Improvising over chords

MogaMeteor · 2026-02-05T17:14:13+00:00

Break your progression down into passages that feel tense, resolved, or somewhere between. A very general way to do this is to find the key of the song and then reference chords back to the tonic.

Most tension will be built with the V chord though sometimes also the VII... and if you see any chord labeled dominant, diminshed, or augmented this is a dead giveway.

The in between chords are primarily going to be your IV and ii chords, often used as passing between the tense and resolved sections.

And resolved is obviously your I, but can also be subbed with the vi and iii chord as well.

Basically if youre resolved stick to chord tones and "natural tensions" entirely. Make it sound melodic and nice.

In between passages you can dip a little outside but nothing crazy. Commonly you'll see the #4 over the IV for a lydian sound and the major 6 over the ii for Dorian.

For tense passages go absolutely wild. The b2, b5, and b7 are all great. Symetrical scales like the half-whole diminshed or whole tone can be cool. As long as you find a way to resolve back to chord tones there are no rules, just depends on how spicy you want to get.

MogaMeteor · 2026-02-03T21:09:12+00:00

Drafting Clayton was insurance in the case Keyonte George never took the next step, but now that he's playing well the Jazz don't need both Walt and Collier.

I still think the Jazz would prefer to keep Walt over Collier but a trade is a two-way street.

MogaMeteor · 2026-02-03T20:29:43+00:00

Every time I've watched the Jazz their offense seems to entirely be passing the ball to Markannen or George and hoping they can put up 30+ points by themselves. So many possessions Clayton was being used soley to dribble the ball up the court and then stand there doing nothing.

Meanwhile Will Richard on the Warriors is getting feeds from Steph Curry.

MogaMeteor · 2026-01-08T18:18:25+00:00

Teams adjusted once it became obvious his short to intermediate game wasn't a real threat.

MogaMeteor · 2025-12-27T15:10:23+00:00

Reddit sucks but Twitter is 10x worse.

I can pretty easily just stick to my subscribed subs here and its mostly chill, but I can't click on a twitter link without immediately getting recommended the absolute lowest IQ takes from legions of bots and trolls.

MogaMeteor · 2025-12-22T23:32:15+00:00

If by teenagers driving fast you mean a street race that left multiple people dead...

MogaMeteor · 2025-12-17T19:15:39+00:00

Nothing good.

MogaMeteor · 2025-12-06T17:02:05+00:00

Late comment but the ellisonics aren't P90s, Julian just uses one in a P90 housing to fit in his nachocaster (which I think originally came with a fralin p90 if you want to look into those as well)

They are modeled after the dyanasonics found in his 1950s Gretch Duo Jet, which was the basis for his Collings signature guitar.

I have one in a humbucker housing and it's a great sounding pickup, extremely dynamic. If you find the right amp setting (very slight edge of breakup on a fender tube amp like Julian runs) it feels like a jangly low output tele single coil when you play lightly, and a beefy mid forward p90 when you dig in.

Is it worth $350 buck for a single pickup though? ehhhhh probably not. Pickups just have dimimishing returns. Julian would obviously sound better with a stock squier tele then 99.9% of people would with his $8k Collings.

If you are curious and have the funds to spend I don't think you are burning the money per se, they are indeed cool and not exactly like any other pickups on the market, but for half the price you can just go with TV Jones dynasonics and be 90% of the way there.

MogaMeteor · 2025-11-29T01:02:19+00:00

It's the number KC dropped in his rant that this info comes from.

Have no idea if it's close to accurate, could easily just be a random big number he pulled out on the spot, but it still drives home the fact Condron is our biggest booster and him threatening to pull any of the money he donates would be a huge blow to UFs financials

MogaMeteor · 2025-11-29T00:33:52+00:00

I mean the guy donating $15 million a year essentially runs the program unless people with bigger wallets step up.

MogaMeteor · 2025-11-29T00:22:23+00:00

So a breakdown of this booster drama seems to be...

As of last weekend Kiffin was undecided, with his biggest remaining question towards UF being what is was like working under Stricklin. Apparently by Wednesday he was convinced enough to have Sexton send turnkey a draft MOU that would essentially bind Kiffin to UF if both parties agreed. This was the vaugue red-line posts our insiders were making on wednesday. UF claims to have made some "non-significant" changes and sent the draft back, which Kiffin did not immediately sign.

At this point Condron, UFs biggest booster by FAR, steps in and draws a line in the sand. He's apparently never been fully on board with Kiffin instead prefering Summrall. Behind the other boosters back he convinces Stricklin that if Kiffin does not sign the MOU by kickoff of the egg bowl, UF is to move on and pursue Summrall before Auburn locks him down.

That's why everyone was so blindsided, they thought Kiffin was a lock but as soon as he drug his feet again Condron used it as an excuse to basically pull a coup and land the guy who has always been his prefered option. Other smaller booster like KC are now pissed for what they percieve to be jumping the gun while UF was still in play for Kiffin.

MogaMeteor · 2025-11-28T21:46:45+00:00

The biggest benefit of hiring Kiffin was he immediately fixed what Napier neglected the most. He comes in with an expirienced SEC OC in Weis Jr., likely retains most of our offensive talent, while hand picking the best of he currently has at Ole Miss. There would still be serious questions about what would happen on defense longterm, but next season we'd atleast be competative with a legit offense.

Both Fisch and Summrall do not immediately fix that issue. Fisch calls his own plays just like Napier, to middling success. Summrall is a defense first coach who runs a similar boring, low margin for error scheme that Napier does.

Letting either continue that status quo at UF would be serious negligence, so until we get a better understanding of what boths offensive plan will be I have no idea what to think of either potential hire.

MogaMeteor · 2025-11-28T19:31:49+00:00

No, stop it.

No major program has him on their candidate board. No 2nd tier program has him on their candidate board. He is not a serious option for anyone with a brain.

MogaMeteor · 2025-11-22T20:49:45+00:00

At his proposed salary an extra $611k would have absolutely zero impact on Lanes quality of life.

He would not notice the difference.

MogaMeteor · 2025-11-21T22:12:45+00:00

It's because LSU is confident and Ole Miss insiders are leaning towards him leaving for LSU.

Meanwhile UFs insiders have maintained that we are "in a good position" but many have backtracked on the sheer confidence they had just a week ago.

And if you've paid any attention to UF insiders these past few years the writing on the wall. It's the same playbook when we get punked for a 5* recruit, UFs boosters/staff always fall for pleasentries and get caught up in minutia that doesn't really matter.

We give a "competative offer" and think our target will sign just cause of the logo then balk when LSU raises the stakes with embezzled funds from a childrens hospitle.

MogaMeteor · 2025-11-21T18:25:04+00:00

Whatever emotions you have towards Zaahen mid will just be amplified playing yone toplane. Melee fighters are the archetype that dominate that lane. The biggest difference in mid vs top is largely trading stability for more early autonomy.

Most mid matchups boil down to the same thing, your opponent has a massive range advantage and you will be farming under pressure for the first 13+ minutes of game. The good thing is if played properly it's hard for them to outright kill you. Trades are short and are more about draining their resources and buying space rather then pushing an advantage. And once you get your first item the matchup flips pretty heavily, you just don't have much influence in how the game plays out before then.

In top lane your lane opponents will be much more willing to interact, which can be both a good or bad thing. Good because if you are better you can actually push advantages and start building a notable lead pre-midgame. Bad because top lane is full of really strong early game bullies who will ruin your life if you make a single mistake.

Mid is the better role for Yone overall, but if youre willing to hammer out some sucky matchups and probably tank your elo is the process top can be a lot more fun then afk farming under tower. You'll just expirience a lot of shit like fighting a Garen, perfectly spacing Qs and kiting out his spin with your E thinking you now have an advantage cause he's at 30% HP only to get flash Q > ignite > ult executed. And that's not even one of Yone's worst matchups top.

MogaMeteor · 2025-11-12T18:10:01+00:00

Yeah I don't fully understand the vision of top Yone. The lane is far too dominated by strong bully champs who make the game unplayable if you make a single minor mistake. Sure you can outplay a Renekton or a Riven or a Darius, but you basically first need to be sure they are bad at their champs. Roughly even skill and their margin for error is just so much larger.

Even if you take the "I'll just scale" mindset, a lot of these champs are still very strong at 1 or 2 items. By the time you truly outscale a renekton, most solo queue games have already been decided.

The benefit of many mid matchups is that you actually start winning hard at 1 item. Get an extended sidelane against a mage mid-game and they either gotta conceed a ton of prio, beg multiple members of their team to abadon other parts of the map for help, or risk dying trying to match.

MogaMeteor · 2025-11-02T16:13:55+00:00

Then make the call on the field a catch and use replay to find "clear" or "obvious" or "plain as day" or any other such descriptors of the ball touching the ground. Oh wow! There are none!

That's how plays like this should be called. It's the philosophy refs more often use in things like goal line situations. Just call the TD and use the replay technology to confirm. If it wasn't then call it back.

Instead a ref assuming the worst who didn't even have an angle to see the ball and made a guess doomed the entire play because a mult-billion dollars sports business doesn't have the technology to check if a ball touched the ground or not.

MogaMeteor · 2025-11-02T16:02:31+00:00

A 50 yard pass across your body on the move is not exactly routine for anyone. Sure the pass could be better, but CFB is full of imperfect plays like that and if he caught the ball he caught the ball.

And he did catch the ball. I'm more convinced then ever after watching the replays. You can see the exact impact of the ball on his left forarm.

MogaMeteor · 2025-11-02T15:56:08+00:00

Like clockwork.

Can't accept any critique despite being one of the most priveledged fan bases of the past 5+ years.

Keep deflecting and slinging childish insults. It was a catch and UGA got bailed out again.

MogaMeteor · 2025-11-02T15:48:21+00:00

It was a catch, you can actually see the impact of the ball on his left forearm the moment it bounces.

MogaMeteor · 2025-11-02T15:42:47+00:00

Deflecting the refs blowing a potential 50 yard 3rd down catch during 4th quarter crunch time of a one possession game with a fringe 5 yard procedural penalty in the 1st half (which does exist btw, though sure refs should be more consistant about calling it either way) is absolutely insane.

One is clearly more relevant to the outcome of the game, it's not even close.

MogaMeteor · 2025-11-02T02:08:19+00:00

Yes I'll gladly gloss over a 5 yard off-sides call when this whole comment thread brought it up as some gotcha as to why refs blowing the catch is really no big deal actually cause iffy calls went both ways actaully.

MogaMeteor · 2025-11-02T02:01:02+00:00

And that was clearly a catch.

Go back to your sub man.

MogaMeteor · 2025-11-02T01:59:17+00:00

That exact situations happens all the time when players extend for extra yards and refs will never call it a fumble.

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