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Apr 17 2009, 07:54 PM
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Hey
 I'm quite new to this site, only 1 day since I registered.I usually improvise in E-minor, using the pentatonic scale (with blues notes added) depending on the feel of the song, given that it TOO is in E-minor...  Anyway, that's just when I'm jamming on my own not necessarily with a backing track or song in the background. I also use the natural minor scale for a slightly heavier tone.However, if I have to improvise to other songs, I simply find what key it's written in, use that base-position in minor or pentatonic, and work myself around the fretboard like that. I'm still most comfortable moving around the base position/box and the two adjacent ones, but I do know the other ones so with a little reflection I can play them too. This, of course, I just need to get used to. I noticed someone said he memorises all the positions for each key, but I prefer knowing the concept and just apply it after knowing the song's key. Oh, and I also use the harmonic minor, but mostly for quick ascents or trilling, kind of like the beginning of the "second" solo in Sweet Child o' Mine (Guns N' Roses). Alexander -------------------- My YouTube Channel
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Apr 17 2009, 08:31 PM
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I use Em,Am,Dm,and the blues scale quite a bit.
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Apr 17 2009, 08:54 PM
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QUOTE (Canis @ Apr 17 2009, 08:34 AM)  "D moinah.. The saddest of all keys" 
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Apr 17 2009, 09:40 PM
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I usually compose something in C, D, E, A, F or Bb major, but it is sometimes needed to adapt the key to singers vocal abilities, so I just transpose to any key if need to adapt. That's about it.
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Apr 18 2009, 12:06 AM
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That's exactly the one I was going for, Sensible
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Apr 18 2009, 01:12 AM
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Short answer here before going to bed:
In order: C#m Cm G#m A Are my favorites, I think. |
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Apr 19 2009, 01:56 AM
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E and A for me as well. I'm also a bit interested in how Keys correspond to your style or is it just the feeling of the moment? Great topic btw Marcus
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Apr 19 2009, 08:20 AM
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I often use E minor and A minor
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Apr 19 2009, 12:09 PM
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B C, Db E F# probably.
I guess it's because I am most comfortable with having my mainlicks about on the middle of the neck! |
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Apr 19 2009, 01:04 PM
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For me.. Fb and Cb.... Haha, no I think It'd be Amin, Gmaj, Emin and Cmaj, or anything else... I actualy play all keys!
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