David Williams-Mitchell
A modal approach to guitar playing

Much of the world’s music shares a common system for improvisation and composition: the Modal system. It’s a framework for creating music that is highly melodic, rhythmic, and textural, qualities that made it attractive for the great Eurasian traditions including Maqam, Dastgah, Gregorian chant, and more.

Modal music is rarely the subject of guitar tutorials – which usually emphasize more harmonic and modern approaches – chords and solos. In this course, David Williams-Mitchell will draw on a wealth of understanding of Iranian and Uyghur music to teach you how to consider each note and phrase more carefully – to make your melodic playing more interesting and personal.