Progressive Rock Guitarists - Group Lesson

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teacher - Lyle Ronglien Tonight's topic is the Lydian mode. Lydian sample licks Lyle: Here's the jam track you'll use tonight. Looping Sound Clip 1 Lyle: Here's the A Lydian scale. single 5th string Lyle: The scale tones are Root, 2, 3, #4, 5, 6, 7. Lyle: A reminder....Most of the tab posted here tonight is meant to be viewed on the virtual fretboard. Jan: it's a #4 difference from the major scale? Lyle: The notes in the Lydian that stand out are the 3rd, #4, and 7th. Lyle: Jan, the #4 is the only difference from a major scale. Lyle: The Lydian is the fourth mode of a major scale. EC: so you are playing a perfect fourth to the major scale Lyle: EC, yes you start on the perfect 4th of a major scale and go up an octave from there. Lyle: Here's a look at the scale on the 1st string. single 1st string Lyle: Here's a sample lick using just one string. single string example single string example Lyle: As you might have noticed, the Lydian has a "eastern" sound to it. Jan: what chords are being used in the background track? Lyle: Chords on the background track are B and A. Lyle: Here's a look at the scale over 6 strings. 6 string pattern 1 Lyle: The Lydian was used all over the recordings made by progressive rock guitarists Satriani and Vai. Jan: why lydian so much? Lyle: Jan,It gave them a sound nobody else was using much at the time. Lyle: The next video and tab lick shows how you can solo within the pattern over the 6 strings. lick 1 lick 1 Lyle: In lick 1, you might notice how the solo tends to center around the highlighted notes from the earlier tab (6 string pattern) lick 2 lick 2 Lyle: Since the A Lydian we are working with tonight is the 4th mode in the key of Emaj, we can play the Emaj7 arpeggio. This is what lick 2 is showing. Lyle: View the next tab on the fretboard to see the relationship between Emaj and A Lydian scales. E maj and A Lydian comparison Lyle: The 6th string from E to E is the E major scale, the 1st string from A to A is the A Lydian. They share the same notes. Jan: they are the same? Lyle: Yes Jan, but they have a different sound when you play them from E to E, or A to A. Lyle: Check out this next example of playing a E major scale lick over the A Lydian jam. Emaj scale example Emaj scale example Jan: why is Emaj different than A lydian? Lyle: Jan, the Lydian has a raised 4th giving it a different sound than a major scale. Try playing an E major scale, then play an A Lydian scale and see if you hear the difference. Lyle: Here a tab that you must load onto the virtual fretboard to view. This has all the notes in the A Lydian mode. full neck with root notes highlighted EC: what the numbers with the circle around them stand for Support: circled notes are highlighted in a different color on the fretboard Support: to show the root notes in this case Lyle: Here's another view of all the notes with a couple of patterns highlighted. full neck scale patterns 12th fret scale position lick 12th fret scale position lick rags: Hey Lyle, have you played on anything we may have heared?? Lyle: Rags, no I haven't but I you might soon. I just finished a CD with the drummer Jonathan Mover. He's played with Satriani and Gambale among others. Skedman: Wow what's it called? Lyle: The CD is being mixed starting this week in New York. Go to: Lyle:The Joe Blair Project "Watch out for the Curve" rags: cool...ya ever do any jingles?? Lyle: Yes I did one this summer for Advanced Wireless Solutions and VoiceStream. Lyle: Good Night!	<< load notation from left
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