Members SkAr11 Posted December 12, 2005 Members Posted December 12, 2005 I have been playing for a year. I need help with scales. Whats the best scale to use on dropped D? And how can i learn it? thanks in advance.
Members djmojo Posted December 12, 2005 Members Posted December 12, 2005 well... Drop D is usually used for heavy music, lots of open string D notes... so I guess you want dark sounds D Phrygian or Locrian are good modes to use, or you can treat them as D "scales" if you want... um in frets on the low D string they are Phrygian: 0 1 3 5 7 8 10 12 Locrian 0 1 3 5 6 8 10 12 and you know 7th fret low D is the same as open A string... so you can extrapolate the scale from there... most heavy Drop D songs use these scales... some are in minor, or use the natural minor / harmonic minor, but usually the heavy parts are using those frets... hope that helps.
Members UnderTheGroove Posted December 12, 2005 Members Posted December 12, 2005 Dropped D tuning doesn't dictate any scale. You can use any scale that you would use in standard tuning (major, minor, blues, modes, etc). djmojo is correct that dropped D is most common in heavier types of music, but that is not the only time it is used.
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