Guitar Fusion Contest Entry - Dorian Mode Improvisation

[Alkinoos7]

Very nice one, man. I loved your sound, great exhibition of skills balanced by matching the melody perfectly.

[daveireland27]

@Alkinoos7 Thanks alot for your kinds words friend! Much appreciated!

[Scarlet0Darkstar]

O you just totally inspired me - the only thing keeping me from my keyboards right now is = I MUST check out the rest of your vids!

[Thryce23]

Nice

[archaicedes]

sounds awesome dude.

[hueseph]

Top notch man. Great job. There are many wankers. Few musicians. Nice to listen to some music for a change.

[kiaranjay]

Wicked playing man, love the legato and those bluesy licks! Good luck!

[nbwhy]

damn rockin'

[shaqdaddy11]

Hey man contest is almost over and i think you still got the best solo in my opinion. Anyways i was gonna enter but the phone video thing didnt work out in the end. So i recorded an audio of the solo i came up with. It would be great if you could check it out and critique it a bit and let me know some areas i could improve in. Thanks.

[NickSandt]

Nice one man! Good luck!

[Arthuur20]

Very impressive and beautiful performance man! ;)

[shaqdaddy11]

I got a question for you man. Now iv been trying to come up with a solo for this backing track. But i seem to get stuck on the E note, what i mean is alot of my licks start on the E and end on the E and it all start to sound the same. What other notes can i use in an E dorian setting to keep it fresh?

[daveireland27]

@shaqdaddy11 Also, to bring out the "Dorian Flavour" of the mode, try throwing in an F# & C#... Hope that helps man

[daveireland27]

@shaqdaddy11 Good question man, I'll do my best to explain it... I like working with chord tones (which are the notes that build the chord you are playing over), so since this is a backing track that starts inE Dorian, the E chord would be of a minor quality, an E minor chord... The notes that build E minor are E, B & G.... So any of those would fit well to start or end a phrase (& its worth noting that all these notes are in the E Minor Pentatonic scale)... give it a shot man

[shaqdaddy11]

@daveireland27 Oh man stupid me lol Iv watched the marty friedman melodic controll video so many times where he talks about chord tones (yet i totally blanked out on it lol). Thanks man thats a big help. Also iv see some of the lessons you did man. THose were great, you should do some more lesson videos for guitar noobs like myself.

[udsahn]

@shaqdaddy11 I figured I'd pitch in :). E Dorian consists of E, F#, G, A, B, C#, D, and then the pattern starts over. The specific flavor note to me is the C# because it is unique to Dorian. This note doesn't occur in any of the other minor scales in the church modes. I agree with daveireland27 that the F# can also be used, but emphasize the C# note. E minor pentatonic with an included C# would also work ;). You could also try limiting yourself to only E, G, A, and C# notes.

I hope it helps!

[udsahn]

@udsahn Sorry, I meant E, G, B, and C#. My mistake really. This is what would be called in theory an E minor triad (E, G, B notes) with an added Major 6th interval (The C# note). Hope it helps never-the-less and have fun soloing! :)

[shaqdaddy11]

@udsahn Thanks alot man. My biggest issue when trying to construct solos is running myself into a wall. What i mean is ill come up with a lick and the lick will sounds good. But then where that lick ends after that i just seem to hit a brick wall. Its like if i end the lick on the E note, then where can i start the next lick from. That is the current problem i often face is just running into dead ends.

[udsahn]

@shaqdaddy11 I have the same issue sometimes :). If that's the case, then probably an idea you could work (it did for me) is to try and play something still in key, but in a different position. For instance, rather than playing in an E Dorian, you could also try out F# Phrygian or B Aolean as they are both relative to E Dorian (Both are minor. You could play minor pentatonic with roots in E, F#, or B too). These are also in the key of the backing track, so no worries there. Give it a try :).

[shaqdaddy11]

@udsahn thanks alot man ill try that.

[udsahn]

@shaqdaddy11 I've got just the thing that just popped up from my subscriptions that should help you, but give you the idea in a visual way :). He talks about the exact same thing I mentioned earlier. Search for 'Modes and pentatonic scales wallimann' and watch the first video from David Wallimann on this topic :). I hope it helps!! Have fun jamming! :)

[shaqdaddy11]

@udsahn kool man ill check it out.

[NahuelMusic]

yeah!

[daveireland27]

@NahuelMusic YEAH! lol, Thanks man, your take on this is my favourite!

[NahuelMusic]

@daveireland27 thanks man!

[laoistom]

Brilliant Dave. Absolute Class.

[daveireland27]

@laoistom Sound Tom, appreciate it man!

[typedeaf]

Nice job!

[daveireland27]

@typedeaf Thanks for the comment man!

[TheRythmdoctor]

Great video dave, fucking sweet !!!

[daveireland27]

@TheRythmdoctor Thanks man! :D

[Fabiano9798]

excellent solo, good luck for you too!

[daveireland27]

@Fabiano9798 Thanks bro! You take on this was awesome! Best of luck friend!

[y2herc]

Good job man ... surely the best work ive heard from you so far.. good luck man ...

[daveireland27]

@y2herc Thanks for the support man!

[drawnacrol]

Awesome playing dude and good luck in the contest

[daveireland27]

@drawnacrol Thanks for the comment man, appreciate it buddy!

[IzzacV]

Awesome! I love it man! Great fluid runs and very tasteful! Good luck man!

[daveireland27]

@IzzacV Thanks bro! Rock on! :)

[VirtualDvid]

Genial!!! muy buen toque... un saludo desde Colombia

[daveireland27]

@VirtualDvid Thanks for the support my Colombian friend!

[strangeattractor291]

nice stuff brud..:)

[daveireland27]

@strangeattractor291 Thanks man! :)

[312chicagoadam]

Holy Shit! That was amazing, Brother...so smooth and so very well executed! David is surely going to like this. i wish you all the BEST!

[daveireland27]

@312chicagoadam thanks for the kind words bro, appreciate it! hope all is well on your end!

[AlanMcKennaVideos]

Very nice Dave, i enjoyed a bita that

[daveireland27]

@AlanMcKennaVideos Good man Al! Did you get a chance to catch Satch on his recent visit?

[AlanMcKennaVideos]

@daveireland27 ...yup bff's again, in vicar st, prob one of the best JS gig's he's done setlist was awsome, prob see him over in SF in Jan too 8) ..he's a great guy

[takumanishiya23]

oh jeez.. there goes my chance. ahah, good job !

[daveireland27]

@takumanishiya23 Thanks for the support man! Give it a shot man!

[shaqdaddy11]

watching this makes me realize how much i suck and how i got no chance to win this contest (or any contest for that matter).

[Mugzz12]

@shaqdaddy11 You might as well try. Maybe you are better then you think. I'm going to try if I can find a camera.

And very nice playing btw! cool vibe to it

[shaqdaddy11]

@Mugzz12 lol im gonna be using my brothers cell phone camera to record it lol (he got a droid and the camera in it is pretty nice).

[daveireland27]

@shaqdaddy11 Got for it man! I recorded this with a droid phone! ;)

[shaqdaddy11]

@daveireland27 Nice.

[daveireland27]

@Mugzz12 Thanks for the comment man, appreciate it!

[daveireland27]

@shaqdaddy11 I'll be looking out for your entry man, I wont take no as an answer! ;)

[shaqdaddy11]

@daveireland27 Thanks bud.

[YogSothothOfGuitars]

Very nice. Reminds me of Satrianis Stuff

[daveireland27]

@YogSothothOfGuitars Thanks for the comment man! Satriani is a legend, I have some Satch covers on my channel, check them out if you get a chance

[Dan1loBr]

hey man, nice runs there :)

I think you should try and do like some Guthrie Govan stuff, like going off by half-step when playing a scale, when the tempo is prone to a drum fill(there's video in wallimann's channel about it~) and you could also try to use ~pauses~ to enhance your phases, short pauses or maybe note-skipping, so to speak.

These are just ideias because... I think fusion is based on all that rhythmic game, not only fluid runs you know?

good luck bro /,,/_

[daveireland27]

@Dan1loBr Thanks for the input man, Guthrie is amazing! appreciate it...

[Wallimann]

Nice work!

[daveireland27]

@Wallimann Thanks Dave, means a lot! :)

[MrRobsmalling]

Nice Dave, way to go man, flows great

[daveireland27]

@MrRobsmalling Thanks Rob, keep on rockin' buddy! ;)

[JAMMAN1701]

Out of the 3 vids this one is my fav. TOTALLY AWESOME DUDE!!!!!

[daveireland27]

@JAMMAN1701 Thanks man, Totally Awesome! ;)

[andrew1color]

This makes my Dorian improv sound totally retarded...thanks alot Dave..HA HA!!..Great job man!!

[daveireland27]

@andrew1color Haha, Thanks for the comment man, what you talking about! You Rock dude!

[TylerHaagenson]

that's some good improv man, well played.

[daveireland27]

@TylerHaagenson Thanks alot Tyler! Rock on buddy!