I realize my theory lessons are a little jumbled up here. Here are all my theory lessons in 1 thread in order.
http://neoclassicalmetal.org/index.php?showtopic=6 Intervals and Key Signatures
http://neoclassicalmetal.org/index.php?showtopic=13 Intervals and Chords
http://neoclassicalmetal.org/index.php?showtopic=18 Scales
http://neoclassicalmetal.org/index.php?showtopic=19 Harmonizing the Scale (Chords)
http://neoclassicalmetal.org/index.php?showtopic=20 Harmonizing Harmonic Minor and Melodic Minor.
http://neoclassicalmetal.org/index.php?showtopic=21 Chord Extensions
http://neoclassicalmetal.org/index.php?showtopic=24 Major Modes
http://neoclassicalmetal.org/index.php?showtopic=36 Harmonic Minor Modes
http://neoclassicalmetal.org/index.php?showtopic=39 Melodic Minor Modes
http://neoclassicalmetal.org/index.php?showtopic=108 Improvising Solos

Thanks! I shall give them a read through sometime tomorow.

So, are these the seven modes to the major scale or are these just individual ones?

Welcome to the forum. On Lesson 7, those are the modes to the Major Scale.

Thank you, glad to be here lol. Wasn't sure if posting in the new section was mandatory. Looked at the threads in there, looked kinda minimal. Am I good?

Cool. I've been trying to see if there are 7 modes to the major scale. looks like that answers that for me!

Yeah you're good.

Great post Neo, and I am back btw. Rl circumstances and financial issues have prevented me internet access for quite some time. It's good to be back.

-Toth

Good to have you back on board, Toth!

Cool. Glad to have you back.

Great stuff, worthy of sticky!

thx for info i must say it really good for someone who is good in thory and looking for some stuff in neoclassic but do you have maybe a stie or someone guide here in the site that explain perfect about that stuff even for begginer in neo clasi and in theory?

I did my best. I took theory class and most of it wasn't so much about neo-classical sound. But I thought I picked the areas that most guitarists are interested in.

You should explain chord progressions.

Alright the most common chord progression is I IV V. If you are in C Major that would be CMaj to FMaj to GMaj. The V chord is very important as it gives a dominant sound which often goes back to I chord. The I chord usually starts and ends a song as it gives a finalization feel to it. You can experiment with using the other chords like Dmin, Emin, Amin, and Bdim to get more interesting progressions. Rules are meant to be broken though and you can deviate from the usual patterns of chord progressions. Adding extensions (see theory lesson) to make it more jazzy. Great to solo over as well as adding melodies that sound good with that chord. You can do it in the minor keys as well.

To add to that you can use chords like diminished 7th to lead to another key. So if you are in G Major and want to lead to d minor or something, use C# dim7 to change keys to D minor. A half step below the next key change. I believe that is called modulation. So yeah you can mix the chords up as well and totally deviate from chord progressions using chords outside the scale for extra colour. Power chords use the first note and 5th note of the chord in that scale and leaving out the 3rd.