C - 2 frets - D - 2 frets - E - 1 fret - F - 2 frets - G - 2 frets - A - 2 frets - B - 1 fret - C. You might well already know that the word ‘tone’ means a two-fret gap. What this means is you can ...

To reinforce what I’m trying to demonstrate here, I’ve returned to the D-shape A major chord. You’d probably want to do this more subtly in ‘real life’, but this is good stuff to know about.

The ‘happiest’ sounding of the modes, the Ionian is identical to the major scale, so it’s highly likely you’re already ...

And if the idea of learning a scale is off-putting, step this way – we can do it through chord shapes. In fact, the three easy shapes we're going to look at are here almost identical to open chords ...