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Great that you understood!
Let’s play Giant Steps if you ever come to Europe Andrew. :).
Although just the thought of playing this song on the piano already gives me headache. To many ‘changes’ indeed.
Here is a brave ukuleleist trying to play and impro on it. Bit slower bit nice experiment.
So mixolydian has no maj7 but a normal (dominant) 7.
Try to play the D7 (d f# a c) chord instead of the plain D in your track.
The c in the D7 chord is not c#.I hope you understand now.
Music theory is quite a complicated matter.
But you can live without it.
I understand you must have good ears to hear that c# was sounding off,
so your improvisation skills probably will develop intuitively.Hey Anir,
it is because how the D is in relation to G.
G is the tonality or tonic of the song.
The 5th note of the G scale g a b c d e f# g is d.
We write this degree with the Roman number V (5)
The chords are related to G as a tonic have the same notes as the G scale
but start on different positions.
So the D scale here is d e f# g a b c d and is called mixolydian.
The mixolydian scale has the same notes as a normal major scale
(d e f# g a b c# d) except for the 7th note. It is half tone lower.If the chord progression would be D A Bm G for example the is D is the tonic and you can improvise with the notes of D major d e f# g a b c# d though the all chords.
Now the A is mixolydian because it is on the 5th place in the D scale.
So the A scale of this chord progression has a g note instead of a g#.
A major is a b c# d e f# g# a and A mixolydian is a b c# d e f# g a
So the difference is in the 7th note of the scale.Most Pop songs have only one tonic, sometimes it changes halfway the song.
That is nice because you don’t need to think so hard and improvise with all your heart. In Jazz it can change every two counts For example Giant Steps by Coltrane.Try to improvise in D Major so with a c# on this backing track that I found on YouTube. It is a bit cheesy but just to get the idea of D as a tonic.
Enjoy 🙂So it is not D major that has a c# (maj7) in the scale but D mixolydian that has a c (dom7). So c# sounds off.
hey https://rockclass101.com/members/anirbaf/
From my knowledge of playing the keyboard I suspect that if it is a backing track with that particular order of chords
G – D(7)– Em – G….(I-V-VI-I)…..
(same first chords as Can’t Help Falling In Love? 🙂 )
The D scale (V) in this particular chord progression is called mixolydian and has the same note material d e f# g a b c d, as G major. So don’t sweat it too much. Just fiddle around with the notes of G major. 🙂Wow beautiful playing Planet and Lyndall! I grew up with the reaggae version by UB 40 on the radio and was surprised to hear the the slower original in 12/8. UB40’s version is faster and in 4. Twenty One Pilots has a faster version so does Ed Sheeran. I think I prefer your faster interpretation to be honest Lyndal and Planet’s version is so beautiful and sincere played as well :).
I started practicing for this challenge yesterday evening. I hope to make it in time, quite a busy month here. If not so be it. Nevertheless so nice to hear all your performances !
Have a great practice fellow uke students. 🙂
I think I’ll go for Sweet Child of Mine.
Bohemian Rapsody wouldn’t be realistic for me as a seasoned beginner,
I was a bit too optimistic with Danse Macabre with my 7 months experience.
I always smile when you describe our kind as seasoned beginners, like as if we are sprinkled with herbs oil and vinegar.
Maybe that is an American way to prepare for the intermediate main dish.Rock Barbarian that I am, I’ve never heard of the song, but I like it.
Still waiting for my electric uke to come since 1st of July.
Maybe if it comes and I have enough time I will try the solo on that.
Andrew: Are we expected to play the solo?
And if so, in a dual window?Thanks Andrew for the feedback. 🙂 The filter is called Dance Party and is a standard filter in the editing section of YouTube.
It’s actually the first three notes of bar 10 and 12 that I found really hard, the mordent. The hammer (2nd) on is muting the the first and is not audible. Neither is the pull of (3rd note) Maybe because up high the frets are so close to each other. It helps a tiny bit if I touch the fretboard with only the top of my finger to not touch the frets.
Happy Halloween to you there. Do you say that? Or do you wish each other a creepy Halloween? It’s not part of our culture, we have the similar Saint Martin though in about two weeks, kids sing in front of your door for candy.
