Jaco`s Continuum-key modulation

[Langueta]

I finished with the solo and the playing all the song...
There are some modulations of the key, almost all the solo is in E major and b major (he plays e lydian, some phrases)
Anyone can help me what happens when the chords changes to
G#/A#
G/A
C#/D#
C/D
A69

What scales does he plays over those chords?
Thanks

[Langueta]

What scales does he plays over those chords?

[Hoover]

Originally Posted by Langueta

Anyone can help me what happens when the chords changes to
G#/A#
G/A
C#/D#
C/D
A69

What scales does he plays over those chords?

Um... the transcription I have doesn't use any of those chords.

Which is not to suggest that mine is right; I have no idea where I got this transcription*, I've had it for years, & I've never bothered to check the changes against the original recording.
But you might find that the names of these chords give you a clue as to what chord-scales Jaco used for his solo.

Instead of G#/A#, think A#-7
Instead of G/A, think A-7
Instead of C#/D#, think D#7sus4 (that's a pretty common re-spelling of the same chord)
likewise, Instead of C/D, think D7sus4 (as above)
Instead of A6/9, think Amaj7



*apparently my copy was transcribed by Robin Clayton sometime in the late 70s/early 80's

[JTE]

In Jaco's discussions of his playing, he always talked of the chord tones, not modes or scales.

jte

[Hoover]

Originally Posted by JTE

In Jaco's discussions of his playing, he always talked of the chord tones, not modes or scales.

At the risk of

that explanation (sic) doesn't really tell you what pitch class combinations he used, only how he organized them in his mind (...unless he never played any tensions and only played chord tones? Which we both know isn't true...)
Because when you combine chord tones with tensions and/or upper-structure triads, voila! you get modes or scales. (Or "chord-scales" as some pedagogists refer to them.)
iow, if you don't literally restrict yourself to only playing chord tones, it's meaningless to try and differentiate between "chord tones" and "modes or scales".

[John Wentzien]

"A Portait of Jaco" (the solos collection) by Sean Malone , has a real good transcription with the chord changes ...over notation.
Tab is also included (but I ignor that!)

[HogieWan]

Don't worry about the key or mode for the whole song. If the song is playing a chord at the moment, you can solo on the scale that the chord is based on.

[Langueta]

I ve got this chords from "A Portait of Jaco" (the solos collection) by Sean Malone
G#/A#
G/A
C#/D#
C/D
A69

`I will try with those
Instead of G#/A#, think A#-7
Instead of G/A, think A-7
Instead of C#/D#, think D#7sus4 (that's a pretty common re-spelling of the same chord)
likewise, Instead of C/D, think D7sus4 (as above)
Instead of A6/9, think Amaj7

[Langueta]

Any of the chords of the E major scale or the C# relative minor scales (minor scale, minor harmonic, minor melodic)
Contains this chord
A-7
So where does the harmony goes there?????a modulation?????and to which key?