Doing a paper exercise involving modes and secondary dominants.
I have a Chord sequence that goes from C to Em.
Now I want to lead into the Em with a secondary dominant. So that would either be Bm or Bdim if I wanted to stay in key.
So question 1) In what circumstances would you go for the diminished? Jazz? In which case to solo over it I'd be forced to use B Locrian (C Major)
Question 2) If I went "out of key" with the Bm what would you major mode choice be? Dorian, Phygian or Aolian? Again in which circumstances would you choose which mode?
Comments
If you played Bdim then that would just be staying in the key of C.
Bm has an F# so that would be straying out of the key of C. Although, then the chords would fit in the key of G.
However, others may know more than me so I'm happy to stand corrected and learn something.
edit I see @Brad answered just before me and he's someone that knows more about this stuff than me.
You can’t be in Dorian because there isn’t a C chord in E Dorian.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
So I wanted to spice up the C to Em change.
My thinking of possible scale over each chord is
What are the Major Modes against a Major chord.
What are the Minor modes over a minor chord.
Yes I could just stay in the C Major scale but that would be a bit boring,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr_YuJQ_T88
A to Dm
B to Em
E to Am
If I treat each chord as it's own key centre I have the following options (thinking CAGED)
C Major
C Lydian --> G Major
C Mixolydian --> F Major
Likewise over the B
B Major
B Lydian --> F# Major
B Mixolydian -> D# Major
Over the Em
Em Dorian --> D Major
Em Phrygian --> C Major
Em Aolian --> F# Major
These are the obvious choices ,obviously targeting the chord tones
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.