What do you call it when you use a chord a 5th higher to solo over the original chord ?

hollywoodrox

Eg using the notes of G major to solo over C major 

Dontgiveupyourdayjob

Jazz?

Danny1969

Lydian mode … sharp 4 so F# instead of natural F when soloing in C 

hollywoodrox

Ahh thanks Danny ,jolly useful to know 

viz

edit - I'll shut up now!

roberty

Danny1969 said:

Lydian mode … sharp 4 so F# instead of natural F when soloing in C 

Took me a while

viz said:

edit - I'll shut up now!

Probably would have made a similar edit of my own if I hadn't seen this

viz

yup, required right-to-left thinking!

Danny1969

viz said:

yup, required right-to-left thinking!

It’s always useful if you do jump in as I generally learn something when you do.

viz

^ Thanks chap, but you wouldn’t have in this case, I was thinking the OP wanted to play C scale over a G major key!

Philtre

Oh Lydian, oh, Lydian, say have you met Lydian
Oh, Lydian, the tattooed, er, mode...

Cranky

viz said:

^ Thanks chap, but you wouldn’t have in this case, I was thinking the OP wanted to play C scale over a G major key!

Me too, based on the thread title (which I thought implied mixolydian).