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Originally Posted by WernHalen
Man I cant believe I was trying to learn all these things a while back... My head hurts just from listening to you guys... I bought Plane talk and i am very very VERY happy about it... 
It give you a easy and straight forward way of playing in the modes without thinking modes and it is soooo easy! It doesnt sound like a bunch of scale runs but rather melodious... I just love it... |
Any good player will target chord tones in their playing, I am curious to know how you would approach playing over a progression such as Cmaj7#11 to Abmaj7#11? How would you determine what 'colour' or 'passing' tones you may add if you wished tio stay true to the key? How do you determine if the 6th degree should be natural or flattened?
My own approach to playing is to use chord tones as target notes, and then play around those for the effect that I am after. If you are interested have a listen to the blues in C solo I posted the other night. Sometimes in that context I will play a blues scale, other times the arpeggio, the mixolydian mode, diminished scale, super locrian mode or just plain old chromatic scale between chord tones. I am always trying to consider where I am going to next, even if I am playing a lot of notes. I find my approach changes according to tone as well. Playing with my archtop means I am more likely to play more like Kenny Burrell - well in my dreams anyway - and if I have my electric with some overdrive I am more liekly to look at sustain and bends.
Context is everything in approaching solos - playing diminished arpeggios over a blues/rock sort of groove may not be appreciated by those in a pub!