This entry was posted on 5/28/2008 4:37 PM and is filed under Guitar Lessons.
This lesson is just about us using the Dorian mode in a rock solo. I picked a live version of my song "December" from a show we did at a shopping mall, of all places...look down at the bottom of this lesson about the contest for this song....
Here is the recording...its from a video camera but you can everything OK....the solo starts at 2:45 into the song.
The chord progression for the first 3/4 of the solo is just Am for a measure and D for a measure....this is a perfect progression to play A Dorian of because Am is the "i" chord and D major is the "IV" chord in that mode. If we were playing in regular old "A minor" (or" A Aeolian" or "A Natural minor", since all three names mean the same thing) the "iv" chord would be minor instead of major.
I get away with just playing A minor pentatonic over the 7th and 8th measures over the Am Am/G and D/F# chords but when we get to the F major and E major chords I really outline the chord tones...its a very strong sound!
I am trying a new feature this month and adding a forum to the site. If
it goes well and there is a decent amount of traffic on it I'll
probably upgrade to a nicer forum system.
The first actual use will be for our upcoming "December" solo
contest...I'm still working out the details but here is a little bit of
info:
I thought it would be fun to post a backing track for the solo section
of my song "December" and have you guys post yourselves playing over it! The track is the same length as the solo that is transcribed in this lesson and part of the challenge is coming up with something that gets the point across in just a few measures, just like the solo in a pop song should!
We will vote by Poll on the forum and I'll give out
free copies of my book "Foundations for Guitar" to the three
submissions that get the most votes.
You can either submit a
Youtube video or a sound clip. If you don't have recording software
there are free programs such as "Audacity" that will allow you to
record over the backing track!
