4 note guitar chords

construct impressive,meaningful chord progressions using a variety of modes

we will start by generating a progression from G Major using 4 note guitar chords

|| Em7 / / / | Am7 / / / | Cmaj7 / / / | D7 / / / ||

If we add a Gmaj7 chord to the begining and get

|| Gmaj7 / / / | Em7 / / / | Am7 / / / | Cmaj7 / / /| D7 / / / ||

this is described as a progression in G Ionian

If we add an Am7 chord to the begining and get

|| Am7 / / / | Em7 / / / | Am7 / / / | Cmaj7 / / / | D7 / / / ||

this is described as a progression in A Dorian Minor

If we add a Bm7 chord to the begining and get

|| Bm7 / / / | Em7 / / / | Am7 / / / | Cmaj7 / / / | D7 / / / ||

this is described as a progression in B Phrygian Minor

If we add a Cmaj7 chord to the begining and get

|| Cmaj7 / / / | Em7 / / / | Am7 / / / | Cmaj7 / / / | D7 / / / ||

this is described as a progression in C Lydian

If we add a D7 chord to the begining and get

|| D7 / / / | Em7 / / / | Am7 / / / | Cmaj7 / / / | D7 / / / ||

this is described as a progression in D Mixolydian

If we leave the Em7 chord at the begining and get

|| Em7 / / / | Am7 / / / | Cmaj7 / / / | D7 / / / ||

this is described as a progression in E Natural Minor

If we add an F#m7b5 chord at the begining and get

|| F#m7b5 / / / | Em7 / / / | Am7 / / / | Cmaj7 / / / | D7 / / / ||

this is described as a progression in F# Locrian

this is not a valid use of this idea but you could modulate to it from another F# mode.

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