Learning Paths

Structured curricula designed for different skill levels and musical goals. Track your progress as you complete each topic.

beginner13 topics
Beginner Modal Path
A structured introduction to the seven modes of the major scale, ordered by familiarity and ease of understanding. Start with sounds you already know and gradually explore darker, more exotic colors.

Target audience: Guitarists new to modes who already know basic major and minor scale shapes

intermediate15 topics
Jazz Modes Path
A focused path for intermediate players entering the world of jazz harmony. Covers the essential major and melodic minor modes used in jazz, with emphasis on chord-scale relationships and ii-V-I navigation.

Target audience: Intermediate guitarists with basic scale knowledge who want to play jazz standards and improvise over jazz harmony

intermediate13 topics
Guitar Improvisation Path
A practical, application-first path for guitarists who want to improvise confidently. Starts with pentatonic foundations and builds outward into modal playing, focusing on what sounds good over real music rather than abstract theory.

Target audience: Guitarists who can play pentatonic scales and want to expand their improvisation vocabulary with modes and new sounds

advanced12 topics
Harmonic Minor & Exotic Sounds
Explore the darker, more dramatic corners of Western harmony. From the harmonic minor family to altered dominants and augmented sounds, this path introduces the distinctive colors that set advanced players apart.

Target audience: Intermediate-to-advanced guitarists who know the major modes and want to expand into harmonic minor, melodic minor, and other unusual tonalities

intermediate14 topics
Major Family Mastery
A systematic deep dive into all seven modes of the major scale. Build fluency by studying each mode individually, then comparing adjacent pairs to sharpen your ear for the subtle differences that define each mode's personality.

Target audience: Intermediate players who have a basic awareness of modes and want thorough, comparative mastery of the entire major-scale family

intermediate12 topics
Melodic Minor Essentials
Unlock the melodic minor family. the second most important scale system in jazz. Learn the parent scale and its most practical modes in order of real-world usefulness, culminating in minor ii-V-i application.

Target audience: Intermediate players comfortable with major-scale modes who are ready to explore the melodic minor sound world for jazz and fusion contexts

advanced15 topics
Dominant Chord Mastery
An exhaustive exploration of every scale option available over dominant 7th chords. From basic Mixolydian to Altered, diminished, and whole tone. master the full spectrum of dominant colors and learn when each one fits.

Target audience: Advanced players who want complete command of dominant chord improvisation across jazz, blues, fusion, and contemporary styles

advanced13 topics
Fusion Guitarist Path
A curated path for guitarists drawn to the modern fusion sound. Holdsworth, Metheny, Scofield, Gambale, Guthrie Govan. Focus on the modes that define fusion guitar: Lydian, Altered, Melodic Minor, and their siblings, with emphasis on fretboard connectivity and hybrid tonalities.

Target audience: Advanced guitarists with solid modal and jazz fundamentals who want to develop a modern fusion vocabulary and expand beyond traditional jazz and rock sounds