topheteatwo Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Interested in learning some cool scales again I know my basic ones, but are there any one's that are a little weirder and cooler to crack out? I've lost my connection with scales that I once had? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Minor, major, melodic minor, the major modes are all useful too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismuzz Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Basically all the major modes, then depending on if you want to mess about a bit, harmonic/melodic major/minor, and experimenting with adding random notes here and there to watch the guitarist wince Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 (edited) One of the Arabic scales is good fun. You can get some unusual chord and harmony progressions going (great for out of the box composing) Hopeless on a twelve bar blues gig though.. [i][b][size=4]C/Db/E/F/G/Ab/B/C [/size][/b][/i][size=4] (Double Harmonic Major Scale or Byzantine Scale)[/size] Edited January 7, 2014 by lowdown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaxyBassist Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Diminshed and wholetone patterns are cool for playing "outside" [size=4] [/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgmh315 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 I learnt the minor pentatonic and the major modes, you can improvise over just about anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Hirajoshi, Kumoi & Neapolitan major & minor scales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 The blues scale always sounds nice to my ears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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