Favorite Musical Mode or Scale

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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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ExittheLemming Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 19 2007 Location: Penal Colony Status: Offline Points: 11420	Posted: February 08 2010 at 05:28
	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'

The Runaway Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 28 2009 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 3144	Posted: February 06 2010 at 11:01
	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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Epignosis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 30 2007 Location: Raeford, NC Status: Offline Points: 32553	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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wreckfan1 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: May 04 2009 Status: Offline Points: 45	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

NJCat_11 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 07 2009 Location: Denver, CO Status: Offline Points: 178	Posted: February 04 2010 at 18:31
	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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