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Original Message 1/34 04-Mar-01 @ 11:26 PM - Favorite Scale?

Brutal_chud

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Mine is good ol' natural minor. I also like that one that goes C-D-E-F#-A#-A#-C. What's that one called?

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Message 2/34 05-Mar-01 @ 06:54 AM - RE: Favorite Scale?

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My favorite is this funk scale (I don't know the real name but everything you play sounds really funky with it). C-D-D#-F-F#-G-A#-C

Other than that, normal minor and major scales are what I use the most.

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Message 3/34 05-Mar-01 @ 05:55 PM - RE: Favorite Scale?

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the one that gives you an extra 1/4 wizzard cos it's setup wrong... sorry couldn't resist

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Message 4/34 06-Mar-01 @ 03:46 AM - RE: Favorite Scale?

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huh? yer weird kilo.

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Message 5/34 06-Mar-01 @ 04:17 AM - RE: Favorite Scale?

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Hi,

This is my fav, I don't use it much. Maby in a little part of a track. But I think it's kool.

It's called octonical... I think??

Do a leap on all the keys in this scale from up to down. Sounds kinda movie like, huh?

Laters,

Happy-P-Man.

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Message 6/34 10-Mar-01 @ 02:00 AM - RE: Favorite Scale?

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treemu and brutal its called the c blues scale and its e flat and b flat

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Message 7/34 10-Mar-01 @ 05:11 AM - RE: Favorite Scale?

damballah

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C blues'd be C-D#-F-F#-G-A#-C wouldn't it. Just for jammin', something like that over Eb works OK I guess. I like playing mixolydian rather than ionic, too, with that flatted 7th. Nicer than M7 to me.

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Message 8/34 12-Mar-01 @ 07:46 AM - RE: Favorite Scale?

casparproject

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Abminor. in memory of my uncle who died in the
limestone quarries.

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Message 9/34 21-Mar-01 @ 11:23 PM - RE: Favorite Scale?

sitar

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This is one of my favorites from a raga called Puriya. Skip the tonic ascending (in this case C). I put C at the top of the scale just so you can see it's part of it but you'd hop from B to D flat and then down the 1/2 step to C. I used this scale in a track once. Nice.

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Message 10/34 22-Mar-01 @ 02:37 PM - RE: Favorite Scale?

99devils

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Pete, that's one of the worst jokes I've ever heard

-Craig

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Message 11/34 23-Mar-01 @ 08:00 AM - RE: Favorite Scale?

casparproject

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I'm surprised sitar didn't groan too ;). Sorry...

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Message 12/34 24-Mar-01 @ 08:27 AM - RE: Favorite Scale?

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I think this is like the mixalaydian or one of those Ionian or something . I found it by ear.It's sort of a Harmonic and melodic minor. What ever it is. you take a major and lowerr the 3, 6, and 7. I do the same changes to all my scales and they sound dark. Scale is not more important than the chord changes. they change the style as well, like 1,4,5 in classical or 12 bar blues chord changes, or 32 bar standard jazz etc.

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Message 13/34 24-Mar-01 @ 03:07 PM - RE: Favorite Scale?

damballah

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like this? that's straight aeolian, which is just a minor scale, in this case c minor.

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Message 14/34 24-Mar-01 @ 03:19 PM - RE: Favorite Scale?

damballah

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aw, fuck didn't tick the box, hence no scale

the aeolian or natural minor's on the left.

the melodic minor changes depending on if your going up or down. the descending part is the natural minor (left side). the right side is the ascending part, with a raised 6th and 7th. yippee.

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Message 15/34 24-Mar-01 @ 03:27 PM - RE: Favorite Scale?

damballah

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harmonic minor raises the 7th a half step (so there's a step and a half between 6th & 7th). this avoids a minor V chord.

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Message 16/34 24-Mar-01 @ 08:53 PM - RE: Favorite Scale?

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The only difference between the melodic minor and the major scale is the flattened 3rd.The Harmonic minor has a flat 3rd and a flat 6th and the �olian/natural minor has a flat 3rd,flat 6th and a flat 7th.Imo (Brett B) scales are vital to understanding harmony all chords are built from scales and in order to understand harmony/chord construction you need to know scales.Both the Melodic and Harmonic minor scales give you 2 minor,2 major and 2 diminished triads plus one augmented triad whereas both the Major scale and the Natural minor scale give you 1 diminished triad,3 minor triads and 3 major triads.Personally I think the Harmonic and Melodic minor scales give you more harmonic possibilities but what the fuck do I know?

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Message 17/34 24-Mar-01 @ 09:27 PM - RE: Favorite Scale?

Brett B

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This is what i meant, take a mojor scale and lower the 3,6,7 notes melodic and harmonic are ignored. I forgot to check the add key thing too.

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Message 18/34 24-Mar-01 @ 09:33 PM - RE: Favorite Scale?

Brett B

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Dambahlla, sorry, i did'nt see you post. that's all right. They are so dark sounding . I love those scales. Aeolian., thanks

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Message 19/34 25-Mar-01 @ 09:09 AM - RE: Favorite Scale?

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This is an Indian scale I particularly like. It's
used in Rag Todi. Beautiful sound. I like
messin with the Aug4 and trickin them into
thinking that the fifth is flattened.... then bam!!! I
hit em with a P5 and they shit their britches...
Nahhhsse.

Peaceout,

Peter

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Message 20/34 25-Mar-01 @ 09:52 PM - RE: Favorite Scale?

Brett B

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caspar are you talking about. aeolian? or another scale

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Message 21/34 26-Mar-01 @ 01:50 AM - RE: Favorite Scale?

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sorry, the scale didn't uplad b4. It's got a flat 2,
3 and 6 and a sharp 4.

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Message 22/34 26-Mar-01 @ 02:54 AM - RE: Favorite Scale?

damballah

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is me just dumb or in that 6 lookin mighty sharp

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Message 23/34 26-Mar-01 @ 06:20 AM - RE: Favorite Scale?

casparproject

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just call me mr. crackmonkey

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Message 24/34 26-Mar-01 @ 08:24 PM - RE: Favorite Scale?

damballah

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mr. crackmonkey

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Message 25/34 26-Mar-01 @ 09:33 PM - RE: Favorite Scale?

pict

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It would be good if Kilo could come up with a better keyboard diagram the black keys being the same length as the white keys is quite confusing to the eyes(well my eyes anyway) a musical staff would be good too.

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Message 26/34 28-Mar-01 @ 08:49 PM - RE: Favorite Scale?

Pongoid

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Pete,
That's a pretty cool little mode you got going there. I don't know that this series has a name, but it's fun. The b5, is really used quite a bit. The M7 is more of a passing tone, but it's thrown in there for fun voicings. Occasionly I'll throw a M3 in for modulating to a different key. Funny, I hardly talk about this stuff and forget that I use it. I'm not ticking the M7 or the M3 but I do use them in passing. Fun stuff.

Ape

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Message 27/34 29-Mar-01 @ 05:12 AM - RE: Favorite Scale?

casparproject

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it's the N. Indian "Thath" scale system, which
basically uses diff. combinations of b2, 3, 6, 7
and #4. Some wild shit you can get out of that
stuff. It's slowed down my writing though, I've
been doing a lot more "experimenting." The
newest track on my page "Xeno" uses a scale
from the Thath system, and also uses some
african polyrhthmic techniques in the
melodies (2 on 3 on 5 on 6 on 7). The RM1X
is a godsend for doing stuff like that...

Peaceout,

Peter

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Message 28/34 29-Mar-01 @ 11:07 PM - RE: Favorite Scale?

Pongoid

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sorry, didn't tick the box. This is what I was talking about. Kind of an extended scale.

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Message 29/34 01-Apr-01 @ 08:34 PM - RE: Favorite Scale?

Pongoid

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also like Demonic Minor.

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Message 30/34 01-Apr-01 @ 10:07 PM - RE: Favorite Scale?

James

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What was the name of the classical dude who loved the wholetone scale?

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Message 31/34 02-Apr-01 @ 04:05 AM - RE: Favorite Scale?

casparproject

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Debussy

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Message 32/34 03-Apr-01 @ 09:21 AM - RE: Favorite Scale?

BJT

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Debussy, that's the Expressionist, right?
He use eastern scales too, does any1 know more about this guy, I'm
thinking of digging around getting some of his works and learning them because the idea of trying to take ideas from a painting (or scene) and apply them to music is very
interesting.

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Message 33/34 03-Apr-01 @ 10:54 AM - RE: Favorite Scale?

BJT

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I mean Debussy was an impressionist.

Bugger, I've never had this problem till I was with a friend and this girl (studying arts) said one of us was an impressionist and the other was an expressionist and it stuck in my goddam head, and now I get the two confused

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Message 34/34 22-Apr-01 @ 08:30 PM - RE: Favorite Scale?

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pongoid.. looks like a c blues sccale variation top my uneducated eyes..

oh, and i like pentatonic minor

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