Favorite scales?

[Myst and rain]

Other than the blues scale, I really love Lydian and Phrygian dominant. They're great!



Alwin

[Myst and rain]

One thing I was messing around with the other day, was the Lydian scale, but with the major 7th replaced with the minor 7th. It sounds very strange.

Alwin

[newbieguitarmaker]

harmonic minor, gypsy, lydian, phrygian, blues scale and the name of this other one slips my mind right now >_<. I want to say diminished but like not the standard way of playing it

[Myst and rain]

Interesting. I thought Phrygian dominant was referred to as the Gypsy scale. But it's different. I'm going to check that out.

Alwin

[newbieguitarmaker]

Originally Posted by Myst and rain

Interesting. I thought Phrygian dominant was referred to as the Gypsy scale. But it's different. I'm going to check that out.

Alwin

http://www.freakguitar.com/scales.html
http://www.freakguitar.com/gypsy.html

also lately I've been noticing a lot of my scales I use from liking the sound of em (never know the names of em if they have been named) are based around the harmonic minor scale.

[Myst and rain]

Yeah, Phrygian dominant, which I like a lot, is also a mode of the harmonic minor scale.

That's an interesting page, Newbie (freakguitar). There are a lot of scales there I never heard of.

Alwin

[newbieguitarmaker]

Originally Posted by Myst and rain

Yeah, Phrygian dominant, which I like a lot, is also a mode of the harmonic minor scale.

That's an interesting page, Newbie (freakguitar). There are a lot of scales there I never heard of.

Alwin

yeah this pg is cool too on it, on the right side it has all the harmonics and some licks on the left side http://www.freakguitar.com/licks.html

[Myst and rain]

Cool.

This image on the website is cool, too.



Alwin

[Myst and rain]

So far Lydian is leading the poll... I think that's Steve Vai's favorite scale, if I'm not mistaking.

Alwin

[The Euphor]

I don't play by scales, I play by ear...

[Myst and rain]

Alwin

[Myst and rain]

Originally Posted by The Euphor

I don't play by scales, I play by ear...

Yeah, I hear Eddie van Halen does that, too. He just uses the chromatic scale.

I prefer using scales. It's much clearer to me.

Alwin

[andy7jem]

Originally Posted by The Euphor

I don't play by scales, I play by ear...

I use my fingers, haven't quite got the strength in my ear yet!!!

I certainly don't like the bathroom scales.....the keep saying i weigh too much

[Jemwielder]

I don't really have a preference on scales. They're basically tools for me to create with. I use different ones based on what I want to do.

[Eco]

I try to learn scales but alot of the time i play by ear, was great for the first few years, but when i started writing and composing my own stuff for bands, i found i really missed the scales when it came to writing the solos.

I like the sound of Aeolian for slower runs tho, sounds kinda strange but cool :P