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GUITAR STYLES: Soloing in the Latin Style

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Andrew Wasson of Creative Guitar Studio answers a viewers question...

Q: My High-School Band teacher wants me to play a solo over chords that are from different keys in the style of Latin music. I'm feeling lost on the chart he gave me and I can't really find much about this on the internet. The progression has a Minor 7 dropping down a ½ step to a Major 7 chord then, it goes back to the Minor 7 again. What on earth can I play over this strange chord progression?
Please Help,
- Aiden, Ottawa Canada

A: In order to play over changes like the ones you've described, you'll need to make a study of two very popular modes for the Latin style. And, they are the Dorian and the Lydian modes. Now, if these modes are really unfamiliar, You can learn a lot more about them by watching my modes video series here on YouTube that covers each of them in detail.

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LYDIAN Playlist:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=349E26005E226E1C

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  • The sims?? ; ) Great lesson, thanks!

  • lol the intro reminds me of music you hear when your in an elevator ;)

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  • that is some tasty playing. Love it. Gotta add some of this flavor to my playing. You really are a hell of a guitar player with all of these styles.

  • this kinda lesson is not for beginners its just so fast...

  • this is all great but i have one thing on my mind. wat guitar are you using? it has rich and beautiful tones

  • damn, i don't understand ANYTHING about this as i'm only a drummer - but this really made me want to learn this!

  • Andrew, you are the closest thing to any god I would believe in. Thank you for your lessons.

  • @melodichand hungarian minor which is a min scale with a #4 and #7 i believe one note different from harmonic minor. both harmonic and hungarian minor have their own modes seperate from the major modes. so you might want to look into those modes and qualities of hungarian min. if you want it to sound diatonic

  • @z0mgzt0m i think of the modes as shapes or scales all diatonic to the major scale. so in the key of C: 1 is C ionian[major] 2 is D dorian, a minor scale with a maj6. 3 E phrygian, a min scale with a flat 2. and so on... so learn all the modes shapes or scales and you can move the scales according to a set key. they have many more uses but that is basically one of the ways i use the modes.

  • Wowwwwwwww my favorite mode is lydian. I play it so much I practically consider it my I chord. That makes dorian the relative minor of lydian, which I like to play the maj 6 on because it's the same note as the #4 in lydian. AND MY FAVORITE CHORD CHANGE is here too. I usually play dorian min9 down a half step to a maj 7 (like Andrew does @ 4:41-4:46). This is my favorite video of yours for sure! I love the latin jazz style rhythms and chords too. Wow.

  • @z0mgzt0m Dude all the songs that I love and show my friends and family- they all say the same thing hahah! I guess that just means elevators have good taste in music ;]

  • Thank god for youtube, without which I wouldn't have found these great lessons. Hardcore theory for FREE! That first groove was great.

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