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    IN THE WOODSHED

    Apr 07, 2021 3 minutes

    This month we will create a Lydian sound over a C Major chord by superimposing a Minor Pentatonic over it. The Lydian mode is a Major tonality and is almost identical to the Major scale, but with one note different. Instead of the perfect 4th, which in fact clashes unpleasantly with the Major 3rd, the Lydian has a #4, which makes it much more compatible with the Major 3rd and generally gives the mode a

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