mystical meditative improvisation (15 min)

[Roland]

hey there!

yesterday I recorded myself improvising. I tried to forget all the rules, turn off my rational brain, let my fingers do what want to do, listen to it and react 😉

chilled vibes form vienna

roland

[Lights]

Yes, Roland this is a really mystical trip to the land of imaginations.
Lights.

[Ray]

Very chilled and relaxing Roland.

Ray

Makem Ray

[charjo]

Roland,
Beautifully done and some very nice techniques on display. So mysterious, I had to try to decipher it. The darkness gave me some challenges. I figure you’ve got the capo on fret 4 and I think you’re playing in G# phyrigian (E major) with lots of suspended chords. Can you reveal what some of your approach was?
John

[Roland]

hi charjo!

I am currently learnig the song “never going back again”. thats why my guitar was set to drop-d tuning and capo 4. I just took the guitar the way it was. the source of inspiration was a chord where i press 3rd fred on the A string and the second fred on the G string. I was searching for some chords that fit to this chord. they turned out to be Cmaj, Cmaj7, a, Asus2, (A7 sometimes accitetially) a7. d, Dsus2. G (+extra notes), F (+extra notes), E, B7. I use the a-minor scale and also some notes I connect to chord-shapes in any way and also a lot of “I give a fuck about theory”-Spirit 😉 this was actually the main-approach, but of course it is impossible to turn off all theoretical background. so A-minor is my key here. I am not aware of any modes or so, but I know that I use some notes that are not in the a-min scale.

all the best

roland

P.S.: when I write a-minor I actually mean c#minor (…capo4…)

[charjo]

G# phyrgian, E major and C#minor are all the same notes (parent scale E major). I didn’t catch the drop D. Thanks for the info. I’ll check out the chords.
John

[Richard G]

Certainly’Chilled Vibes’ Roland, to me, it had a melancholy feel played with major tones. Enjoyable and relaxing…..

Richard

[Dieter]

Comes from heart.

Dieter

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