Soloing and Runs

Bass-Ment · #1 01-12-2009, 05:21 PM

Which Inversions do you find the most useful when soloing or creating runs?

Inversion from the 3rd, 5th or 7th?

Gawd · #2 01-12-2009, 06:41 PM

chicagodoubler · #3 01-12-2009, 08:48 PM

All of the above. Are you transcribing solos? A couple good horn solos, like Miles or Chet Baker will really open your ears up to new possibilities!

Elemetal · #4 01-12-2009, 08:49 PM

Listen and find out.

Bass-Ment · #5 01-13-2009, 06:00 PM

I have just learning 4 inversions for Major7 and Dom7 chords. Next will be for Minor7 and Minor7b5 chords. A friends of mine is a guitar player who has written a number of songs and I will be writing the basslines for the songs. I was just wondering if you guys had found that certain inversion were more functional than others.

BigOldHarry · #6 01-13-2009, 06:07 PM

I'm no big soloist (I think most bass solos stink, no matter how fast or high), but the three modes I use over and over and over are lydian, myxolydian and dorian. Can't lose with that Dorian mode - it's *just* strange enough sounding to be cool... Stuff in Phyrgian and Locrian mode stuff gets tired after a while... but that's just me.

Bass-Ment · #7 01-13-2009, 06:11 PM

I find myself using Mixolydian and Aeolian a lot. I was wondering about inversions starting at the 3rd (b3), 5th (b5) and 7 (b7).