• From: The Netherlands
  • Registered: 2010-02-14
  • Posts: 318

Topic: Scale Question

Hi everyone,

I was listening to mountain time live at beacon theatre, and there was this little bit I really loved, it seems like Joe keeps playing in a major scale, but for this little bit he changes to another one... could you tell what it is (I was thinking of a sort of minor scale?).

You can hear it at 9:08

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFlMB9Mxt8M

Thanks!
Rick

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  • From: Rotherham, UK
  • Registered: 2012-11-02
  • Posts: 10

Re: Scale Question

Looks like good ol' fashioned pentatonic minor to me.. smile

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Re: Scale Question

Very hard to hear! Can't turn it up at work cool

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  • From: Edwardsville, IL
  • Registered: 2010-05-17
  • Posts: 656

Re: Scale Question

chrispemberton wrote:

Looks like good ol' fashioned pentatonic minor to me.. smile

I'd second this. Joe is just playing the minor of the key the song is in. It fun to do on ballads in Major keys. I used to do sometimes it on Knockin' On Heaven's Door when my old band played it.

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