You have been knocking it out of the park with these interviews. I enjoyed this one and the others you've done with Mattie Whittler, Rich Baker, etc. so much, please keep them coming!!
I don't think much about modes anymore--I think melody and chord tones/chord shapes. But I found modes useful in learning the neck and getting the sounds in my ear, but it may have been the way I happened to do it. A friend and I used a 12-sided die to pick the tone center, and an 8-sided die to pick the mode. Then we would improvise, and try to make the tone center hold up, which basically meant reinforcing it by putting strong harmony notes (3rd and 5th) on strong beats and longer note values, though I probably couldn't have articulated that back then.
Welcome to the dark side! Long time guitar player here, but mandolin has been my obsession for a few years. I hope to have more mando-centric content here soon 😊🤘
Some of the best blues players cannot play over a I-VI-II-V progression. Some of the best jazz guitarists can't play a C&W song. Etc. As far as modes go, I find I just think in terms of what major scale this is. For me, for example, an Am7 -D9 progression is in the key of G. I don't try to remember what the name of the mode is. Maybe I'm wrong.
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This is so good!
Glad you like it bro, Mark is the best.
You have been knocking it out of the park with these interviews. I enjoyed this one and the others you've done with Mattie Whittler, Rich Baker, etc. so much, please keep them coming!!
Thanks Johnny, appreciate the kind words. This definitely isn’t the last interview on the channel 😊🤘
I don't think much about modes anymore--I think melody and chord tones/chord shapes. But I found modes useful in learning the neck and getting the sounds in my ear, but it may have been the way I happened to do it. A friend and I used a 12-sided die to pick the tone center, and an 8-sided die to pick the mode. Then we would improvise, and try to make the tone center hold up, which basically meant reinforcing it by putting strong harmony notes (3rd and 5th) on strong beats and longer note values, though I probably couldn't have articulated that back then.
Very interesting, thanks. I used to play guitar but I've started playing the mandolin now
Welcome to the dark side! Long time guitar player here, but mandolin has been my obsession for a few years. I hope to have more mando-centric content here soon 😊🤘
Yep
Some of the best blues players cannot play over a I-VI-II-V progression. Some of the best jazz guitarists can't play a C&W song. Etc. As far as modes go, I find I just think in terms of what major scale this is. For me, for example, an Am7 -D9 progression is in the key of G. I don't try to remember what the name of the mode is. Maybe I'm wrong.