[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]

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]

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]

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]

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 :lol:

 

[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

 

[bachmozart]

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

I play by ear too, but i know scales and their sound. If you play all the time by ear sometimes your can get stuck with tonal scales, but if you want to play some atonal scales or cromatic passages between the notes of your scale, sometimes you should know the structure and their relationship with chords.

I know that too much people can play weird things and they don't know scales, but i think is more easier if you have all the theory and then try to put it into your arsenal.

 

[Distantshore]

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 :lol:

:lol:

 

[andy7jem]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! 8O 8O


:lol: :lol:

 

[Lord Lemons]

http://www.freakguitar.com/tradjap.html

How is this a scale? It's Cmin6. How does this work?

 

[Dee]

I voted phrygian dominant. I don't really know why, it's a bit "cliche" to play it, but what the heck. I also enjoy messing with the whole-tone scale.