E lydian improv on Les paul traditional

Jim Gabelbauer jamming on a riff in e lydian!! I plan on turning it into a song eventually. played on Lespaul traditional vox saturator mxr carbon copy delay marshall dsl 100 marshall 1922 with celestion lead 80

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[jimgabelbauer]

Hopefully this helps..something else that will explain this concept a little better is Joe satrianis pitch axis lesson..just search for it on YouTube..also if you notice in my vid I play an e power chord in the beginning for that exact reason, it establishes the key center. If I didn't (or if I just played a B power chord) it would sound like the plain old major scale! If you have any other questions feel free to ask!

[jimgabelbauer]

You are correct, it's the same thing.. the difference is all in what you play it over..if you play a b maj scale over a bmaj chord it's b major (Ionian). if you play b major over an e major chord it's Lydian.. Which is also basically the same thing as a major, you just sharp the 4.. A good way to really hear the tonality of Lydian, or any mode is to hit the open e string and improvise something using the e Lydian scale.. Focus on the Bb (#4) and it will really emphasize the sound..

[ROKYROLL1]

Beautiful guitar!!!, iced tea is color?. Thank you!

[weward]

sorry for my ignorance, E lydian is on B maj scale(is that what its called? :D) right? how can we determine the difference of E lydian to B natural? i'm quite confused with theories. help pls. ^^

[schecterfanboy]

Very nice. Reminds me of Steve Vai.