Alright, everytime I read something about guitars on the internet I get mad, because it is overcomplicated as hell. It is like the people who write this shit actually don't want anyone else to know how to play guitars. So we're gonna try and fix that. I'll start simply and build on that okayThe Basicsa note on notesA B C D E F G are your basic notesyou also got sharps and flatsaltogether, there are only a total of 12 notes totalA A#/Bb B C C#/Db D D#/Eb E F F#/Gb G G#/Aband it starts over. flats and sharps are kind of stupid since an A# (A sharp) is the same note as a Bb (B flat)Now each step between those notes represents the distance of one fret on your guitar. So first fret on 6 string would be F. 2nd fret would be an F# (or a Gb). 3rd is G. and so on. easy stuff.One step on the chart is called a half step. Two is called a whole step. From A to B is a whole step, from G to Ab is a half step, etc. On your guitar, going from one fret to the next is a half step. The distance of two is a whole step. 2nd to 3rd fret? Half step. 2nd to 4th? Whole.Okay now that that's out of the way, let's do the good stuffScales and modes for total dipshitsa scale is simply seven stepsall you need to know is this1 2 3 4 5 6 7W W H W W W HThat's a major scaleW is a whole stepH is a half stepI bet you already figured that outWe can use it to figure out any scale and key we like. What notes are in a D Major scale? Starting at D, and counting along the whole and half steps, we get D, E, F#, G, A, B, C#, and the last half step brings up back to DWhat chords are in the key of D Major? D, E, F#, G, A, B, and C#Fuckin' eaaaaasyModes and shitOkay check this out1 Ionian (Major)2 Dorian3 Phrygian4 Lydian5 Mixolydian6 Aeolian (Minor)7 LocrianThese are your modesRemember this?1 2 3 4 5 6 7W W H W W W HWe use that same fuckin chart for our modes and such! Just pick the number of the mode you want, and count from that number on the chart!Say we want the notes in an E Dorian scale. we just count the chart like this2 3 4 5 6 7 1W H W W W H Wstarting at 2What if we want G minor? We count like this, starting at 6!6 7 1 2 3 4 5W H W W H W WAnd now that we got the notes in a G minor scale, we also got the chords in the key of G Minor!Using modesalright we know some modes now, how do we use themLet's say we're playing some 12 bar blues in the key of C Major and want to improv some hott lixx and such over itWe can play some C Major scales over C Major, but that gets fuckin' boring.A C Major scale goes C, D, E, F, G, A, BWe can label those seven notes 1 through 7, like we have been, and compare them to the list of modes.So 1 is C (Ionian or Major) - We can take notes from the C Major scale to improv over C Major. Fuckin' duh.2 is D (Dorian) - Oh shit, we can play a Dorian scale with D as the root over C Major? Holy shit3 is E (Phrygian) - An E Phrygian scale will also sound good! HOT PISS!and so on and so forthi think i explained this as easily as I couldI'll be back along in a little bit with the only scale chart you'll ever need, and also i'll teach you to make any chord you wantgo ahead and ask queations is i wasn't particularly clear on something, sometimes i'm bad at explaining stuff