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Originally Posted by BlueStarfish
BTW I strongly disagree with the suggestion that you don’t need to know the keys or modes, it’s sufficient to just know what chord is being played at a particular time in the song … sorry but that’s bad advice.
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Is it though?
The chords have a ton of information in them...I'm not saying just know the shapes--know the notes! Know the arpeggios, and how to extend them past the 7th. Know how chromatic notes can be used to approach and enclose chord tones.
Scales and chords aren't really separate things. And if you want to play convincing leads, you need to understand that what makes a note sound strong over a chord...guide tones. You don't need a bunch of scales and modes to play the blues. What you do need is knowledge of the fretboard and how to access those notes that sound strong all over.
If you think that's bad advice, I don't know what to tell you.
Re: mixolydian mode-- yes, that's the chord scale for a 7th chord.
It's also not bluesy sounding at all.