7th Feb

7th Feb – In todays lesson we introduced the Dorian mode into our set of scales we have been using to solo with. We went away and individually practiced this as this was something new to most of us. The A dorian mode uses the notes a,b,c,d,e,f# and g. This meant we now had more notes to use and add into our musical vocabulary for when soloing over the 12 bar blues. After we had privatised this individually the lesson was followed by group session. We tried to mix up dorian mode and pentatonic scales notes into our solos to give our solos different voicings. Using these notes I could add major seconds into my playing which gave an interesting sound and allowed me to come up with melodic sounding phrases.
My target for next week is have learned the dorian mode in different positions across the guitar neck so allow me to play all over the next of the guitar and not just around one position and area of frets. I will practise by using different scale charts online to help me with learning the different shapes and once I have learnt these I will make different phrases out of the different shapes. I will allow myself one week to complete this challenge.