ymegod
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 posted on 12/28/2003 at 12:07 |
| If I am playing in the key of A minor and wanted to play a bit of the
Lydian mode around one of the major chords in that scale say C should I
technically play A Lydian or C lydian? ____________________
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brian
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posted on 12/28/2003 at 12:45, Reply 1 |
C Lydian would be more appropriate being C major is relative to A minor but
C lydian has a #4 interval
- F Lydian would work better as it is the 4th mode in
the C major scale.
Record a progression using the chords from C and practice playing leads
using the C major scale. Notice when the chords change so do the
modes......
There's many ways at looking at this
Hope this helps
Brian 
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ymegod
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posted on 12/28/2003 at 17:52, Reply 2 |
| F Lydian and A minor are the same. Remember for the example I`m starting
out in A minor. ____________________
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ymegod
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posted on 12/28/2003 at 17:55, Reply 3 |
| Should it be D Lydian? ____________________
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brian
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posted on 12/28/2003 at 18:12, Reply 4 |
Use D Lydian if your playing in A major not minor. You said chords
in the C. A minor and F Lydian share the same notes in the key of C but
their steps patterns differ and so does their sound.
For example:
Am is the second chord in G so you can play a C lydian
Am is the third chord in F so you play a Bb Lydian
Am is the 6th chord in C so you play F Lydian and so on......
What chords are you playing around Am to tell what key your really
in.....??????
It gets tricky!
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Guitar101
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posted on 12/28/2003 at 18:47, Reply 5 |
This is a simple but complicated question!
You say the key of Am
Well there's Relative minor which are the chords from C
C,Dm,Em,F,G, Am,B-7b5
Or the true A Minor Key
I
Minor
II
Diminished/Minor
III
Major/Augmented
IV
Minor/Major
V
Minor/Major
VI
Major/Diminished
VII
Major/Diminished
Which one...........
Man It's getting hot in here!
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ymegod
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posted on 12/28/2003 at 19:18, Reply 6 |
I was speaking hypothetically . I do understand the different interval
patterns and that F Lydian and A minor would be used differently I`m just
unsure about the application.
Let me try asking this way.
If I was playing in a minor key -should I use the 4th of the relative major
key and use Lydian to play over that chord?
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brian
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posted on 12/28/2003 at 19:20, Reply 7 |
There are 13 chords in a minor key because on the 6th and 7th degrees of a
minor key there are two alternative notes. This means that, apart from on
the tonic (whose triad doesn't include the 6th or 7th degrees of the key),
there are two alternative triads for each degree in the key's scale.
Chords In A Minor:
I
A Minor
II
Bdim or Bm
III
C or Caug
IV
Dm or D
V
Em or E
VI
F or Fdim
VII
G or Gdim
So your answer is yes you can play D Lydian
That's what I get for thinking like a jazz musician 
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brian
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 posted on 12/28/2003 at 20:20, Reply 8 |
Yep! That's it 
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ymegod
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posted on 12/28/2003 at 21:32, Reply 9 |
| Awesome.Thanks for the info.I know it`s a frustrating thing to explain. ____________________
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