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Sounds like your where I'm at rezz. I've dabbled a little with the Dorian modes myself and wouldn't mind hearing some input on that. As you said YouTube is always an option but every extra bit of information is helpful. Guess I'm just a worthless guitar wanker.
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I'm a little confused as to what ya'll are having trouble with. Sounds like I'm around the same spot as ya'll.
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For instance if a particular progression comes on I would like to know which mode would sound good played over it and what kind of mood it would give the song, as well as being able to bust out a few phrases I know based off that particular mode. |
For me when it comes to the technicalities of guitar to much thought is never good. Knowing the tone of certain phrasing in a particular area of a solo is something im unaware of until afterwards sometimes. The memorarization of all the scales is definatley an essentail part of playing. But for me experimentation through hours of practicing is what gives me the best results. If im thinking about it, the result is usually dissappointing. The weirdest thing about innovation for me is its usually unrealized while im playing. Some of my best solo's usually happen involuntarily.
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I completely agree. My favorite recordings of my playing happens when I was just going with it not thinking, and listening back im usually like wtf was that, and how could I ever do that again.
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Lol..yup. For me whenever I cover a song I try to memorize it exzactly the way it was played first and expand from there. After I get familiar with playing it im able to elaborate and tweek it with my own style of play. Usually after many grueling hours (depending on the song complexity) of practicing it over and over and over to the point of exaustion. Some of it is repetition from a practiced technique and then it may evolve into an area of its own unbeknownst to me. Someone said it best when they said you spend hours learning all different types of scales. Then the rest of your life learning how to make it not sound like your following the pattern of a scale.
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i'm not really interesting in vid-ing myself playing covers
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Sometimes the best stuff you will come up with is spontaneous, just getting caught in the moment. I think that adds a little more feel to it. You can definitely put to much thought into it.
As far as knowing what scales/modes to play over a certain progression, I'm not too sure. Each scale has it's own qualities. Some sound dark, some sound light and uplifting, etc. I'm not too sure how you would which one to use over a certain progression. It depends on what you're trying to achieve. Like y'all were saying, sometimes you just get caught in the moment and play something that sounds really cool, and you know, if it works it works. I think it helps to experiment. Use one scale/mode and then go to another till you find something you like. Of course there's always the Hendrix method of just playing without really knowing what you're doing when it comes to scales. It's always amazed how he did that. I've found it to be easier when you know the rules and you know some theory. |
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