Jane's addiction & modal jazz

[MesallicA]

"Happy Birthday" is in mixolydian, must be a modal jazz song too

never heard the songs yor talkin bout so cant really comment.

 

[123thefirst]

Interesting... But thinking modally is only one approach to harmony. It might be worth checking out Pat Martino's 2 volume instruction DVD set.

He plays over "modal" tunes often enough. But he always thinks in terms of a minor substitution over any particular diatonic set of chords. But his "minor" ideas are neither a minor (triad, 7th, 9th, etc.,) chord nor a minor scale of some particular type but a general minor sounding phrase which is often very chromatic and might include chord tones or scale tones as he sees fit at the moment.

 

[Restless Rocks]

IMO, the Modal Master is John Mclaughlin. Check out the early Mahavishnu Orchestra Albums. Billy Cobham;drums Jan Hammer; keyboards Rick Laird; bass Jerry Goodman; violin and of course John McLaughlin 6 and 12 string electric and acoustic guitar. Every serious guitar player ought to at least listen to this stuff once (or more). I have every recording of John's that I can find and am always humbled by his mastery and creation of his own style.

 

[sir]

IMO, the Modal Master is John Mclaughlin. Check out the early Mahavishnu Orchestra Albums. Billy Cobham;drums Jan Hammer; keyboards Rick Laird; bass Jerry Goodman; violin and of course John McLaughlin 6 and 12 string electric and acoustic guitar. Every serious guitar player ought to at least listen to this stuff once (or more). I have every recording of John's that I can find and am always humbled by his mastery and creation of his own style.

I know John Mclaughlin has released an instructional video for guitarists, duno if it is good or not :roll: ...