Favorite exotic scales?

[JonasTamas]

One of my faves is "Locrian 6#" - E F G A Bb C# D - a modal scale of harmonic minor.

It has a nice phrygian touch.

[JonasTamas]

Originally Posted by JonasTamas

One of my faves is "Locrian 6#" - E F G A Bb C# D - a modal scale of harmonic minor.

It has a nice phrygian touch.

BTW, the above example has the same notes as D harmonic major or A phrygian dominant, but over an E root.

[IbanezDaemon]

Originally Posted by JonasTamas

BTW, the above example has the same notes as D harmonic major or A phrygian dominant, but over an E root.

Very nice dude! I've tinkered with that before for sure. Check this one out:

Hungarian Gypsy/Persian in A, 1,b2,3,4,5,b6,7, A, A#, C#, D, E, F, G#

E|-------------------------------4-5------
B|--------------------------5-6-----------
G|---------------------6-7-----------------
D|--------------6-7-8------------------------
A|-----4-5-7-8-----------------------------------
E|-5-6-----------------------------------------

[Magical Muffin]

My favourite is harmonic minor.


I'm really boring I guess.

I've never been able to get into most funny scales, they always sound incomplete or the root doesn't 'sound' like the 'root'.

Though I am a fan of whole tone and diminished (Both the arppegios and the whole step half step format)

[skins345669]

Lydian mode. Simple, but I love it.

[Real_Illusions]

I'm a fan of the diminished and wholetone scales. They seem too short/long respectively, and I rather like the sounds of diminished and augmented chords.

[JonasTamas]

Originally Posted by IbanezDaemon

Very nice dude! I've tinkered with that before for sure. Check this one out:

Hungarian Gypsy/Persian in A, 1,b2,3,4,5,b6,7, A, A#, C#, D, E, F, G#

E|-------------------------------4-5------
B|--------------------------5-6-----------
G|---------------------6-7-----------------
D|--------------6-7-8------------------------
A|-----4-5-7-8-----------------------------------
E|-5-6-----------------------------------------

Yes, it is a great scale, I've already used it in some of my solos. Btw, if your play it over a D root, it becomes the so called Hungarian Minor:
D, E, F, G#, A, Bb, C#, D - it is a harmonic minor with a raised 4th.

[southpaw_lefty]

The Enigmatic mode is a cool one. I'll normally play it when I'm warming up. It's a good tongue twister for the fingers. I found it in an article Satch did in one of the guitar mags years ago. He based one of his early songs on it:

1 b2 3 #4 #5 #6 7

you end up with 4 notes that are a half step apart.

[IamFastEddie]

Originally Posted by JonasTamas

Yes, it is a great scale, I've already used it in some of my solos. Btw, if your play it over a D root, it becomes the so called Hungarian Minor:
D, E, F, G#, A, Bb, C#, D - it is a harmonic minor with a raised 4th.

Reminds me of Ritchie's play off Hungarian Dance #5 in Spotlight Kid...

[prydogga]

It's a tie between Harmonic minor (Of course) and a hybrid scale I figured out from learning alot of Marty Friedman material, it's basically a simple blues scale with added dorian elements, there's most likely a name for it but I've never come across it.

[yellowshirtguy]

I've been messing around with Hungarian Minor lately. I heard satch talking about it in his Musterion Podcast. The song is based around C Hungarian Minor.

Hungarian Minor is Harmonic Minor #4

-edit

looks like someone already mentioned it ^^

[AxeHappy]

I like the Spanish-Flamenco scale. 1 b2 3 4 5 b6 b7. Of course I like to play it in A but root it over E.

Which with some quick math would prove to be:

E F G A Bb C# D E

which is ofcourse the Locrian #6. Haha.

[g.milko]

all byzantines and mixed modes are coll!
favorite??? hmmmmmmmmmmm.........

is not exotic but ok....the altered scale through whole tone - hexatonic - octatonic

ultra jazzed