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Offline Phatbassline

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Chord- scale- mode help
« on: November 01, 2006, 04:59:53 PM »
I saw a post here a few months ago regarding the chord - scale- mode relationship
and what scale to play over what chord

any help in that area
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Re: Chord- scale- mode help
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2006, 12:53:01 AM »
Major

You can use IONIAN Mode & Major 7 (Number indicates fingers used)

------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
-1---|------|-3---|--4---|------|------|------|
-1---|-2---|------|--4---|------|------|------|
------|-2---|------|--4---|------|------|------|

IONIAN Mode(Major Scale) You can also use the Lydian Mode(Major scale with a sharp 4th)

------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
------|------|-7---|--R---|------|------|------|
-3---|------|------|--5---|------|------|------|
------|-R---|------|-------|------|------|------|

Major 7 chord

Dominant, the 7 is flatted.

------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
-1---|-2---|------|--4---|------|------|------|
-1---|-2---|------|--4---|------|------|------|
------|-2---|------|--4---|------|------|------|

Mixolydian Mode (Major Scale with Flatted 7)

------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
------|---7-|------|--R---|------|------|------|
-3---|------|------|--5---|------|------|------|
------|-R---|------|-------|------|------|------|

Dominant 7 chord

Minor


------|-----|------|------|------|------|------|
-1---|-----|--3---|------|------|------|------|
-1---|-----|--3---|--4---|------|------|------|
-1---|-----|--3---|--4---|------|------|------|

Aeolian Mode(Natural Minor) Dorian, & Phrygian are also Minor

------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
------|--7--|------|--R---|------|------|------|
------|------|------|--5---|------|------|------|
------|-R---|------|-------|--3---|------|------|

Half-Diminished

------|-----|------|------|------|------|------|
-1---|-----|--3---|------|------|------|------|
-1---|--2-|-------|--4---|------|------|------|
-1---|--2-|-------|--4---|------|------|------|

Locrian Mode (Minor scale with flatted 2nd, and 5th)

------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
------|--7--|------|--R---|------|------|------|
------|------|--5--|------|------|-------|------|
------|-R---|------|-------|--3---|------|------|

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