A mode is a scale in which the tonal center has been displaced. It is simply playing a scale in any given key beginning and ending on the same note an octave apart which is not necessarily the root of the key. To comprehend and then implement these improvisational scales is an important lesson and the melodic basis for many great jazz artists. Ultimate Scales & Modes explains this intervallic concept in detail. Scales and modes are key towards the playing styles of Al DiMeola, John Scofield, Joe Pass, Carlos Santana, Yngwie Malmsteen, Joe Satriani, B. B. King, Robert Cray, Stevie Ray Vaughan and so many others that to list them would be an impossible task. Ultimate Scales and Modes for Guitar by Sal Salvador is a methodic approach to learning all these scales and modes by using examples from so many of these great guitarists. In addition, Sal has written every exercise in both standard notation and tablature, just for you!
