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BL 11.3 - Lydian Blues Practice
The Lydian sound is great to use in the Blues.
It forms a strong contrast to
the other blues tonalities and produces a very contemporary 'with it' sound.
Simply use the appropriate Lydian Dominant scale for each chord instead of the
Mixolydian mode.
In Lydian Blues the appropriate Lydian Dominant scale is used for each chord.
For the Blues in C use the :
- C Lydian Dominant scale over the C7 chord
- F Lydian Dominant scale over the F7 chord
- G Lydian Dominant scale over the G7 chord
Practise the following Lydian Dominant over the basic
blues in C.
Audio 11.7
Play-along tracks for the Blues in
C (all instrument use the C, F and G Lydian Dominant scales).
- C- instruments use bblc.mid (or any other track
in C)
- Bb- instruments use bblbb.mid (or any other
track in Bb)
- Eb- instruments use bbleb.mid (or any other
track in Eb)
You can use the Lydian dominant scales over an entire blues progression, as we
do in this lesson. But you can also use it sparingly just over a single chord to
give your solo a sudden touch of surprise.