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Visualizing Modes Pt. II

Instructor: Al Joseph
Style: Any Style
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  • Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: Breakdown I'm going to use a segment from one of my original tunes called "Desperate Times". Here are the chords / modes / intervals: Dm9 / Dorian / 1-9-b3-11-5-13-b7 D7b9 / Mixolydian b9(b13) / 1-b9-3-11-5-b13-b7 Gm7 / Dorian / 1-9-b3-11-5-13-b7 Ebmaj7 / Lydian / 1-2-3-#11-5-13-7 Gmaj7 / Lydian / 1-2-3-#11-5-13-7 There you have it. ...

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  • Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: The key here is to be able to isolate the sound of the modes in your mind and then connect them throughout a harmonic progression on the fly. Hint: Try isolating each chord via reording software or "iRehearse" so you can teach your brain how these different modes sound! ;-) Good luck!

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  • Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: Like I said before I could not provide tablature for this. However, learning this solo is not the point. Understanding how I'm stringing my lines together to display the color of the harmony is the thing to learn here. Enjoy!

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  • Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: Here are the chords / modes / intervals: Dm9 / Dorian / 1-9-b3-11-5-13-b7 D7b9 / Mixolydian b9(b13) / 1-b9-3-11-5-b13-b7 Gm7 / Dorian / 1-9-b3-11-5-13-b7 Ebmaj7 / Lydian / 1-2-3-#11-5-13-7 Gmaj7 / Lydian / 1-2-3-#11-5-13-7

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