Tenor Banjo Scales & Modes Paperback – July 12, 2025

All the essential western scales & modes are mapped out on the fingerboard in easy-to-remember patterns that are perfectly logical, and – most importantly! 100% practical for ease of execution in performance.This is an intensive study guide for those who wish to further their understanding of these essential scale fingerings in an intelligent and orderly manner.These are shown in various configurations designed to highlight the intervallic relationships and repetition of fragments between groups of strings.Included:Ionian set (Lydian, etc)Harmonic minor set (Phrygian Dominant, etc)Jazz minor set (Lydian Dominant, etc)Harmonic Major set (Superphrygian, etc)Wholetone scaleDiminished scales (hW / Wh)Bebop Major set (Dorian Blues, etc)Bebop Dominant set (Mixodorian, etc)Pentatonic scales: Minor and MajorThe exposition of 5th-tuned 4-string fingerboard systems presented in this book graphically demonstrates how simple the mastery of scales can be via the internalization of just a few basic finger positions and their repeating combinations. Read more