Well, here's the last installment of this series where I show you the diatonic scale patterns for all seven modes covering the entire neck.

I want to reiterate that if you want to know exactly where to play the correct notes when soloing in a particular key, you MUST have these patterns not only memorized, but through repetition and awareness, made second nature when moving your fingers and hands over the neck.

Memorization is the first step. Using and applying that memory is the journey that will explode your playing into mature musicianship.

To save space, I've included the final patterns here and if you need to review all the patterns, you can click on the links below.

Single Position
F# Locrian diminished

Fret 1| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |10 |11 |12 |13 |14 |15 |16 |17 |18 


1E|---|F#1|G-2|---|A-4|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|F#1|G-2|---|A-4|-- 
2B|---|---|D-2|---|E-4|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|D-2|---|E-4|-- 
3G|---|A-1|---|B-3|C-4|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|A-1|---|B-3|C-4|-- 
4D|---|E-1|---|F#3|G-4|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|E-1|---|F#3|G-4|-- 
5A|---|B-1|C-2|---|D-4|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|B-1|C-2|---|D-4|-- 
6E|---|F#1|G-2|---|A-4|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|F#1|G-2|---|A-4|-- 
Yep! The pattern is the same as the Ionian except the starting note. 




Multi-Position 


F# Locrian Diminished 


Fret 3| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |10 |11 |12 |13 |14 |15 |16 |17 |18 |19 


1E|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|G-1|---|A-3|---|B-4| 
2B|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|D-1|---|E-3|---|F#4| 
3G|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|A-1|---|B-3|C-4|---|---| 
4D|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|E-1|---|F#3|G-4|---|---| 
5A|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|B-1|C-2|---|D-4|---|---| 
6E|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|F#1|G-2|---|A-4|---|---| 
Heads up! The  fret markers changed. 

All the patterns I've covered for this series can be viewed here:

Single Position Patterns
http://www.willlandrum.com/modalscales.shtml

Multi-Position Patterns
http://www.willlandrum.com/modalscales3.shtml

Copyright (C)(P) 2001 Will Landrum and InterFocus Music Article by Will Landrum of http://www.willlandrum.com. In case you missed parts 1, 2 & 3...

TOTAL NECK COVERAGE (PART 1)
http://www.guitarsite.com/newsletters/010604/10.shtml

TOTAL NECK COVERAGE (Part 2)
http://www.guitarsite.com/newsletters/010618/11.shtml

TOTAL NECK COVERAGE (Part 3)
http://www.guitarsite.com/newsletters/010709/12.shtml

TOTAL NECK COVERAGE (Part 4) http://www.guitarsite.com/newsletters/010723/8.shtml

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