What Im trying to say is that isnt it purely incidental that that I may be using the C major scale although the bed of the solo isnt based on C? It would have to be a pretty boring song to start annd stay based around opne chord, isnt that why songs modulate? So even tho I might start a song with an A5 power chord and play a lead run along to it using the C major scale- while im using a "mode" Im really only just staying in key!!
Its like passing notes or grace notes, i dont know the difference but its irrelevant! I use notes outwith the scale for effect and how you would define them isnt an issue.
The reason I say all this is because I hear you guys telling people to learn modes! But whats to learn?
Are modes only related to soloing and lead work? Or do you mean a mode is also where you might do a song in C major but then do the mid eight based on another note in the C mahjor scale, keeping it in key but giving it a differnt feel? In any case isnt that really just common sense, not sticking to the root the whole song otherwise it would be boring?