Message 13/18
Date: 04-Jun-03 @ 01:39 PM Edit: 04-Jun-03 | 01:41 PM -
RE: What scale(s) this could be?
He just told us what notes were in his particular melody. Just because a melody doesn't use all the notes in any particular scale doesn't mean it can't fit into any.
He's basically asking what key or mode he's in, and the answer is every mode that those notes fit into. Initially playing those notes, it sounds minor to me... Bb minor to be exact. But it would also be "correct" in the relative major (4 half-steps up): Db major (or C# major). And taking that logic further to all the modes, all these become feasible:
Db major
Eb dorian
F phrygian
Gb lydian
Ab mixolydian
Bb aeolean (or natural minor... my first impression)
C phrygian
You'll notice the starting notes of all these scales spell out a Db major scale, and all these scales use the same notes. Memorize their order and it will do you well in learning modes and how they're related...
minor scales can get confusing because of the different varieties and the fact that they can stray from the "mode" of the natural minor. If you want a dark sound go for the "harmonic minor" (in Bb: Bb - C - Db - Eb - F - Gb - A - Bb). For a more arabic sound try these:
again, in Bb:
Bb - B - D - Eb - F - Gb - A - Bb
or this one, which is kinda like the Ab phrygian, but starting on the raised 7th of a Bb minor scale I think yer using (hence making it harmonic minorish in Bb, if ya can follow that logic
):
A - Bb - C - Db - Eb - F - Gb - A
Soloing in this key can be fun, and can lead to many modal wanderings
Hope I made some sorta sense here.
psy