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Alexiaden9330th April 2009You play it so smoothly that it looks like your fingers are hovering above the strings, without even touching them !
daveb7th February 2009I'm really diggin this lesson, but the first video performance (lesson 1) is cutting short at 19 seconds.
- daveb7th February 2009
Hey David. Great lesson
FYI - I noticed that the first vidio (the full performance video) is cutting short at about 19 seconds. - tradin-war-stories11th December 2008
David, you are one of the best teachers on GMC!
thanks for sharing 
Gerardo Siere17th November 2008Great sounding lesson David!
Jose Mena17th November 2008Sounds great David
Trond Vold17th November 2008Interesting lesson
Piotr Kaczor17th November 2008Groovy David! Cool lesson!
Sinisa Cekic17th November 2008Good job David !
David Wallimann17th November 2008Thanks folks! :-)
Vinod Saranga16th November 2008Very useful lesson David
Sergio Dorado16th November 2008Very nice and useful ideas!
Hisham Al-Sanea16th November 2008nice one David.
Emir Hot16th November 2008Very cool approach David
Gaf16th November 2008Excellent lesson David!!
I really find it hard to use the diminished arp in a Major context. It always ends up sounding static or contrived. Masking it with the rest of the Mixolydian notes will really open up some new doors for me! Thanks so much.
Bogdan Radovic16th November 2008Excellent lesson David!!
Nazgul16th November 2008I will try that in a few years.
Great lesson David!
Dejan Farkas16th November 2008Very nice, well done
Pedja Simovic16th November 2008Excellent approach and concept David.
Cool lesson!
Ivan Milenkovic16th November 2008Very interesting David
Jad Diab16th November 2008Interesting lesson David ! Keep them comin
Muris Varajic16th November 2008Yeah,well work David!
kaznie_NL16th November 2008Nice solo, it really flows!
Kuba Szafran16th November 2008Very useful, thanks David:)!
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In today's lesson, we'll learn how to use a diminished arpeggio in a Mixolydian context. If you take a look at a Dominant 7th chord, you'll notice that it is built over the following notes:
Root-Major 3rd-5th and minor 7th.
Playing the Major 3rd-5th and minor 7th is as we started a diminished arpeggio. Try it! You'll see! If you continue that diminished arpeggio, you'll find that the only note that is not in the Mixolydian mode is the minor 2nd. In other words, if you start a diminished arpeggio from the minor 2nd in a Mixolydian context, you'll have a very interesting tool to sound slightly of.
This lesson will take you through the following keys:
A Mixolydian
F# Mixolydian
B Mixolydian
Work through the examples slowly, and make sure to experiment with your own licks.
Have fun!
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