The Modes in G Major

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These are the modes in the key of G

When using the modes in G you are basically playing the G major scale from :

G to G (IONIAN)   

A To A (Dorian)

B To B (Phrygian)                     

The First 3 Modes in the key of G

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There are so many ways to play the modes on the guitar.

This is what works for me.Any Suggestions?

How Guitar Scales Are Constructed • Other Guitar Basics 

Here is how the most common scales are constructed: 


 1          2          3           4            5            6           7           8

 Root     Whole    Whole     Half        Whole     Whole     Whole     Half

C           D          E          F            G             A          B          C        0# 

G           A          B          C            D             E          F#        G        1#

D           E          F#        G            A             B          C#        D        2#

A           B          C#        D            E             F#        G#        A        3#

E           F#        G#        A            B             C#        D#        E        4#

B           C#        D#        E            F#           G#        A#        B        5#

F           G          A         Bb           C             D           E          F       1b

 

Blues R b3 4 b5 5 b7    
Ionian R 2 3 4 5 6 7  
Dorian R 2 b3 4 5 6 b7  
Phrygian R b2 b3 4 5 #5 b7  
Lydian R 2 3 b5 5 6 7  
Mixolydian R 2 3 4 5 6 b7  
Aeolian R 2 b3 4 5 #5 b7  
Locrian R b2 b3 4 b5 #5 b7  
Diminished (H-W) R b2 b3 3 b5 5 6 b7
Diminished (W-H) R 2 b3 4 b5 #5 6 7
Whole Tone R 2 3 b5 #5 b7    
Melodic Minor R 2 b3 4 5 6 7  
Dorian b2 R b2 b3 4 5 6 b7  
Lydian Aug R 2 3 b5 #5 6 7  
Lydian b7 R 2 3 b5 5 6 b7  
Mixolydian b6 R 2 3 4 5 #5 b7  
Locrian 2 R 2 b3 4 b5 #5 b7  
Altered R b2 b3 3 b5 #5 b7  
Harmonic Minor R 2 b3 4 5 #5 7  
Locrian 6 R b2 b3 4 b5 6 b7  
Ionian Aug R 2 3 4 #5 6 7  
Dorian #4 R 2 b3 b5 5 6 b7  
Phrygian Major R b2 3 4 5 #5 b7  
Lydian #9 R b3 3 b5 5 6 7  
Altered bb7 R b2 b3 3 b5 #5 6  
Pentatonic Major R 2 3 5 6      
Pentatonic Minor R b3 4 5 b7      
Augmented R R 3 5 #5 7    
Arabian R 2 3 4 b5 #5 b7  
Balinese R b2 b3 5 #5      
Byzantine R b2 3 4 5 #5 7  
Chinese R 3 b5 5 7      
Chinese Mongolian R 2 3 5 6      
Double Harmonic R b2 3 4 5 #5 7  
Egyptian R 2 4 5 b7      
Eight Tone Spanish R b2 3 4 b5 #5 b7
Enigmatic R b2 3 b5 #5 b7 7  
Hindu R 2 3 4 5 #5 b7  
Hirajoshi R 2 b3 5 #5      
Hungarian Major R b3 3 b5 5 6 b7  
Hungarian Minor R 2 b3 b5 5 #5 7  
Hungarian Gypsy R 2 b3 b5 5 #5 7  
Ichikosucho R 2 3 4 b5 5 6 7
Kumoi R 2 b3 5 6      
Leading Whole Tone R 2 3 b5 #5 b7 7  
Lydian Diminished R 2 b3 b5 5 6 7  
Lydian Minor R 2 3 b5 5 #5 b7  
Mohammedan R 2 b3 4 5 #5 7  
Neopolitan R b2 b3 4 5 #5 7  
Neopolitan Major R b2 b3 4 5 6 7  
Neopolitan Minor R b2 b3 4 5 #5 b7  
Overtone R 2 3 b5 5 6 b7  
Pelog R b2 b3 5 #5      
Persian R b2 3 4 b5 #5 7  
Prometheus R 2 3 b5 6 b7    
Prometheus Neopolitan R b2 3 b5 6 b7    
Purvi Theta R b2 3 b5 5 #5 7  
Six Tone Symmetrical R b2 3 4 #5 6    
Todi Theta R b2 b3 b5 5 #5 7