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The major scale is just a very beautiful melody(revisited)


Terje

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Once again I am reminded of this truth as I figured out the other day what actually goes on in one of my favorite solos. Comes at the end of a swedish pop-reggae that you guys have never heard. After a drum solo thegroove comesback in again and the lead guitar explodes into this beautiful "riff".

 

I guess I always knew... he's simply playing the G major scale, two octaves and a 3rd. No pattern, no tricks, all that is "out of the ordinary" is that he bends that last note from a b3 to a 3, that's it. I always loved the solo because he has such a fantastic tone and because it sounds so melodic. Now I know why...

 

I'm not saying people should play scales up and down all the time and think they're making great music. But from time to time it can be great to sit down and just play the major scale really slowly and listen to how beautiful it actually is. It is a melody, one that's so great it's been played so often it's now called a scale.

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