Master The Dorian Mode Collab - Comments, finally! Options

[David Wallimann]

Master the Dorian mode - 11 participants

Here are the personal comments related to your takes on the Master the Dorian collab.
Great job everyone, you all had a unique and personal approach over this, very nicely done!

[Rated Htr]

I was talking and here it is Thanks for the advices David, I'm going on a one-week vacation so I won't be here, if you post another collab, please auto-sign me in if possible

[sted]

Hey David, thanks for the comments, I feel ive really benefited from these modal collabs (And certain other modes lessons on YT )and hope that you will consider doing more, I always play by the seat of my pants and see what comes out, I never rehearse or write anything as my goal is always inner expression. I really wish you lived in the UK mate as I would love some one on one lessons as your ideas and style are very close to the styles I aspire to.

Thanks!

[Dexxter]

Hehe, almost the same comment here, now I know what I really need to improve

I think I know exactly where you mean, 0:25, right? There I kind of float away from everything I played before. But after that lick or licks I kind of get back into feel?

Thanks again for these collabs and comments David! Looking forward to the following, if you plan any

[jafomatic]

David, thanks so much for taking time from your busy summer to get back around to these comments; they're so helpful and very encouraging. I'm sorry the delay sounded so much like the Aeolian collab's; it's a different unit that takes each echo farther out of phase, but I wouldn't be surprised to find that I used very similar mix/feedback levels.

Really, your encouragement almost had me blushing here.

[David Wallimann]

Glad these are useful folks!
I really meant what I said, all the takes were unique and very well done!

[Marek Rojewski]

Uber cool and useful comments David, thanks for them very much! Waiting was more than worth:) I actually play pentatonic scale and licks in other collabs, and because of that tried to not use them in this one:P

[Dexxter]

Thanks for the compliments on my tone as well And no, I don't have a JEM, I am rocking on a Jackson RR24

[jdriver]

Thanks for the comments David. I know my playing is stiff, and I forget to even try to put in the vibrato. I do look for opportunities to bend. I definitely need more pentatonic licks, I only have a couple so far. I really like the Dorian scale and I seem to gravitate to it.

[JamesT]

Thanks for the comments and feedback David!
Two quesitons:
1. I've been focusing on AP for quite a while now. That's probably one reason I tend to have long scale like runs in my recordings lately. What's a good way to use or think about using AP in a solo without sounding like I'm just running scales?
2. I think one key weakness of my take is that it probably didn't sound so much "A Dorian" as it did "Key of G" (same notes you know). What's a good way to bring out the modality of a tune?

Thanks again for this collab. Great backing track. Very interesting with that short break near the beginning and the subtle rhtyhmic changes.



This post has been edited by JamesT: Jul 18 2009, 07:14 AM

[Velvet Roger]

Thanks a lot David for your valuable comments, will certainly try to work further on the outside scale possibilities more and more in the near future

[Crazyfret]

Hiya David thanks for the comments and ideas to improve my playing.

I'm intrigued about your comments about using chromatic notes to approach notes that are in the scale. I was wondering is there a specific lesson, examples or theory you may have on this?

I look forward to the next collab