IN DEEP
LAST TIME, I demonstrated a variety of ways to play patterns based on four-note 7th-chord arpeggios as ascending and descending eighth-note triplets. Those patterns were all based on the A major scale, also known as the A Ionian mode (A, B, C#, D, E, F#, G#). This month, let’s switch up two of the variables: instead of basing the figures on the A major scale, we’ll switch to the parallel A Dorian mode (A, B, C, D, E, F#, G), and instead of playing eighth-note triplets, we’ll use even, or “straight,” eighth notes.