toxic_tone
128 posts
May 29, 2011
9:54 AM
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im trying to figuer out how i would know which scales would fit what music. so blues scales are good for blues right? well how bout dorian and all the other ones how would i know which ones to try. like margarita ville. i dont know what scale whould go with that song. any suggestions of tricks that yall can help me with??
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toxic_tone
129 posts
May 29, 2011
10:52 AM
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oldwailer
1621 posts
May 29, 2011
10:56 AM
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The trick is to dick around with it until it sounds good. If it sounds good, it's right. . .
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Always be yourself--unless you suck. . .
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oldwailer
1622 posts
May 29, 2011
11:09 AM
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Of course you could always just use the Fibonacci tonal sequence, but it gets more complicated than just dicking around with it. . .
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Always be yourself--unless you suck. . .
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jimjam
37 posts
May 29, 2011
2:20 PM
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Put a verse of the song to play in a loop
Play one note at a time on a keyboard from C to C
Write down the notes that sound like they fit and discard those that don't
The keepers are the notes of the scale.
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"If you want to hide, find a stage."
~John Popper
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Rubes
330 posts
May 29, 2011
3:24 PM
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nice jimjam!
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gene
763 posts
May 29, 2011
5:49 PM
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Or (similar to jimjam's post), use that keyboard to find the notes that are in the tune. (Play the tune.). Watch out for accidentals.
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arzajac
521 posts
May 29, 2011
7:10 PM
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Watch Jamey Aebersold's "Anyone can improvise" DVD. Probably a good scale to start with is the pentatonic scale (minor and major). You can get a lot of milage just out of that.
Here are the pentatonic scales on the diatonic harp (thanks to hvyj!):
I found this on hvyj's profile page:
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Jim Rumbaugh
510 posts
May 29, 2011
7:38 PM
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Here's my quick and dirty trick. (does not work 100%)
play 5 draw.
If it sounds OK, use a blues scale
If it sounds bad, play major pentatonic.
does not aply to minor scale tunes. If it's minor, play 3rd position minor. (remember, I said quick and dirty)
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toxic_tone
131 posts
May 29, 2011
8:44 PM
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nice arzajac thats what i was talking about. thats exactly what ive been looking for thanks hyvj !!! yall rock
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