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What if I play a static melody and shift it from dorian to lydian?— Giles Bowkett
Once I have a newer section mastered satisfactorily (almost there with the lydian stuff), my intention is to put it in the rotation, coming around to it every 6 days.— Mandolin Cafe News
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How are modes typically applied to chord progressions? for example I've noticed that a typical chord progression in the lydian mode within the pop style is something like, C maj, Dmaj/C and a typical characteristic lydian chord extension is the maj7#11— Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
Or F lydian?— All Updates @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com

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