Favorite Musical Mode or Scale
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Topic: Favorite Musical Mode or Scale
Posted By: NJCat_11
Subject: Favorite Musical Mode or Scale
Date 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.... ------------- "We are Defenders of the Faith" - Rob Halford |
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Posted By: wreckfan1
Date Posted: February 06 2010 at 10:14
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The combination of the Diminished Scale (Whole half) and blues scale that keith emerson uses in his Knife Edge Solo |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: February 06 2010 at 10:37
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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.  ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: The Runaway
Date 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. ------------- http://www.formspring.me/Aragorn224" rel="nofollow - Trendsetter win! The search for nonexistent perfection. |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date 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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Posted By: Fieldofsorrow
Date 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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Posted By: halabalushindigus
Date Posted: February 09 2010 at 16:51
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Georgio Marauder's "Midnight Express" , whatever mode that is in ------------- assume the power 1586/14.3 |
Posted By: NJCat_11
Date Posted: February 09 2010 at 16:58
Sounds like C Pentatonic ------------- "We are Defenders of the Faith" - Rob Halford |
halabalushindigus wrote:Posted By: Hanke666
Date 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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Posted By: The Pessimist
Date 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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Posted By: halabalushindigus
Date Posted: February 10 2010 at 15:04
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Posted By: A B Negative
Date Posted: February 11 2010 at 10:28
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Minor pentatonic with the occasional flattened 5th. Yum! ------------- "The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time." |
Posted By: thellama73
Date 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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Posted By: halabalushindigus
Date Posted: February 14 2010 at 17:38
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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!! ------------- assume the power 1586/14.3 |
Posted By: NJCat_11
Date Posted: February 14 2010 at 18:53
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/  ------------- "We are Defenders of the Faith" - Rob Halford |
Posted By: NJCat_11
Date Posted: February 14 2010 at 19:10
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. ------------- "We are Defenders of the Faith" - Rob Halford |
Posted By: camilleanne
Date 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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Posted By: halabalushindigus
Date Posted: February 19 2010 at 18:09
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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? ------------- assume the power 1586/14.3 |
Posted By: Fracture
Date Posted: February 22 2010 at 15:22
| Whole Tone Scale, check out Debussy's "Voiles" |
Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: February 22 2010 at 22:32
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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Posted By: jplanet
Date Posted: February 22 2010 at 23:24
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I tend towards the mixolydian for a happier sound, and Lydian for its mysterious tritone. It was once thought, btw, that the #4 interval could invoke Satan.  ------------- https://www.facebook.com/ShadowCircus/" rel="nofollow - ..::welcome to the shadow circus::.. |
Posted By: halabalushindigus
Date Posted: February 23 2010 at 01:42
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Posted By: daria
Date Posted: May 16 2010 at 13:56
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At the moment it is Dorian |
(will update again once I've done Grade 7 on electric guitar)Posted By: Ronnie Pilgrim
Date Posted: May 16 2010 at 17:01
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D minor which is the saddest of all keys, I find. People weep instantly when they hear it, and I don't know why. Well, this piece is called "Lick My Love Pump"...
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Posted By: warrplayer
Date Posted: June 24 2010 at 21:20
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The Chromatic scale. This is the only one you will ever need.
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