Basic Modes of Randy Rhoads THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RANDY RHOADS. I just wanted a name that rhymes. Anyway, modes. Let's take the key of F. I'll post some of your major ascending modes in the key of F and you can work with them. I don't feel like naming them. Anyway, if I tab some wrong...sorry. Keepin mind that these can be played in any key. Just start at a different fret. For these to work together and sound good whether you are practicing your picking or shredding, you must remember that they go in order. If you swithch two around, it will join gay. You'll be like...owwwwwww...my butt is sore. AMEN PS... I'm tabbing the modes for starting in a major key. IONIAN To play in a minor key...you'd start on Aeoleon. ( the scale starting at the tenth fret ) Also keepin mind that you can play the same scale a bunch of different ways. For example, if I started on the first fret and played that scale...I could play at least three different ways. ( I may have tabbed the one starting at the 8th fret wrong ) Key = F E |-----------------------------2-3-------------------------------3--| B |-------------------------3-5-----------------------------3-5-6----| G |-------------------2-3-5-----------------------------3-5----------| D |-------------2-3-5-----------------------------3-5-7--------------| A |-------1-3-5-----------------------------3-5-7--------------------| E |-1-3-5-----------------------------3-5-6--------------------------| E |-----------------------------5-----------------------------------6| B |-----------------------5-6-8--------------------------------8-10--| G |-------------------5-7-------------------------------7-9-10-------| D |-------------5-7-8----------------------------7-8-10--------------| A |-------5-7-8---------------------------7-8-10---------------------| E |-5-6-8--------------------------6-8-10----------------------------| E|--------------------------------------8------------------------------------- B|------------------------------8-10-12--------------------------------------- G|-------------------------9-10---------------------------------------10-12-14 D|-----------------8-10-12-----------------------------------10-12-14--------- A|---------8-10-12----------------------------------10-12-13------------------ E|-8-10-12---------------------------------10-12-13--------------------------- E|-------10--------------------------------------------12------| B|-11-13-----------------------------------------13-15---------| G|--------------------------------------12-14-15---------------| D|-----------------------------12-14-15------------------------| A|--------------------12-13-15---------------------------------| E|-----------12-13-15------------------------------------------|