Modal Node System (mns) - Music Theory - Guitar
Published 7/2025
Created by Robert (Bob) Steele
MP4 | Video: h264, 1280x720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz, 2 Ch
Level: All | Genre: eLearning | Language: English | Duration: 83 Lectures ( 59h 11m ) | Size: 43.8 GB
Rethink Guitar Theory: Modal Vision, Number Systems, and Visual Logic for the Fretboard
What you'll learn
Identify the 12 notes of the chromatic scale using an absolute numbering system from 1 to 12.
Describe the difference between traditional scale-degree-based theory and the mode-centered system taught in this course.
Recognize modal shapes and chord structures using top-string-on-top fretboard diagrams.
Classify chords and intervals based on modal centers rather than traditional major/minor labeling.
Apply the modal whole-step and modal half-step concepts to construct chords and intervals across the fretboard.
Demonstrate how to build chord names using the mode-based naming convention (e.g., dD3, xA4).
Compare traditional chord progressions to modal-centered ones, mapping them accurately in Excel.
Translate between standard notation, guitar tab, and the new system using custom-built Excel sheets.
Analyze the logic behind conventional chord naming systems and articulate their limitations.
Construct personalized fretboard maps and chord charts using Excel's formulaic capabilities.
Evaluate the efficiency and clarity of the mode-centered system against legacy systems.
Design a custom workflow for songwriting, improvisation, or teaching using the streamlined naming and mapping system.
Requirements
Comfort with digital tools: You'll need basic familiarity with Excel or spreadsheet programs, as we use these to map concepts visually and logically. No advanced Excel knowledge is required - just enough to enter values and follow along.
A curious and open mindset: Since this course challenges traditional music theory structures, it's important to come ready to rethink and reframe how you understand the fretboard, chords, and modes.
Guitar access: You'll need a guitar (electric or acoustic) for hands-on experimentation with the fretboard mapping and exercises.
Description
This course offers a complete rethinking of how guitar theory can be learned and applied using a system rooted in logic, spatial understanding, and modern tools. Rather than relying on legacy methods built around the piano and the major scale, Modern Guitar Logic teaches you how to view the fretboard through a modal lens that aligns more naturally with how guitarists actually play and visualize music.You'll begin by learning a top-string-on-top tablature system, which aligns with how the guitar is physically held and seen from above. We use Excel throughout the course as a core tool to map out fretboard patterns, modes, intervals, and chords in a highly visual format. From there, you'll be introduced to a modal center system that replaces the conventional, often confusing, scale degree system. Instead of renaming "1" every time your tonic shifts, you'll use a stable system where modal names remain consistent and the distances from your modal center define your chord structures.The course also introduces a twelve-note numbering system that treats each note as an equal unit in a modular cycle, replacing the arbitrary and letter-based naming of notes. In parallel, we apply an absolute 1-7 numbering system to the modes, so Ionian is always 1, Dorian is always 2, and so on-making it easier to move through modal relationships without reinterpreting each one in the language of major-scale-based theory.Chord names are based on modal steps and center points, rather than major/minor scale approximations. Intervals are described by actual distance-such as modal whole steps and modal half steps-rather than by comparing everything to a major scale. This approach carries through to a system for labeling chords and intervals that is internally consistent, easy to apply to fretboard movement, and optimized for communication.Additionally, the course incorporates MIDI-style numbering logic to the guitar fretboard, giving students a powerful framework for working in digital environments and integrating with modern music software. At every step, we compare the streamlined system with the traditional model and show how to translate between them, allowing students to understand both worlds without confusion or contradiction.Whether you're a self-taught player looking to organize your understanding, a teacher seeking a better way to explain theory, or a tech-savvy guitarist who wants to leverage logic-based tools, this course equips you with a system that is built for clarity, speed, and long-term fluency.
Who this course is for
Guitarists with some music theory background who feel lost navigating scale degrees, interval names, or mode applications.
Visual learners who benefit from grid-based systems like spreadsheets and guitar fretboard diagrams.
Self-taught musicians looking to fill gaps in theory with a system that makes practical, spatial sense.
Analytical thinkers, engineers, or accountants who enjoy clean systems, logical naming, and number-based pattern recognition.
Composers and songwriters who want a more intuitive structure for building and naming chords.
Music educators interested in exploring new frameworks for teaching fretboard theory using tools like Excel and MIDI-based thinking.
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