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Old 12-11-2006, 03:21 PM   #1
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Scales/Modes


Hey guys,

I been trying to work out the modes of many scales recently, currently ive done Major/Harmonic and Melodic.

Now ive come accross this scale "HW Diminished Scale" and have no idea where it comes from etc... could some one enlighten me what group of scales it belongs to ?

Also, are there any other types of scales i could learn the modes of..major/harmonic/melodic aint enough for me im a very nerdy musician i guess i want to learn as much as possible!
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Old 12-15-2006, 10:04 AM   #2
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Old 12-15-2006, 12:33 PM   #3
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Aaah, fine. I was hoping someone else would answer. I'm not very good at explaining this but I'll post some great links that can help you.

http://www.ocmusic.com/guitmodes.htm - A brief explanation of the modes.

http://www.all-guitar-chords.com/index.php - Shows you all the scales and modes, there's a chord finder there as well and it suggests a scale for each chord, it's REALLY useful.

http://www.universal-total-guitar-pl...and-modes.html - there are some basics there though nothing important.

Also, make sure to check out some of the forums here, there are hundreds of posts where all this is explained, it just takes looking around... Make sure you memorise all the modes in all positions and learn how chords are constructed. For example, if you play A major, and play the A major scale, and if you play 9notes, starting from A, the root, then you add that ninth note to the A major chord, you'll have an A9th chord. So play A, B, C#, D, E, F#, G#, A, B (B is the 9th note so you add that note to the A major chord to make it an A9). I find that this is an easy way to construct chords, so if you want a 6th chord, you find the 6th note in the scale, etc. and when you're playing a scale over that chord, you should always emphasize those notes (like the 9th and 6th ones, for example). I'm sorry, this is a terrible description, but I'm a beginner myself so yeah... Good luck!
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Old 12-29-2006, 09:24 PM   #4
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The HW Diminished Scale


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Hey guys,

I been trying to work out the modes of many scales recently, currently ive done Major/Harmonic and Melodic.

Now ive come accross this scale "HW Diminished Scale" and have no idea where it comes from etc... could some one enlighten me what group of scales it belongs to ?

Also, are there any other types of scales i could learn the modes of..major/harmonic/melodic aint enough for me im a very nerdy musician i guess i want to learn as much as possible!

The HW diminished scale is what is known as a symmetric scale. What this basically means, is that it has a repeating pattern throughout. In this case the re-occuring motif is half step - whole step.

It is used mostly over diminished chords as it will fully outline a diminished 7 chord.

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Old 09-07-2007, 08:35 AM   #5
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Well, I can't say much more but if you're looking for some general help on modal scales, check out my guitar modes blog.

And if anyone has some cheatsheets for me to add there -- it would be HUGELY appreciated!
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