Scales in keys?

[ashgromnies]

Okay, I want to break out of this box of "harmonic minor or natural minor or minor pentatonic or relative major in a minor key, major or major pentatonic or relative minor in a major key" stuff that I've been playing with.
I know of the existence of modes - Lydian, Aeolian, Myxolodian, etc. but not how to use them or how to adapt them to a key...
For example, if I had an E Lydian scale, what could I play it over? Something in Em? Or Emaj?
I'm so confused.

[the second eye]

Lydian is a major mode therefore a Maj chord is used.
Ionian, Lydian Mixolydian are the major modes and Dorian, Phyrigian, Aolian and locrian are minor modes.
Now if we build a chord on the first and second degress of the E lydian we get Emajor7 and F#7 now correct me if i'm wrong but i think this is called a I-II progression, if you record yourself playing these chords to make a rhythm it will make use of the E lydian sound.
Also check this website below you will find a lesson on using the lydian mode
I hope this cleared a few things up

http://www.fenderplayersclub.com/pdf...ons/lydian.pdf[/url]

[Cordokiller]

Uff!!, it's hard to explain every thing about scales or modes!!, but i gonna take your example...

E Lydian, you can play this scale over a E maj7, but it's not just that, to play correctly any mode, first you have to know what is your musical context, one tip very usefull is to Know what key you are playing,E Lydian= B major, but your tonal centre is E, the scale starts in E, and the main notes of the scale are different from B...its the same collection of sound in another musical context, that's all

Example, Main notes for B Major: B ( I ), F# ( V ) and the sensitive C#, but E Lydian ( same notes ) the main note is A#, this note gives the scale the Lydian Flavor, the specific "color" of the mode, and of course the chord progression are different also from the progression for B Major

all together, E Lydian= B Major, over major 7 chords ( with 9, #11, 13 )...
i hope you can understand some of the info that i puted here

Bye

[Cordokiller]

B, sensitive=A#

Sorry

Bye