Orange Jam | Fusion Guitar Solo - André R.

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Chord progression goes Dm9, Bbmaj7, Gm9, Ebmaj7, D7 then repeats Bbmaj7, Gm9, Ebmaj7 and ends with a Dm9.
Originally, Guthrie plays D mixolydian over it and if it was Dm9 then
D mixo would not work that good, that chord is more like C/D or something, 3rd is not that well articulated so you can go with D Mixo, D Dorian or even mix 2 of those.
Bmaj7 is part of Dm key/scale (6th degree) so it would be D Aeolian or Bb Lydian,
what works easier for you to follow.
Then comes Gm7/9 and that one is a bit tricky to figure out and here's why.
Naturally it appears as another chord from Dm key (it's 4th degree in a key of Dm)
but the chord that comes AFTER is Ebmaj7 and that's key of Gm (or Eb Lydian if you prefer).
So over Gm chord you can continue playing D Aeolian, then easily switch to Gm scale
to prepare it for Gm scale that goes for Ebmaj7 chord.
Guthrie does that wisely tho, without too much accents on either Dm or Gm scale,
instead he plays Gm pentatonic mostly since Gm penta is included in both Dm and Gm scale.
After that the whole things repeats.
Regrading chromatic, it works cool with this kind of Fusion sound
but you have to be careful when, where and how to use it.
What most of the people do is that they connect 2 or more notes from scale using chromatic, per example, D, E and F# notes from D Mixolydian might work and D, Eb, E, F and F# line, A and B can be connected as A, Bb and B etc.

[@garalancia]

Massive improv. Very insightful description as well! I dig it :D

[@SteelDragonTV]

Thank you bud =)

[@SteelDragonTV]

Thanks man!

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Thanks =)