Alternatively, you can download the individual files from
the table below. These correspond to the odd-numbered MP3s,
and and contain the transcriptions (with tablature) of the
example solos. You can download MP3s, both with and without
the background tracks, here:
MP3s
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Example_1.pdf |
This is as basic as you can get: Just a major
scale (Ionian) improvisation over a steady C-Major
chord. |
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Example_2.pdf |
Demonstrates the Aeolian mode (Natural Minor) by
playing the same C-Major scale over a Am6 chord. |
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Example_3.pdf |
Here we use a C-Major scale over a major
progression containing only scale-tone chords. |
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Example_4.pdf |
Here again we use the same scale again, but this
time over an Am progression. |
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Example_5.pdf |
Using the A-minor pentatonic over a 12-bar blues
progression in A. |
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Example_6.pdf |
Using the A-Major pentatonic over a 12-bar blues
progression in A. |
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Example_7.pdf |
Demonstrates the D-Dorian mode over a Dm7 chord. |
|
Example_8.pdf |
Demonstrates the E-Phrygian over an Em7 chord |
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Example_9.pdf |
Another example of using the 'C-Major' scale
over an all minor-chord progression. |
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Example_10.pdf |
Demonstrates the F-Lydian mode over an
FMaj9(#11) chord. |
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Example_11.pdf |
Demonstrates the G-Mixolydian mode over a G7
chord. |
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Example_12.pdf |
Demonstrates the B-Locrian mode over a Bm7(b5)
chord. (This is really interesting -- it's the
first time I've ever managed to make the Locrian
sound remotely like music). |
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Example_13.pdf |
Six bars each of the A Blues Scale, the A
Aeolian, the A Dorian, the A Phrygian, the A Dorian
b2, and the A Dorian #4 over an Am7 chord. |
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Example_14.pdf |
Six bars each of the A Major Pentatonic, A
Ionian, A Lydian, A Kumoi mode 3, A Lydian #2, and A
Hirojoshi, mode 6 scales, over an AMaj7 chord. |
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Example_15.pdf |
Six bars each of the A Mixolydian, A Pelog mode
3, A Lydian Dominant, A Ahava Raba, A Hungarian
minor, and A Lydian minor scales over an A7 chord. |
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Example_16.pdf |
Six bars each of the A Blues Modified, A
Hungarian Gypsy, A Kumoi (Dorian pentatonic), A
Ritusen, and A Phrygian Major over a 12-bar blues
progression in A. |
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Example_17.pdf |
Playing over changes in a 12-bar blues. We play
the A Mixolydian over the A7, the D Mixolydian over
the D7, and the E Mixolydian over the E7 chords. |
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Example_18.pdf |
Another example of playing over changes. Here
we play a C Ionian over a CMaj7, a G Mixolydian
(same scale) over a G7, and then switch to an F
Ionian over an FMaj7. |
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Example_19.pdf |
Example using the A Harmonic Minor scale over a
progression of scale-tone chords. |
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Example_20.pdf |
Example using the A Neapolitan Major Scale over
a progression of scale-tone chords. |
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Example_21.pdf |
Example using the A Ahava Raba Scale over a
progression of scale-tone chords. |
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Example_22.pdf |
Example using the A Dorian b5 Scale over a
progression of scale-tone chords |
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Example_23.pdf |
Example using the A Byzantine Scale over a
progression of scale-tone chords |
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Example_24.pdf |
Example using the A Enigmatic Minor Scale over a
progression of scale-tone chords |