• From: N. Little Rock, AR.
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Topic: Chord Scales

So, got any you care to share? I have one for ya. It works with the Am Pentatonic Scale, too! big_smile

-|--------------------------------|-|-----------------------------------------
-|--1----3----5----8----10----13--|-|-----------------------------------------
-|--0----0----5----5----9-----12--|-|-----------------------------------------
-|--2----2----5----7----10----14--|-|-----------------------------------------
-|--0----x----7----5----------12--|-|-----------------------------------------
-|-------3------------------------|-|-----------------------------------------

    Good for Rhythm Parts, as well as for Lead ideas.

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  • From: Germany / Hamburg
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Re: Chord Scales

I love Mountain Time-kinda chord changes, so I composed a new song:
Currently it's just midi playback, and the song isn't finished yet, but I really like it, espqcially when the keyboard begins to play.
http://homepage.alice.de/jbjhjm/Ballad.mp3

I'm using these chords:

-|-------------|-3--2--------|
-|-2--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|
-|-2--2--0--0--|-0--2--0--0--|
-|-2--2--2-----|-0--0--2--0--|
-|-0--0--3--2--|-------3--2--|
-|-------------|-3-----------|

You can't use one Pentatonic for a solo, you have to jump between major and minor scale/pentatonic.

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  • Registered: 2009-03-12
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Re: Chord Scales

JBJHJM wrote:

I love Mountain Time-kinda chord changes, so I composed a new song:
Currently it's just midi playback, and the song isn't finished yet, but I really like it, espqcially when the keyboard begins to play.
http://homepage.alice.de/jbjhjm/Ballad.mp3

I'm using these chords:

-|-------------|-3--2--------|
-|-2--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|
-|-2--2--0--0--|-0--2--0--0--|
-|-2--2--2-----|-0--0--2--0--|
-|-0--0--3--2--|-------3--2--|
-|-------------|-3-----------|

You can't use one Pentatonic for a solo, you have to jump between major and minor scale/pentatonic.



well, for your song i would definitely use the Mixolidian mode to improvise, and when the solo explodes, both major/minor pentatonic scales (specially the minor one).

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Re: Chord Scales

Only mixolydian will not be enough. In the first bar there's A major and A sus4, but in the second there's the small 3rd of A, so you have to change between for example major/mixolydian and minor/dorian...

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5 Reply by Budda (edited by Budda 2010-01-10 20:34:35)

  • From: N. Little Rock, AR.
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Re: Chord Scales

Nice Ballad!

    Yeah, those are some nice Changes. Nice Voice Leading too.

    My Example was more of something you could use over a single Chord or Tonality. Like in an A Blues, or over a few Bars of Am. Actually, it'll also work over C. (Am/C being Relative).

    So, instead of playing 4 Bars of a simple Am Chord, you could Mix and Match those Voicings I wrote out. Maybe make up a nice "Part" for the Rhythm, there.

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Re: Chord Scales

Ah ok.
For me it's pretty interesting to mix up major and minor scales in this way... cool
Then I think I'll take a look into my composes-folder and search for something different to add here big_smile

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7 Reply by fuzzy wuzzy (edited by fuzzy wuzzy 2010-01-11 06:10:01)

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Re: Chord Scales

- 7 - 5 - - 4
- 7 - 5 - - 4
- 8 - 6 - - 4
- 6 - 4 - - 4
- x - x - - x
- 0 ooooooo

Sorry, I don't know how to write tab, if this makes any sense the low E string is used as a pedal tone I strike it once at the first chord and let it ring out for the rest of the phrase. Emaj. and G#min. work nice here.

Jack

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Re: Chord Scales

JBJHJM wrote:

Only mixolydian will not be enough. In the first bar there's A major and A sus4, but in the second there's the small 3rd of A, so you have to change between for example major/mixolydian and minor/dorian...



you are right. i would definitely use dorian when A turns into Am.

  • From: N. Little Rock, AR.
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Re: Chord Scales

Here's an idea I see as working well over Am  Dm and Em/E7.

-|-----------------------------|---------------------------|------------------
-|------------3-1--------3-1---|-----------8-5----8---8-8--|-----------3-1----
-|------------0-0--------0-0---|-----------5-5----5h7-5-5--|-----------0-0----
-|------------2-2--------2-2---|-----------7-7----------7--|-----------2-2----
-|--------0-------------0------|-0-3p0-/5-------5-------5--|--------0---------
-|--0-3p0---------0-3p0--------|---------------------------|--0-3p0-----------
                                                                              

---------------|--------------------------|------------------|-|--------------
---------3-1---|-----------5---8---8---5--|------8---5---8---|-|--------------
---------0-0---|-----------5---7---7---5--|------5---5---5---|-|--------------
---------2-2---|-----------5---5---6---5--|------7---7---7---|-|--------------
--------0------|--0-3p0-/7---7---7---7----|--6-5---5---5-----|-|--------------
--0-3p0--------|--------------------------|------------------|-|--------------
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10 Reply by NPB_EST.1979 (edited by NPB_EST.1979 2010-01-19 18:51:03)

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Re: Chord Scales

This would be cool if we all wrote a different song over the same riff or chords. I'm sure we'd all conjur up something totally different! Post to YouTube or something by July?

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  • From: N. Little Rock, AR.
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Re: Chord Scales

Cool!

    You can use the Chords I wrote if you want.

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