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Thanks Jon. I know it depends on the sound one is going for when writing but when soloing over a progression, is it a good idea for example to solo in phrygian over the iii chord, lydian over the IV chord, etc?
Hey! I've never found that useful since it's whatever chord you hear as the I/i chord that sets the overall tonality. So you can play E Phrygian over the iii chord in C major until you're blue in the face but it'll still sound like the major scale since our ears hear in functional intervals. If you find that it's easier to navigate the progression that way, go for it, but I don't think it's correct to say that you're all of a sudden in E Phrygian or F Lydian just because your on the iii or IV chord in a major key. That's why they're numbered iii and IV and not I. This is also why I always teach the modes from the same root note so you can actually hear and see the changes in structure. When you do it in relation to a major key (C Ionian, D Dorian, E Phrygian etc) it can be more confusing for someone new to the modes. I know I didn't really get the modes until I learned the formulas and played them from the same root. That's where you really hear the difference. Hope that helps!
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Thanks Jon. I know it depends on the sound one is going for when writing but when soloing over a progression, is it a good idea for example to solo in phrygian over the iii chord, lydian over the IV chord, etc?
Hey!
I've never found that useful since it's whatever chord you hear as the I/i chord that sets the overall tonality. So you can play E Phrygian over the iii chord in C major until you're blue in the face but it'll still sound like the major scale since our ears hear in functional intervals.
If you find that it's easier to navigate the progression that way, go for it, but I don't think it's correct to say that you're all of a sudden in E Phrygian or F Lydian just because your on the iii or IV chord in a major key. That's why they're numbered iii and IV and not I.
This is also why I always teach the modes from the same root note so you can actually hear and see the changes in structure. When you do it in relation to a major key (C Ionian, D Dorian, E Phrygian etc) it can be more confusing for someone new to the modes. I know I didn't really get the modes until I learned the formulas and played them from the same root. That's where you really hear the difference.
Hope that helps!
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