Hey Joe Re-engineered with new chords

Further to my earlier posting about the modulating modes of Jimi Hendrix Hey Joe, here is a re-working of the chord structure of the song. Its an interesting chord progression as the first half of the progression is in E Aeolian and the second half is in Fsharp Aeolian. They share a D Major chord which allows the progression to pivot around this chord.

Hey Joe chords are:

C G D A E

E aeolian part:

C G D

F sharp Aeolian part:

D A E

So to mess about with this, using The Mode Decoder ®, I have created a chord progression modulating between E Aeolian and B Aeolian (which pivots around the chord Bm instead – like this:

First 3 chords – E Aeolian

C G Bm

Last 3 chords – B Aeolian (which shares the Bm chord – and pivoting on it instead of the D as in the original)

Bm Fsharp min A

To solo to this, solo with our old friend ‘minor pentatonic position 1’ on frets 12, 5 and 7 (as you would for for E Aeolian) but end the phrase on a Db note!

Finished progression:

C G Bm Fsharp min A

Setting The Mode Decoder ® to E Aeolian:

Setting The Mode Decoder ® to B Aeolian:

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