructional DVD series and the followup to In Deep with the Major Modes. It includes more than 60 minutes of instruction!
With this DVD, you'll learn:
- The seven fundamental modes
- How to harmonize scales and modes with chords
- How to apply modes to chord progressions
- Soloing with the Dorian, Aeolian, Phrygian and Locrian modes
- How to transpose modes to different keys
- Pentatonic superimpositions
And much more!
Your instructor is Andy Aledort, a longtime contributor to Guitar World and the author and producer of hundreds of artist transcriptions, books and instructional DVDs. He has influenced and inspired guitarists around the world for many years.
During his tenure at GW, Aledort has written lesson features on players such as Eric Clapton, Eddie Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Dimebag Darrell and Yngwie Malmsteen, among others. He also has created many of GW's best-selling instructional DVDs, including Play Rock Guitar, How to Play Hard Rock and Heavy Metal and How to Play the Jimi Hendrix Esperience's Axis: Bold As Love.
As a guitarist, Andy has worked live and in the studio with Jimi Hendrix Experience drummer Mitch Mitchell and the Band of Gypsys rhythm section of bassist Billy Cox and drummer Buddy Miles. Aledort has been a member of original Allman Brothers Band guitarist Dickey Betts' band, Great Southern, and performed with Buddy Guy, Double Trouble, Paul Rodgers and many other rock and blues legends. His solo blues-rock album Live at North Star 2009 is available on Steve Vai's Digital Nations label.
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