Thinking of them as 13th chords I think enables you to understand how their notes function over that root and thus keeps you in that mode as you say y...

If you're using D Dorian as an altered D minor scale, you're really trying to exploit the difference in the B note - D Dorian has B natural; D minor h...

yes the 2nd,4th and 6th notes become the 9th,11th and 13thso -> 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 gives you the seventh chord (1 3 5 7) plus the 9,11,13 extensions...

D Dorian has the same notes as C Major, but it isn't C Major started on D, it's D Dorian. Yes,D Dorian has the same notes as C Major and you could th...

Yeah if you start a thread it's up to you to assert yourself and your line of questioning. And it's up to you to "speak up" if you don't understand so...

Either one is fine.They're both Dm7.Dm7 is spelled D F A C and so A is okay in the bass - this would be Dm7 in 2nd inversion.

At the same time, you really do loose a lot of the safety net that is diatonic phrasing. Once you make the move, you gain the ability to do really gre...

I see.Thanks cp.Sounds like a good author.pure phrasing based on chromatic or bebop scale structuresSounds good.I think I get what is meant here by "p...

After studying Tom's material, I spent a few months using modes as a way to enhance my melodic playing (playing modes over chords in the harmonic scal...

and the beat goes on...

And on that note I'm off to the bar.

Cool.But I'm curious about something.Are there times when you would use just one chord type like Major chords built on the steps of say pentatonic sca...

- any scale that coincides with a chord tone. The C major chord has notes C-E-G, so you can use any scale that contains at least one of those notes. T...

Does someone have GAS in here or was that an actual Bm ! I just finished with my second movement. :shock:

Thanks man.I feel a little relieved now,like a little bit of weight has been lifted off of my shoulders.I think I've just hit one of those plateus in ...