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Hi!
This short solo consists of some chromatic lines in the key of A mixolydian.
It's a vamp. So the only chord you need to think about is A7.
You can of course use these lines in a regular 12 bar blues or any kind of music genre for that matter. As long as you use these lines over dominant 7th chords.
As usual, you can find the right hand notation in the guitar pro files, png or pdf file.
p = thumb
i = index
m = middle
a = ring
c = pinky/little finger
CONCEPTS
When creating these lines I used three different concepts.
I have explained some of these concepts in previous lessons.
You will find the link to these lessons below.
For one of the concept, I have also written a short text - down below - explaining the theory behind it.
I recommend you watch these lessons in order to understand the lines and the analysis
- Lesson X - Chromaticism (Introduction)
- Lesson Xa - The Eight-Note Dominant Bebop Scale
- Lesson Xj - Enclosures
- Lesson Xk - "The Barry Harris Method"
- Written lesson about enclosures (half step below/half step above)
The 10-Note Bebop Scale
The bebop scale is a great scale to use if you want to add more chromatics to your lines.
I have a lesson about the 8-note bebop scale:
The Eight-Note Dominant Bebop Scale
The standard bebop scale consists of eight different notes.
Bebop Scale is a term referring to common seven-note scales that have an added chromatic passing note. In general, bebop scales consist of traditional scales with an added passing tone, and when the scale is begun on a chord tone and on the downbeat, all other chord tones will also fall on downbeats. The remaining tones in the scale occurring on the upbeat.
The Dominant (mixolydian) Bebop Scale has a chromatic passing between the root (1) and the minor 7th (b7).
Remember that it is extremely important to play the chord tones on downbeats when you use the Bebop scale.
The 10-note-dominant-bebop scale is the mixolydian mode but with an added note between the root and the minor 7th, an added note between the major 3rd and the major 2nd, and an added note between the major 2nd and the root.
ANALYSIS
You can download the analysis as a pdf fil
