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Machine-head91
Newbie Alert
Joined: 31 Aug 2007
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 Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 9:11 am Post subject: Scale Construction, Help. |
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Hey, I need help with Scale and Arpeggio constructions is it
like this ?
Chromatic. H H H H H H H etc, or is it somethin else?
I was asked it and i could never find out what it was, in my grade 6 and i spent months looking for it,
Is it Tones and semitones or half steps? |
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Bass Dude1
Sea Monkey
Joined: 14 Jan 2008
Posts: 13
Location: Whangarei, New Zealand
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| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:40 pm Post subject: Major and minor scales. |
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Probably a bit late but oh well
I'm pretty sure this is correct
All major scales are tone, tone, semi-tone, tone, tone, tone, semi-tone.
Then minor scales are from the 6th note
Then major pentatonic scales are major scale without the 4th note or 7th
Eg, C major is C-Tone-D-Tone-E-Semi-F-Tone-G-Tone-A-Tone-B-Semi-C
then B minor ( because thats the 6th note) should be from A to A so
A-B-C-D-E-F-G-A-.
then C Major pentatonic should be C without 4th note and seventh so
C-D-E-G-A-C.
If You know your notes this allows you to work out every major and minor scale.
Hopefully this helped anyone.
Uhh think it is 6th note for minor sorry so i Would be A minor Changed it.
Bass On.
Goodbye.
Last edited by Bass Dude1 on Fri Jan 18, 2008 4:33 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Bass_Snake
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Joined: 17 Dec 2007
Posts: 162
Location: Toronto, Ontario
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| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:05 pm Post subject: |
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I kinda remember that from high-school.  |
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jimhickeymusic
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Joined: 31 Oct 2007
Posts: 15
Location: Charlotte NC
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:16 am Post subject: |
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To add, Arpeggio's are "Notes of a chord played one at a time".
Example: The C Major chord contains the notes C,E,and G which are the 1st, 3rd and 5th intervals of the C Major Scale. So on bass you can play the C, E, and G over a C Major Chord and fit just fine. Minor would be C, D#, G.
Good Luck!
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-Ryco
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Joined: 26 Feb 2005
Posts: 125
Location: Temple of Boom
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| Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 1:00 pm Post subject: |
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| jimhickeymusic wrote: | To add, Arpeggio's are "Notes of a chord played one at a time".
Example: The C Major chord contains the notes C,E,and G which are the 1st, 3rd and 5th intervals of the C Major Scale. So on bass you can play the C, E, and G over a C Major Chord and fit just fine. Minor would be C, D#, G.
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umm...not to be a niggler (but I am), a minor chord/triad/arpeggio contains a root, a minor third and a perfect fifth.
Therefore the C min chord would contain C Eb (not D#) and G. D# would be a raised second (or ninth).
Eb is an enharmonic to D# which means the tone sounds the same -- but it serves a different function in harmony.
Any chord/scale having a minor third and perfect fifth is a minor.
The chord whose root is built on the 6th step of a Major scale is called natural minor or Aeolian. W H W W H W W; notated C- or C-b6.
to the OP: the chromatic scale = H H H H H H H H H H H H, made up of half-steps or semi-tones.
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nickonbass
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Joined: 08 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 6:58 pm Post subject: |
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It's good to work out the scale steps for the major scale and then learn how all the modes are constructed off that.
It's not too hard if you sit down and work it out. |
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