Good morning Satchaholics

how are we all on this fine morning?, this is my last day in work for a week now, i am of to amsterdam on friday for a few days (stag doo) so i am in a good mood. I am 20 in 14 days how time flys.

Hey Joe You Rule

hey njbeast....so you are visiting amsterdam are you ??? hehehe....wanna jam ???? hehehe i wish i had the time, jamsession would always be cool....

njoy your stay in amsterdam....

mr nick - without going back and learning / transcribing the entire section, it was based upon this basic patern [on the B-string]

12[tap]-0-5-7-12[tap]-7-5-0

if you want it completely tab'd out it'll take a while... [it's a matter of time more than anything - 'cos I'm desperately trying to get my album written and each track takes a few months to write

Cyberjoe---- I would love to like you say only if we had the time, Maybe some other time.

tapper5 - " if G,ionian is from the tonic Gmaj. GABCDEF# Why dosent the following appear like this? G-DORIAN - START ON THE A, 2ND NOTE? G-PHRYGIAN - START ON THE B , 3RD NOTE? G-LYDIAN - START ON THE C , 4TH NOTE? G-MIXOLYDIAN - START ON THE D , 5TH NOTE? G-AEOLIAN - START ON THE E ,6TH NOTE? G-LOCRIAN - START ON THE F#, 7TH NOTE?"

this is all correct... what I'l trying to get across is not 'start playing' it is 'start calculating the notes' using the notes from G major

One of the most difficult parts about modes is not actually working them out... that is very simple [e.g. Aeolian is the 6th mode... using a centre key of C you get A Aeolian A, B, C, E, E, F, G].... the tricky part is that:

1/ you are no longer in the same key as the centre key - the keys of G major and E minor share the same notes but the similarity ends there ... exactly the same applies to modes.. - [play a 'I - IV' progression in each key / mode over and over... record it and solo over it and listen carefully...].. better still... do this for each mode but keep the tonic the same - E major... Eminor... E Mixolydian etc... the result should stare you in the face..

2/ if you are soloing over a chorgression you are not playing modally.... I - IV - V in G = G - C - D... when you are soloing you are not playing G Ionian - C Lydian - D Mixolydian [this is guitar-mag junk theory]... you are playing in the key of G major throughout....

3/ the only time you should describe how to solo in terms of using different keys, scale types and mode types is when the chord progression does not completely belong to a single key [especially with jazz because often, each chord comes from a different key or uses very different scale types - this gets complex.. I'll describe this stuff later]..

When working out the centre key of a mode, note what the mode type is... eg.. Phrygian [which determines the degree of the major scale that generated that mode]... and what the tonic is eg 'E'... you can then find the centre key..
Phrygian is derived from the 3rd degree of a major scale - so count back a major 3rd interval from the tonic of the mode to find the tonic of the centre key... E is the major 3rd of C therefore C major is the centre key for E Phrygian - D is the centre key for F# Phrygian.... it's a math thing....

did this answer your question or did I go off on the wrong tack??

Thanks for the info Clarky....Most of the guys I know don't use the comp. much due to all the extra's you have to add.... Pretty much the same setup with a 4 trk portastudio...., lol

Get a Loaf: Damn right!! "HOME" IS a beautiful song!! Does JOE ever play it live?!?!

tapper5: Happy 100!!!!!

Pete: I got a short demo dvd of him and boy, he is hard to get used to, but an awesome player who loves tapping and the whammy!!........The thing I like best about him is his great personality and humor :-)

No prob punkdude75....I hope Nuno goes back to the old days!!

BTW, JS Clone1, Plum Loco, tapper5, Nick Lee, and everyone else from Canada (sorry if I forgot anyone): Don't you guys like Harem Scarem!?!? Aren't those boy's from good ole Canada?? Pete Lesperance rock's!!!!

SOTD: "SEE SAW"....Harem Scarem...(very JOE-like melody!!)

Peace all, /\/\ike

cheap post time: Good luck on your test tomm. Austin.... BTW, LMAO at editing your post after someone has already answered it....lol....devious ;-)

I Think Total Guitar should do a full mag tribute the the greatest guitarist of all time mr Joe Satriani, Interviews, Tabs, Gear all that stuff, What do you guys think, My AVT 150 marshall head is on order aswell, the sound of it thought 2 4x12 cabs will be amazing,

Hi Joe

Have you ever considered touring South Africa?

Custom js 7-string Its different to the one Joe has been using on this tour but its pretty cool anyway ......Oops i tried doing a link but it wouldn't work so just paste this

cyberjoe----- hey dude i am there am a Stag doo with 8 other guys, you know just sampaling the flavors, and stuff, it will be my first time there. what do you suggest?

LGU89..i'm not in america..i'm in england

clarky..thanks...that'll do for me.

njbeast..so who is this Soe Satriani??

Stag doo....hmm.....never heard of it....but maybe i can guess what it is....you are coming to amsterdam...so you will be tasting flavours in amsterdam coffee shops???? am i right ??? well, to be honest, i don't have anything to suggest....everyone always thinks that everyone in holland, especially in amsterdam is into all that....but we are not, mostly tourist go there, hehehehe...but i think you are going to enjoy yourself....there's a lot to do in amsterdam, especially if you're a tourist....

Oh wait, maybe i'm all wrong....stag doo....stag party...bachelor party ??? also possible of course...we see a lot of british groups coming to amsterdam as well....you will have fun....behave, baby...BEHAVE !!! heeheheheheh

Cyberjoe----- stag doo, where a group of guys go and celabrate one of the guys getting married, sort of like a last party, last party of freedem, you know what i mean?, i am not realy into all that but you can't wast your first time in amsterdam can you, maybe one day we will get that jam some time soon.

Mr Nick------ You know who i mean, well spoted i have changed it now, cheers.

Mornin' peeps!