Blues Legacy

You know, I think we may be able to add something to conspiracy here… When we go through the shapes for each scale/mode – the book kind of presents all the mode’s 5 shapes together rather than the mode shapes for the related key. When you solo (I can only guess of course ), I [...]

Done!

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I really like the idea of arpeggio substitution mentioned here.

This is bop style.

I feel a blog coming on…

Well dude,

It seems like you have pulled off a kind of chord substitution with your solo and ended up with a lush Dm7 sound.

Gu can can say if we’re on the right track

Hi Guys, Sorry, when I say focus on the major notes, I mean for example sya playing F arpeggio notes. It is the same pentatonic shape as the Dm, but I kind of like the flavor of playing from F (Dm’s M3 upward but playing Major.. Hmmz. I dunno. But thanks for getting back at [...]

Just an after thought, what if you played a Dm7 arpeggio (but leave out the root) over the Dm chord?

Does that also sound like what you are hearing? Just curious…

Possibly by “thinking” major shape, you are inadvertently focusing on those target notes over the minor chord, and to your ears that is pleasing. if iv chord is Dm (DFA), target notes: = R m3 5 (D F A) Then 4 + m7 ( G and C ) – you might get more of a [...]

But the notes of the f major pent and dm pent are the same?

How do you mean you focus on the major notes?

Cool man, glad to be of service