 | GuitarSite.com Guitar News Weekly Edition #137, April 9, 2001 |  |
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SEVEN STRING GUY by Guy Pople, our 7 String Guy... The phrygian Mode is a particularly useful scale. With a little experimentation it can be used in and out of its proper context i.e. D phrygian has the same notes as the G Natural Minor scale (G Aeolian) so its proper context is within the Key of Gminor (or its relative Bb Major). You can however use it as a substitution scale instead of G Aeolian. Get a backing together using some of the Gm Key chords ( Gm, Amb5, Bb Major, Cminor, Dminor, Eb Major, Fmajor) and use the Phrygian mode as the root scale to jam over it with. This means that if you are tuned to 7B, shift the Phrygian mode up to fret 8. If you are in 7A shift it to fret 10 . Now compare with a similar jam using the G natural minor scale (G Aeolian) at fret 8 or 10.. Pretty cool considering their is only one note between the mode and its parent scale..... Recommended Listening: Liquid Tension Experiment 1 and/or 2 I have also included some Phrygian based arpeggios and chords....
If anyone has any info which should be public knowledge [7string related only please], feel free to contact me at gpople@ntlworld.com Guy ********* see also: Guy's site: http://www.7string.org/ and previous articles:
7 STRINGS GOOD, 6 STRINGS BAD
7 STRING BLUES
A Minor Blues Scales
Some Major Blues Scales
Here's some work for anyone interested in working out some new
voices or shapes for them tired old 6 string chords..."
This week I've laid out an expanded fretboard for the curious folk out there who might be wondering what the names of the notes they play are:
My 7 string major scale modes template might be
of some interest to those privileged few that wield 7
strings. See it this and more:
A version of the A chromatic scale
Dominant 7th Arpeggios & more!
Minor & Major 7th Arpeggios for 6 and 7 stringers plus
Creating chord inversions using 7B tuning
Diminished arpeggios for 7A and 7B tunings
PC Recording
More on PC recording + Fingerweights
7B Modes Aeolian to Dorian
7B modes Phrygian to Mixolydian
Power-type chords for all the 7B tuners
9th and 6th Bar Chords
Chord building is one of the best ways of coming to terms with the 7 strings as a whole. I have chosen a Bm7 and had a go at knocking up a few variations...
The phrygian Mode is a particularly useful scale. With a little
experimentation it can be used in and out of its proper context... ******* 7 stringers can see also:
STEVE VAI "The High Priest of 7-String"
MORE 7 STRINGERS Finally... This website is dedicated to helping those people out there who like life hard: http://www.7string.org |
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