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Difficulty 4
Stephane Lucarelli

Lydian b7

Friday's Jazz Lick

                               |-3-|                               
     S S S S S S S  S S S S S  S S S  S S       W                  
E||--5-8-6-------------------------6-10-8-|----------------------||
B||--------7--------------7------8--------|--8g10----------------||
G||----------7----------7---8s-9----------|----------------------||
D||------------8-7-10-8-------------------|----------------------||
A||---------------------------------------|----------------------||
E||---------------------------------------|----------------------||

Heya!

Here's a lick that explores the sound of the C7#11 chord with the Lydian b7 mode. Often used in Jazz & Fusion, this mode is s must know tool for all jazz players!

Sound

Use the neck pickup and cut the high freqs with the tone knob if necessary.
I use the Mesa Boogie V-Twin preamp on the clean channel connected directly to the sound card and I'm adding a little bit of reverb and compression in Pro Tools.

Theory

As its name indicates, this mode is Lydian with a minor 7th. It's the 4th mode of the G melodic minor scale and contains an interesting note : the #11 (or #4).
It will work on a 7th dominant chord to add some color to your phrasing.

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