August 12, 2018 19:43
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I have a question after working through some of the mode lessons. I was trying to put new found modal knowledge to use and got stuck when I pulled out a Jam backing track that, besides the turnaround, was just Ama7 to a Dmi9 over and over (I major to IV minor). My question is, what do some of you play to get around dealing with the C# and F# notes of the A major scale (which sound harmonically correct for the Ama7 chord but not the Dmi9 (for which the C and F sound more harmonically correct. There must be an easy way to think about this and I'm stumped.
I'd appreciate any suggestions and thank you in advance,
Jim
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August 13, 2018 10:21
Hey Jim, first of all, I don't see any Amaj7 to Dm7 in the PDF you supplied.
Anyway, if that's what you want to do, you need use a different scale for Dm7. I would suggest D Dorian.
When playing over progression that go between different keys, you do have to go between scales/modes that don't all belong to one key. Just a matter of practice. Make sure you know exactly where this modulation happens, and switch scale/mode accordingly.
This would a good video lesson for me to do, to introduce the concept... 🙂
Hope that helps.
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August 13, 2018 11:10
Thank you Robert! Sorry, I attached the wrong file to my email, I’ll be more careful next time. As to your response, thanks again. Now I need to learn how to smoothly transition modes. A lesson would be fantastic and would help generate some ideas for me. The actual changes were Ama7 to Dmi9.
Best, Jim