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Everyone from Metallica to jazz pros have made use of the ominous sound of the Locrian mode – here's how it could shake up your guitar playing
The Locrian mode is one of the most sonically challenging sounds in music. And, though built on the major scale, this mode sounds totally removed from its parent scale's bright, happy vibes.
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How you can use arpeggios to imply dominant 9th chords in your solos (it's easier than it sounds!)
These four notes may also be thought of as a C#m7b5 arpeggio (C# ... to describe an E9 sound (E, G#, B, D, F#). Figure 4 shows the notes of all three rootless dominant 9th arpeggios – E9 ...