Tonal Center Blues Lesson

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- Kristofer Dahl9th February 2008
  Thanks David - this is an interesting way of thinking, I haven't thought of this as "Tonal Center" before!
  
  So if I get this right - this is a way of thinking to "prepare" your lines for a change of key?
- Muris Varajic9th February 2008
  Nice approach David,well explained!!
- botoxfox9th February 2008
  Sounds really nice.
- DeepRoots9th February 2008
  Great one, this answers alot of questions for me, cheers dave!
- Ivan Milenkovic9th February 2008
  Great one Walli, nice theory explanation. Very useful lesson.
- Toni Suominen9th February 2008
  Very nice and useful lesson David!
- Bogdan Radovic9th February 2008
  Very interesting lesson ! Great !
- IzzyCom9th February 2008
  As usual excellent stuff David!!
  Great tone , great feel, great backing, great lesson!!!
- David Wallimann9th February 2008
  Thanks guys,
  Yes Kris, you're right.. It's a way to prepare lines while playing over a modulation.
- Juan M. Valero9th February 2008
  another interesting lesson, great as always Dave
- The Uncreator9th February 2008
  As always, an awesome addition to the lessons, think im gonna be learning something new here
- Joe Kataldo9th February 2008
  Nice Topic
- Kizaze449th February 2008
  David, you are opening doors for me that I never imagined possible. You asked if this makes sense - it does when you see video #1 and verbally explain it. It's actually quite simple, but I never thought of it that way. You are a great teacher! Thanks!
  
  -Kizaze
- Dejan Farkas9th February 2008
  Great lesson Dave
- Tuubsu9th February 2008
  Nice one!
- Kristofer Dahl9th February 2008
  Cool - thanks David!
- Jerry Arcidiacono9th February 2008
  Great lesson! I love the backing track's groove!
- Hisham Al-Sanea9th February 2008
  usefull lesson walliman.
- Maximus9th February 2008
  Great lesson David!
- pantera1810th February 2008
  I would love to see a lesson on your picking technique, youve got a very interesting technique, ive never seen anyone pick like that. You should do a lesson on that.
- Pablo Vazquez12th February 2008
  Really Cool!!!
- David Wallimann14th February 2008
  Thanks for all the comments!
  It makes my day!
  Kizaze and others, can I use your comments on my website? :-)
- Alejandro Pinero17th February 2008
  Very nice lesson!! Very musical!!
- shideru_guitar24th February 2008
  uhh david... i didnt get all of that or i hope i got some of it. i think my brain left through my ear with this lesson. so much to take in!
  good though.
- Carlos Carrillo9th March 2008
  jerry!!!!!!!
  
  nice job!!!!!!
  
  beutifull lesson!!!!
  
  thanks
- Melodicintenions4th April 2008
  perfect explained that sorda like Marty Freiedmen of megadeth totally worthy of my admiration keep it up!
- Alexiaden9313th May 2009
  Very cool playing ! You are awesome, David !

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- Tags: Standard blues, Chord progression, Modulation, Tonal center
Today, we'll apply the concept of tonal center to a standard blues chord progression. Tonal center is a way to bring different modulations to a common note in order to facilitate the transition between two foreign keys.

In this lesson, we'll be playing over the 3 following chords:

A7, D7 and E7

We'll play a Mixolydian mode over these chords. That's A Mixolydian, D Mixolydian and E Mixolydian.

To make things a little easier on the fingers, and to keep the musical ideas smoother, we can bring these 3 modes to a common tonal center note.

Several notes would work, but to keep things sinple, let's chose an A note. In other words, we need to ask the following questions:

Which mode starting in A is equivalent to D Mixolydian?
Which mode starting in A is equivalent to E Mixolydian?

The answer is A Dorian for D Mixolydian, and A Ionian for E Mixolydian.

Memorize the following scales and enjoy modulating over the chords!

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