Key Features
- 541 type of different modes, which can be easily transposed, resulting in about 6,500 total modes (incl. transposition)!
- 3-notes-per-string approach works perfectly for guitar
- Easy learning of modes
- Ability to achieve fast performance speed (Shredding)
- Perform modes using full fingerboard (horizontal system)
- Theoretical and practical usage for guitar, bass and piano players
- Given material works best with jazz but also can be used for latin, pop, funk, rock, etc.
- This school will work for a beginner as well as for intermediate and advanced players
- Guitar Driller Integration support
Introducing Modes Symmetry School
Want to play guitar better than anyone? Are you a rock, metal, jazz, funk or classic musician? Then this app is just for you!
This is an unique collection of guitar modes that gives you an excellent original material for improvisations! "Guitar Modes Symmetry School" is a triple horizontal system, in which modes are played with 3-notes-per-string approach. Unlike the "vertical-traditional" fingering, this school presents "horizontal-extended" fingering, that helps to perform modes in 2-3 octaves bound. Such artists as Shawn Lane, Frank Gambale, John McLaughlin, Allan Holdsworth, Guthrie Govan, Paul Gilbert, Steve Vai, Richie Kotzen, Joe Satriani and others used to practice extended fingering in their songs. This school will help you to take possession top technique, i.e. you will be able to more quickly achieve technique perfection. Material inside this app represents our several years experience, and we hope it will give you some pleasure!
About Right Hand
All modes presented in this app can be performed using sweep picking or legato technique. However, we recommend you to use a standart picking technique only (up, down, up, down... or down, up, down, up... etc.) when performing these modes.
DEMO VIDEO
Other features
- Harmony feature: you can see and listen to the chords, over which given modes can be played. More information about these chords you can find in our "International Guitar Chords 1 & 2" apps
- Scale Harmonizations
- Every mode is provided with corresponding optimal fingerings for your comfort
- Transpose modes into any desired key by dragging notes on the screen with your finger
- Metronome with adjustable tempo and time signature for training
- Cursor can display note names or fingering (selectable)
- Notes can display note names or fingering (selectable)
- Degree indicator. It allows you to examine scale steps in detail. (Degree on/off toggle is located at the bottom of the Settings page)
- Sharp and flat signatures correspond to the current mode's key
- Fast cycled playback with adjustable tempo (30 - 360 BPM)
- Step by step note playback in both directions for detailed learning of modes
- Manual note selection by tapping notes on the screen
- Two guitar sound banks (Acoustic and Distortion) to select
- Six selectable harmony timbres to choose from
- Stereo Chorus FX for harmony chords at your choice
- Reverb FX on guitar sounds
- Favorites button to mark your favorite modes. Then you can access them all from "Favorites" folder of the picker
- iPad Pro, iPhone 7, 7 Plus high resolution screen support
Comments
Hello Craig! Your opinion is very important for us. You have probably missed that the major scale (the Ionian scale) is presented in Guitar Modes at 1st and 8th exercise number. Your demand about open strings is not suitable: Guitar Modes concept implies only three notes to be played with three left hand's fingers on each string. This technique used widely among the professional guitarists and allows to achieve high performance speed.
Thank you for using Fonexsis apps! We hope it helps you to improve your guitar skills.
Craig
All the seven positions are presented. For example, mode no.1 - C Ionian I (position I), mode no.2 - D Dorian II (position II of C Ionian), no.3 - E Phrygian III (position III of C Ionian) etc. All 7 positions. The same thing with all the other modes in the app.
And "Mode" button is intended to switch between these positions.
So please stop confusing people with incorrect information.
Open string notes contradict an idea of this app: three fingers on a string. Without open strings, using 3 fingers per string you can easily memorize and play the modes, that's what the Modes Symmetric System is intended for.
Thanks for the question. There isn't "variation" button in modes app due to limitations to the number of modes inside the app. We plan to expand the number of modes with each free update.
Fonexsis also planning creation of apps, in which there will be variations of 2, 3, 4 notes per string and mixed note systems, for example how it is done in our Bebop app.
In current version no, but maybe in future updates.