oops I shouldn't have spoken so fast !

Originally Posted by: CSchlegelConsider this group of notes:

c, d, e, f, g, a, b, c

If I played those notes while at the same time a bass player was playing a pattern of 1/8 note c's, then it would sound like I was playing ionian.

But if I played those notes while at the same time a bass player was playing a pattern of 1/8 note e's, then it would sound like I was playing phrygian.

I could understand you saying Phrygian if the bass player was playing c's and I played the E Ionian notes as that is the third degree of the key we are in, but if he plays E's and I played with c scale wouldn't that be the sixth degree or Aeolian?

Kind of weird to have two threads going on here, but whatever

thanks CS

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