My current guitar teacher introduced all of this stuff to me. Modes took me about two months to understand. I looked at it every way - even went so far as to write out all the notes for all the modes for all the keys. I memorized the positions and the pieces began to fit into the puzzle. When I took a Music Theory AP class my senior year in high school this year, I learned about all the aspects of theory. Oddly enough, we covered modes for about a day because it is so unimportant in classical music and theory. Go figure. That made me the class expert on modes. I'm really glad I took the class.

[This message has been edited by ekstasis16 (edited 07-12-2000).]