Members schlomo Posted August 22, 2008 Members Posted August 22, 2008 I have been trying to find a good way to mix these scales and am having a bit of trouble. does anyone have any ideas on how to do this ? I have been using the 2 note per sting diminished but it seems clumsy so to speak, would the 3 note per string be better and how to go about it. Any advise would really be helpful.
Members gennation Posted August 22, 2008 Members Posted August 22, 2008 You don't mix scales, you play to the movement of the chords...and learn how to use tension and release (one without the other is just one dimensional). I have a tutorial I'll post today regarding diminished uses in common music...it's not about scales but what musical lives in the scales and the chords...and when the music creates tension and release. When writing the tutorial I really wanted to pound the "tension and release" idea. Hopefully it will help people understand that Chord Scales are the safe notes only taking into consideration the chord you are on and not what chord/change came before it or what's to follow it, and that a Key and a Scale are not the same thing, that notes not found in the scale are just as important to the Key as the ones in the scale. It's a deep read so when I post it read it slow or read it a few times. There's chord and tab examples, but audio yet though. You can supplement it with that Jimmy Herring primer I did a while back, this covers many cool ways to get around the diminished scale: http://mikedodge.freeforums.org/some...d-vibe-t6.html
Members schlomo Posted August 22, 2008 Author Members Posted August 22, 2008 that was fast.. thanks. The thing is that I dont really play alot to backing, I usually just sit around and solo in a key. And thats why I was trying to mix the scales. I am looking foward to the read you are doing. I will check back later on to read it for sure !! thank you very much !!
Members gennation Posted August 22, 2008 Members Posted August 22, 2008 Of course if you are playing over Dominat chords, like in the blues and RnR stuff... Use this tutorial to show you the Pentaotnic scales and how you can simply incorporate ALL the other Dominant scales/sounds. IOW, you can get all of these scale using one simple idea...Maj Pent, Min Pent, Blues, Mixolydian, Lydian Dominant, Diminished, Whole-tone, etc... http://lessons.mikedodge.com/lessons/AdvPent/AvdPentTOC.htm READ THE INTRODUCTION, then proceed to the lessons.
Members schlomo Posted August 23, 2008 Author Members Posted August 23, 2008 Love the tutorial on the pents.. I have actually read this before.. one thing though.... A minor .. you can use A pent D pent E pent and then A aeolian, D dorian E phrygian. But D dorian and E phrygian contain A aeolian in them anyway so the only difference in those is that they start and end on D & E... so being that A aeolian is in those, wont it sound exactly the same anyway? Why start and end on D or E if the key center is A ?? I see only A pent and A aeolian as options. D & E pents.. same concept as well. Correct me if I am wrong please.
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