Introduction To Scales |
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Feb 10 2008, 04:35 PM |
I'm indeed enjoying Andrew's theory lessons. Big kudos for the effort you have put in here Andrew! At the moment I have more time then usual to dig into theory since it seems I have been a bit over ambitious with exercises. I will let the guitars rest for a week or two to let my left hand get back into shape. But I think the theory lessons will be a huge advantage when I get back to playing again. Absolutely,learning theory while you're having practicing break is THE BEST you can do,thumbs up! -------------------- Youtube
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Oct 12 2008, 02:27 AM |
A very wise idea - both to rest, and to learn some theory!
So, in answer to your question, its pretty simple really, if you were stuck with one box, you would be limited to a couple of octaves of notes. What if you started with that A major box on the E string but wanted to play some really high notes 3 octaves or more up? Well, you would just use a different box- each box has an overlapping range of notes within the scale, and you pretty much pick the one that suits the register you want to play in at that particular time. When you get better with the boxes you can string them together to make great long scalar runs that span more notes that you would be able to play with just a single box - hope that helps! -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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Jan 20 2010, 08:58 AM |
W H W W H W W, or 2 1 2 2 1 2 2. It's the same grouping, just starting from the sixth note, as minor is the aeolian mode.
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Jan 20 2010, 09:20 PM |
So a G Minor scale would look like: G, A, A#, C, D, D#, F, G Right? Is it not necessary to list the final G? Sort of like an implied note? All Major and Minor scales using these two formulas will start and end with the same note, correct? Correction to your example should be G, A, Bb, C, D, Eb, F, G You cannot re-use the same note as you did with: D, D# and A, A#. The rest is correct. -------------------- ::jafomatic
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Jan 21 2010, 05:59 AM |
Why not? Isn't Bb the same as A# tonally? To our ears, yes. To the sheet music, no. The treble clef has but one poor space to represent A and but one poor line to represent B, how would you use both at the same time? The answer is that there IS a mechanism to accomplish that type of trickery but it has its own drawbacks as you'll see when you get to that part in the theory chapters. Further, everyone else will wonder why that extra level of hassle was used incorrectly. -------------------- ::jafomatic
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