| Item | Details | |------|---------| | Full Title | Roy Ziv – Guitar Modes Navigator -TUTORiAL- | | Type | Video tutorial / Guitar education | | Author / Instructor | Roy Ziv (guitarist, producer, educator) | | Format | MP4 video + PDF / supporting files (typically) | | Subject | Modal theory for guitar – Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Locrian | | Release Source | Scene group TUTORiAL (often associated with SYNTHiC4TE, FANTASTiC, etc.) | | Language | English | | File Size | Approx. 500 MB – 1.2 GB (depending on version/resolution) |
At its core, the Guitar Modes Navigator is a video-based tutorial series combined with downloadable assets (diagrams, backing tracks, and exercises). Roy Ziv, an Israeli guitarist and educator known for his virtuosic yet accessible teaching style, built this course to solve one specific problem: helping guitarists stop thinking about modes in theory and start hearing and seeing them on the fretboard instantly.
The “Navigator” in the title refers to a proprietary fretboard visualization method. Instead of memorizing seven separate scale patterns for each mode, Ziv teaches how to navigate from one mode to another using common anchor points and interval relationships. Roy Ziv Guitar Modes Navigator -TUTORiAL-
| Pro | Details | |-----|---------| | Clear fretboard mapping | Roy Ziv’s “navigator” system reduces memorization | | Practical focus | Immediately usable in solos, not just theory | | High production quality | Multiple camera angles, on-screen tab/notation | | Backing tracks | Helps internalize each mode musically | | No fluff | Direct to application, unlike many modal courses |
Ziv flips the map. By establishing the minor pentatonic as your home base, he adds the "Navigator Extensions." | Item | Details | |------|---------| | Full
The "Roy Ziv Guitar Modes Navigator -TUTORiAL-" is explicitly designed for the "Advanced Beginner to Intermediate" guitarist. If you fit any of the following descriptions, buy this today:
It is not for absolute beginners. You need to know basic major and minor barre chords and the pentatonic scale positions 1 & 2 before starting. At its core, the Guitar Modes Navigator is
The Guitar Modes Navigator is not for absolute beginners. You should already know:
The ideal student has hit a plateau in soloing—you’re tired of playing minor pentatonic licks and want to add modal colors (e.g., a Mixolydian b7 for blues-rock or a Phrygian b2 for metal and flamenco).
Write these as semitone counts from the mode root (0 = root):
Use these as the “target” sets when building shapes and checking that your lines contain the mode’s characteristic intervals.