Organizing guitar scales into an easy to understand system produces huge results in your playing. Lydian dominant scale shapes garrets guitar lessons. The intervals in the lydian mode are also similar to the major scale, only the fourth note deviates. Click here to download mp3s and a printable pdf of this. This video is going over 10 lydian dominant guitar licks each one with a. Lydian dominant scale shapes c shape a alt shape g shape d shape 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 2 4 3 3 2 4 3 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 2. We already saw that f lydian dominant is the mode that fits in f7 when f is the fourth degree of the tonality. Printable pdf ebook method containing 40 major jazz guitar licks with tab. Garrets guitar lessons heres a lydian dominant scale. Lydian dominant licks the best modern arpeggios and. Sound sophisticated by playing the lydiandominant mode over dominant 7 chords if you find this video useful id really appreciate a thumbs up.
In the lydian dominant sound you can access a lot of cool sounds and you can put it to use in modal situations, blues, tritone subs and iv minor chords. Lydian dominant scale add character to dominant 7 chords. By joining the patreon community you are in the company of 200 others supporting. Guitar scales and modes explained easy shapes, licks. You can download a pdf and read the article on my blog via this link. You can use the lydian dominant scale as refreshing and surprising sounds besides. Youll appreciate the application of the lydian dominant scale in chord formation more if youre a gospel or jazz pianist. In the fretboard pattern, the first root note is on the 6th string, 8th fret. These scales are better known as lydian dominant scale. The first chord we construct from the scale will have as the top note the root, in this case an e note on the 12th fret of the first string.
The goal of this lesson is to show you the application of the lydian dominant scale in chord formation. However, if youre neither a gospel nor a jazz pianist, its also important you learn about the chords that can be formed using the lydian dominant scale. The cool and useful concept here is that you can view any chord as a scale. The lydian dominant scale music lesson with guitar shapes. Lydian dominant is built by lowering the 7th note of lydian by a fret on the guitar. Lydian dominant 10 licks what is the best arpeggio. The scale differs from the regular lydian mode by including a minor seventh, which is the reason for it being called dominant. So my friend, this means that the lydian dominant scale is the fourth mode.
The lydian b7 can be seen as a mode of the melodic minor scale. Similarity between lydian dominant and hexatonic scales. The lydian dominant scale that goes with this chord is the 4th degree. Lydian dominant scale how to play lydian dominant jens larsen. You can see that lydian scales are related to major.
The pdf for this lesson is available through patreon in the patreon fb group. And what is the scale to be played in the first degree cm7m in this case. Lets take a lydian scale, a descending e lydian scale to be exact. Colored circles in the diagram mark the notes in the scale darker color highlighting the root notes. Because this harmonic field is created in this scale. Assorted scales major pentatonic minor pentatonic major blues minor blues harmonic minor 19 20 22 24 26 28 modes of the melodic minor scale melodic minor dorian b9 lydian augmented lydian dominant mixolydian b6 aeolian b5 altered 30 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 geometric scales diminished wholehalf diminished halfwhole whole tone 44 46 48 50. The application of the lydian dominant scale in chord. In music, the acoustic scale, overtone scale, lydian dominant scale, or lydian. A trumpetspecific, embouchurebuilding supplement to craig fraedrichs scale studies for improvisation.
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