ingog
Started in 2009
I'm practicing the modes.(Griff just posted a few videos about them). I just don't know WHEN to use WHAT mode?
In my learning group that I play with, I am responsible for playing the solos in One Como Va, with some improvising (I originally just memorized them). Once Griff told me it was A dorian, my fingers went nuts and I started to find Santana's notes much more easily. . My improvising became significantly easier and appropriate. The two teaching pros actually clapped after my part. It was quite reaffirming. When I played on different locations on the neck, now I know why it works. But HOW would I know it was Dorian? I know why A is the tonal center and G is the 1 chord, because of the D7 (It's only a two chord song with no G). Why Dorian.
He gave a couple of more example of how a guitarist played a melody, and once you realize the mode the lights go on in one's head. Just how would you know what mode.
In my learning group that I play with, I am responsible for playing the solos in One Como Va, with some improvising (I originally just memorized them). Once Griff told me it was A dorian, my fingers went nuts and I started to find Santana's notes much more easily. . My improvising became significantly easier and appropriate. The two teaching pros actually clapped after my part. It was quite reaffirming. When I played on different locations on the neck, now I know why it works. But HOW would I know it was Dorian? I know why A is the tonal center and G is the 1 chord, because of the D7 (It's only a two chord song with no G). Why Dorian.
He gave a couple of more example of how a guitarist played a melody, and once you realize the mode the lights go on in one's head. Just how would you know what mode.