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Sep 9 2008, 03:15 PM
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Hi.
Is there a program which can come up with scales to use when typing in a progression ? Ex a A/Dm/F... Little newbie in finding the right scales other than pentatone ect... |
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Sep 9 2008, 03:20 PM
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QUOTE (Vesterkave @ Sep 9 2008, 03:15 PM)  Hi. Is there a program which can come up with scales to use when typing in a progression ? Ex a A/Dm/F... Little newbie in finding the right scales other than pentatone ect... This does just that. -------------------- Guitars: Ibanez JPM2, Ibanez XPT700
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Sep 10 2008, 12:58 PM
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QUOTE (kjutte @ Sep 9 2008, 02:01 PM) well that's not really a valid chord progression. You're right Kjutte but with one slight modification - that isn't a valid Major Scale progression ... however, any progression is "Valid", its just a question of how complex it is to describe it in theory terms. The progression you gave, as Kjutte points out, doesn't fit into the chords for the major scale (if you changed the A to an A minor it would), but you can still use that progression, it means you will be changing key at various points whereas you wouldn't need to if you stuck with the progression that Kjutte mentioned. For any given chord progression you won't neccesarily be able to find a normal scale that fits it all, you may need to change the scale at various different points. At the end of it all, what matters is what sounds good! -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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Sep 11 2008, 12:47 AM
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QUOTE (Ian Bushell @ Sep 10 2008, 10:52 AM) Just out of interest what would the chord scale be for a chromatic scale? Can you harmonise the chromatic scale that way? A very interesting question, but ultimately I think the answer is not too interesting ... You can take this a couple of ways - first answer is "absolutely any chord" - with a choice of any note though we have no guidance in terms of major and minor chords that give chord progressions their flavour. Choice is a double edged sword, too much and you don't know what to do - more restriction and you are forced to be creative with what you have. The second answer would be to try and use standard chord construction techniques - stacking 3rds on top of each other ... but you end up with some nasty dissonant chords that way - CDE for instance - these are 3rds in terms of the scale, although not in inteval terms that we are used to. That kind of approach is based on diatonic scales in any case and it just breaks down when you go chromatic, so I prefer the first answer! -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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Sep 11 2008, 04:26 PM
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If you want to fool around and learn chord progressions (and modes) interactively, I recommend that you take a peek at Guitar Alchemist.
It's a great program when you want to learn the modes and the chords to go with them.  You can lock it down to a key/mode, and then you can browse the chords. Take it for a spin. Apparently it haven't been updated for a while, but that doesn't matter much. 
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