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I have a practcal exam on guitar for an English University application and I have been sent a spec of things I should do. Trouble is I don’t fully understand it. It keeps referring to the number of shapes I have to play things in – what is meant by shapes? For example – here is my spec:
Major Scale – 5 shapes, any key
Pentatonic Scale – 5 shapes, major and minor, any key
Melodic minor scale – 2 shapes (r/6, i.e. root on the 6th string and r/5) any key.
Harmonic Minor – 2 shapes (r/6 and r/5) any key
Modes – Dorian, Aeolian, Mixolydian (r/6 and r/5) and key
Arpeggios – major 7, dominant 7, minor 7 b5, minor 7 (r/6 and r/) any keyI also don’t understand what the modes are and what all this r/6 and r/ etc means.
Is there anybody out there can give me some advice or even better refer me to a book that has these things in?
I appreciate any advice anyone can give me.
Kind regards
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