Sorry for the delay.
Thanks for suggesting your workshop Ivan, it is a great one and will help for sure.
Scott, I think kjutte has a great suggestion as well. Make sure you know which chord will work over each mode.
First, bring all the modes to a common root, That will help you visually in hat comes next..
Take each mode and build 4 note chords over each one of then taking the root, 3rd, 5th and 7th.
Then classify each mods into the chord category they fit in.
You should have 4 categories:
Maj7
(root, Maj3rd, 5th, Maj7th)
min 7th
(Root, min3rd, 5th, min7th)
7
(Root, Maj3rd, 5th, min7th)
Min7 b5
(Root, min3rd, b5th, min7th)
Once you have your modes classified into categories, compare the within each categories and see which note differentiates them from one another.
For example, in the Maj7th category, you should have 2 modes:
Ionian and Lydian.
That means that the Ionian and Lydian scale have the same type of root, 3rd, 5th and 7th (that's how we determined that they were both part of the same category)...
Find the note that characterize them from one another.
In this case it will be a natural 4th for Ionian and augmented 4th for Lydian.
Doing that for every mode will help you focus on these characteristic notes while improvising. It will also help you in finding which scale to play over a complex chord progression.
Hope that helps!
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