scale, for you, means a progression of notes, right? the d-dorian scale, is, unmistakeably (sorry my english) D E F G A B C D. And that ISN'T the c-major scale.
i'm talking about the overall scale, not the progression of the notes... hmm (thinking how to explain it)
If we have a D minor chord, then i won't make an E to E run of notes, cause it'l sound like crap (yeah yeah.. it depends on what music i'm playing) but mostly i'll try to play D or A or F to start... not E.
but when i was talking of scale, i wasn't speaking of that... i meant like....the OVERALL scale of the song... don't know if i'm explaining myself
not like a progression with a start and an ending, but a group of notes ... from which i chose the notes i want to play and stay diatonic
think of a plastic bag, called "C Major" that contains C, D, E, F, G, A, B, and C
If i wanted to improvise on top of a D minor chord, i would stick my hand in it and get some notes... maybe D to start... some sweeps ... shuffles .. just solo.. but those notes would still belong to "C Major", not mattering in which i'd start soloing ...
If the scale was D dorian and i had the "d dorian" bag, then those notes in it would be the same as the "c major" bag... right? that's what i ment
sorry about that ,. but my english doesn't go as far as i would like and i have to make stupid pictures :o
i think ... perhaps i am confusing the word "scale" between two meanings:
- A progression of notes, with a first, and a last note played in some period of time
- The tone that a song has and , all the notes inside follow .... you know, modulating to other tones, and allthat
or maybe... "mode" is to only for reffering to the order of the notes of a progression or -scale nomber one- .... not to the overall tone of ALL the song?
(only big threads here) ;)