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NJCat_11 
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 Topic: Favorite Musical Mode or Scale
Posted: February 04 2010 at 18:31 |
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One of the things I love about music is the multitude of tones and moods at your fingertips.
I'm curious about some of your favorite modes or scales. For me, I love the Dorian mode.
It gives me chills and reminds me of an a foggy, silent night under the gothic street lamps
of old London's cobblestone walkways. And then there's Phrygian Dominant, the cousin of
harmonic minor. Great for licks unleashing the evil in all of us. And probably my favorite of
them all is the beautifully melancholic Melodic Minor scale. Bach's Bourée in E minor is the
only example I need for that one. How about you guys....
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wreckfan1
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Posted: February 06 2010 at 10:14 |
The combination of the Diminished Scale (Whole half) and blues scale that keith emerson uses in his Knife Edge Solo
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Epignosis
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Posted: February 06 2010 at 10:37 |
I'm rather fond of the Lydian mode. It has a lovely dreamy quality.
Plus, we wouldn't have the theme song to The Simpsons without it. 
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The Runaway
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Posted: February 06 2010 at 11:01 |
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I rather like the whole-tone scale. It's not such a great scale but it fits the style of music that I play and my playing style in general.
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Posted: February 08 2010 at 05:28 |
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I'm a sucker for middle eastern tonalities found in Egyptian, Moroccan and Algerian music. Dunno what the modes or scales are called but all seem to be related to the one that Ritchie Blackmore christened 'the snake charmer scale'
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Fieldofsorrow
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Posted: February 08 2010 at 11:57 |
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The mixolydian scale is extremely adaptable, of which I'm particularly fond. But I marvel at a good use of chromaticism - using that to link pentatonic licks together can be a really great way of improving your soloing skills. If only I knew how...
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halabalushindigus
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Posted: February 09 2010 at 16:51 |
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Georgio Marauder's "Midnight Express" , whatever mode that is in
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NJCat_11
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Posted: February 09 2010 at 16:58 |
 halabalushindigus wrote:
Georgio Marauder's "Midnight Express" , whatever mode that is in |
Sounds like C Pentatonic
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Hanke666
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Posted: February 10 2010 at 08:56 |
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My favourite to play in is probably Hungarian Gypsy... At least sometimes
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The Pessimist
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Posted: February 10 2010 at 10:25 |
For me it's the Phrygian. It's so dark, great for metal and breakcore  Also a lot of the modes in Indian Classical Music are quite nice and brooding also.
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halabalushindigus
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Posted: February 10 2010 at 15:04 |
NJCat_11 wrote:
halabalushindigus wrote:
Georgio Marauder's "Midnight Express" , whatever mode that is in |
Sounds like C Pentatonic
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Hey NJCat 11 thats so very cool of you to inform me of that mode scale and key
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A B Negative
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Posted: February 11 2010 at 10:28 |
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Minor pentatonic with the occasional flattened 5th. Yum!
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"The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time."
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thellama73
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Posted: February 12 2010 at 23:13 |
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Hungarian Minor for me!
1 2 b3 #4 5 b6 7
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halabalushindigus
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Posted: February 14 2010 at 17:38 |
Hey NJ_11 riddle me this , on this beautiful Sunday after noon in Diego. There's a film score dude from way back. The first time I heard him was when he did the music for the movie "Twilight" starring Paul Newman Susan Sarandon Gene Hackman anyway, my talented (Fill in the blank )
his name is Elmer Berstein. can anyone please fill me in on the rightouesness of this man. I noticed on the credits that his wife conducts the Orchestra
Seriously, Tell me about Elmer Berstein. His soundtrack from "Twilight" was was nothing short of a Masterpiece.. I now see his name alot of places. He had a minor going ON!!
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NJCat_11
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Posted: February 14 2010 at 18:53 |
halabalushindigus wrote:
Hey NJ_11 riddle me this , on this beautiful Sunday after noon in Diego. There's a film score dude from way back. The first time I heard him was when he did the music for the movie "Twilight" starring Paul Newman Susan Sarandon Gene Hackman anyway, my talented (Fill in the blank )
his name is Elmer Berstein. can anyone please fill me in on the rightouesness of this man. I noticed on the credits that his wife conducts the Orchestra
Seriously, Tell me about Elmer Berstein. His soundtrack from "Twilight" was was nothing short of a Masterpiece.. I now see his name alot of places. He had a minor going ON!! |
You didn't give me any time to answer! Well anyway... http://www.elmerbernstein.com/index.html and for additional info, here's another useful link: http://www.google.com/ 
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NJCat_11
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Posted: February 14 2010 at 19:10 |
NJCat_11 wrote:
halabalushindigus wrote:
Hey NJ_11 riddle me this , on this beautiful Sunday after noon in Diego. There's a film score dude from way back. The first time I heard him was when he did the music for the movie "Twilight" starring Paul Newman Susan Sarandon Gene Hackman anyway, my talented (Fill in the blank )
his name is Elmer Berstein. can anyone please fill me in on the rightouesness of this man. I noticed on the credits that his wife conducts the Orchestra
Seriously, Tell me about Elmer Berstein. His soundtrack from "Twilight" was was nothing short of a Masterpiece.. I now see his name alot of places. He had a minor going ON!! |
You didn't give me any time to answer! Well anyway...
http://www.elmerbernstein.com/index.html
and for additional info, here's another useful link:
http://www.google.com/
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Just kidding, I was really interested to find out that Elmer Bernstein composed the scores for such legendary movies as "Airplane!" and "Ghostbusters," as well as the score to "Heavy Metal." Very cool.
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camilleanne
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Posted: February 16 2010 at 05:08 |
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I love to play blues scale and some pentatonic scales....
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halabalushindigus
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Posted: February 19 2010 at 18:09 |
On McCartney's "Red Rose Speedway" there's a song called "Hold Me Tight" in which Paul uses a revolving Circle Of Fifth's
But I'm counting on my fingers and I come up with perfect fourths. (Oh man, it's been so long since I took theory)
NJcat_11 HELP ME!! is it 4th's or 5th's?
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Fracture
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Posted: February 22 2010 at 15:22 |
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Whole Tone Scale, check out Debussy's "Voiles"
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Posted: February 22 2010 at 22:32 |
halabalushindigus wrote:
On McCartney's "Red Rose Speedway" there's a song called "Hold Me Tight" in which Paul uses a revolving Circle Of Fifth's
But I'm counting on my fingers and I come up with perfect fourths. (Oh man, it's been so long since I took theory)
NJcat_11 HELP ME!! is it 4th's or 5th's? |
I don't know the piece, but I expect you're confused because fourths and fifths are the same thing. Going down a fifth (the usual resolution of dominant harmony) is the same as going up a fourth (often the way in which the circle of fifths is listed.) Like so: C-G-D-A-E-B-F#-C#/Db-Ab-Eb-Bb-F-C
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