To be a good guitarist, as opposed to someone whom only knows tricks, this is essential.
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Knowing patterns within patterns is very important when improvising.
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When I improvise, I find it is important to include complex arpeggios, but especially not limited to
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arpeggios. When I solo, within 7 note modal scale I tend explore pentatonic scale, dyads, arpeggios,
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and combining them with modal patterns.
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My favorite modal position is the third position, or B Phrygian position, but in this case
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the sound will be the traditional minor scale, sometimes called the E Aeolian mode.
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Many things made this position a winner to work on. For one, E is easily the most popular minor
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scale pattern in rock. However, when playing jazz usually most music is in E flat minor. To compensate
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there is little work necessary, simply take the E Aeolian scale and move the whole thing a half-step
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lower. A half-step is movement of one fret. A whole step is 2 notes.
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Also, this scale is right in the sweet spot of the neck of a guitars, so it will probably sound better.
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This is the B Phrygian scale in question:
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7th fret | 9th fret | 12th | ||||
thinnest string | B (root) | C | D | E | ||
F# | G | A | ||||
D | E | |||||
A | B (root) | C | ||||
E | F# | G | ||||
thickest string | B (root) | C | D | |||
Within this scale is also the E Aeolian mode.
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7th fret | 9th fret | |||||
thinnest string | B | C | D | E (root) | ||
F# | G | A | ||||
D | E (root) | |||||
A | B | C | ||||
E (root) | F# | G | ||||
thickest string | ||||||
Emin7(9) arpeggio
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thinnest string | B (5th) | D (7th) | E (root) | |||
F# (9th) | G (minor 3rd) | |||||
D (7th) | E (root) | |||||
B (5th) | ||||||
E (root) | G (minor 3rd) | |||||
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E Aeolian Mode showing both the scale and the Arpeggio.
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thinnest string | B (5th) | C | D (7th) | E (root) | ||
F# (9th) | G (minor 3rd) | A | ||||
D (7th) | E (root) | |||||
A | B (5th) | |||||
E (root) | G (minor 3rd) | |||||
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for more common Em7(9) chords: https://www.guitar-chord-finder.com/print/Em7(9)
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