What Scales To Practise ? |
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What Scales To Practise ? |
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Jun 15 2007, 02:42 PM |
Thanks Robin for the link. But now I have an even more interesting question. I just found out that A minor pentatonic and C major pentatonic have the same notes, of course with different root. So how do you decide whether some piece is in C major pentatonic or A minor pentatonic. To put the same question in a different manner, how is playing In A minor pentatonic different from playing in C major pentatonic. That's actually a pretty insightful question! This is an area of theory that's pretty hard to explain (although Ben did a great job above). I'd just like to add that you need to look at more than just the notes, you need to understand the whole musical framework including the chords as Ben said. The chords give your brain a cue to understand whether you are playing Am Pentatonic or CMaj Pentatonic - the notes on their own are ambiguous. In theory terms, what you are doing here is scratching the surface of modes - which is a very interesting topic in which different scales share the same notes but are used in a musically different way. If that interests you, I have a lesson on Major modes here. -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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