Hello Cherries! Playing the root note is not only a safe thing to do while improvising it also acts as a musical "home base," grounding your solo, providing clarity, and highlighting the chord changes for the listener 🧐 It's also great to understand what happens to that note as the chord changes. Say your playing a blues in G. You play a G note "Root." When it goes to the 4 chord C, that G note is now the 5th of C. So it's a solid note to lay on. The next chord D, the G is a 4th of D. Not the best note to lay on. You can move it down a half step to F# making it a 3rd, or up a whole step to A making it a 5th 🤨 Doing this in any style of music is important. It allows you to really narrow in on the notes of the chords and their relationship to one another. It all starts with the root note 😊 In this video I'll show you a great way to phrase your solo's starting on the root. Then we'll play different intervals off the root note and see how those intervals change over different chords. Enjoy the video and have a great weekend Everybody 🎸
How To Use MODES to Understand Intervals and Create New Sounds
Hello Cherries! There's a expression that Modes are like Moods 🤔 Every one of them has a different sound and evokes a different emotions 🤨 Some people think that Modes are unimportant in music 😩 One benefit of them is that it's a way to verbally communicate a sound with other musicians 🗣️ When you say this chord has a #4 or #11 "Same thing," they'll know its some kind on Lydian mode sound. It's worth exploring all the modes and sounds. Don't get stuck on one sound and say that's it. Music is an endless discovery. The closer you get to it the farther away you are💡Enjoy the video Everybody and have a great weekend ❤️🎸
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