consider the following tab for a normally tuned 6 string guitar
---9--10--12--14--16--17--19---
---9--10--12--14--15--17--19---
---9--11--13--14--16--18--19---
---7---9--11--12--14--16--18---
---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---
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the tab shown above shows a progression of the 7th chord (1,3,5,7) in A major through all 7 modes
these are probably familiar chords to you, and if you're like me, they're boring, although they have their uses
now observe the following tab
---9--10--12--14--16--17--19---
---7---9--10--12--14--15--17---
---9--11--13--14--16--18--19---
---7---9--11--12--14--16--18---
---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---
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the tab shown above shows a progression of the 6th chord (1,3,5,6) in A major through all 7 modes
because of the 6th, these chords sound cooler
and then we have an eleventh chord (1,4,5,7) progression below
--10--12--14--16--17--19--21---
---9--10--12--14--15--17--19---
---9--11--13--14--16--18--19---
---7---9--11--12--14--16--18---
---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---
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these are also pretty cool sounding chords
now observe the following mutated tab
---9--10--10--12--12--14--14--16--16--17--17--19--19--21---
---7---9---9--10--10--12--12--14--14--15--15--17--17--19---
---9---9--11--11--13--13--14--14--16--16--18--18--19--19---
---7---7---9---9--11--11--12--12--14--14--16--16--18--18---
---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---
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in the tab above, we started with a chord, and then selected two strings to progress and two to stay
many interesting progressions can be created by varying this method
we can jump around instead of going up the neck linearly
and don't forget to get the tapping hand involved
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