Exploring Aeolian Changes

Recently, our ongoing modal journey has drawn us into the land of harmony. In the previous Back Track installment (Dorian Grooves, Sept. ’00 GP), we saw how notes from the Dorian mode can be combined to create Im, IV, Vm, and bVII triads; we also discovered that progressions built from these chords will support improvised Dorian lines. The trick is to play the Dorian mode starting from the Im’s root. We’ve explored a similar relationship between the Mixolydian mode and chords built from its notes (Digging Modal Harmony, Aug. ’00 GP). In that lesson, we set up a progression using Mixolydian’s native I, IV, Vm, and bVII triads and then soloed over the chord sequence. Now it’s time to investigate Aeolian harmony. This lesson includes Power Tab and is featured on the following CD compilations: BLUES U, ACOUSTIC U. Get more videos, notation and tab for this guitar lesson on TrueFire TV (http://truefiretv.com/)