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Hi Sir David!:) good day to you, i just want to ask if what kind of approach do use over this chords, /Bb7/Bb7/Eb7/D7/G7/C7/? i got this from the song “The Chicken” of the late great Jaco Pastorius, i’m really just curious, and confused on what modes or scale to use. thanks so much..god bless.:)
Hi Richard!
Great question, there are actually quite a bit of things you can do here.
You can use a Mixolydian mode over each chord, but that might be a bit tricky first.
To simplify, you may want to try a Bb Dorian over the first 2 chords (instead of changing scales over each chords).
The Dorian over Bb7 will work even though though the Dorian mode has a minor 3rd. It will just sound a bit bluesier. As far as the second chord, staying in Bb Dorian will work because Bb Dorian and Eb Mixolydian share the same notes…
I play the chicken in my big band, and when i have the solo i just play Bb mixolydian and minor pentatonic over the whole progression, it works sweet.
PS: you should check out John Scofields version of it, I learned alot from watching and learning it
Cool!
Thanks a lot for the input!