You’re likely already acquainted with at least two modes without realising it - in Western music, ‘major’ and ‘minor ... your chord progression with a tonic pedal by creating and duplicating a tonic ...

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A13 and E7#9 have an edgier sound and work in jazz just as well as blues. Bm7 is just the ticket for a moody minor blues; if you improvise around this chord, try using the D7 shape four frets higher ...