FENDER PLAYERS CLUB PRACTICE TRAX
From the book:
PRACTICE TRAX FOR GUITAR
by Danny Gill
Musicians Institute Press
Hard Funk Jam
#HL 695601. Book/CD $14.95 (US).
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Introduction (from Practice Trax for Guitar by Danny Gill)
Beneath the track, you'll find an analysis offering you various scale choices:
1. Key -- This is the overall key center of the progression -- or the relative major if the song is in a
minor key or a mode. This is a good starting point, a way to ground yourself in a song. Use it either as
your main scale for improvisation or as a way of understanding the modal choices provided.
2. Mode -- This can be the same as the key center, or different. In some songs, the mode is the real
key of the piece. In others, the modal analysis may change with each chord -- "covering the changes,"
so to speark. Keep in mind, following the root of each chord with your scales (A chord = A scale, E
chord = E scale, etc.) is rarely something you have to do, but it can be fun and sounds great.
Occasionally, I'll also list appropriate pentatonic or blues scale choices if I think they're especially
relevant. Remember: you can always choose the pentatonic or blues scale that fits in the key, and just
start playing.
Chords
XX
X X X X
1
6fr 1
8fr
2 3
2 3 1
4
4 2 3 3 3
1
2 3 3 3
9
9


E G D F
F E G C E B D G D F C E A
A
E7(#9) F#7(#9) C9 D9
Hard Funk Jam
Hard funk with the dominant 7#9. Also known as "the Hendrix chord," Dorian is probably the most
common scale for this, but the 7#9 chord has a major 3rd and a minor 3rd, so feel free to experiment.
Dorian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, blues... it's all good!
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E7(Ü9)
w/ wah-wah
4
4
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(3rd time, break)
key: D major
mode: E Dorian
&
FÜ7(Ü9)
&
E major
FÜ Dorian
D.C., 3 times
C9 D9
&
F major G major
C Mixolydian D Mixolydian
Outro
E7(Ü9) N.C. E7(Ü9)
(w/ echo)
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D major
E Dorian
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Scales
C Mixolydian
E Dorian
8
12
D Mixolydian
F# Dorian
2 10
More Scales Lessons: (click to view lesson)
The Dorian Scale
The Theory of the Modes
Modes
The Minor Pentatonic Scale
Introduction to Scales: The Major Scale