Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago
What is modal interchange? And what is modal mixture? In this crystal clear guitar tutorial you will learn all about Modal Interchange, a technique for composing awesome and surprising chord progressions. Take you songs to the next level! Everything is explained with top notch graphics and tablature on screen. You will learn to use this technique to create chord progressions with borrowed chords from a parallel key or mode. Think of the dorian, phrygian, lydian, mixolydian and Locrian mode. This technique of mixing tonalities is used in modern Jazz, but is also a great asset for rock guitar players and suitable for other styles of guitar soloing. I show you why and when to use a certain chord to get a certain effect. Never a boring progression again. You also learn how to improvise over modal mixtures.
You can support me on my patreon page (also for tabs of the licks played in this video): patreon.com/QJamTracks
Artwork: (c) 2020) Rob van Hal
Used:
Ibanez JEM 7vb (www.Ibanez.com)
Ibanez SD GR Bass (www.Ibanez.com)
Takamine GD930 (www.takamine.com)
Castilla Classical Guitars
Samson Concert 99 Wireless system
Rode Microphone
Axe FX II (www.fractalaudio.com)
Social Media/contact:
patreon.com/QJamTracks
facebook.com/QJamTracks
instagram.com/QJamTracks
youtube.com/QJamTracks
(c)2020 Rob van Hal, Netherlands
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What is modal interchange? And what is modal mixture? In this crystal clear guitar tutorial you will learn all about Modal Interchange, a technique for composing awesome and surprising chord progressions. Take you songs to the next level! Everything is explained with top notch graphics and tablature on screen. You will learn to use this technique to create chord progressions with borrowed chords from a parallel key or mode. Think of the dorian, phrygian, lydian, mixolydian and Locrian mode. This technique of mixing tonalities is used in modern Jazz, but is also a great asset for rock guitar players and suitable for other styles of guitar soloing. I show you why and when to use a certain chord to get a certain effect. Never a boring progression again. You also learn how to improvise over modal mixtures.
You can support me on my patreon page (also for tabs of the licks played in this video): patreon.com/QJamTracks
Artwork: (c) 2020) Rob van Hal
Used:
Ibanez JEM 7vb (www.Ibanez.com)
Ibanez SD GR Bass (www.Ibanez.com)
Takamine GD930 (www.takamine.com)
Castilla Classical Guitars
Samson Concert 99 Wireless system
Rode Microphone
Axe FX II (www.fractalaudio.com)
Social Media/contact:
patreon.com/QJamTracks
facebook.com/QJamTracks
instagram.com/QJamTracks
youtube.com/QJamTracks
(c)2020 Rob van Hal, Netherlands
What is modal interchange,
Modal interchange,
Modal mixture,
Borrowing chords,
Writing chord progressions
Jazz chord progressions,
Modulating chord progressions,
Fusion chords progressions,
What is modal mixture,
Modal interchange tutorial,
Modal mixture tutorial,
Modal chord progressions,
Tonal Harmony,
Modal inerchange,
Qjamtracks,
Q jam tracks,
Guitar tutorial,
Steve Vai,
For the love of god,
Stevie wonder

![Guitar backing Track: Energetic Power Rock (Am, Dm and A Dorian)
Sound like the power rock heroes from the 80s with this guitar backing track in Am, Dm and A Dorian with tips/lesson about modes scales, arpeggios, licks and chords. Excellent guitar jam track for improvising and plain shredding.
This Q JAM TRACKS *LEARN & PLAY* backing track provides a visual representation of the chords and scales in diagrams as they appear in the music. Extra theoretical information is shown in the video. It is a backing track and tutorial (or lesson) at the same time.
0:15 Jump Start: The pentatonic scale
0:31 Modulating to D minor – Dm pentatonic scale
0:52 A Dorian scale
1:05 Dorian pentatonic concept
1:26 Adding the blue note
1:47 The blue note in the key of D minor
2:10 pentatonic solution for the Dorian Mode
2:41 The A natural minor scale
3:02 D natural minor scale patterns (w/ 3 note per string)
3:25 The A Dorian scale patterns (CAGED)
3:58 A minor pentatonic and diatonic
4:21 A minor pentatonic and diatonic
4:38 Basic Tapping
5:54 The harmonic minor scale over the dominant chord
Its also a play along video for learning exiting chords.
Photo:
Haileymayhem [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], from Wikimedia Commons
Social Media:
www.facebook.com/qjamtracks
www.instagram.com/qjamtracks
www.youtube.com/qjamtracks
Recording equipement:
Fractal AXE FX II mark II (www.fractalaudio.com)
SONAR Platinum (https://www.cakewalk.com/products/SONAR/)
Adobe audition
Ibanez JEM 7V BK (www.ibanez.com) Guitar backing Track: Energetic Power Rock (Am, Dm and A Dorian)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9ecwAAoIMho/mqdefault.jpg)








