ZMech Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Well one of my mates was playing around with some egyptian scale he'd got off the internet, which was pretty cool. So I was wondering if anyone had suggestions of wierd alternative scales that would be fun to learn. Any links would be appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lettsguitars Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 i like the 3rd/6th progression if that's right. not sure what it's called like. but if you're in G, it would be G A# C# E G. i find it fits in at the end of a fill quite nicely. got that from the jaco lessons on youtube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 [quote name='lettsguitars' post='1143324' date='Feb 27 2011, 02:06 PM']i like the 3rd/6th progression if that's right. not sure what it's called like. but if you're in G, it would be G A# C# E G. i find it fits in at the end of a fill quite nicely. got that from the jaco lessons on youtube.[/quote] That's a diminished arpeggio (a series of minor thirds). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lettsguitars Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 (edited) [quote name='Bilbo' post='1143350' date='Feb 27 2011, 02:27 PM']That's a diminished arpeggio (a series of minor thirds).[/quote] i knew that really honest! Edited February 27, 2011 by lettsguitars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveK Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 I bought the [url="http://www.guitargrimoire.com/gt03.htm"]guitar version of this[/url] many years ago (don't think there was a bass version then). If the bass version is anything like the guitar version, then, it's Probably got every scale/mode known to man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleblob Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Many many many years ago I wrote out all the scales and modes I could find on rolodex cards (also turned them into a Windows Pocket PC app. but that's another story). Anyway nowadays there's loads of sites where you can check out all sorts of scales, have a look at [url="http://www.all-guitar-chords.com/guitar_scales.php"]http://www.all-guitar-chords.com/guitar_scales.php[/url] where you'll find a whole bunch of exotics. For some reason the one that I remember most (in name alone probably) from when I was writing all this stuff out, was the Prometheus Neopoliton, however I prefer the Diminished scale (although it's probably not that exotic). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 I got hold of this book years ago, put together by Jimmy Haslip. Plenty of world music scales in this. [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jimmy-Haslips-Melodic-Bass-Library/dp/0757977502"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jimmy-Haslips-Melo...y/dp/0757977502[/url] Garry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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