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Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
This is the 2nd thing that came up. The first 20 seconds before a V-i resolution to A minor: https://youtu.be/xeZnJlqARZ8
this is the 3rd thing that came up. Ignoring the first few secs, but from 0:04 to 0:08 before a V-i resolution to F#m: https://youtu.be/9RuWcMC3dYA
This is the 4th thing that came up. The first 27 secs before a V-i resolution to A minor. https://youtu.be/mGvc2UKtddM
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Re his diminished scales, as mentioned he uses it over the V - so if he’s in A minor, on the E7 chord he plays F diminished - a semitone above the V - to facilitate his phrygian dominant.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
I suppose as YJM is often soloing without backing he has a lot of freedom to flip between modes at will.
0:00-0:03 - chord is B7; he’s playing B phrygian dominant (well, C diminished), ready for V-I resolution to E.
0:03-0:06 - the long E note, which subtly changes role from being the resolved note to being a new V in the key of A minor. This is clarified at the end of the solo, but you can immediately tell it’s a V because of the next bit:
0:06-0:25 - long section over E. the key is A minor, the chord is the V (E), so he’s playing the scale E phrygian dominant. You can tell the E has stopped being the tonic from the instant that first long note is over and he plays an F. That shouts out “uh-oh, he’s playing phrygian dominant! The E isn’t a tonic, it’s a dominant of A minor!”
0:26 - a quick swept arpeggio in the i chord - A minor - because he can’t help himself, but it’s not the full resolution yet, because he immediately switches back to:
0:26-0:31 - more E phrygian dominant lickery
0:31 the bass or keyboard or whatever it is moves from E to G# (the leading note of A), ready for the V-i resolution
0:32 0:58 - fully resolved to A minor.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
There are enough songs out there that were written from a theoretical approach. Please don't add to the list.
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
I've been messing around with the horn parts from this track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrLP0oxipSs
Now that I've actually taken time to write down the notes that sound right, it turns out it is the scale of Ab major, despite the riffs being based on Bb minor - so presumably this piece of music is in Bb dorian?
Can you (e.g. you with your trained ear) just hear that from the "collective sound" the notes of the riffs make and know it as dorian?
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
Two things I'll remember about lockdown will be learning those modes and watching and massively getting into 'Friday Night Dinner'. and 'Tiger King' of course LOL
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.