Thanks ido and ray for your comments. [but no bass parts, bawwwk, bawk, bawwwwwk, haha...
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Guitarer said:
As soon as my bassist gives me back my bass I'll give it a shot.
Hey, good.
dredre said:
when you say a simple jam in A dorian mode does that mean "A" is your "1" or "root" and so forth
Yes. The tonal center is A and the scale pitches are A, B, C, D, E, F# and G.
what's keeping you from playing G ionian( major scale)
The G major scale uses the same set of pitches but how you name the scale is all about where the tonal center is. I'm using "mode" in the traditional (classical) sense where you define the tonal center of the piece, and then the flavor of scale being used. "Mode" is often used differently in jazz terminology where, say you have a ii-V-I progression in the key of C major... during the time that ii (D minor chord) is happening a jazz guitarist might say they'd use the dorian mode to solo over it, though the piece is still in the key of C. Don't worry about it - musicians never agree on terminology.
Hey Chili, that's a nice sounding bass. Hearing it in there makes me realize that yeah the tune really needs to have the low end filled out. I especially liked the feel of the freeform lines you played from about halfway through. Thanks for putting it up.
I noticed some distortion in the mp3 I posted, and will replace with a cleaner one soon.
So... who's next?